FILMOGRAPHY

2005] The Gravedancers
2005] "Prison Break"
2004] Blade:Trinity
2004] 3-Way
2003] Visitors
2002] Equilibrium
2002-03] "John Doe"
2001] Invincible
2001] Scenes of the Crime
2000] Mission: Impossible II
1999] First Daughter (TV)
1999] Silent Predators (TV)
1998] Moby Dick (TV)
1997] "Raw FM"

CONTACT

Dominic Purcell
c/o Platform PR
2666 N. Beachwood Dr.
LA, CA 90068 USA

or

Dominic Purcell
c/o June Cann Management
PO Box 386
Woollahra NSW 1350

LINKS

IMDB
Dominic Purcell Yahoo Group
www.dominicpurcell.net

Dominic Purcell

Born February 17, 1970 England, UK

Birth name Dominic Haakon Myrtvedt Purcell

Moved to Australia at the age of two with his Norweigan father and Irish mother Maureen.

Dominic is married to Rebecca and together they have four children, son Joseph, daughter Audrey & twins, son Augustus and daughter Lily Rose, born on the 7th July 2003.

Dominic is the eldest of 5 children, his sister Therese and brothers, Jaime, Damian and Patrick.

Dominic left high school to form a land-scaping business with mates.

Studied drama at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Art [WAAPA] where Hugh Jackman & Frances O'Connor were classmates. Dominic graduated in 1996.

Dominic attended the prestigious Australian Theatre for Young People before studying at WAAPA.

In 2000 won a green card lottery enabling Dominic to live & work in America.

Dominic's tv credits include: Prison Break, John Doe, Raw FM, BeastMaster, The Lost World, Heartbreak High and Water Rats.

Dominic's theatre credits include: “Antony and Cleopatra,” “Angels In America,” “The Pillars of Society” and “Romeo and Juliet.”

Dominic on drama school:
"All I did was shout and scream. The instincts were there. I just didn't understand them. First and second year were a bit of a struggle."

Dominic on his first major role in RAW FM:
"I was shocked, surprised and overjoyed and couldn't believe it when I got the part. Within a week that feeling turned into terror. I knew I had to pull it off. I had to make it work."

Dominic on music he likes:
"I'm not into the techno funk thing. I like to sing along in the shower and not be overwhelmed by the noise. I love classical music and the bag pipes. I'm a bit of a dag, really."

Dominic on his role in Equilibrium:
"I'm playing a freedom fighter, Seamus O'Clancy. I just open the film; I inspire the troops to rebel against Christian Bale's character and Christian comes along and pops me off three scenes later. It's a very small role, but I was very thankful to the director, Kurt Wimmer, who wrote me a role in the film and flew me over to Berlin to shoot it. It was a lot of fun, and a very sweet thing he did."

Dominic on John Doe:
"I really shied away from the stereotypical hero who saves the world. I wanted him to be vulnerable and accessible."

Dominic on John Doe's technical talk:
"As an actor, to constantly spit out this technical dialogue is kind of a big challenge. The trick is to find a way of making all that information entertaining because it can become boring very quickly if you're not careful. My responsibility is to make sure it's coming from a weird and wonderful place."

Dominic on the role of John Doe:
"This part would drive a Method actor to despair, because you go, 'Hang on, man, there's no way in the world anyone can know this.' But hey, you've got to swing with it. It's TV."

Dominic on learning his lines:
"When I started [John Doe], it would take me a week to learn the script because it was so packed with information, it didn't make any sense. But now I am at the point where I can learn it in two days."

Dominic on going nude in the John Doe pilot episode:
"Oh, the old nude scene. In the first scene, I'm naked there. That's me lying down. That's me. You will see my ass! A lot of sit-ups before that, let me tell you. The nude thing's not a problem for me, as long as it's done in the right context. They did do it very tastefully."

Dominic on doing his part for John Doe:
"My wife would disagree, but I'm not high-maintenance by any means. For me, it's just about the job. It's about being professional. I realize, with my position on the show, there comes a bit of authority, in a way, a lot of responsibility. I don't like to abuse any of that. I just do my job. I try to make it as relaxing as possible for everyone involved. I'm still the same old sack of s--t that I've always been."

John Doe co-creator Brandon Camp on searching for their lead:
"We saw hundreds of actors, but they played the science-fiction angle, not the human angle. A lot of them read the part like androids. We were looking for an unvarnished kind of masculinity, and that seems to be a trademark of the Australian actors, who can be sort of rough around the edges."

John Doe Executive producer Mike Thompson:
"The network certainly thinks our strengths lie in Dominic Purcell, who's a very magnetic and charismatic actor. There's no doubt that the weight of the show falls on his shoulders. Certainly, he is our biggest draw. When Dominic walked in, he had this innocent, humble quality, that when mixed with the incredible bravado that comes with this gift, just felt very accessible. The other thing we were intent on when we wrote this was to find a man's man. It's definitely an Australian quality that persists, because it's getting harder and harder to find a very masculine, easy-in-his-clothes man in the traditional casting pool. Thank God for Australia."

Dominic on America:
"Yeah, definitely. I love America. I love the chances it can give you. That's not to say I'm never going to visit home, Australia. I'd like someday to have a couple of houses."