# Dominic Purcell

Dominic Haakon Myrtvedt Purcell (born 17 February 1970) is an Australian actor. He is best known for his portrayals of Lincoln Burrows in Fox's Prison Break (2005–2009; 2017), Mick Rory / Heat Wave in The CW's The Flash (2014–2016) and Legends of Tomorrow (2016–2021), as well as Drake / Dracula in Blade: Trinity (2004). He is also known for his role as Lewis "Lew" Brookbank in the 2004 film Three Way. In August 2023, he married Tish Cyrus, the ex-wife of country music star Billy Ray Cyrus, in Malibu, California after they were engaged in April 2023, making him the stepfather of Brandi, Trace, Miley, and Noah Cyrus; he has four biological children from his first marriage.

## Early life

Purcell was born in Birkenhead, Cheshire (now Merseyside), England. He is the son of Phil Myrtvedt and Maureen (née Clarke) Purcell. His mother was Irish and his father was English of Norwegian descent. In 1972, he and his family moved to Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, initially living in Bondi before settling in Penrith. He attended St Joseph's Kingswood, St Finbar's Glenbrook Primary School and Blaxland High School, as well as St Dominic's College and McCarthy Catholic College, Emu Plains.
He later attended the Australian Theatre for Young People and then enrolled at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, where he studied with Hugh Jackman. He holds triple British-Irish-Australian citizenship, being British automatically by virtue of being born in the United Kingdom to a British Citizen Father, being Irish automatically through his mother and Australian via naturalisation.

## Personal life

Purcell was married to Rebecca Williamson from 1998 until 2008, during which time the couple had four children.
In 2011, Purcell started dating former 90210 actress AnnaLynne McCord; in 2014, the couple announced an amicable split, though they rekindled their romance a year later. McCord told People Magazine she came back into his life as a friend when the actor was diagnosed with skin cancer, but the relationship soon turned romantic again. In January 2018, McCord ended the relationship. However, on 25 September 2020, Purcell confirmed on Instagram that they had rekindled their relationship.
In November 2022, he started dating Tish Cyrus, the mother of Brandi, Trace, Noah, and Miley Cyrus. The couple publicly announced their engagement via a post on Instagram in April 2023. They married in August 2023 in Malibu, California.
On 1 June 2016, Purcell suffered severe injuries on set in Morocco, after a misplaced iron bar used as a Prison Break season 5 set piece fell on his head. He was immediately airlifted from Ouarzazate to Casablanca, where he received emergency treatment for nasal fractures and various other injuries.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2000 | Mission: Impossible 2 | Ulrich | |
| 2001 | Scenes of the Crime | Mark | |
| 2002 | Equilibrium | Seamus | |
| 2003 | Visitors | Luke | |
| 2004 | Three Way | Lew Brookbank | Also associate producer |
| 2004 | Blade: Trinity | Drake | |
| 2006 | The Gravedancers | Harris McKay | |
| 2007 | Primeval | Tim Manfrey | |
| 2009 | Blood Creek | Victor Alan Marshall | |
| 2011 | Escapee | Harmon Jaxon | |
| 2011 | Straw Dogs | Jeremy Niles | |
| 2011 | Killer Elite | Davies | |
| 2011 | House of the Rising Sun | Tony Zello | |
| 2012 | Bad Karma | Mack | |
| 2012 | Hijacked | Otto Southwell | |
| 2013 | Officer Down | Royce Walker | |
| 2013 | Assault on Wall Street | Jim Baxford | |
| 2013 | Vikingdom | Eirick | |
| 2013 | Suddenly | Baron | |
| 2013 | Breakout | Tommy Baxter | |
| 2013 | Ice Soldiers | Malraux | |
| 2014 | In the Name of the King 3: The Last Mission | Hazen Kaine | |
| 2014 | The Ganzfeld Haunting | Detective Malone | |
| 2014 | The Bag Man | Larson | |
| 2014 | A Fighting Man | "Sailor" O'Connor | |
| 2014 | I Choose | N/A | Short film |
| 2014 | Turkey Shoot | Rick Tyler | |
| 2015 | Abandoned | James Nalepka | |
| 2015 | Gridlocked | David Hendrix | |
| 2015 | Isolation | Max | Also executive producer |
| 2021 | Blood Red Sky | Berg | |
| 2023 | Assassin | Adrian | |
| 2023 | Confidential Informant | Tom Moran | |
| 2024 | Cassino in Ischia | Nic Cassino | Replaced Ray Stevenson |

### As producer

| Year | Title | Notes |
| 2009 | Balibo | |
| 2014 | I Choose | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1991 | Home and Away | Constable Rogers | 3 episodes |
| 1997–1998 | Raw FM | Granger Hutton | 13 episodes |
| 1998 | Moby Dick | Bulkington | 2 episodes |
| 1998 | Water Rats | Alex | 2 episodes |
| 1999 | Heartbreak High | Todd Gillespie | 6 episodes |
| 1999 | Silent Predators | Truck Driver | Television film |
| 1999 | First Daughter | Troy Nelson | Television film |
| 2001 | BeastMaster | Kelb | 5 episodes |
| 2001 | The Lost World | Condillac | Episode: "The Travelers" |
| 2001 | Invincible | Keith Grady | Television film |
| 2002–2003 | John Doe | John Doe | 21 episodes |
| 2004–2005 | North Shore | Tommy Ravetto | 5 episodes |
| 2004 | House | Ed Snow | Episode: "Fidelity" |
| 2005–2009, 2017 | Prison Break | Lincoln Burrows | Main role (seasons 1–5); also producer |
| 2009 | Prison Break: The Final Break | Lincoln Burrows | Television film |
| 2011 | Castle | Russell Ganz | Episode: "To Love and Die in L.A." |
| 2012 | Common Law | John Crowl | Episode: "Gun!" |
| 2014–2016 | The Flash | Mick Rory / Heat Wave | 5 episodes |
| 2015 | Superhero Fight Club | Mick Rory / Heat Wave | Television short promo video |
| 2016–2021 | Legends of Tomorrow | Mick Rory / Heat Wave | Main role (seasons 1–6) |
| 2017 | Supergirl | Mick Rory / Heat Wave | Episode: "Crisis on Earth-X, Part 1" |
| 2017 | Arrow | Mick Rory / Heat Wave | Episode: "Crisis on Earth-X, Part 2" |
| 2019 | Batwoman | Mick Rory / Heat Wave (Earth-74) | Episode: "Crisis on Infinite Earths, Part 2" |

### Video games

| Year | Title | Voice role | Notes |
| 2010 | Prison Break: The Conspiracy | Lincoln Burrows | |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Refs |
| 2007 | AACTA Awards | Best Actor | Prison Break | Won | |
| 2009 | Inside Film Awards | Best Feature Film | Balibo | Nominated | |