James Purefoy

TV Actor

Birthday:

June 3, 1964

Birth Sign:

Gemini

Birthplace:

England

Net Income:

N/A

About

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. 

Before Fame

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

Trivia

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. 

Family Life

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

Associated With

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

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