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Name: James Purefoy
Birthplace: Taunton, Somerset, England
Birthdate: June 3, 1964
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Brown
Height: 6'1"

Best Known as: Edward, the Black Prince of Wales in A Knight's Tale

James Purefoy was born and brought up in Somerset. After leaving school at the age of sixteen he took a succession of different jobs, including working on a pig farm and as a porter at Yeovil District Hospital, before travelling and working extensively throughout Europe. At eighteen James returned to college to take his A-Levels, one of which was Drama. It was there that he realised that this was something he felt inspired by and so applied for and was accepted onto the acting course at the Central School of Speech and Drama. Whilst playing the title role in Henry V in the first term of his final year at Central he was seen by a casting director from the RSC and invited to join the company immediately in Stratford. Over the next six years he divided his time between theatre and television. In the theatre he worked Women of Troy at the Gate; Matthew Warchus, Death of a Salesman at the West Yorkshire Playhouse; Hamlet at Bristol Old Vic; a critically acclaimed season at Birmingham Rep playing leading parts in The Servant, The Way of the World and Macbeth, on Les Enfants du Paradis, again for the RSC. Over the last few years he has been busy making feature films, on average at the rate of three a year. He has continued to surprise those who seek to pidgeon-hole him in his film career, always choosing to play parts that juxtapose strongly with the one he has just completed.

Filmography:
"Rome" (2005) TV Series Marc Antony
Vanity Fair (2004) Rawdon Crawley
Blessed (2004) Craig Howard
Goose! (2004) Kenneth Donnelly
George and the Dragon (2004) George
The Mayor of Casterbridge (2003) (TV) Donald Farfrae
Photo Finish (2003) James
Resident Evil (2002) Spence Parks
A Knight's Tale (2001) Sir Thomas Colville/Edward, the Black Prince of Wales
Domani (2001) Andrew Spender
... aka Tomorrow (International: English title)
The Wedding Tackle (2000) Hal
Maybe Baby (2000) Carl Phipps
"Metropolis" (2000) (mini) TV Series Nathan
Don Quixote (2000) (TV) Sansón Carrasco
Lighthouse (2000/I) Richard Spader
... aka Dead of Night (USA: video title)
Women Talking Dirty (1999) Daniel
Mansfield Park (1999) Tom Bertram
Bedrooms and Hallways (1998) Brendan
Blink (1998) (TV) John
Bright Hair (1997)(TV) David Miles
"A Dance to the Music of Time" (1997) (mini) TV Series Nicholas Jenkins
"Have Your Cake and Eat It" (1997) (mini) TV Series Ben
Jilting Joe (1997) Joe
The Prince and the Pauper (1996) (TV) Miles Hendon
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1996) (TV) Mr. Lawrence
"The Tide of Life" (1996) (mini) TV Series Nick Stuart
Sharpe's Sword (1995) (TV) Lord Jack Spears
Feast of July (1995) Jedd Wainwright
"Tears Before Bedtime" (1995) TV Series Jimmy Turner
"Rides" (1992) TV Series Julian (1993)
Calling the Shots (1993) (TV) Brian Summers
One Night Stand (1993)
Angels (1992/I) Victor
The Cloning of Joanna May (1992) (TV) Oliver
Bye Bye Baby (1992) (TV)

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