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James Brian Mark Purefoy (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. 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. Following an uncredited role as V in the 2006 film V for Vendetta (replaced and dubbed over by Hugo Weaving), he was cast in a main role as Captain Gulliver "Gully" Troy / Captain Blighty in the 2020–2021 second and 2022 third season of the television series Pennyworth, the prequel to both Gotham and V for Vendetta. Description above from the Wikipedia article James Purefoy, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

James Purefoy

Lord Roderick Tiberius
for Lord Roderick Tiberius in The Ghost of Azura
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The Ghost of Azura is a 2025 epic medieval fantasy action adventure film written and directed by Mel Gibson and produced by Zack Snyder and David Yates from a story by Snyder and Edward Zwick. The second non-biographical work by Gibson since The Man Without a Face, it is the first installment in the Kingdom of Azura film series. The film stars Cara Delevingne as the title character, alongside Ethan Hawke, James Purefoy, Isabella Sermon, Jude Law, Olivia Cooke, Graham McTavish, Joe Manganiello, Idris Elba, Anthony Hopkins, Djimon Hounsou, and Nicole Kidman. In the film, legendary female captain of Azura's knights, Artemis Menethil, is determined to protect the kingdom of Azura when it is threatened by a power-hungry and sociopathic rival to King Benjamin Magnus, the Scottish warlord Roderick Tiberius. The Ghost of Azura was released in theaters by Lionsgate on March 26th, 2025; despite low expectations due to Gibson's controversies until 2016, it was a surprise financial success, grossing $959 million worldwide against a budget of $145 million. It was well-received by critics and audiences, garnering a certified "fresh" rating of 95% of rotten tomatoes, with praise for its action, visuals, direction, story, performances (particularly Delevingne, Hawke, and Purefoy), screenplay, Hans Zimmer's musical score, cinematography, and emotional weight. The film reevaluated Gibson's reputation further after his acclaimed 2016 film Hacksaw Ridge. A sequel is in development.