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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: NicholAt 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 M.I.-2 (Misión imposible 2) (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. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Aeryn
Spouse
Rebecca Williamson (1 August 1998 - 22 October 2008) (divorced) (4 children)
Trade Mark
Short neck
Strong angular face and intense gaze.
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. August 12th 1999), Audrey (b. January 30th 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).
Former 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 Damian giving CPR until he started breathing again. Til this day both Dom and Damian keep in touch with the child and the boy's family.
Dom's parents and siblings all live in Dundalk, Ireland, so twice a year he flies in to see the family.
In a relationship with AnnaLynne McCord since July 2011. He is 17 years older.
Has the birth dates of his four children tattooed on the inside of his left forearm.
Lives in Vancouver, Canada, with his family while filming the series John Doe (2002).
Official residence, with his family, is Los Angeles but he lives in Chicago, Illinois, during filming of Prison Break (2005) and flies home to his family on weekends.
Lives in San Clemente, California.
Appeared with Wentworth Miller in 2 TV shows: "Prison Break" (2005) and "The Flash" (2014). In the former, they were both protagonists and in the latter, they were both the antagonists.
Personal Quotes
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.My fighting style, if you will, is a combination of mimicking, cowboy films and boxing that I have done throughout my life.
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.
I'm very appreciative and humbled by the success of 'Prison Break.'
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.
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.
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.
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