Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1996-2003) as Rupert Giles
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (2013) as Chiron
Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008) as Nathan / Repo Man
Merlin (2008-2012) as Uther Pendragon / Uther
Short Info
Date Of Birth
February 20, 1954
Fact
Appearing at the Savoy Theatre London as Captain Hook in Peter Pan and The Pirate King in The Pirates of Penzance, in rep from 15th December 2003 to 20th March 2004. [December 2003]
Anthony Head was born on February 20, 1954, in Camden Town, London, England. His father, Seafield Laurence Stewart Murray Head, was a documentary filmmaker and one-time actor, and his mother, Helen Shingler, was an actress. He has a younger sister, actress and singer Murray Head. Head was educated at Ashdown House School in Forest Row, East Sussex, and then at Westminster School in London. He later attended the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London.
Head began his acting career in the 1970s with appearances on British television series such as “The New Avengers” and “Rumpole of the Bailey.” He made his film debut with a small role in the 1976 film “Assault on Precinct 13.” In the 1980s, he had supporting roles in films such as “Ghandi” (1982), “The Bounty” (1984), and “A View to a Kill” (1985).
Head’s breakthrough role came in the early 1990s when he was cast as Rupert Giles, the librarian and Watcher on the television series “Buffy the Vampire Slayer.” He appeared on the show for all seven seasons and also reprised the role for the spin-off series “Angel.”
In recent years, Head has had roles on the television series “Merlin” (2008-2012), “Warehouse 13” (2014-2015), and “Once Upon a Time” (2017-2018). He has also appeared in films such as “Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief” (2010) and “The Iron Lady” (2011).
Head is married to Sarah Fisher, with whom he has two daughters. He was previously married to actress Jennifer Ehle from 1999 to 2004.
Head has a net worth of $5 million.
General Info
Full Name
Anthony Head
Date Of Birth
February 20, 1954
Height
1.85 m
Profession
Voice Actor, Singer
Education
London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
Nationality
British
Family
Children
Emily Head, Daisy Head
Parents
Helen Shingler, Seafield Laurence Stewart Murray Head
Siblings
Murray Head
Partner
Sarah Fisher, Sarah Fisher
Accomplishments
Movies
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters, Repo! The Genetic Opera, The Iron Lady, Imagine Me & You, The Inbetweeners Movie, Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, A Street Cat Named Bob, Flying Home, Despite the Falling Snow, Persuasion, The Magic Door, The Fat Slags, I'll Be There, Scoop, And Starring Pancho Vill...
TV Shows
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Merlin, Dominion, Little Britain, Dancing on the Edge, True Horror, Manchild, VR.5, Enemy at the Door, Heroes Unmasked, Doctor Who Confidential, Secret Army, Free Agents, Merlin: Secrets and Magic, The Invisibles, Sold, Sensitive Skin, Buffy the Animated Series, Love in a C...
'Don't fall back on the parachute (my safety net). Go outside the zone of confidence and find out what's on the other side.'
Anthony Head's answer to the question 'In a nutshell, my philosophy is this...'
2
I think Giles likes Buffy, but she annoys him. The mere fact that she doesn't want the job that he's offering her -- she frustrates him. She represents everything he doesn't understand. Ultimately he becomes extremely fond of her. People have said, What is it? A father/daughter relationship? And it's not quite. There's nothing like it on TV. It's difficult to pigeonhole. He becomes extremely fond of her and gets into all sorts of terrible trouble because of it. ... Xander is complete anathema to him. A great annoyance because he never seems to take anything seriously. Cordelia is ... Who knows where she's coming from? Willow he respects greatly, but it's all a confusion to him. He's never really sure of anybody or anything. The only thing he is sure about is what he's supposed to do.
3
We used to hang out at Joss's place Sunday nights and do Shakespeare readings. I got to do my Richard III recently. Then we'd have a few tequilas, sit around the piano and sing. I talked to Joss years ago about doing a Buffy musical, and then finally in the summer he sat down and wrote "Once More, With Feeling," episode seven of season six. He's taken the inaccessible area of musicals - why does everybody keep singing? - and turned it to his advantage. It's the answer to "Hush, season four's spellbinding silent episode where nobody could talk. We all sing about the things we're thinking; musicals are about expressing those emotions that you can't talk about. It works a real treat. [January 9, 2002]
Facts
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Fact
1
James Marsters based the accent of his character Spike on Head's real-life accent.
2
Although he played Giles with an upper-class British accent, his real accent is much more North London. He got to use it in the episode 'Band Candy' when Giles reverted to his teenage self.
