10 THINGS YOU DON’T KNOW ABOUT
DOMINIC PURCELL
MUSCLE-bound hunk Dominic Purcell brought to life firebug Mick Rory — a.k.a. Heat Wave — in Arrow, The Flash, Supergirl and Legends of Tomorrow, which kicks off its sixth season in May. His CW role as the pyromaniac comic book character follows his successful stint as jailed innocent Lincoln Burrows in FOX’s Prison Break. Here are ten things you don’t know about the 51-year-old actor.
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He was born in England, but raised in Australia after his parents moved to New South Wales when he was a toddler.
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He holds triple British-IrishAustralian citizenship, having been born in Britain to an Irish mother and immigrating Down Under.
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He was working as a landscape gardener when he saw Platoon and decided to pursue acting.
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He attended the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts and was a classmate of Hugh Jackman, who he calls “one of my dearest friends on Earth.”
Dominic did all of his own sword-fighting stunts in his onscreen clash with Wesley Snipes in 2004’s Blade: Trinity.
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He’s had an onagain, off-again romance with 90210 actress AnnaLynne McCord since 2011.
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He has four kids with ex-wife Rebecca Williamson, who was a co-producer on his 2009 film Balibo — which hit theaters nine months after the divorce that ended their marriage.
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The birthdates of his kids, Joseph, 21, Audrey, 20, and twins Augustus and Lily-Rose, 17, are tattooed on his left forearm.
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In 2016, he suffered a broken nose and a head injury after being accidentally struck by an iron bar on the set of Prison Break in Morocco.
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He claims Aussie actors are so good at mimicking American accents because “we grew up listening to the American sound on TV.”