James Brian Mark Purefoy 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. 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, 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.
Purefoy in 2012
Purefoy in 2009
Purefoy at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2009
Purefoy in 2011 at Rochester Castle in Kent
Rome is a historical drama television series released 2005–2007 created by John Milius, William J. MacDonald, and Bruno Heller. The series is set in the 1st century BC, during Ancient Rome's transition from Republic to Empire. The series features a sprawling cast of characters, many based on real figures from historical records, but the lead protagonists are ultimately two soldiers named Lucius Vorenus and Titus Pullo, who find their lives intertwined with key historical events.
Ray Stevenson as Titus Pullo (left) and Kevin McKidd as Lucius Vorenus, seen in the episode "Pharsalus"
Set of the television series Rome in the Cinecittà studios in Rome, Italy
Scenography of the series at the Cinecittà studios in Rome, Italy
Gorgoneion from credits, depicting its use in the ancient world as a protective apotropaic symbol.