3
Playing "Jeff Golding" in Simon Gray's play "Otherwise Engaged" in England. [September 2005]
4
Appearing at the Savoy Theatre London as Captain Hook in Peter Pan and The Pirate King in The Pirates of Penzance, in rep from 15th December 2003 to 20th March 2004. [December 2003]
5
Attending Collectormania 7 at Milton Keynes And... attending the UK premiere of Kingdom of Heaven (2005) in London. [May 2005]
6
Was originally cast in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007), as a ghost of one of Sweeney Todd's victims. This character would have sung "The Ballad of Sweeney Todd", its reprises, and the "Epilogue". These songs were recorded, but eventually cut before filming began, as director Tim Burton felt that the songs were too theatrical for the film.
7
Musical talent was showcased early on in his career when, for two Christmas seasons, he appeared as Joseph in Joseph and His Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat at the Everyman Theatre in Cheltenham in the late 1970s.
8
Grew up in Hampton, and attended the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts.
9
Divides his time between homes in Los Angeles and England.
Named #5 of the Top Ten Sexiest Men of the Buffy / Angel universe in a fan poll by the Buffy the Vampire Slayer fanzine (2004).
13
On August 1 2004, after the May 11 2004 incident in which 9 people were killed and more than 40 were injured in an explosion at ICL Plastics in Glasgow, Scotland, he was the headliner at a science fiction convention to raise money for the Grovepark Memorial Fund (for victims and their families). He met fans at the Thistle Hotel. With him were Paul Darrow and Michael Sheard.
Once played "Dr. Frank N Furter" in a London stage production of "The Rocky Horror Show". He met his partner, Sarah Fisher, at the National Theatre in England. He was performing in "Danton's Death".
16
His own home in Somerset, which he shares with Sarah, Daisy and Emily, was used for the filming of some episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997).
Appeared, with Sharon Maughan, in a series of popular "Nescafe Gold Blend" coffee adverts in the UK in the 1980s. The adverts were re-edited for broadcast in the U.S. where the coffee is known as "Taster's Choice".
19
His mother, Helen Shingler, played Madame Maigret in the original BBC series of Maigret (1959).
Man in street - greets Todd after competition (uncredited)
Amelia and Michael
2007
Short
Michael
Sensitive Skin
2007
TV Series
Tom Paine
Doctor Who: The Infinite Quest
2007
TV Movie
Baltazar (voice)
Persuasion
2007
TV Movie
Sir Walter Elliot
The Magic Door
2007
Video
George
Sparkle
2007
Tony
Little Britain
2003-2006
TV Series
The Prime Minister
Little Britain: Live
2006
Video
Prime Minister
The Rocky Horror Tribute Show
2006
Video
Frank - 1990 Cast
Destroy All Humans! 2
2006
Video Game
Reginald Ponsonby-Smythe (voice, as Anthony Stewart Head)
Him and Us
2006
TV Movie
Max Flash
Scoop
2006
Detective
The Children's Party at the Palace
2006
TV Special
Captain Hook (Peter Pan)
Doctor Who
2006
TV Series
Mr. Finch
Hotel Babylon
2006
TV Series
Mr. Machin
Rose and Maloney
2005
TV Series
Dr. David Terry
Imagine Me & You
2005
Ned
Framing Frankie
2005
Dennis Folley
My Family
2003-2005
TV Series
Anthony Head / Richard Harper
M.I.T.: Murder Investigation Team
2005
TV Series
Stewart Masters
Monarch of the Glen
2004
TV Series
Chester Grant
Fat Slags
2004
Victor
New Tricks
2004
TV Series
Sir Tim
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Animated Series
2004
TV Movie
Rupert Giles (voice)
Reversals
2003
TV Movie
Mr. Andrew Barton
And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself
2003
TV Movie
William Benton (as Anthony Stewart Head)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Chaos Bleeds
2003
Video Game
Rupert Giles (voice, as Anthony Stewart Head)
I'll Be There
2003
Sam Gervasi (as Anthony Stewart Head)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
1996-2003
TV Series
Rupert Giles
Manchild
2002-2003
TV Series
James
Fillmore!
2002
TV Series
Professor Third
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
2002
Video Game
Rupert Giles (voice, as Anthony Stewart Head)
MI-5
2002
TV Series
Peter Salter
Doctor Who: Death Comes to Time
2002
TV Mini-Series
Valentine
Silent Witness
2001
TV Series
Henry Hutton
Best Actress
2000
TV Movie
Colin Truemans (as Anthony Stewart Head)
Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place
1999
TV Series
Dr. Staretski
Jonathan Creek
1997
TV Series
Adam Klaus
VR.5
1995-1997
TV Series
Oliver Sampson
Roger Roger
1996
TV Movie
Jimmy Price
NYPD Blue
1995
TV Series
Nigel Gibson
Ghostbusters of East Finchley
1995
TV Series
Terry
The Trial of Lord Lucan
1994
TV Movie
Dominic Elwes
Royce
1994
TV Movie
Pitlock
Highlander
1993
TV Series
Allan Rothwood
The Detectives
1993
TV Series
Simon
Woof Again! Why Me?
