Dominic Purcell

Dominic Purcell: Biography in Details

Who is Dominic Purcell?

Dominic Purcell is a talented British-Australian actor and producer, famous for his role as Lincoln Burrows in Fox’s television drama series Prison Break.

He is also widely recognized for his role as Heat Wave (Mick Rory) in Legends of Tomorrow (2016).

How many siblings does Dominic Purcell have?

Talking about his early life, Dominic was born on February 17, 1970. He is of Norwegian-Irish ethnicity and he holds a British nationality.

His birth name is Dominic Haakon Myrtvedt Purcell. He has three brothers named: Damian Purcell, Jamie Purcell, and Patrick Purcell, and a sister named: Marie-Therese Purcell.

He experienced his childhood in Wallasey, Merseyside, England, UK. He is the eldest child of a Norwegian father, Phil Myrtvedt, and an Irish mother, Mary T.

At the age of two, he and his family moved to Bondi, New South Wales and he spent his entire childhood in Australia.

In which school did Dominic Purcell attend?

Per his education, Dominic completed his high-school education at Blaxland East Public School and Blaxland High School, and later, he attended St Dominic’s College and McCarthy Catholic College.

After college, he worked in Landscape architecture but he didn’t like his job and he decided to become an actor. He later attended the Australian Theatre for Young People to study acting.

After that, he attended the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, where he studied with Hugh Jackman.

Dominic Purcell: Professional Life, Career, and Awards

Dominic Purcell has been active in the industry since 1991. He began his career in 1991, with the television series Home and Away, playing Constable Rogers. He appeared in three episodes of the series.

The same year, he got an opportunity to play the lead role of Granger Hutton in the TV series Raw FM (1997-1998), and he completed 13 episodes of the series.

Purcell appeared in several TV films including Moby Dick, Water Rats, Heartbreak High, and Silent Predators. Purcell made his big-screen debut playing Ulrich in Mission: Impossible II (2000), alongside Tom Cruise. After a year, he appeared as Mark in the 2001 famous movie Scenes of the Crime.

After that, he appeared in several movies including Equilibrium, Visitors, The Gravedancers, and Primeval. Purcell made his producing debut in 2004, as an Associate Producer in Three Way (2004). After that, he produced the movie Balibo in 2009.

In 2005, Dominic got the lead role for Prison Break, in which he played the role of Lincoln Burrows. His performance in Prison Break made him more popular in the industry and he started getting more roles in movies.

In 2009, he appeared in the same role in Prison Break: The Final Break.  In 2016, he gave an outstanding performance as Heat Wave (Mick Rory) in Legends of Tomorrow.

Talking about his honors and awards, he won AACTA Awards- Best Actor for his role in the TV film Prison Break, and he was nominated for Inside Film Awards- Best Feature Film for Balibo (2009).

Dominic Purcell: Salary and Net Worth( $4 m)

As of 2023, he has a net worth of 4 million, and his salary is not revealed yet.

Dominic Purcell: Rumors and Controversy/Scandal

Talking about the rumors and controversy, there was a rumor that he is dating beautiful actress Anna Lynne McCord, and later the rumors came to the true. Purcell has been very straight in his life and he has never been in any controversy till now.

How tall is Dominic Purcell?

Dominic Purcell has a height of 6 feet 2 inches. His body weight is 82kg. He has dark brown hair. Also, his eye color is dark brown too.

His chest size is 39 inches, his biceps size is 12 inches and his waist size is 32 inches. Furthermore, there is no information on his dress size and shoe size.

Is Dominic Purcell active on social media?

Dominic Purcell is active in various sorts of social media like Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

He has around 2.1m followers on Facebook. He has more than 2 million followers on Instagram and has 56.8k followers on Twitter.

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