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James Brian Mark Purefoy [1] (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.
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James Purefoy. Actor: Rome. James Brian Mark Purefoy was born and brought up in Taunton, Somerset, England, the son of Shirley (Taylor), who ran an employment agency, and Anthony Chetwynd Purefoy.
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James Purefoy. Actor: Rome. James Brian Mark Purefoy was born and brought up in Taunton, Somerset, England, the son of Shirley (Taylor), who ran an employment agency, and Anthony Chetwynd Purefoy.
- June 3, 1964
- The surname Purefoy dates back more than a thousand years. According to House of Names, it began "soon after 1066 when the Norman Conquest of England occurred" and was a name "given to a man of true faith."
- He went to Sherborne, a prestigious independent boarding school that also counts John Le Carré, Hugh Bonneville, and Chris Martin among its alumni. Purefoy has since revealed that he embarked on a course of therapy in his late-twenties to deal with the emotional fallout from being sent to boarding school as a child.
- As a teenager, he spent two years working as a hospital porter. "The pay was £25 ($35) for a 40 hour week. And this was 1980 not 1890," he told Somerset Live in 2019. "
- He twice came close to playing Bond: first when Pierce Brosnan was cast in 1995, then when Daniel Craig landed the role a decade later. "I kind of wish it had never been found out that I’d gone up for Bond.
Aug 19, 2022 · Returning as the band’s frontman Jim is James Purefoy, the 58-year-old who found fame himself alongside Heath Ledger in 2001’s much-loved comedy A Knight’s Tale and on HBO’s epic mini-series...
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James Purefoy is an English actor who is known for his role in HBO’s ‘Rome.’ Check out this biography to know about his birthday, childhood, family life, achievements and fun facts about him.
Dec 3, 2020 · James Purefoy. The star of Altered Carbon and Sex Education talks to Alexandra Pollard about his new thriller No Man’s Land, working through the resentment of being sent away to boarding school...
