James Purefoy

Q: Has James Purefoy won any awards?

While James Purefoy has not won major awards like the Oscars, he has received nominations for his performances in various television and film projects, highlighting his talent.

Q: What was James Purefoy's first film?

James Purefoy's first film role was in 'A Knight's Tale' (2001), where he played the character Sir Ulrich von Lichtenstein, marking his entry into the film industry.

Q: What is James Purefoy's background in acting?

James Purefoy trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London, which laid the foundation for his successful career in both theatre and screen acting.

Q: Is James Purefoy involved in any upcoming projects?

As of 2024, James Purefoy stars in the series 'Shardlake,' which showcases his ability to portray historical characters with depth and nuance.

Q: How many children does James Purefoy have?

James Purefoy has two children, Joseph and Holly, from his marriage to Jessica Adams.

Q: What is James Purefoy's estimated net worth?

James Purefoy's estimated net worth is approximately $5 million, reflecting his successful career in film and television.

Q: What is a defining characteristic of James Purefoy's acting style?

James Purefoy is known for his commanding presence and distinctive voice, often bringing a sense of gravitas to his roles in drama and action genres.

Known for

Resident Evil (2022)

IMDb 4.2 / 10

2022 / Action, Adventure

Nearly three decades after the discovery of the T-virus, an outbreak reveals the Umbrella Corporation's dark secrets. Based on the horror franchise.

John Carter (2012)

IMDb 6.6 / 10

2012 / Action, Adventure / 132 min

John Carter is a war-weary, former military captain who's inexplicably transported to the mysterious and exotic planet of Barsoom (Mars) and reluctantly becomes embroiled...

Name

James Purefoy

Height

6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)

Born

3 March 1964, Taunton, Somerset, England

Spouses

Jessica Adams (2014–present)

Children

2 (Joseph and Holly)

