Who Is Tish Cyrus’s Husband? All About ‘Prison Break’ Star Dominic Purcell

Tish Cyrus is married to Dominic Purcell.

The couple wed on Aug. 19, 2023, during an intimate ceremony in Malibu, Califonia.

Just four months prior, Tish, the mother of Miley and Noah Cyrus announced her engagement to Purcell, who is best known for starring on Fox’s Prison Break from 2005 to 2008.

The Golden Globe-nominated show saw a revival in 2019, in which Purcell reprised his leading role opposite co-star Wentworth Miller. His portrayal of protagonist Lincoln Burros aside, the actor has appeared in several projects across TV and film.

Purcell and Tish’s relationship started via Instagram DMs and they made their relationship Instagram official in November 2022. In the months that followed, they’ve each shared glimpses of their romance on social media.

Tish shares daughters Miley and Noah and son Braison with ex-husband Billy Ray Cyrus. They tied the knot in 1993 and filed for divorce in 2010. The Doc actor also adopted Tish’s daughter Brandi and son Trace from her previous marriage.

In March 2024, reports of a Cyrus family rift began to surface as a source told PEOPLE that Purcell was seeing Noah prior to his romance with her mom Tish. “Noah and Dominic were seeing each other in a friends with benefits way, off and on,” a source previously told PEOPLE.

Here’s everything to know about Purcell.

He’s a British-Australian actor

Purcell was born in England, but moved to Australia at age 2. He pursued his early education there, eventually placing his focus on theater studies as he grew older. In fact, he took classes alongside Hugh Jackman during his time at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts school in Perth.

“We both trained together at #dramaschool. He hasn’t changed one bit. Him always smiling and basically being a beautiful human. I haven’t changed. I’m still angry and grumpy,” Purcell captioned a now-deleted Instagram post that featured himself next to the Wolverine actor.

He starred in several acclaimed TV shows

Purcell is best known for his role as Lincoln Burros in Prison Break on Fox, which ran from 2005 to 2008 for four seasons before its 2019 revival. Taking place several years later, much of the original cast reprised their roles in the sequel, including Wentworth Miller as Michael Scofield.

From 2014 to 2016, Purcell starred as Mick Rory (aka Heat Wave) in The Flash on The CW. He reprised that role in DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, Arrow and Supergirl. He’s also appeared in films including 2004’s Blade: Trinity and crime-thriller Three-Way that same year.

He has four children of his own

Similar to Cyrus, Purcell has several grown children of his own. The Prison Break star was formerly married to Rebecca Williamson, with whom he welcomed four children: daughters Lily-Rose and Audrey and sons Augustus and Joseph. The couple was together from 1998 until 2008.

He suffered a bad injury while filming Prison Break

In June 2016, Purcell suffered an injury on the set Fox’s hit drama, and shared a bloody photo on Instagram of the aftermath. In the caption, he assured fans that he was okay.

“I’m good. #thanksforsupport … Had a little accident on set. Haha! Back at work asap,” he wrote alongside the gory photo. “Pays to have a thick skull when an iron bar falls on your #head!! busting it open severely also broke my nose in two places. Haha. I got a free nose job out of it…… Stoked to be alive.”

Purcell was shooting in Morocco when an iron bar from the set was dislodged and struck him on his head, suffering a broken nose and head injury as a result. Twelve days later, Purcell sported two deep gashes on the top of his head, the larger of which required 150 stitches.

Growing up on the coast of Australia, Purcell began surfing from a young age; he was six years old the first time he gave the sport a try. “I was already hooked before I even started,” The Flash alum told The Inertia.

Purcell posts about his love of surfing on his Instagram, sharing videos of himself and his kids in action. He’s also close friends with three-time surfing world champion Mick Fanning (with whom he grew up) and 11-time world surf champion surfer Kelly Slater.

He and Tish got married in August 2023

On Aug. 19, 2023, Tish and Purcell said, “I do.” The couple exchanged vows during a small, poolside wedding in Malibu. Tish wore a strapless wedding gown, while the Prison Break star donned a white shirt and dark slacks. Miley and Brandi Cyrus were bridesmaids on the big day.

He was reportedly seeing Noah Cyrus before marrying Tish Cyrus

Noah and Purcell had been seeing each other and ended things before he entered a relationship with her mom Tish.

A source told PEOPLE on March 1 that Noah “was offended” her mother married the actor after he and the singer had previously hooked up.

“Noah and Dominic were seeing each other in a friends with benefits way, off and on. They stopped seeing each other and then Tish started something up,” the source said, adding that “Tish knew he had been seeing Noah.”

Though Noah and Purcell had stopped seeing each other when his relationship with Tish started, the source claimed “Tish never gave Noah the chance to talk about all of this before they got married.”