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James Purefoy

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Born: June 3, 1964
Actor
Famous for: Setting TV audiences swooning by stripping off in Rome

Blessed with leading man looks and a smouldering screen presence, Taunton-born James certainly isn't shy, as witnessed by his nude scene as Mark Anthony in Rome, which earned him legion fans. Public school educated and trained at the Central School Of Speech And Drama, where he developed a taste for fencing, James honed his stage skills with the Royal Shakespeare Company. He went on to appear in TV costume dramas such as Sharpe's Sword, The Tenant Of Wildfell Hall, The Mayor Of Casterbridge and Beau Brummell: This Charming Man. He lists Maybe Baby, A Knight's Tale and Vanity Fair among his silver screen credits. For 11 years the actor - whose surname originates from the Norman French for 'good faith' shared his life with Cold Feet actress Fay Ripley, and was briefly linked to Gwyneth Paltrow. He has a son, Joseph, from his marriage to Waking The Dead actress Holly Aird. The couple divorced in 2002.
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