Parents

William Purefoy and Ruth Purefoy

Estimated Net Worth

$5 million

Year	Title	Character	Rating
2026	Movie Masters of the Universe After being separated for 15 years, the Sword of Power leads Prince Adam back to Eternia, where he discovers his...	King Randor	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2026	TV The Faithful This event series is told through the eyes of the courageous and passionate, yet flawed women whose descendants would shape...	Laban	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2025	TV Outrageous Based on the story of the Mitford sisters, six sisters who refused to play by the rules and whose often-scandalous...	David Freeman-Mitford	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2025	Movie Humphrey Jennings: The Man Who Listened to Britain Documentary about Humphrey Jennings, an English documentary filmmaker from the 1930s to 1950.	Narrator	TMDB 10.0 / 10
2025	TV Saint-Pierre Exiled to Saint-Pierre, Newfoundland Inspector Fitzpatrick (Fitz) is partnered with headstrong Deputy Chief Archambault (Arch) to solve unique crimes that...	Sean Gallagher	TMDB 5.8 / 10
2024	Movie Legacy	Le père	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2024	TV Land of Women Gala is a New York City socialite on the run in a quaint Spanish town with her mother and daughter....	Fred	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2024	TV The Veil Two women play a deadly game of truth and lies on the road from Istanbul to Paris and London. One...	Sir Michael Althorp	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2024	TV The Veil Two women play a deadly game of truth and lies on the road from Istanbul to Paris and London. One...	Michael Althorp	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2023	Movie Mr. Monk's Last Case: A Monk Movie Monk steps out of retirement as his stepdaughter's wedding turns tragic when her fiancé dies in a bungee jumping accident.	Rick Eden	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2023	TV Malpractice Dr Lucinda Edwards is a smart, battle-hardened doctor, but we meet her on a nightmare shift that ends in the...	Dr. Leo Harris	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2022	TV The Recruit Recruited out of law school by the CIA, a daredevil young attorney leaps unprepared into the dangerous world of international...	Oliver Bonner-Jones	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2022	TV Marie Antoinette Marie Antoinette is just a teenager when she leaves Austria to marry the Dauphin of France. At Versailles, under the...	Louis XV	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2022	Movie Fisherman's Friends: One and All Following the unexpected success of the band’s debut album “No Hopers, Jokers and Rogues”, we re-join them almost a year...	Jim	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2021	Movie Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans The Guardians of Arcadia reunite to battle the nefarious Arcane Order, who've reawakened the primordial Titans.	Additional Voices (voice)	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2020	TV No Man's Land Dive into the depths of the Syrian civil war through the eyes of Antoine, a young Frenchman, in search for...	Stanley	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2020	TV El Candidato Rookie CIA field operative Isabel Alfaro works alongside infamous CIA legend Wayne Addison to bring down Rafael Bautista, Mexico's most...	Wayne Addison	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2019	TV The Witcher Geralt of Rivia, a mutated monster-hunter for hire, journeys toward his destiny in a turbulent world where people often prove...	Skellen	TMDB 7.9 / 10
2019	Movie Limbo A murderer finds himself on trial in Hell, caught between a bitter prosecutor and an inexperienced defence attorney. The trial...	Lucifer	TMDB 5.3 / 10
2019	Movie All Hail the Popcorn King! Made in cooperation with Joe Lansdale, we explore his life growing up in 1950's east Texas and how he has...	Self	TMDB 1.0 / 10
2019	TV Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler The origin story of Bruce Wayne's legendary butler, Alfred Pennyworth, a former British SAS soldier who forms a security company...	Captain Gulliver 'Gully' Troy	TMDB 7.8 / 10
2019	Movie Fisherman's Friends Ten fishermen from Cornwall are signed by Universal Records and achieve a top ten hit with their debut album of...	Jim	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2019	TV Sex Education Inexperienced Otis channels his sex therapist mom when he teams up with rebellious Maeve to set up an underground sex...	Remi Milburn	TMDB 8.2 / 10
2018	TV A Discovery of Witches Closet witch Diana Bishop and centuries-old vampire Matthew Clairmont are drawn into a deadly mystery and forbidden romance when a...	Philippe de Clermont	TMDB 7.8 / 10
2018	TV A Discovery of Witches Closet witch Diana Bishop and centuries-old vampire Matthew Clairmont are drawn into a deadly mystery and forbidden romance when a...	Philippe De Clermont	TMDB 7.8 / 10
2018	Movie It's Me, Sugar A recounting of the making of 'Some Like It Hot' starring Marilyn Monroe and directed by Billy Wilder - now...	Billy Wilder	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2018	TV Altered Carbon After 250 years on ice, a prisoner returns to life in a new body with one chance to win his...	Laurens Bancroft	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2017	Movie Churchill A ticking-clock thriller following Winston Churchill in the 24 hours before D-Day.	King George VI	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2017	Movie Interlude in Prague The incredible tale of Mozart's Prague years.	Baron Saloka	TMDB 5.8 / 10
2017	TV Urban Myths Our Urban Myths are stories that have been passed down over time and have now become part of urban folklore....	Billy Wilder	TMDB 7.4 / 10
2016	TV Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia After uncovering a mysterious amulet, an average teen assumes an unlikely destiny and sets out to save two worlds.	Amulet (voice)	TMDB 8.5 / 10
2016	Movie Equity Senior investment banker Naomi Bishop’s world of high-power big money is brutal and fierce, and one she thrives in. When...	Michael Connor	TMDB 5.6 / 10
2016	TV Roots An adaptation of Alex Haley's "Roots", chronicling the history of an African slave, Kunta Kinte sold to America and his...	John Waller	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2016	TV Hap and Leonard A darkly comic swamp noir story of two best friends set in the late 1980s. Based on the novels by...	Hap Collins	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2015	Movie High-Rise Life for the residents of a tower block begins to run out of control.	Pangbourne	TMDB 5.6 / 10
2015	Movie Momentum When Alex, an infiltration expert with a secret past, accidentally reveals her identity during what should have been a routine...	Mr. Washington	TMDB 5.7 / 10
2014	Movie Wicked Blood Hannah and Amber Baker are trapped in a dark Southern underworld of violence, drugs and bikers. Both live in fear...	'Wild' Bill Owens	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2013	TV The Following Notorious serial killer Joe Carroll, after being found guilty of murdering 14 female students on the Virginia college campus where...	Joe Carroll	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2012	TV The Hollow Crown A series of British television films featuring William Shakespeare's History Plays.	Thomas of Mowbray	TMDB 7.4 / 10
2012	Movie John Carter John Carter is a war-weary, former military captain who's inexplicably transported to the mysterious and exotic planet of Barsoom (Mars)...	Kantos Kan	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2011	TV Revenge When Emily Thorne moves to the Hamptons, everyone wonders about the new girl, but she knows everything about them, including...	Dominik Wright	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2011	TV Injustice William Travers, an accomplished criminal lawyer living happily with his wife in rural Suffolk, is recovering from a traumatic series...	William Travers	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2011	Movie Ironclad In the year 1215, the rebel barons of England have forced their despised King John to put his royal seal...	Thomas Marshall	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2011	TV Camelot With King Uther's sudden death, chaos threatens to engulf Britain. The sorcerer Merlin has visions of a dark future and...	King Lot	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2011	TV Episodes A British husband-and-wife comedy writing team travel to Hollywood to remake their successful British TV series, with disastrous results.	Rob	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2009	Movie Solomon Kane A nomadic 16th century warrior, condemned to hell for his brutal past, seeks redemption by renouncing violence, but finds some...	Solomon Kane	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2009	TV The Philanthropist The title character, Teddy Rist (portrayed by James Purefoy), is a billionaire playboy haunted by the death of his only...	Unknown character	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2009	TV Diamonds The once mighty Denmont Corporation with headquarters in South Africa is on the verge of collapse, threatened by upstart rivals...	Unknown character	Not rated
2009	Movie Diamonds Complex tale about small and big players in the African diamond business wrapped around a murder of US senator's daughter.	Lucas Denmont	TMDB 4.7 / 10
2009	TV Late Night with Jimmy Fallon Late Night with Jimmy Fallon is an American late-night talk show airing weeknights at 12:35 am Eastern/11:35 pm Central on...	Self	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2008	Movie Lena: The Bride of Ice Lina is a beautiful girl, a model, only, perhaps, too romantic for our time – she is looking for true...	Dr. Harper	TMDB 10.0 / 10
2008	TV The Summit Set on the eve of the next G8 Summit, this miniseries follows a mother's desperate struggle to bring justice to...	Thom Lightstone	TMDB 5.6 / 10
2007	Movie Frankenstein Frankenstein is a 2007 British television film produced by Impossible Pictures for ITV. It was written and directed by Jed...	Clerval	TMDB 5.6 / 10
2007	TV British Film Forever Running for seven weeks from July 2007, each week focused on a different genre, examining British film by genre. Presented...	Unknown character	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2007	Movie Manchild Two grown men find themselves suffering from midlife crises at the same time. Remake of British show that was never...	Joe	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2006	TV Blackbeard Drama documentary about Edward Teach, also known as Blackbeard, who terrorised the British colonies in the Americas during the golden...	Edward 'Blackbeard' Teach	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2006	Movie Beau Brummell: This Charming Man This BBC historical drama stars James Purefoy as Beau Brummell, the original sharp-dressed dandy of 18th-century London. A socialite responsible...	Beau Brummell	TMDB 5.2 / 10
2006	Movie Goose on the Loose Grieving young Will Donnelly looks to protect his new best friend, a talking goose, from school Principal Congreve Maddox, who's...	Kenneth Donnelly	TMDB 5.4 / 10
2005	TV Rome A down-to-earth account of the lives of both illustrious and ordinary Romans set in the last days of the Roman...	Mark Antony	TMDB 8.2 / 10
2004	Movie Photo Finish A photographer is devastated when his lover leaves him to pursue an affair with a wealthy man.	James Wise	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2004	Movie Vanity Fair In early 19th century England, orphaned Becky Sharp defies her poverty-stricken background and ascends the social ladder alongside her best...	Rawdon Crawley	TMDB 5.8 / 10
2004	Movie Blessed Heather Graham and James Purefoy play a couple who desperately want to have a baby. Unfortunately, she has been diagnosed...	Craig Howard	TMDB 4.8 / 10
2004	Movie George and the Dragon In 12th century England, the handsome and noble knight, George, has left the Crusades behind to follow his dream of...	George	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2003	TV The Mayor of Casterbridge At a country fair, young hay-trusser Michael Henchard quarrels with his wife Susan, and in a drunken fit decides to...	Donald Farfrae	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2003	Movie The Mayor of Casterbridge Adaptation of Thomas Hardy's novel. At a country fair, young hay-trusser Michael Henchard quarrels with his wife Susan, and in...	Donald Farfrae	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2002	Movie The Making of Resident Evil A behind the scenes look into the making of resident evil where the cast and crew breaks down the process.	Self	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2002	Movie Resident Evil When a virus leaks from a top-secret facility, turning all resident researchers into ravenous zombies and their lab animals into...	Spence	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2001	Movie Women Talking Dirty A lively, outspoken single mother develops an unlikely friendship with a shy cartoonist.	Daniel	TMDB 5.3 / 10
2001	Movie A Knight's Tale William Thatcher, a knight's peasant apprentice, gets a chance at glory when the knight dies suddenly mid-tournament. Posing as a...	Colville	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2001	Movie Tomorrow This ensemble drama details the friendships that grow between survivors of the 1997 Umbria earthquake. The townsfolk—adults, children and foreigners...	Andrew Spender	TMDB 5.8 / 10
2000	Movie The Wedding Tackle The sexual rivalries between a group of friends cause comic chaos during a stag night celebration.	Hal	TMDB 10.0 / 10
2000	Movie Maybe Baby Sam and Lucie Bell are a married couple who seem to have it all: good looks, successful careers, matching motorbikes,...	Carl Phipps	TMDB 5.4 / 10
2000	Movie Don Quixote Adapted from the work of Miguel de Cervantes, this is the story of a hidalgo, fanatic for chivalry novels, who...	Carrasco	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2000	Movie Lighthouse A prison ship on its way to a remote island prison runs aground on rocks and sinks. Mixed survivors of...	Richard Spader	TMDB 4.6 / 10
1999	Movie Mansfield Park Fanny Price is sent to live with her wealthy relatives, the Bertrams, where she is treated poorly by most except...	Tom Bertram	TMDB 6.7 / 10
1998	Movie Jilting Joe Joe and Olivia are childhood sweethearts, about to embark on their wedding day. But, the so-called happiest day of their...	Joe	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1998	Movie Bedrooms and Hallways At the suggestion of a straight friend, gay man Leo joins a men’s group, where he causes some upsets by...	Brendan	TMDB 6.1 / 10
1997	TV A Dance to the Music of Time A Dance to the Music of Time is a four-part adaptation of Anthony Powell's 12-volume novel sequence that aired on...	Nicholas Jenkins	TMDB 5.7 / 10
1997	Movie Bright Hair A solitary schoolgirl, prone to sudden blackouts after she's stumbled into a murder scene, gets involved with her English teacher....	David Miles	TMDB 4.1 / 10
1996	TV The Tenant of Wildfell Hall The Tenant of Wildfell Hall is a 1996 serial adaptation of Anne Brontë's novel of the same name, produced by...	Mr Frederick Lawrence	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1996	TV The Prince and the Pauper A poor boy named Tom Canty and Edward, the Prince of Wales exchange identities but events force the pair to...	Miles Hendon	TMDB 9.0 / 10
1996	TV The Tide of Life Tide of Life is a three-part miniseries adaptation of Catherine Cookson's 1976 novel of the same name. Produced by the...	Nick Stuart	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1995	Movie Feast of July After an abandoned young woman in late 19th Century England is taken in by a rural couple with three handsome...	Jedd Wainwright	TMDB 5.8 / 10
1995	Movie Sharpe's Sword Franco-Spanish Border, 1813. Sean Bean returns as the courageous Major Richard Sharpe, his latest mission to protect the identity of...	Captain the Lord Jack Spears	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1995	TV Tears Before Bedtime A story of middle-class professional couples who employ full-time live-in nannies to look after their children. The nannies meet up...	Jimmy Turner	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1994	Movie One Night Stand Last night Kate met John. But when she wakes up, he's gone and she's locked in his flat. When she...	John	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1994	TV Calling the Shots The work of television reporter Maggie Donnelly sets off a terrifying sequence of events in her private life.	Brian Summers	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1993	TV Sharpe Sharpe is a British series of television dramas starring Sean Bean as Richard Sharpe, a fictional British soldier in the...	Jack Spears	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1992	Movie Angels Three guardian angels help three souls evaluate their past lives.	Victor	TMDB 9.0 / 10
1992	TV The Cloning of Joanna May Joanna once was married to Carl May, a very rich and powerful nuclear energy magnate. They love each other, but...	Oliver	Not rated
1992	Movie The Cloning of Joanna May Joanna once was married to Carl May, a very rich and powerful nuclear energy magnate. They love each other, but...	Oliver	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1990	TV Coasting The dodgy business deals of an older brother finally catch up with him, forcing him and his blameless younger brother...	Mike Baker	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1984	TV Sherlock Holmes Sherlock Holmes uses his abilities to take on cases by private clients and those that the Scotland Yard are unable...	James McCarthy	TMDB 8.2 / 10

Year	Title	Role	Rating
2022	Movie Fisherman's Friends: One and All Following the unexpected success of the band’s debut album “No Hopers, Jokers and Rogues”, we re-join them almost a year...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 6.5 / 10

Masters of the Universe

2026 / TMDB 6.9

Humphrey Jennings: The Man Who Listened to Britain

2025 / TMDB 10.0

Legacy

2024 / TMDB 7.0

Mr. Monk's Last Case: A Monk Movie

2023 / TMDB 6.8

Fisherman's Friends: One and All

2022 / TMDB 6.5

Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans

2021 / TMDB 7.6

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