Dominic Purcell

Dominic Haakon Myrtvedt Purcell (born 17 February 1970) is an Australian actor. He is best known as Lincoln Burrows in Prison Break (2005–09; 2017), Mick Rory / Heat Wave in The Flash (2014–16) and Legends of Tomorrow (2016–21), and Drake / Dracula in Blade: Trinity.

Early life Purcell was born in Birkenhead, 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 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, including Joseph.

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. .

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 Blade: Trinity Drake 2006 Harris McKay 2007 Primeval Tim Manfrey 2009 Blood Creek Victor Alan Marshall Balibo Producer 2011 Escapee Harmon Jaxon Straw Dogs Jeremy Niles Killer Elite Davies House of the Rising Sun Tony Zello 2012 Bad Karma Mack Hijacked Otto Southwell 2013 Officer Down Royce Walker Assault on Wall Street Jim Baxford Vikingdom Eirick Suddenly Baron Breakout Tommy Baxter Ice Soldiers Malraux 2014 In the Name of the King 3: The Last Mission Hazen Kaine Detective Malone Larson "Sailor" O'Connor I Choose Short film; also producer Turkey Shoot Rick Tyler 2015 Abandoned James Nalepka Gridlocked David Hendrix Isolation Max Also executive producer 2021 Blood Red Sky Berg 2023 Assassin Adrian Confidential Informant Tom Moran 2024 Cassino in Ischia Nic Cassino

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 Water Rats Alex 1999 Heartbreak High Todd Gillespie 6 episodes Silent Predators Truck Driver Television film First Daughter Troy Nelson 2001 BeastMaster Kelb 5 episodes Condillac Episode: "The Travelers" 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); 90 episodes; also producer 2009 Prison Break: The Final Break Television film 2011 Castle Russell Ganz Episode: "To Love and Die in L.A." 2012 Common Law John Crowl Episode: "Gun!" 2014–2016 Mick Rory / Heat Wave 5 episodes 2015 Superhero Fight Club Television short promo video 2016–2021 Legends of Tomorrow Main role (seasons 1–6); 97 episodes 2017 Supergirl Episode: "Crisis on Earth-X, Part 1" Arrow 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 2009 Inside Film Awards Best Feature Film Balibo