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Dominic Purcell

Dominic Purcell

Actor and producer · Born February 17, 1970 (56) · Wallasey, Merseyside, England, UK

Dominic Haakon Myrtvedt Purcell (born 17 February 1970) is a British-born Australian actor best known for his role as Lincoln Burrows in Prison Break, the title character in John Doe, and Dracula in Blade: Trinity.

Biography from TMDB.

Born
February 17, 1970 (56)
From
Wallasey, Merseyside, England, UK
Works as
Actor and producer
Titles
45 on MovieCove · 55 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 64 days to Oct 27Up 26% in 30 days

What are Dominic Purcell's films like?

Across their 35 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Survival.

Genres

Action23 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 19th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Action movies
Horror4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 12th percentile
: browse their Horror movies
Crime2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 16th percentile
: browse their Crime movies
Drama2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 19th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
31%
Survival
31%
Bonds
21%
Self
7%
Power
7%
Society
2%
Ideas
1%
Survival18 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds9 titles, browse their movies with this themeRedemption7 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice7 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception4 titles, browse their movies with this themeSacrifice4 titles, browse their movies with this themeLoyalty4 titles, browse their movies with this themeViolence4 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 33 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 2 · Serious 13 · Dark 18

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 17 · Stylized 12 · Heightened 4

Intense: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their intense movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 0 · Charged 12 · Intense 21

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 10 · Shifting 21 · Whiplash 2

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 30 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 0

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 7 · Even-paced 17 · Relentless 9

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 11 · Engaged 20 · Full focus 2

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 15 · Affecting 10 · Heavy 8

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 25 · Open-ended 4 · Ambiguous 4

Roles they play

28 analyzed roles

Usually the Shadow: 12 of 28 analyzed roles.

Shadow
12 of 28
Hero
12 of 28
Ally
2 of 28
Herald
2 of 28
Show the 28 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
32
Dread
20
Thrilling
16
Melancholic
9
Cold
4
Other
11

How their films linger

Unsettling16 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 10 with a twist

  • Happy8
  • Bittersweet20
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous6

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Dominic Purcell's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 38 of their 45 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (21).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Dominic Purcell's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

55 credits, 45 with a MovieCove page; 4 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Cassino in Ischia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    as Nic Cassino

  • Confidential Informant(2023)

    as Tom Moran

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • Assassin(2023)

    as Adrien

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films

  • Blood Red Sky(2021)

    as Berg

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • Batwoman(2019)

    Show 1 episode · as Mick Rory / Heat Wave

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all shows

  • Gridlocked(2015)

    as David "Dave" Hendrix

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • Isolation(2015)

    Executive Producer · as Max

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films

  • Abandoned(2015)

    as Jim

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Legends of Tomorrow(2016)

    Show 97 episodes · as Mick Rory / Heat Wave

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all shows

  • Supergirl(2015)

    Show 1 episode · as Mick Rory / Heat Wave

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all shows

  • Turkey Shoot(2014)

    as Rick Tyler

    Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films

  • The Flash(2014)

    Show 5 episodes · as Mick Rory (voice) · as Mick Rory / Heat Wave

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all shows

  • The Ganzfeld Haunting(2014)

    as Detective Malone

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films

  • I Choose (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Producer · as Male Trafficker

  • A Fighting Man(2014)

    as Sailor O'Connor

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • The Bag Man(2014)

    as Larson

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • In the Name of the King: The Last Mission(2014)

    as Hazen Kaine

    Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films

  • Ice Soldiers(2013)

    as Malraux

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • Vikingdom(2013)

    as Eirick

    Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films

  • Breakout(2013)

    as Tommy Baxter

    Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films

  • Suddenly(2013)

    as Baron

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films

  • Assault on Wall Street(2013)

    as Jim Baxford

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • Officer Down(2013)

    as Royce Walker

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • Arrow(2012)

    Show 1 episode · as Mick Rory / Heat Wave

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows

  • Bad Karma(2012)

    as Mack

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films

  • Hijacked(2012)

    as Otto Southwell

    Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films

  • Common Law (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Show 1 episode · as John Crowl

  • Killer Elite(2011)

    as Davies

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Straw Dogs(2011)

    as Jeremy Niles

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • Escapee(2011)

    as Jaxon

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films

  • House of the Rising Sun(2011)

    as Tony

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films

  • Blood Creek(2009)

    as Victor Marshall

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • Prison Break: The Final Break(2009)

    as Lincoln Burrows

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • Balibo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Producer

  • Castle(2009)

    Show 1 episode · as Russell Ganz

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows

  • Primeval(2007)

    as Tim Manfrey

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films

  • The Gravedancers(2006)

    as Harris McKay

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • Prison Break(2005)

    Show 88 episodes · Producer · as Lincoln Burrows

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows

  • Blade: Trinity(2004)

    as Drake

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • House(2004)

    Show 1 episode · as Ed Snow

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows

  • Three Way(2004)

    Associate Producer · as Lewis 'Lew' Brookbank

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films

  • Visitors (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    as Luke

  • Equilibrium(2002)

    as Seamus

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • John Doe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Show 21 episodes · as John Doe

  • Scenes of the Crime(2001)

    as Mark

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • Invincible(2001)

    as Keith Grady

    Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films

  • Mission: Impossible II(2000)

    as Ulrich

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • BeastMaster(1999)

    Show 5 episodes · as Kelb

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all shows

  • First Daughter(1999)

    as Troy Nelson

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • Silent Predators(1999)

    as Truck Driver

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • The Lost World (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Show 1 episode · as Condillac

  • Moby Dick (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Show 2 episodes · as Bulkington

  • Raw FM (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Show 13 episodes · as Granger Hutton

  • Water Rats(1996)

    Show 2 episodes · Actor

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all shows

  • Snatchback (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Show 1 episode · Executive Producer · Actor

Career shape

Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 55 titles, 54 of them dated from 1996 to 2024; peak year 2013.

Biggest box office

Mission: Impossible II (2000)

$546M worldwide

Highest rated

Prison Break (2005)

Midcredits 96th

Film career

19962024

Peak 2013 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Top draw in 21 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting54 of 55: 49 only acting, 5 with another role · typical Midcredits score27thProducing6 of 55: 1 only producing, 5 with another role

55 titles, 5 with more than one role — acting and producing overlap on 5 of them.

By decade

1990s7 · acting2000s16 · 15 acting · 3 crew2010s27 · 27 acting · 2 crew2020s4 · acting

Billing

usually 2nd · top billed in 44% of 34 roles
990414

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Dominic Purcell's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 19th percentile, the median of all 35; across their 33 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 20th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

20thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 33

Approval · how many liked their films

20thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 33

Reach · how many have seen their films

77thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 33

Midcredits score across 45 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up5
  • 50th to 74th4
  • 25th to 49th14
  • Below 25th22

Shape of the crowd

23 of their 45 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved5
  • Universally Panned5
  • Divisive1
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser4
  • Broadly Agreed6
  • Mixed23

Most divisive · actor

Confidential Informant (2023)

89th percentile spread · 35% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor, producer

Prison Break (2005)

Midcredits 96th · 91% liked

Reviewers score the acting 50/100 in their films, across 33 reviewed titles; fans 67, detractors 33. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Dominic Purcell's work okay for kids?

Across up to 21 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore12 titles53–93 · median 86 · severeheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity21 titles12–57 · median 41 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity11 titles37–92 · median 74 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs9 titles26–47 · median 32 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense9 titles52–85 · median 66 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Dominic Purcell work with?

People who share at least 2 of Dominic Purcell's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Uwe Boll shares the most, 3.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles