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James Purefoy

1964 - Today

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James Brian Mark Purefoy (born 3 June 1964) is an English actor. He played Marcus Antonius 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. James Purefoy is the 4,155th most popular actor (down from 3,543rd in 2019), the 3,533rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,898th in 2019) and the 504th most popular British Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, James Purefoy ranks 4,155 out of 13,578. Before him are Camilla Horn, Chuck McCann, Ariadna Gil, Theo Lingen, Juan Diego, and Lupita Ferrer. After him are Sheri Moon Zombie, Heinz Weixelbraun, Ben Barnes, Christian Bach, Dominique Lavanant, and Tita Merello.

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Among people born in 1964, James Purefoy ranks 219. Before him are Magnus Wislander, Saud Al-Shuraim, Giuseppe Giannini, Naoto Ohshima, Willie Garson, and David W. Panuelo. After him are Mikhail Popkov, Karen Karapetyan, Mark Waters, Petr Kellner, Matt Walsh, and Valérie Lemercier.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, James Purefoy ranks 3,534 out of 8,785. Before him are Jane Marcet (1769), Ben Miller (1966), Edward Robert Hughes (1851), Leslie Graham (1911), Jerome Flynn (1963), and John Stott (1921). After him are Ben Barnes (1981), Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers (1405), Neil Murray (1950), Andrew Johnson (1981), Frank Hadow (1855), and Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet (1788).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, James Purefoy ranks 504. Before him are Jeremy Northam (1961), Alex Kingston (1963), Edward Woodward (1930), Tania Mallet (1941), Sally Hawkins (1976), and Ben Miller (1966). After him are Ben Barnes (1981), Amanda Abbington (1974), Adrienne Corri (1931), Dave Legeno (1963), H. B. Warner (1876), and Shirley Henderson (1965).

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