- Films
- 21
- Avg rating
- 6.08
- Peak run
- 2016’26
- 7+ run
- 2 films
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes
James by the numbers
Average
6.08
17 rated films
Vote weighted
6.15
bigger films count more
Median
6.2
half are better
Consistency
±0.79
rating spread
Career
32y
1995 to 2026
Total votes
947K
across every film
Best
7.0
A Knight's Tale
Worst
5.5
High-Rise
Newest first
Filmography
| 2026 |  Masters of the Universe | King Randor | 6.4 | 127K |
| 2023 |  Mr. Monk's Last Case: A Monk Movie | Rick Eden | 6.7 | 13,878 |
| 2022 | Fisherman's Friends: One and All | Jim | 6.5 | 2,695 |
| 2019 |  Fisherman's Friends | Jim | 7.0 | 13,164 |
| 2019 | Limbo | Lucifer | · | 566 |
| 2017 | Interlude in Prague | Baron Saloka | · | 898 |
| 2016 | Equity | Michael Connor | 5.6 | 4,088 |
| 2015 |  High-Rise | Pangbourne | 5.5 | 47,986 |
| 2015 |  Momentum | Mr. Washington | 5.5 | 17,934 |
| 2012 |  John Carter | Kantos Kan | 6.6 | 302K |
| 2011 |  Ironclad | Thomas Marshal | 6.1 | 45,691 |
| 2009 |  Solomon Kane | Solomon Kane | 6.1 | 81,158 |
| 2004 |  Vanity Fair | Rawdon Crawley | 6.2 | 24,365 |
| 2004 | George and the Dragon | George | 5.6 | 4,776 |
| 2004 | Blessed | Craig Howard | 4.2 | 2,463 |
| 2001 |  A Knight's Tale | Colville | 7.0 | 223K |
| 1999 | Lighthouse | Richard Spader | 4.8 | 1,467 |
| 1999 |  Mansfield Park | Tom Bertram | 7.0 | 28,273 |
| 1999 | Women Talking Dirty | Daniel | · | 910 |
| 1998 | Bedrooms and Hallways | Brendan | 6.6 | 3,630 |
Takes
On James Purefoy
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