Dominic Purcell Biography

Fast Facts

• Is of Norwegian and Irish decent
• Was born in England but moved to Australia at the age of 2
• Originally considered a career as a landscaper before turning to acting
• Was a classmate of Hugh Jackman's at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts
• Landed his first acting role in 1997 on the Australian TV series Raw FM
• Big break came in 2000 when cast in a minor role in the John Woo-directed Mission: Impossible 2, which shot in Australia
• Won the Green Card Lottery and moved to the U
• S
• in 2000
• Cast in the title role of the short-lived Fox drama John Doe in 2002
• Best known for playing wrongly accused death-row inmate Lincoln Burrows on Prison Break