James Purefoy

James Purefoy

actor

BIRTHDAY June 3, 1964
BIRTH SIGN Gemini
BIRTHPLACE England
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ABOUT JAMES PUREFOY

Actor who played the role of Mark Antony in HBO's Rome series and later portrayed a serial killer in Fox's The Following . He played Gallagher in the 2025 TV show Saint-Pierre.

He left school at age sixteen and worked on a pig farm and at a local hospital.

He was part of the Royal Shakespeare Company and appeared in productions of Macbeth, The Tempest, and King Lear. He has amassed more than 90 different acting roles throughout his long career.

He married Holly Aird in 1996; the pair welcomed a son the following year and a daughter in 2012.

He appeared with Patrick Stewart in a made-for-TV movie version of Richard II.