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Early life. Purefoy was born in Taunton, Somerset, the eldest son of Anthony Chetwynd Purefoy and Shirley, née Taylor. The Purefoy family were landed gentry, of Shalstone, Buckinghamshire; the family name passed in the female line through Anthony Chetwynd Purefoy's mother, Mary Lilias Geraldine, daughter of Admiral Richard Purefoy (who had changed his surname from Fitzgerald as his mother was ...
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. After leaving school at the age of sixteen, he took a succession of different jobs, including working on a pig farm and as a porter at Yeovil District Hospital, before travelling and working ...
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James Purefoy is an English actor who is known for playing Mark Antony in HBO’s ‘Rome’, Laurens Bancroft in the Netflix original series ‘Altered Carbon’ and a professor-turned-serial-killer in the drama ‘The Following’. He has made a number of appearances in a variety of television shows and plays across USA and UK since the 1980s.
Aug 19, 2022 · WATCH: James Purefoy talks his incredible roles - and how to handle fame “Certainly it can affect family and not always in good ways… I was doing a show in New York, The Following, and it was ...
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Jan 7, 2021 · A Discovery of Witches. Purefoy plays Goode's vampiric father on the show's second season. James Purefoy and Matthew Goode have been friends and colleagues for years, but it was a round of ...
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Jun 23, 2021 · 1. 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." It actually derives from the Old French term pure-foy, meaning someone who was staunch and true. 2.
Feb 26, 2021 · The first time I met James Purefoy, it cost me £20. A backstreet in Soho, he was between jobs… No, I’m kidding. It was a racecourse – Epsom, I think, wouldn’t swear on it – and this young editorial assistant was wandering the paddock, starry eyed and a little skew-whiff thanks to an afternoon spent in hospitality.
