James Brian Mark Purefoy[www.filmreference.com/film/31/James-Purefoy.html Film Reference.com.] (born June 3 1964) is an English
actor.
Early life and work
Purefoy was born in
Taunton,
Somerset.
He was a
boarder at
Sherborne School which he left with only one
O-level. Later he went to night school and got 11 more, then took his
A-levels.
["When in Rome..." interview with Hannah Pool. The Guardian. 6 January 2007.] He then studied acting at the British drama school the
Central School of Speech and Drama, while selling, with difficulty, copies of the
Socialist Worker in his spare time.
Career
Purefoy's early professional roles included Romeo in
Romeo and Juliet in
Leatherhead, Walter in
Mary Morgan at the
Riverside Studios and Alan Strang in
Equus on tour.
