Anthony Stewart Head
Anthony Stewart Head (20 February 1954 – 1 June 2026), usually credited as Anthony Head, was 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 was best known for his roles as Rupert Giles on Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997–2003), Uther Pendragon on Merlin (2008–12), and Nathan Wallace/Repo Man in Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008).
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as Julian Marx
Pinky
as Alex White
Sideshow
as Gerald
The Canterville Ghost
as Sir Simon de Canterville
Let the Wrong One In
as Henry
School's Out Forever
as Stanley
Bridgerton
as Lord Sheffield
Ted Lasso
as Rupert Mannion
Adventure Time: Distant Lands
as Wizard Con (voice)
The Big Night In
as Various Roles
Feel Good
as George
The Stranger
as Edgar Price
Feedback
as Norman Burgess
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
as Rupert Thorne
The Split
as Oscar
Batman: Gotham by Gaslight
as Alfred (voice)
Girlfriends
as John
Motherland
as Bill
Back
as Charismatic Mike
Still Star-Crossed
as Lord Silvestro Capulet
A Street Cat Named Bob
as Nigel Bowen
Despite the Falling Snow
as Old Misha Ardonov
Rocky Horror Show Live
as Narrator
Convenience
as Barry
Dominion
as David Weel
Flying Home
as Colin's Father
Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty
as Self
Yonderland
as Nigel
You, Me & Them
as Ed Walker
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
as Chiron
Dancing on the Edge
as Donaldson
The Iron Lady
as Geoffrey Howe
The Great Ghost Rescue
as Prime Minister
Free Agents
as Stephen
The Inbetweeners Movie
as Will's Dad
NTSF:SD:SUV::
as Corningham
Ella
as Father
Merlin: Secrets and Magic
as Self
Warehouse 13
as Paracelsus
Free Agents
as Stephen Caudwell
Repo! The Genetic Opera
as Nathan Wallace / Repo Man
Rocky Horror Tribute Show
as Dr. Frank-N-Furter
Merlin
as Uther Pendragon
Buffy the Animated Series
as Rupert Giles
The Invisibles
as Maurice Riley
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
as Man in Street Who Greets Todd after Competition (uncredited)
Comedy Showcase
as Stephen
Sparkle
as Tony
Heroes Unmasked
as Himself - Narrator
Doctor Who: The Infinite Quest
as Baltazar (voice)
Little Britain Down Under
as Self
Persuasion
as Sir Walter Elliot
The Magic Door
as George
Little Britain Live
as Prime Minister
Scoop
as Detective
The Children's Party at the Palace
as Captain Hook (Peter Pan)
Imagine Me & You
as Ned
Hotel Babylon
as Mr. Machin
Sensitive Skin
as Tom Paine
Collectormania 7
as Self
Doctor Who Confidential
as Unknown
Doctor Who
as Mr Finch
Doctor Who Confidential
as Narrator
The Friday Night Project
as Self
True Horror with Anthony Head
as Host
True Horror with Anthony Head
as Host
Fat Slags
as Victor
New Tricks
as Unknown
Little Britain
as Michael the PM
And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself
as William Benton
I'll Be There
as Sam Gervasi
Murder Investigation Team
as Stewart Masters
Rose and Maloney
as Dr David Terry
Fillmore!
as Professor Third (voice)
Spooks
as Peter Salter
V Graham Norton
as Self
Doctor Who: Death Comes to Time
as Saint Valentine
Manchild
as James
Rocky Horror 25: Anniversary Special
as Unknown
My Family
as Richard Harper
Best Actress
as Colin Truemans
Monarch of the Glen
as Unknown
Two Guys and a Girl
as Dr. Staretski
Jonathan Creek
as Adam Klaus
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
as Rupert Giles
Roger Roger
as Jimmy Price
Silent Witness
as Unknown
VR.5
as Oliver Sampson
The Trial of Lord Lucan
as Dominic Elwes
Royce
as Pitlock
NYPD Blue
as Raleigh Gibson
The Detectives
as Simon
Highlander: The Series
as Allan Rothwood
The Zero Option
as Bruce Michaelis
More Bad News
as Recording Studio Engineer
A Prayer for the Dying
as Rupert
Rockliffe's Babies
as Chris Patterson
Boon
as Unknown
Spenser: For Hire
as Unknown
Howards' Way
as Phil Norton
C.A.T.S. Eyes
as James Sinden
Slags
as Ricki
The Comic Strip Presents...
as Recording Studio Engineer
The Comic Strip Presents...
as Ricki
The Grudge Fight
as Chief Hook
Bergerac
as Bill
Lady Chatterley's Lover
as Anton
Love in a Cold Climate
as Tony Kroesig
The Mallens
as Weir
Enemy at the Door
as Clive Martel
Secret Army
as Hanslick
Playhouse
as Chief Hook