1992
Video
Woof!
1991
TV Series
B J Bentley
Bentley
Hard Cases
1989
TV Series
DC 'Spider' Webb
La collina del diavolo
1988
TV Movie
Michael Toyle
The Zero Option
1988
Bruce Michaelis
Les Girls
1988
TV Series
Vince
The Comic Strip Presents...
1984-1988
TV Series
Recording Studio Engineer / Ricki
Rockliffe's Babies
1988
TV Series
Chris Patterson
Pulaski: The TV Detective
1987
TV Series
Dudley Fielding
A Prayer for the Dying
1987
Rupert
Boon
1987
TV Series
Richard Rathbone
Howards' Way
1985
TV Series
Phil Norton
C.A.T.S. Eyes
1985
TV Series
James Sinden
Celebrity Playhouse
1981
TV Series
Wilfred Kirby
BBC2 Playhouse
1981
TV Series
Chief Hook
Bergerac
1981
TV Series
Bill
Lady Chatterley's Lover
1981
Anton
Love in a Cold Climate
1980
TV Mini-Series
Tony Kroesig
Secret Army
1979
TV Series
Hanslick
The Mallens
1979
TV Series
Weir
Jackanory Playhouse
1979
TV Series
Spare
Accident
1978
TV Series
Simon Lovell
Lillie
1978
TV Mini-Series
William Le Breton
Enemy at the Door
1978
TV Series
Clive Martel
Still Star-Crossed
2017
TV Series filming
Lord Capulet
A Street Cat Named Bob
2016
Jack Bowen
Guilt
2016
TV Series
James / James Lahue
Drunk History: UK
2016
TV Series
Admiral Horatio Nelson
Alexander Graham Bell
The Brother
2016/I
Jack
Despite the Falling Snow
2016
Old Misha
Convenience
2015/I
Barry
Dominion
2014-2015
TV Series
David Whele
Rocky Horror Show Live
2015
Narrator
Yonderland
2015
TV Series
Nigel
You, Me & Them
2013-2015
TV Series
Ed Walker
Galavant
2015
TV Series
Galavant's Father
Warehouse 13
2013-2014
TV Series
Paracelsus
Flying Home
2014
Colin's Father
Death of a Farmer
2014
John
Hereafter
2013/I
Short
Magellan
Reel Life
2013
Short
Lorenzo
NTSF:SD:SUV
2013
TV Series
Corningham
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
2013
Chiron (as Anthony Stewart Head)
Underdogs
2013
Flash (English version, voice)
Dancing on the Edge
2013
TV Mini-Series
Donaldson
The Selection
2013
TV Movie
King Clarkson
Free Agents
2011-2012
TV Series
Stephen
Merlin
2008-2012
TV Series
Uther Pendragon
Uther
The Iron Lady
2011
Geoffrey Howe
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
2011
Benedict
The Great Ghost Rescue
2011
Prime Minister
The Inbetweeners Movie
2011
Will's Dad
Ella
2010/I
Short
Father
Children in Need
2009-2010
TV Series
Uther Pendragon
Flip's Twisted World
2010
Video Game
Narrator (voice)
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Rocky Horror Show Live
2015
performer: "Eddie's Teddy", "The Time Warp Encore Reprise"
Galavant
2015
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Repo! The Genetic Opera
2008
performer: "Shilo Wakes", "Legal Assassin", "Thankless Job", "Inoppurtune Telephone Call", "Who Ordered Pizza?", "Night Surgeon", "Everyone's a Composer", "Come Back!", "What Chance Has a 17 Year Old Girl?", "Nathan Discovers Rotti's Plan", "Tonight We are Betrayed", "At the Opera Tonight", "Let the Monster Rise", "Sawman's Lament", "The Man Who Made You Sick", "Shilo Turns Against Rotti", "I Didn't Know I'd Love You So Much"
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
2000-2001
TV Series performer - 4 episodes
Rocky Horror 25: Anniversary Special
2000
TV Movie performer: "Planet, Schmanet, Janet"
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
How to Get a Council House
2013-2015
TV Series documentary
Narrator
Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty
2013
TV Movie documentary
Himself (uncredited)
This Morning
2004-2013
TV Series
Himself
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2011
TV Series
Himself - Guest
In Love with Shakespeare
2011
TV Movie
Himself
The Iron Lady: Meet the Politicians
2011
Video documentary short
Himself / Geoffrey Howe
Saturday Kitchen
2010
TV Series
Himself
Breakfast
2005-2010
TV Series
Himself
GMTV
2006-2010
TV Series
Himself
Doctor Who Confidential
2006-2010
TV Series documentary
Himself - Narrator / Himself
Merlin: Secrets & Magic
2009
TV Series documentary
Himself
Points West
2006-2009
TV Series
Himself
The Paul O'Grady Show
2006-2009
TV Series
Himself
When Boris Met Dave
2009
TV Movie documentary
