James Brian Mark Purefoy is an English actor, producer, and director. He is best known for portraying Mark Antony in the HBO series Rome, and professorturnedserialkiller Joe Carroll in the series The Following.
He was born in Somerset and attended Sherborne School before training at the Central School of Speech and Drama. His appearances in stage plays and a variety of television roles in the UK and USA have grown since the 1980s.
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