Dominic Purcell
Birth name	Dominic Haakon Myrtvedt Purcell
Born	February 17, 1970 (1970-02-17) (age 37) Merseyside, England
Spouse(s)	Rebecca Williamson
Notable roles	John Doe in John Doe Lincoln Burrows in Prison Break Drake in Blade Trinity

Dominic Haakon Myrtvedt Purcell^[1] (born February 17, 1970) is a British-born Australian actor, of Norwegian-Irish extract, most active in the United States. He is best known for his roles as the title character on John Doe and as Lincoln Burrows on Prison Break. February 17 is the 48th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Merseyside is a metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 1,365,900. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem - the United Kingdom anthem God Save the Queen is commonly used England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto) Unified  -  by Athelstan 927 AD  Area  -  Total 130... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Lincoln Burrows, played by Dominic Purcell, is a protagonist of the American television series, Prison Break. ... Prison Break is an American serial drama television series that premiered on the Fox Network on August 29, 2005. ... Blade: Trinity is a 2004 movie, directed by David S. Goyer, which is a motion_picture directorial debut for him. ... February 17 is the 48th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Lincoln Burrows, played by Dominic Purcell, is a protagonist of the American television series, Prison Break. ... Prison Break is an American serial drama television series that premiered on the Fox Network on August 29, 2005. ...

Biography

Purcell was born in Wallasey, Merseyside, England in 1970, the eldest of five children. He moved to Sydney, Australia with his family when he was two, where he was raised by his father and Irish mother, Maureen, in the Western Suburbs. Purcell attended Blaxland High School. Purcell's father, who had previously served in the Norwegian Merchant Navy, installed air-conditioning ducts for a living, but later separated from the family.^[1] Purcell's paternal grandfather was from Bergen, and his paternal grandmother a New York-born Irish-American. His middle name Haakon and his other surname Myrtvedt are both Norwegian. Wallasey is a large town on the mouth of the River Mersey, at the north-eastern corner of the Wirral. ... Merseyside is a metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 1,365,900. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem - the United Kingdom anthem God Save the Queen is commonly used England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto) Unified  -  by Athelstan 927 AD  Area  -  Total 130... The Sydney Opera House on Sydney Harbour Sydney (pronounced ) is the most populous city in Australia, with a metropolitan area population of 4,119,190, and 151,920 in the City of Sydney, as of the 2006 census. ... County Hordaland District Midhordland Municipality NO-1201 Administrative centre Bergen Mayor (2006) Herman Friele (H) Official language form Neutral Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 215 465 km² 445 km² 0. ... Irish Americans are citizens of the United States who can claim some ancestry originating in the west European island nation of Ireland. ... Haakon (also spelled Håkon or Hakon) Modern Norwegian form of the Old Norwegian masculine first name HÅKON meaning High Son from há (high) and konr (son). ...

After quitting his high school education, Purcell was employed as a landscaper.^[2] Although he never contemplated being an actor, and thought that "people in the arts — actors, ballet dancers, musicians, whatever — were weird", he decided to try "that acting thing" on impulse.^[1] He applied and was accepted to the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) where Purcell studied alongside fellow actors, Hugh Jackman and Frances O'Connor. After graduating in 1996, Purcell obtained his first acting role as Granger Hutton, a leading role in the Australian television series Raw FM. The Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) is a school within the Communications and Creative Industries faculty of Edith Cowan University. ... Jackman (right) as Duncan Jones in Snowy River: The McGregor Saga Hugh Michael Jackman (born 12 October 1968) is an Australian film producer, and film and stage actor, known for playing Wolverine in X-Men and its sequels, and for his Tony Award-winning performance in The Boy from Oz. ... Frances OConnor (born on 12 July 1967 in Wantage, Oxfordshire) is an Australian actress who attended Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts as well as earned a BA in literature from the Curtin University of Technology in Western Australia. ... Raw FM was an Australian Television series produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation that aired for one season of thirteen episodes between November 1997 and February 1998. ...

In 2000, he won a green card lottery, and now resides in Laguna Beach, California with his wife, Rebecca, and their four children: Joseph (b. 1999), Audrey (b. 2001), and twins Lily and Augustus (b. 2003). After relocating to the United States, Purcell debuted on American television as the title character in John Doe in 2002. He got his first big break into mainstream stardom when he played the character of Drake in Blade: Trinity. Purcell's theatre credits include Antony and Cleopatra, Angels in America, Romeo and Juliet and The Pillars of Society. A United States Green Card. ... Location of Laguna Beach within Orange County, California. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Blade: Trinity is a 2004 movie, directed by David S. Goyer, which is a motion_picture directorial debut for him. ... Anthony and Cleopatra, by Lawrence Alma-Tadema. ... Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes is an award winning play in two parts by American playwright Tony Kushner. ... Romeo and Juliet in the famous balcony scene by Ford Madox Brown For other uses, see Romeo and Juliet (disambiguation). ... Karsten Bernick is the dominant businessman in a small coastal town in Norway, with interests in shipping and shipbuilding in a long-established family firm. ...

Purcell currently has a starring role as Lincoln Burrows in the Fox network television drama series, Prison Break. He also guest starred in a first season episode of House, Fidelity. Lincoln Burrows, played by Dominic Purcell, is a protagonist of the American television series, Prison Break. ... The Fox Broadcasting Company, usually referred to as just Fox (the company itself prefers the capitalized version FOX), is a television network in the United States. ... Prison Break is an American serial drama television series that premiered on the Fox Network on August 29, 2005. ... House, also known as House, M.D., is a critically-acclaimed American medical drama television series created by David Shore and executive produced by Shore and film director Bryan Singer. ...

In 2006 Purcell spent the Christmas period in Louth Village, Co. Louth, in Ireland, the home area of his mother and drew considerable attention in the local press.^[3] Louth Village lies in the heart of County Louth, Ireland, roughly 8km south-west from the town of Dundalk. ...

Filmography

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Notes

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References

• O'connor, Brian, "Break Out". Men's Fitness. December/January 2007 Issue. Retrieved on December 18, 2006.

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External links

• Dominic Purcell at the Internet Movie Database
• Dominic Purcell at TV.com
• Dominic Purcell's biography at Prison Break's official site