Dominic Purcell
Birthday: 17 February 1970, Wallasey, Merseyside, England, UK
Birth Name: Dominic Haakon Myrtvedt Purcell
Height: 188 cm
Born in England but raised in Australia by his Norwegian father and Irish mother, Purcell was a bored landscaper who decided to attend a drama school. He became a TV star in Australia before debuting in America as the title character in John Doe (2002). In 2000, he won the Green Card lottery and now lives in Los Angeles with his family.
My fighting style, if you will, is a combination of mimicking, cowboy films and boxing that I have d...Show more »
My fighting style, if you will, is a combination of mimicking, cowboy films and boxing that I have done throughout my life. Show less «
I'm a hands-on dad. I love my kids more than anything. It's very important to me. I'd give myself a ...Show more »
I'm a hands-on dad. I love my kids more than anything. It's very important to me. I'd give myself a 10 out of 10 for being a dad. Show less «
I don't watch TV dramas. I watch ESPN, HBO boxing, National Geographic Channel and I kind of like to...Show more »
I don't watch TV dramas. I watch ESPN, HBO boxing, National Geographic Channel and I kind of like to get some DVDs, movies that I haven't seen and I just pop them in. Show less «
Yeah, I'm a physical kind of guy. I've always liked being physical. It takes a stuntman to really sa...Show more »
Yeah, I'm a physical kind of guy. I've always liked being physical. It takes a stuntman to really say, 'Look, we don't want you to do this. No, no, I'm serious, you're not going to do this' to get me not to do my stuff. Show less «
I've been here for five years, maybe four. I was doing 'John Doe,' and I was working ridiculous hour...Show more »
I've been here for five years, maybe four. I was doing 'John Doe,' and I was working ridiculous hours on that, and I was speaking American all day and then I'd get home and speak Australian and I just felt so exhausted by going back and forth that I just decided to speak it all the time. Now I just speak American. Show less «
I'm very appreciative and humbled by the success of 'Prison Break.'
I'm very appreciative and humbled by the success of 'Prison Break.'
People have asked me why are Australians and Brits so good at American accents, and it's quite simpl...Show more »
People have asked me why are Australians and Brits so good at American accents, and it's quite simple. We grew up listening to the American sound on our TV. That's why American actors have a hard time with foreign accents. Show less «
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Annabelle: Creation
IMDb: 7
2017
109 min
Country: United States
Genre: Thriller, Horror, Mystery
Twelve years after the tragic death of their little girl, a dollmaker and his wife welcome a nun and several girls from a shuttered orphanage into ...