Himself - Narrator (voice)
Something for the Weekend
2009
TV Series
Himself
Richard & Judy
2003-2009
TV Series
Himself
Cinema 3
2009
TV Series
Himself
Heroes Unmasked
2007-2008
TV Series documentary
Himself - Narrator
Comedy Connections
2008
TV Series documentary
Himself
Britain's Closest Encounters
2008
TV Series documentary
Himself - Narrator
50 Ways to Leave Your TV Lover
2008
TV Movie documentary
Himself
50 Greatest TV Endings
2008
TV Movie documentary
Himself
The One Show
2008
TV Series
Himself
All Star Mr & Mrs
2008
TV Series
Himself
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
2008
TV Series
Himself
NRJ 12: Scream Awards
2007
TV Special
Himself
Scream Awards 2007
2007
TV Special
Himself
Animal Rescue Live
2007
TV Series
Himself
'Little Britain' Down Under
2007
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Totally Doctor Who
2007
TV Mini-Series documentary
Baltazar
The Friday Night Project
2007
TV Series
Himself
Perfect Night In
2007
TV Series documentary
Himself
Loose Women
2007
TV Series
Himself
Comic Relief 2007: The Big One
2007
TV Special
Various
Brit Awards 2007
2007
TV Special
Himself
True Asian Horror: Part One
2007
TV Movie documentary
Narrator (voice)
True Asian Horror: Part Two
2007
TV Movie documentary
Narrator (voice)
The British Comedy Awards 2006 Live
2006
TV Special
Himself
The National Television Awards
2006
TV Movie documentary
Himself - Presenter
Blue Peter
2006
TV Series
Himself
The Sharon Osbourne Show
2006
TV Series
Himself
Only Fools on Horses
2006
TV Series
Himself
1 Leicester Square
2006
TV Series
Himself
The Bigger Picture
2006
TV Series
Himself
Wogan Now & Then
2006
TV Series
Himself
Morning Glory
2006
TV Series
Himself
'Little Britain' Night
2005
TV Movie
Himself
Today with Des and Mel
2004-2005
TV Series
Himself
T4
2005
TV Series
Himself
Little Documentary
2005
Video documentary short
Himself
Best Ever Ads
2005
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Rove Live
2005
TV Series
Himself
The British Comedy Awards 2004
2004
TV Special
Himself (uncredited)
True Horror with Anthony Head
2004
TV Series documentary
Himself - Presenter
'Buffy': Season 7 Overview
2004
Video documentary short
Himself
Tracy Beaker Parties with Pudsey
2004
TV Movie
Himself (Part 3)
Horsetails
2004
TV Series documentary
Himself
Jack Dee Live at the Apollo
2004
TV Series
Himself - Audience Member
From Bard to Verse
2004
TV Series
Himself
The 100 Greatest Musicals
2003
TV Movie documentary
Himself
The Terry and Gaby Show
2003
TV Series
Talking to Animals
2003
TV Series documentary
Himself / Narrator (voice)
Loose Lips
2003
TV Series documentary
Himself
'Buffy': Season 4 Overview
2003
Video documentary short
Himself
Biography
2003
TV Series documentary
Himself
V Graham Norton
2002
TV Series
Himself
Hollywood Squares
2001-2002
TV Series
Himself
SM:TV Live
2001
TV Series
Himself
Rocky Horror 25: Anniversary Special
2000
TV Movie
Himself (as Anthony Stewart Head)
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Science of Doctor Who
2012
TV Movie documentary
Mr. Finch (uncredited)
The Iron Lady: From Script to Screen
2011
Video documentary short
Geoffrey Howe (uncredited)
The Iron Lady: John Campbell on Thatcher
2011
Video documentary short
Himself / Geoffrey Howe (uncredited)
Great TV Mistakes
2010
TV Movie documentary
Rupert Giles (uncredited)
Merlin: Secrets & Magic
2009
TV Series documentary
Uther Pendragon
The Comedy Map of Britain
2008
TV Series documentary
The Prime Minister
New Heroes of Comedy
2008
TV Series documentary
The Prime Minister
Comedy Connections
2007
TV Series documentary
The Prime Minister
The 100 Greatest TV Ads
2000
TV Special
Gold Blend Man
Awards
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2016
Golden Statuette
Prague Independent Film Festival
Best Supporting Actor
Despite the Falling Snow (2016)
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2007
Golden Nymph
Monte-Carlo TV Festival
Television Films - Best Performance by an Actor
Persuasion (2007)
2001
Saturn Award
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA