--- name: "Dominic Purcell" canonical: "https://film.one/person/dominic-purcell" roles: ["Actor"] born: "17 February 1970" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "actor" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-19T12:37:20.866390+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Dominic Purcell Actor. Born 17 February 1970 in Wallasey, Merseyside, England, UK. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 17 February 1970, Wallasey, Merseyside, England, UK - **Also known as:** Dominic Haakon Myrtvedt Purcell - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominic_Purcell, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q205278, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0700712/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/10862 ## Streaming the US now - **Paramount+:** [*Mission: Impossible II*](https://film.one/film/mission-impossible-ii.md) (55) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Dominic Haakon Myrtvedt Purcell is an actor. Born on 17 February 1970 in Merseyside, England, he moved to Australia at the age of two and trained at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts. He began working in Australian television before appearing as Ulrich in the film *Mission: Impossible II* (2000). Purcell is best known for playing Lincoln Burrows in the series *Prison Break* (2005–09; 2017). He has also portrayed Mick Rory / Heat Wave in *The Flash* (2014–16), *Arrow* (2012), *Supergirl* (2015) and *DC's Legends of Tomorrow* (2016–21), and Dracula in *Blade: Trinity* (2004). Other film credits include *Equilibrium* (2002) and *Killer Elite* (2011). *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *Mission: Impossible II* (2000), Fi1m 55, as Ulrich — [page](https://film.one/film/mission-impossible-ii.md) ## Complete filmography (55) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Cassino in Ischia* (2024), as Nic Cassino - *Confidential Informant* (2023), as Tom Moran - *Assassin* (2023), as Adrien - *Blood Red Sky* (2021), as Berg - *Batwoman* (2019), series, as Mick Rory / Heat Wave - *Gridlocked* (2016), as David "Dave" Hendrix - *Isolation* (2016), as Max · Executive Producer - *Abandoned* (2016), as Jim - *DC's Legends of Tomorrow* (2016), series, as Mick Rory / Heat Wave - *Supergirl* (2015), series, as Mick Rory / Heat Wave - *Turkey Shoot* (2014), as Rick Tyler - *The Flash* (2014), series, as Mick Rory (voice), Mick Rory / Heat Wave - *The Ganzfeld Haunting* (2014), as Detective Malone - *I Choose* (2014), as Male Trafficker · Producer - *A Fighting Man* (2014), as Sailor O'Connor - *The Bag Man* (2014), as Larson - *In the Name of the King III* (2014), as Hazen Kaine - *Ice Soldiers* (2013), as Malraux - *Vikingdom* (2013), as Eirick - *Breakout* (2013), as Tommy Baxter - *Suddenly* (2013), as Baron - *Assault on Wall Street* (2013), as Jim Baxford - *Officer Down* (2013), as Royce Walker - *Arrow* (2012), series, as Mick Rory / Heat Wave - *Bad Karma* (2012), as Mack - *Hijacked* (2012), as Otto Southwell - *Common Law* (2012), series, as John Crowl - *Killer Elite* (2011), as Davies - *Straw Dogs* (2011), as Jeremy Niles - *Escapee* (2011), as Jaxon - *House of the Rising Sun* (2011), as Tony - *Blood Creek* (2009), as Victor Marshall - *Prison Break: The Final Break* (2009), as Lincoln Burrows - *Balibo* (2009), Producer - *Castle* (2009), series, as Russell Ganz - *Primeval* (2007), as Tim Manfrey - *The Gravedancers* (2006), as Harris McKay - *Prison Break* (2005), series, as Lincoln Burrows · Producer - *Blade: Trinity* (2004), as Dracula / Drake - *House* (2004), series, as Ed Snow — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/house-2004.md) - *Three Way* (2004), as Lewis 'Lew' Brookbank · Associate Producer - *Visitors* (2003), as Luke - *Equilibrium* (2002), as Seamus - *John Doe* (2002), series, as John Doe - *Scenes of the Crime* (2002), as Mark - *Invincible* (2001), as Keith Grady - *Mission: Impossible II* (2000), as Ulrich — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/mission-impossible-ii.md) - *BeastMaster* (1999), series, as Kelb - *First Daughter* (1999), as Troy Nelson - *Silent Predators* (1999), as Truck Driver - *The Lost World* (1999), series, as Condillac - *Moby Dick* (1998), series, as Bulkington - *Raw FM* (1997), series, as Granger Hutton - *Water Rats* (1996), series, Actor - *Snatchback*, series, as Executive Producer ## Gallery - ![Dominic Purcell speaking at the 2016 San Diego Comic-Con International in San Diego, California.](https://film.one/media/person/1077000/gallery-8c9eafd1f088.jpg) Dominic Purcell speaking at the 2016 San Diego Comic-Con International in San Diego, California. — Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Dominic_Purcell_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/1280px-Dominic_Purcell_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Australian actor Dominic Purcell, at Edwards Air Force Base. (2011)](https://film.one/media/person/1077000/gallery-655f9d8113a6.jpg) Australian actor Dominic Purcell, at Edwards Air Force Base. (2011) — Cropped from Air Force photo by Rob Densmore, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e7/Dominic_Purcell_Edwards_AFB.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Dominic Purcell](https://film.one/media/person/1077000/gallery-a901c85b54cd.jpg) Dominic Purcell — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Dominic_Purcell_by_Gage_Skidmore_2_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Dominic_Purcell_by_Gage_Skidmore_2_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Dominic Purcell speaking at the 2016 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Prison Break", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. Please ](https://film.one/media/person/1077000/gallery-ce9dcdd0b786.jpg) Dominic Purcell speaking at the 2016 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Prison Break", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. Please — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Dominic_Purcell_by_Gage_Skidmore_2.jpg/1280px-Dominic_Purcell_by_Gage_Skidmore_2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Dominic Purcell speaking at the 2016 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Prison Break", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. Please ](https://film.one/media/person/1077000/gallery-c410aebdd6e7.jpg) Dominic Purcell speaking at the 2016 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Prison Break", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. Please — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Dominic_Purcell_%2828063009194%29.jpg/1280px-Dominic_Purcell_%2828063009194%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) ## Awards ### Other awards — 1 won - Australian Film Institute International Award for Best Actor 2007: Australian Film Institute International Award for Best Actor (won), for *Prison Break* *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/dominic-purcell