James Purefoy

June 3, 1964 (age 62) Taunton, England, UK
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James Brian Mark Purefoy (born 3 June 1964) is an English actor. He played Mark Antony in the HBO series Rome, Nick Jenkins in A Dance to the Music of Time, college professor turned serial killer Joe Carroll in the series The Following, Solomon Kane in the film of the same name, and Hap Collins in the Sundance series Hap and Leonard. Purefoy also played Lord Phillipe de Clermont in the second season of the hit AMC/Netflix series "A Discovery of Witches". In 2018, he starred as Laurens Bancroft in the first season of Altered Carbon, a Netflix original series. Following an uncredited role as V in the 2006 film V for Vendetta (replaced and dubbed over by Hugo Weaving), he was cast in a main role as Captain Gulliver "Gully" Troy / Captain Blighty in the 2020–2021 second and 2022 third season of the television series Pennyworth, the prequel to both Gotham and V for Vendetta. Description above from the Wikipedia article James Purefoy, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Last updated: June 14, 2026

45 titles
Community avg: 7.59 /10
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    2002March 2002 by Paul W. S. Anderson
    Horror, Action, Science Fiction
    Horror, Action, Science Fiction
    7.60 Excellent--
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    2012March 2012 by Andrew Stanton
    Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
    Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
    7.31 Good++
  • 3
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    2009December 2009 by MJ Bassett
    Adventure, Fantasy, Action
    Adventure, Fantasy, Action
    7.01 Good
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    4
    2001May 2001 by Brian Helgeland
    Adventure, Drama, Romance
    Adventure, Drama, Romance
    7.81 Excellent-
  • 5
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    2011March 2011 by Jonathan English
    Romance, Adventure, Action
    Romance, Adventure, Action
    7.14 Good+
  • 6
    6
    2005–2007 by Bruno Heller
    Action & Adventure, Drama
    Action & Adventure, Drama
    9.12 Masterpiece+
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    7
    2015November 2015 by Ben Wheatley
    Drama
    Drama
    6.64 Good--
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    2013–2015 by Kevin Williamson
    Crime, Drama
    Crime, Drama
    7.82 Excellent-
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    2015October 2015 by Stephen S. Campanelli
    Action, Crime, Thriller
    Action, Crime, Thriller
    6.72 Good-
  • 10
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    2016–2018 by Guillermo del Toro
    Family, Animation, Action & Adventure
    Family, Animation, Action & Adventure
    9.33 Masterpiece++
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    2020 by Peter Blake
    Action & Adventure, Crime, Spanish
    Action & Adventure, Crime, Spanish
    7.81 Excellent-
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    12
    2019March 2019 by Chris Foggin
    Comedy, Drama
    Comedy, Drama
    7.70 Excellent-
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    1999November 1999 by Patricia Rozema
    Romance, Drama
    Romance, Drama
    7.66 Excellent--
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    2017May 2017 by Jonathan Teplitzky
    Drama, History
    Drama, History
    7.23 Good+
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    2004September 2004 by Mira Nair
    Drama, Romance
    Drama, Romance
    6.90 Good-
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    2016–2018 by Nick Damici
    Crime, Drama, Action & Adventure
    Crime, Drama, Action & Adventure
    7.85 Excellent-
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    2004March 2004 by Tom Reeve
    Adventure
    Adventure
    6.95 Good
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    2023December 2023 by Randall Zisk
    Comedy, Crime, Mystery
    Comedy, Crime, Mystery
    7.82 Excellent-
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    2016July 2016 by Meera Menon
    Drama
    Drama
    7.00 Good
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    2014March 2014 by Mark Young
    Action, Drama, Thriller
    Action, Drama, Thriller
    6.94 Good
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    2024 by Steven Knight
    Drama, Crime
    Drama, Crime
    7.57 Excellent--
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    2004May 2004 by Simon Fellows
    Thriller, Mystery, Horror
    Thriller, Mystery, Horror
    6.81 Good-
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    2026June 2026 by Travis Knight
    Action, Fantasy, Science Fiction
    Action, Fantasy, Science Fiction
    8.19 Excellent+
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    2000June 2000 by Ben Elton
    Comedy, Romance
    Comedy, Romance
    6.86 Good-
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    2022August 2022 by Nick Moorcroft
    Comedy, Drama, Music
    Comedy, Drama, Music
    7.70 Excellent-
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    1998August 1998 by Rose Troche
    Comedy, Drama, Romance
    Comedy, Drama, Romance
    7.45 Good++
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    2011 by Anthony Horowitz
    Drama, Crime
    Drama, Crime
    7.93 Excellent
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    2006
    Documentary, Drama
    Documentary, Drama
    7.65 Excellent--
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    2017May 2017 by John Stephenson
    Drama, Music
    Drama, Music
    7.53 Excellent--
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    2000April 2000 by Peter Yates
    Adventure, Comedy
    Adventure, Comedy
    7.58 Excellent--
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    2007October 2007 by Jed Mercurio
    Drama, Science Fiction
    Drama, Science Fiction
    7.57 Excellent--
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    2001December 2001 by Coky Giedroyc
    Comedy
    Comedy
    7.34 Good++
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    2009 by Tom Fontana
    Action & Adventure, Drama
    Action & Adventure, Drama
    7.90 Excellent-
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    Airing since 2025 by Allan Hawco
    Drama, Crime, Mystery
    Drama, Crime, Mystery
    7.50 Excellent--
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    35
    2008 by John Krizanc
    Drama
    Drama
    7.63 Excellent--
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    1995October 1995 by Christopher Menaul
    Drama, Crime
    Drama, Crime
    7.65 Excellent--
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    2006January 2006 by Nicholas Kendall
    Adventure, Comedy, Family
    Adventure, Comedy, Family
    7.62 Excellent--
  • 38
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    Airing since 2025 by Sarah Williams
    Drama
    Drama
    7.88 Excellent-
  • 39
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    1997
    Comedy, Drama
    Comedy, Drama
    7.69 Excellent--
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    1996 by Catherine Cookson
    Drama
    Drama
    7.97 Excellent
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    1994
    Drama
    Drama
    Needs more reviews
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    1996 by Julian Fellowes
    Drama
    Drama
    Needs more reviews
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    2003 by Dennis Potter
    Drama
    Drama
    Needs more reviews
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    2009
    no additional tags
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    Airing since 1995
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