Dominic Haakon Myrtved Purcell (born 17 February 1970) is an
Australian actor. He is best known for his portrayals of Lincoln
Burrows in Fox's Prison Break (2005â€"2009; 2017) and Mick Rory / Heat
Wave in The CW's The Flash (2014â€"2016) and Legends of Tomorrow
(2016â€"present), as well as Drake / Dracula in Blade: Trinity
(2004).Purcell was born in Wallasey, Merseyside, England. He is the
son of Phil Myrtvedt and Mary T. "Maureen" (née Hassett) Purcell. His
mother was Irish and his father was a Norwegian of French descent. In
1972, he and his family moved to Bondi, New South Wales in Australia,
and later to Western Sydney in Penrith. He attended Blaxland East
Public 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 by virtue of being born in the United Kingdom before the
country abolished unconditional birthright citizenship in 1983 and
being Irish automatically through his Irish mother.Purcell was married
to Rebecca Williamson from 1998 until 2008, during which time the
couple had four children. In 2011, he 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.
Australian actor. He is best known for his portrayals of Lincoln
Burrows in Fox's Prison Break (2005â€"2009; 2017) and Mick Rory / Heat
Wave in The CW's The Flash (2014â€"2016) and Legends of Tomorrow
(2016â€"present), as well as Drake / Dracula in Blade: Trinity
(2004).Purcell was born in Wallasey, Merseyside, England. He is the
son of Phil Myrtvedt and Mary T. "Maureen" (née Hassett) Purcell. His
mother was Irish and his father was a Norwegian of French descent. In
1972, he and his family moved to Bondi, New South Wales in Australia,
and later to Western Sydney in Penrith. He attended Blaxland East
Public 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 by virtue of being born in the United Kingdom before the
country abolished unconditional birthright citizenship in 1983 and
being Irish automatically through his Irish mother.Purcell was married
to Rebecca Williamson from 1998 until 2008, during which time the
couple had four children. In 2011, he 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.
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