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Dominic Purcell Born Dominic Haakon Myrtvedt Purcell
17 February 1970
Merseyside, England, UKOccupation Actor Years active 1997–present Spouse Rebecca Williamson (divorced) Dominic Haakon Myrtvedt Purcell[1] (born 17 February 1970) is a British-Australian actor, best-known for his role as Lincoln Burrows in Prison Break, the title character in John Doe, and Dracula in Blade: Trinity.
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Life and career
Purcell was born in Merseyside. At the age of two, Dominic and his family moved from England to Sydney's Bondi and later moved to the Western Suburbs.[2] He is of Irish and Norwegian descent. Purcell attended Blaxland East Public School, and later studied at St Dominic's College, Penrith and McCarthy Catholic College. After becoming a landscape gardener, he soon tired of the profession and, while watching the war movie Platoon, decided to become an actor.[citation needed]
He eventually attended the Australian Theatre for Young People and then later enrolled at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts where he met his future wife Rebecca and studied with Hugh Jackman.[citation needed]
Filmography
Television
Year Film Role Notes 1997–1998 Raw FM Granger Hutton 1998 Water Rats Alex episodes: 3x12-3x13 Moby-Dick Bulkington mini-series 1999 Heartbreak High Todd Gillespie episodes: 7x38-7x40 First Daughter Troy Nelson TV movie Silent Predator Truck Driver TV movie 2001 Invincible Keith Grady TV movie BeastMaster Kelb episodes: 3x01-3x04, 3x06 The Lost World Condillac episode: 3x02 2002–03 John Doe John Doe 2004 House Ed Snow episode: "Fidelity" (1x7) North Shore Tommy Ravetto episodes: 1x16-1x20 2005–09 Prison Break Lincoln Burrows 2009 Prison Break: The Final Break Lincoln Burrows TV movie 2011 Castle Russell Ganz episode 3x22 Film
Year Film Role 2000 Mission: Impossible II Ulrich 2002 Equilibrium Seamus 2003 3-way Lew Visitors Luke 2004 Blade: Trinity Drake 2005 The Gravedancers Harris McKay 2007 Level Seven Millar Primeval Tim Manfrey 2009 Blood Creek Victor Marshall 2010 House of the Rising Sun Tony 2011 Killer Elite Davies Straw Dogs Niles Video Game
Year Film Role 2010 Prison Break: The Conspiracy Lincoln Burrows References
- ^ O'Connor, B, "Break Out". Men's Fitness. December/January 2007 Issue. Retrieved on 18 December 2006.
- ^ http://www.filmreference.com/film/89/Dominic-Purcell.html
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Categories:- 1970 births
- Australian expatriates in the United States
- Australian people of Irish descent
- Australian people of Norwegian descent
- Australian television actors
- Australian film actors
- British expatriates in the United States
- British people of Irish descent
- British people of Norwegian descent
- British television actors
- British film actors
- Living people
- People from Wallasey
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