Dominic Purcell grew up in Australia and attended the prestigious Australian Theater for Young People. After beginning his training there, Dominic then extended his classical training to the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) alongside fellow alumni Hugh Jackman and Francis O'Connor. After graduating, Dominic landed his first role, playing a hip radio DJ in the Australian TV series "RAW F.M."

Dominic expanded his international audience after appearing in such roles as ‘Bulkington' in the Hallmark production Of "Moby Dick" (1998) starring alongside Patrick Stewart, Henry Thomas and Gregory Peck, and playing the lead role of ‘Troy' in TNT's "First Daughter "(1999) opposite Mariel Hemingway. The tele-movie would become the highest rated movie for a basic cable network at that time.

Dominic's feature film debut came when he was cast in the part of ‘Ulrich' in Mission Impossible 2 (2000) for director John Woo. Dominic followed this with other notable film roles including Miramax's Equilibrium with Christian Bale and Emily Watson in which he played a futuristic freedom fighter, and The Visitors opposite Radha Mitchell.

In 2002, Dominic received rave reviews for the Fox series, ‘John Doe' for director Mimi Leder and creators; Brandon Camp and Mike Thompson, in which he played the title character of an amnesiac that knows every fact in the world except who he is. Recently, Dominic completed the indie feature Three Way Split starring alongside Desmond Harrington and Joy Bryant. He will also star in and produce a new series for 20th Century Fox TV called "Strut". He will play a cop and the show will be a cross between Dirty Harry and Mel Gibson's character in the Lethal Weapon films.

Dominic's theatre credits include: "Antony and Cleopatra", "Angels In America", "The Pillars of Society", and "Romeo and Juliet".

Dominic currently lives in Los Angeles with his wife and four children.