Dominic Purcell Bio, Age, Height, Family, Wife, Children, Salary, Net Worth, Blood Red Sky, Movies

Dominic Purcell Biography

Dominic Purcell is a British-Australian actor who is well known for his roles as Lincoln Burrows in Fox’s Prison Break (2005–2009; 2017), Mick Rory/Heat Wave in The CW’s The Flash (2014–2016), and Legends of Tomorrow (2016–present), and Drake/Dracula in Blade: Trinity (2016–present) (2004).

Dominic Purcell Age

Dominic is 51 years old as of 2021, he was born on 17 February 1970 in Wallasey, Merseyside, England. He celebrates his birthday every 17th of February.

Dominic Purcell Height

Purcell stands at a height of 6 feet 1 inch  (1.85 m.)

Dominic Purcell Family

Purcell was born in the English town of Wallasey, in the county of Cheshire (now Merseyside). Phil Myrtvedt and Mary T. “Maureen” (née Hassett) Purcell are his parents. His father was of Norwegian and English ancestry, and his mother was Irish. He and his family moved to Bondi, New South Wales, Australia, in 1972, and eventually to Penrith, Western Sydney. Marie-Therese Purcell, Damian Purcell, Jaime Purcell, and Patrick Purcell are his other four siblings.

Dominic Purcell Wife |Married

Purcell was married to Rebecca Williamson from 1998 until 2008 when they call it a quit. the couple had four children during that period. He began dating former 90210 actress AnnaLynne McCord in 2011, and the couple split amicably in 2014, yet they resumed their affair a year later. When McCord was diagnosed with skin cancer, she re-entered his life as a friend, according to People Magazine, but the relationship quickly turned amorous. McCord dissolved the relationship in January 2018. Purcell, on the other hand, revealed on Instagram on September 25, 2020, that they had rekindled their romance.

Dominic Purcell Children

Dominic and Rebecca share four children, Joseph Purcell born on 12th August 1999, Audrey Purcell born on 30th January 2001, and twins Augustus and Lily-Rose Purcell born on 7th July.

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Dominic Purcell Net Worth

Purcell has an estimated net worth of 4 million U.S dollars which he has earned from his successful career as an actor and producer.

Dominic Purcell Education

Purcell went to St Dominic’s College and McCarthy Catholic College in Emu Plains, as well as Blaxland East Public School and Blaxland High School. Later, he studied with Hugh Jackman at the Australian Theatre for Young People and subsequently at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts.

Dominic Purcell Career

Purcell began his acting career in the TV series Home and Away,’ where he played Constable Rogers. He just had a three-episode part and did not appear in any more series or films until 1997. In the year 1997, he was cast as Granger Hutton in the 13-episode television series Raw FM. This was his breaking moment; many producers enjoyed his performance, and he was hired for his first picture, First Daughter, in 1998, which was released in 1999.

The main character in the hit television series Prison Break. Along with Michael Scofield, Purcell plays Lincoln Burrows ( Wentworth Miller). Purcell plays a prisoner in the show who is put to death for the murder of his brother, Vice President of the United States of America, Terrence Steadman, which he did not plan to do. Scofield, on the other hand, intervenes to assist his brother in escaping from prison. From the show’s inception on August 29, 2005, to its final episode on May 15, 2019, Burrows and Scofield have been the primary actors. They appeared in over 90 episodes together.

Mick Rory, often known as “Heat Wave,” is another well-known Purcell character. He appeared in only five episodes of The CW’s The Flash as Mick Rory. Purcell has appeared in CW shows such as Arrow, Supergirl, Legends of Tomorrow, and Superhero Fight Club, reprising his role.

Dominic Purcell Prison Break

Dominic starred in the film as Lincoln Burrows playing the role of a high school drop-out and a convicted felon, who is wrongfully convicted of the murder of Terence Steadman, the brother of the Vice President of the United States. Purcell was cast three days before the start of production and consequently, he was the last actor to join the original cast. He auditioned for the role while he had a recurring role as Tommy Ravetto on North Shore. Since working on John Doe, Purcell has had an amicable relationship with Fox. Hence, he was sent the pilot script of Prison Break. Scheuring’s first impression of Purcell did not convince him as a fit for the role since the actor went to the audition with his hair styled and a tan. However, Purcell’s acting won the role. He arrived on the set on the first day of filming with a shaved head, which amazed Scheuring with the physical likeness of the series’ two leading actors. The film follows around two brothers, Lincoln Burrows (Dominic Purcell) and Michael Scofield (Wentworth Miller); Burrows has been sentenced to death for a crime he did not commit, and Scofield devises an elaborate plan to help his brother escape prison and clear his name.

Dominic Purcell Blood Red Sky

He starred in the film Blood Red Sky a 2021 British-German action horror film portraying as Berg, the American leader of the terrorists. It’s a story of An airborne plane is headed for a landing based on a hijacking. Someone has control of the plane and lands it successfully at an RAF base in Scotland. A man in the cockpit claims he is injured but is suspected of being a hijacker. A woman then is seen talking to a child who was a passenger aboard the plane at the behest of the base’s commanding officer. A German widow, Nadja, and her son Elias prepare to board a plane to New York; Nadja, who appears to suffer from leukemia, is set to visit a doctor who can provide her with the treatment she needs to restore her health. At the airport, Elias befriends a man named Farid, while his mother takes medicine that causes her severe discomfort. The film was released on 23 July 2021

Dominic Purcell Tattoo

Dominic Purcell has the phrase ‘Family is Life’ tattooed on his forearm. On both shoulders, he has a tattoo. The tattoo on the left shoulder resembles a globe map with a large compass. On this compass, he has tattooed his four children’s initials in the four directions E, W, S, and N. The tattoo on the right shoulder is once again large and appears to be part II of a global map or something similar. Dominic Purcell has a tattoo on his forearm with the dates of his children’s births: “08-12-99,” “01-30-01,” and “07-07-03” for twins Lily-Rose and Augustus (this date for two times). On his bicep, he has his nickname ‘Dom’ tattooed.

Dominic Purcell Accident

Dominic Purcell was severely injured on set in Morocco on June 1, 2016, after a misplaced iron bar used as a Prison Break season 5 set-piece fell on his head. The actor was taken from Marrakesh to Casablanca right away, where he underwent emergency treatment for nasal fractures and other injuries.

Dominic Purcell TV and Movie Shows

  • 2021- Blood Red Sky
  • 2015- Abandoned
  • 2015- Gridlocked
  • 2015- Isolation
  • 2014-In the Name of the King 3: The Last Mission
  • 2014 -The Ganzfeld Haunting
  • 2014 -The Bag Man
  • 2014 -A Fighting Man
  • 2014- I Choose
  • 2014 -Turkey Shoot
  • 2013 -Officer Down
  • 2013 -Assault on Wall Street
  • 2013- Vikingdom
  • 2013 -Suddenly
  • 2013 —Breakout
  • 2013 -Ice Soldiers
  • 2012- Bad Karma
  • 2012- Hijacked
  • 2011- Escapee
  • 2011- Straw Dogs
  • 2011- Killer Elite
  • 2011- House of the Rising Sun
  • 2009 -Blood Creek
  • 2007- Primeval
  • 2006- The Gravedancers
  • 2004 -Three Way
  • 2004- Blade: Trinity
  • 2003- Visitors Luke
  • 2002 -Equilibrium
  • 2001 -Scenes of the Crime
  • 2000- Mission: Impossible 2

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