Anthony Stewart Head

Actor Feb 20 (age 72) London, England, UK 1974–2024 (50 year career)

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Biography

Anthony Stewart Head (born February 20, 1954), usually credited as Anthony Head, is an English actor and musician. He rose to fame in the UK following his role in television advertisements for Nescafé Gold Blend (Taster's Choice in the U.S.), and is known for his roles as Rupert Giles in Buffy the Vampire Slayer and as Uther Pendragon in Merlin.

Known For

Film

Ted Lasso

Rupert Mannion

Film

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Man in Street Who Greets Todd after Competition (uncredited)

Film

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Rupert Giles

Film

A Street Cat Named Bob

Nigel Bowen

Film

Merlin

Uther Pendragon

Film

Imagine Me & You

Ned

Film

Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters

Chiron

Film

Upgraded

Julian Marx

Filmography

Acting (128)

Movies (56)

Upgraded

as Julian Marx

Sideshow

as Gerald

Pinky

as Alex White

School's Out Forever

as Stanley

Let the Wrong One In

as Henry

The Canterville Ghost

2021

as Sir Simon de Canterville

Hostage Radio

2019

as Norman Burgess

5.8

Batman: Gotham by Gaslight

2018

as Alfred (voice)

6.7

The Muppets Take The O2

2018

as Self

9.5

A Street Cat Named Bob

2016

as Nigel Bowen

7.9

Despite the Falling Snow

as Old Misha Ardonov

Convenience

as Barry

Rocky Horror Show Live

2015

as Narrator

7.0

The Inbetweeners Go Global

2014

as Self

Flying Home

2014

as Colin's Father

5.9

Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters

2013

as Chiron

6.0

Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty

2013

as Self

9.0

Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance

2011

as Benedict

5.0

The Inbetweeners Movie

as Will's Dad

The Iron Lady

as Geoffrey Howe

The Great Ghost Rescue

as Prime Minister

Ella

as Father

When Boris Met Dave

as Self – Narrator (voice)

Rocky Horror Tribute Show

2008

as Dr. Frank-N-Furter

6.2

Repo! The Genetic Opera

2008

as Nathan Wallace / Repo Man

6.3

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

2007

as Man in Street Who Greets Todd after Competition (uncredited)

Persuasion

as Sir Walter Elliot

Sparkle

as Tony

Doctor Who: The Infinite Quest

as Baltazar (voice)

The Magic Door

as George

Amelia and Michael

as Michael

Little Britain Down Under

2007

as Self

4.0

Him and Us

2006

as Max Flash

Imagine Me & You

as Ned

Scoop

as Detective

Little Britain Live

as Prime Minister

The Children's Party at the Palace

2006

as Captain Hook (Peter Pan)

1.8

Fat Slags

2004

as Victor

3.0

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Animated Series

2004

as Rupert Giles

Reversals

as Mr. Andrew Barton

I'll Be There

as Sam Gervasi

And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself

2003

as William Benton

6.7

Doctor Who: Death Comes to Time

2002

as Saint Valentine

8.7

Rocky Horror 25: Anniversary Special

Best Actress

as Colin Truemans

Roger Roger

as Jimmy Price

Royce

1994

as Pitlock

5.0

The Trial of Lord Lucan

as Dominic Elwes

Woof Again! Why Me?

The Zero Option

as Bruce Michaelis

More Bad News

1988

as Recording Studio Engineer

9.8

A Prayer for the Dying

as Rupert

Slags

as Ricki

Lady Chatterley's Lover

1981

as Anton

5.4

The Grudge Fight

1981

as Chief Hook

Once More, With Feeling

as "Giles"

Television (72)

The Canterville Ghost

2021

as Sir Simon de Canterville

Bridgerton

as Lord Sheffield

Ted Lasso

as Rupert Mannion

Ted Lasso

as Rupert Mannion

Adventure Time: Distant Lands

2020

as Wizard Con (voice)

The Stranger

as Edgar Price

Feel Good

as George

Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan

as Rupert Thorne

The Split

as Oscar

Girlfriends

as John

Motherland

as Bill

Still Star-Crossed

as Lord Silvestro Capulet

Back

as Charismatic Mike

Dominion

as David Weel

Yonderland

as Nigel

Dancing on the Edge

as Donaldson

You, Me & Them

as Ed Walker

Free Agents

as Stephen

Warehouse 13

as Paracelsus

Free Agents

as Stephen Caudwell

Merlin: Secrets and Magic

Merlin

as Uther Pendragon

Merlin

as Uther Pendragon

The Inbetweeners

Buffy the Animated Series

as Rupert Giles

The Invisibles

as Maurice Riley

Heroes Unmasked

as Himself - Narrator

Comedy Showcase

as Stephen

Sold

as Mr Colubrine

Hotel Babylon

Doctor Who

as Baltazar (voice)

Doctor Who Confidential

2005

as Narrator

8.2

Doctor Who Confidential

Sensitive Skin

The Friday Night Project

as Self

New Tricks

True Horror

True Horror with Anthony Head

2004

as Host

Little Britain

2003

7.1

The Terry and Gaby Show

2003

5.0

Murder Investigation Team

as Stewart Masters

Spooks

as Peter Salter

V Graham Norton

as Self

Fillmore!

as Professor Third (voice)

Rose and Maloney

Manchild

as James

My Family

as Richard Harper

Monarch of the Glen

Two Guys and a Girl

as Dr. Staretski

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

1997

as Rupert Giles

8.1

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

as Rupert Giles

Jonathan Creek

as Adam Klaus

Silent Witness

VR.5

as Oliver Sampson

Ghostbusters of East Finchley

as Terry

NYPD Blue

as Raleigh Gibson

The Detectives

as Simon

Highlander: The Series

as Allan Rothwood

Rockliffe's Babies

as Chris Patterson

Pulaski

as Dudley Fielding

Boon

Spenser: For Hire

Howards' Way

as Phil Norton

C.A.T.S. Eyes

as James Sinden

The Comic Strip Presents...

as Ricki

Bergerac

as Bill

Love in a Cold Climate

as Tony Kroesig

The Mallens

as Weir

Enemy at the Door

as Clive Martel

Accident

as Simon Lovell

Secret Army

as Hanslick

Playhouse

as Chief Hook