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A dashgly handsome, dark-haired actor hailg om Somerset, England, Jam Purefoy did extensive stage and televisn work his native untry begng the mid-1980s before breakg out wh signifint film rol at the close of the 90s. The performer ma his profsnal actg but as Alan Strang a 1986 stage productn of "Equ" and subsequently joed the Royal Shakpeare Company, where he was featured productns cludg "The Tempt" and "Macbeth." Lookg to make the move to screen work, but fdg ltle the way of film rol, Purefoy began a succsful televisn n wh a -starrg role on the Granada-CV seri "Coastg," chroniclg a theme park owned by two brothers Blackpool. In 1991, he ma his but on Amerin televisn when PBS broadst "The Casebook of Sherlock Holm" as a prentatn of "Mystery!" His supportg role the Brish miseri "The Clong of Joanna May" land him back on the small screens of USA when was aired on A&E 1992, and the followg year he was featured the three-part miseri "Callg the Shots" on PBS' "Masterpiece Theatre." Purefoy ma his feature actg but "Feast of July," a perd drama produced by Merchant Ivory. This but didn't immediately jump-start a film reer, and Purefoy stead spent his time performg wh the Birmgham Repertory Theatre and actg televisn productns cludg the popular Brish perd actn seri "Sharpe" and the Brish TV adaptatn of "The Tenant of Wildfell Hall" (1996). He returned to the Royal Shakpeare Company to act Simon Callow's 1996 stagg of "L Enfants du Paradis." The followg year, he reappeared on Brish small screens wh a -starrg role the crilly ld miseri "A Dance to the Mic of Time." 1998 saw the actor return to featur wh a pivotal supportg role as an appealgly gged but sensive heterosexual upon whom a gay acquatance (Kev McKidd) velops a csh Rose Troche's wng and h "Bedrooms & Hallways." Beg somethg of a csh object himself thanks to the charmg role, Purefoy went agast type and bulked up to play the downwardly spiralg dnk Tom Bertram Patricia Rozema's somewhat revisnist take on Jane Aten's "Mansfield Park" (1999). The actor returned to the stage wh "Four Knights Knarboro," a dark edy produced at Kilburn's Tricycle Theatre the same year he was featured the pennts "The Lighthoe" and "Women Talkg Dirty" (all 1999). Purefoy kicked off 2000 wh an appearance the Brish miseri "Metropolis" and ma the most of a supportg turn as a sctive actor who strik the fancy of the hormonal Joely Richardson Ben Elton's feature directorial but "Maybe Baby." He aga appeared on Amerin televisn, portrayg Carras the TNT origal "Don Quixote," while his lightfully scere supportg turn as the Black Prce of Wal suably imprsed wh the skills of the lowly squire (Heath Ledger) "A Knight's Tale" (2001) troduced him to an even larger USA dience. A -starrg role the eagerly-awaed actn thriller "Rint Evil" (2002) would prove the actor's breakthrough wh the Amerin dience. Later that year, he starred the small screen remake of Thomas Hardy's novel "The Mayor of Casterbridge" (A&E, 2003). Purefoy next appeared the European films "Photo Fish" (2003), "Gee and the Dragon" (2004) and "Blsed" (2004) before garnerg much attentn om Hollywood his next role, playg Ree Wherspoon's high-born lover Rawdon Crawley director Mira Nair's stylish 2004 adaptatn of the classic William Thackery novel "Vany Fair." Purefoy was then st as a regular his first televisn seri, portrayg Marc Antony HBO's sprawlg historil epic, "Rome" (2005-07). Alongsi supportg rol the notor flop "John Carter" (2012), actn thriller "Wicked Blood" (2013) and J.G. Ballard adaptatn "High-Rise" (2015), Purefoy foced largely on TV for the next several years, playg charismatic serial killer Joe Carroll thriller "The Followg" (Fox 2013-15), starrg oppose Michael Kenh Williams the crime drama "Hap and Leonard" (Sundance 2016- ), and -starrg the acclaimed reboot of "Roots" (History 2016).