Biography
James Purcell is an American actor and filmmaker, who has worked predominantly in Canadian film and television. He is most noted for his starring role as Hector Stone in the television drama series Counterstrike, for which he won the Gemini Award for Best Actor in a Drama Series at the 8th Gemini Awards in 1994.Originally from Steelton, Pennsylvania, Purcell had his earliest roles in American film and television before moving to Toronto, Ontario after being cast in the television film adaptation of Elmore Leonard's novel Glitz. His other roles have included the films North of Pittsburgh and Sabotage, and supporting or guest appearances in the television series Knots Landing, The Gangster Chronicles, Fame, Cagney & Lacey, Falcon Crest, Riptide, Night Heat, Diamonds, Katts and Dog, 21 Jump Street, Due South, Da Vinci's Inquest, The L Word, Stargate SG-1, The Summit and Murdoch Mysteries.
He directed the 1995 film Fools Die Fast.
Filmography
all 45
Movies 28
TV Shows 17
Director 1
Level 16 (2018)
Bloodwork (2012)
The Summit (2008)
Totally Awesome (2006)
Supernatural (2005)
Amber Frey: Witness for the Prosecution (2005)
Mayday (2003)
Dead Like Me (2003)
Devil Winds (2003)
Smallville (2001)
RoboCop: Prime Directives (2001)
Robocop: Prime Directives (2001)
Highlander: The Raven (1998)
The Long Way Home (1998)
On the Second Day of Christmas (1997)
Let Me Call You Sweetheart (1997)
Earth: Final Conflict (1997)
Stargate SG-1 (1997)
La Femme Nikita (1997)
FX: The Series (1996)
Fools Die Fast (1995)
Chinese Chocolate (1995)
No Contest (1995)
Another Woman (1994)
Due South (1994)
To Save the Children (1994)
Viper (1994)
Dead Meat (1993)
White Light (1991)
The Hitman (1991)
Playroom (1990)
Counterstrike (1990)
Gypsy Angels (1990)
War of the Worlds (1988)
Bad Dreams (1988)
Betrayal of Silence (1988)
Tour of Duty (1987)
Death Wish 4: The Crackdown (1987)
Where Are the Children? (1986)
Raw Tunes (1985)
Night Heat (1985)
Victims for Victims: The Theresa Saldana Story (1984)
The House Where Death Lives (1981)
Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case (1980)
To Kill a Cop (1978)
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GenderMale
Birth PlaceSteelton, United States of America
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