{"id":852596,"date":"2026-08-12T12:56:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T12:56:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/852596\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T12:56:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T12:56:14","slug":"prison-break-star-dominic-purcell-unveils-new-back-tattoo-honouring-his-nsw-hometown-of-penrith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/852596\/","title":{"rendered":"Prison Break star Dominic Purcell unveils new back tattoo honouring his NSW hometown of Penrith"},"content":{"rendered":"

Forget grabbing a postcard to remind you of home \u2014 this Hollywood star has taken things a step further.<\/p>\n

Australian actor Dominic Purcell has shown he\u2019s not afraid to wear his hometown pride, unveiling a new tattoo tribute to the Western Sydney suburb he grew up in.<\/p>\n

The 56-year-old Prison Break star shared an image of the newest addition to his back, which stretches across his shoulder blades, in an Instagram post on Sunday.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThem that know . . . Penrith \u2018the RIFF\u2019, NSW AUSTRALIA 70s \u2014 80s,\u201d he said to his 1.7 million followers.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlways proud of what made me.\u201d<\/p>\n

The word RIFF, which is a known nickname for the Sydney suburb of Penrith, is seen across the actor\u2019s back in bold block lettering.<\/p>\n

The sizeable tribute was done by LA-based celebrity tattoo artist Jamie Gene Lopez, who\u2019s list of A-list clients also includes Purcell\u2019s step-daughter Miley Cyrus.<\/p>\n

Notable Aussies were quick to flood the comments of the Prison Break star\u2019s tattoo reveal, singing praises for the actor\u2019s hometown pride.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat a tat,\u201d former cricketer David Warner wrote, while three-time Olympic gold medallist Jess Fox added: \u201cYeah the RIFF.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhere legends are born,\u201d said Love Simon star Keiynan Lonsdale, who also hails from Penrith.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll the best people come from Western Sydney,\u201d MAFS star Domenica Calarco chimed in.<\/p>\n

Even NRL team the Penrith Panthers jumped into the conversation, calling the star \u201cthe GOAT\u201d for his permanent tribute to the NSW suburb .<\/p>\n

It wasn\u2019t just the Aussies praising the work, however, with Purcell\u2019s wife Tish Cyrus-Purcell writing that she was \u201cobsessed\u201d with her husband\u2019s new ink.<\/p>\n

\"Purcell\u2019sPurcell\u2019s wife Tish Cyrus, who he wed in 2023, shared her love for the tattoo. Cyrus is most well-known for being the mother of singer Miley Cyrus. Credit: @tishcyruspurcell\/Instagram<\/p>\n

While it\u2019s clear the Aussie has much pride for Penrith, he didn\u2019t always live there.<\/p>\n

Dominic was born in England in February 1970. His family moved to Australia when the actor was just two.<\/p>\n

He spent most of the 1970s and 1980s living in the NSW suburb of Penrith before heading across the country to Perth for tertiary schooling.<\/p>\n

The star attended the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, following in the footsteps of other iconic Aussie actors including Hugh Jackman.<\/p>\n

Purcell first made his TV debut on Home And Away in the late \u201890s, before gaining international recognition for his performances in Prison Break and Mission: Impossible 2.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Forget grabbing a postcard to remind you of home \u2014 this Hollywood star has taken things a step…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":852597,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[64,63,447,2331,134,2332],"class_list":["post-852596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-celebrities","tag-culture","tag-entertainment","tag-pop-culture"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/852596","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=852596"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/852596\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/852597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=852596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=852596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=852596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}