Date of Birth
17 February 1970, Wallasey, England, UKBirth Name
Dominic Haakon Myrtvedt PurcellHeight
6' 2" (1.88 m)Mini Biography
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.
IMDb Mini Biography By: NicholMini Biography
At the age of two, Dominic and his family moved from England to Sydney's Bondi and then moved to the Western Suburbs. After becoming a landscape gardener, he soon tired of the profession and, whilst watching the war movie Platoon (1986), decided to become an actor. Due to his working-class background, acting seemed a very unlikely choice of career, so he didn't pursue it until sometime later. He studied at The Australian Theatre for Young People (ATYP) and then later enrolled at the Western Australian Academy of Performing arts where he met his future wife Rebecca and studied with Hugh Jackman.
In 1997, Dominic scored a role in the TV series "Raw FM" (1997) and then landed a part in Mission: Impossible II (2000), which was filmed in Australia. He was soon spotted by a US talent scout and went off to LA. Since then, Dominic has been working constantly with roles in the movie Equilibrium (2002), the TV show "John Doe" (2002), Blade: Trinity (2004), and in the upcoming thriller Three Way (2004) and a new police television drama, Strut.
Spouse
Rebecca Williamson | (1998 - present) (separated) 4 children |
Trivia
He was a classmate of Hugh Jackman at the Western Australia Academy of Performing Arts.
Left high school to form a landscape gardening venture with some friends. His pre-acting stints also included surfing.
Has four children: Joseph (b.1999), Audrey (b.2001) and twins Lily-Rose and Augustus (b. July 7th 2003).
Did all of his stunts in the sword fight scene against Blade in _Blade: Trinity (2004)_.
His mother is Maureen (she's Irish).
He's the oldest of five children. Sibling's names: Damian Purcell, Jaime Pucell, Patrick Purcell and Marie-Therese Purcell.
Has two nieces named Claudia and Eilisha (Marie-Therese's daughters).
Son-in-law of David Williamson.
Whilst in Ireland at Christmas 2007 he and his brother saved the life of a 16 month old boy, who was choking, by slapping his back to dislodge an onion ring and then giving CPR until he started breathing again.
Official residence, with his family, is Los Angeles.Bio credit: IMDB
3 comments:
I like Dom with hair :-D
that makes him - more - pretty.
Wentworth is with or without hair pretty :-D :-D
syd,
Hi Syd!!!
I have to say that when I was searching for good Dominic pictures to post, I came across these pictures and didn't hesitate to post them. I like the first two pictures. He looks REALLY good on the first two. He also is very handsome on the 4th picture and the two pictures with Went. They are both VERY attractive and Talented men.
Thanks for stopping by!!
SoHo=)
I agree with you, Syd! Dominic is adorable with hair! I looked at the pics again (really well) just now & damn... that's one fine son of a bugger :) He has amazing, strong, manly features... my kinda' guy ;) Dom's birthday is 5 days after mine, too, so that's a plus in my book! BUT... I could NEVER turn my back on my sweetheart, Wentworth!!! He forever has my heart!!!
Thanks for visiting, Syd!
SoLo =)
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