Anthony Stewart Head

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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

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Man in Street Who Greets Todd after Competition (uncredited)

Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters

Chiron

Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance

Benedict

Doctor Who

Mr Finch

Bridgerton

Lord Sheffield

Ted Lasso

Rupert Mannion

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Rupert Giles

The Iron Lady

Geoffrey Howe

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2024	Upgraded MOVIE	Julian Marx
2022	Pinky MOVIE	Alex White
2022	Sideshow MOVIE	Gerald
2021	The Canterville Ghost MOVIE	Sir Simon de Canterville
2021	The Canterville Ghost TV	Sir Simon de Canterville
2021	Let the Wrong One In MOVIE	Henry
2021	School's Out Forever MOVIE	Stanley
2020	Bridgerton TV	Lord Sheffield
2020	Ted Lasso TV	Rupert Mannion
2020	Adventure Time: Distant Lands TV	Wizard Con (voice)
2020	The Big Night In MOVIE	Various Roles
2020	Feel Good TV	George
2020	The Stranger TV	Edgar Price
2019	Hostage Radio MOVIE	Norman Burgess
2018	Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan TV	Rupert Thorne
2018	The Muppets Take The O2 MOVIE	Self
2018	The Split TV	Oscar
2018	Batman: Gotham by Gaslight MOVIE	Alfred (voice)
2018	Girlfriends TV	John
2017	Motherland TV	Bill
2017	Back TV	Charismatic Mike
2017	Still Star-Crossed TV	Lord Silvestro Capulet
2016	A Street Cat Named Bob MOVIE	Nigel Bowen
2016	Despite the Falling Snow MOVIE	Old Misha Ardonov
2015	Rocky Horror Show Live MOVIE	Narrator
2015	Convenience MOVIE	Barry
2014	The Inbetweeners Go Global MOVIE	Self
2014	Dominion TV	David Weel
2014	Flying Home MOVIE	Colin's Father
2013	Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty MOVIE	Self
2013	Yonderland TV	Nigel
2013	You, Me & Them TV	Ed Walker
2013	Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters MOVIE	Chiron
2013	Dancing on the Edge TV	Donaldson
2011	The Iron Lady MOVIE	Geoffrey Howe
2011	Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance MOVIE	Benedict
2011	The Great Ghost Rescue MOVIE	Prime Minister
2011	Free Agents TV	Stephen
2011	The Inbetweeners Movie MOVIE	Will's Dad
2011	Ella MOVIE	Father
2009	When Boris Met Dave MOVIE	Self – Narrator (voice)
2009	Merlin: Secrets and Magic TV	Self
2009	Warehouse 13 TV	Paracelsus
2009	Free Agents TV	Stephen Caudwell
2008	Repo! The Genetic Opera MOVIE	Nathan Wallace / Repo Man
2008	Rocky Horror Tribute Show MOVIE	Dr. Frank-N-Furter
2008	Merlin TV	Uther Pendragon
2008	Buffy the Animated Series TV	Rupert Giles
2008	The Invisibles TV	Maurice Riley
2007	Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street MOVIE	Man in Street Who Greets Todd after Competition (uncredited)
2007	Sold TV	Mr Colubrine
2007	Comedy Showcase TV	Stephen
2007	Amelia and Michael MOVIE	Michael
2007	Sparkle MOVIE	Tony
2007	Heroes Unmasked TV	Himself - Narrator
2007	Doctor Who: The Infinite Quest MOVIE	Baltazar (voice)
2007	Little Britain Down Under MOVIE	Self
2007	Persuasion MOVIE	Sir Walter Elliot
2007	The Magic Door MOVIE	George
2006	Little Britain Live MOVIE	Prime Minister
2006	Him and Us MOVIE	Max Flash
2006	Scoop MOVIE	Detective
2006	The Children's Party at the Palace MOVIE	Captain Hook (Peter Pan)
2006	Imagine Me & You MOVIE	Ned
2006	Hotel Babylon TV	Self
2005	Sensitive Skin TV	Self
2005	Doctor Who Confidential TV	Self
2005	Doctor Who TV	Mr Finch
2005	Doctor Who Confidential TV	Narrator
2005	The Friday Night Project TV	Self
2004	True Horror with Anthony Head TV	Host
2004	True Horror TV	Self
2004	Fat Slags MOVIE	Victor
2004	New Tricks TV	Self
2003	Reversals MOVIE	Mr. Andrew Barton
2003	Little Britain TV	Michael the PM
2003	And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself MOVIE	William Benton
2003	I'll Be There MOVIE	Sam Gervasi
2003	The Terry and Gaby Show TV	Self
2003	Murder Investigation Team TV	Stewart Masters
2002	Rose and Maloney TV	Self
2002	Fillmore! TV	Professor Third (voice)
2002	Spooks TV	Peter Salter
2002	V Graham Norton TV	Self
2002	Doctor Who: Death Comes to Time MOVIE	Saint Valentine
2002	Manchild TV	James
2000	Rocky Horror 25: Anniversary Special MOVIE	Self
2000	My Family TV	Richard Harper
2000	Best Actress MOVIE	Colin Truemans
2000	Monarch of the Glen TV	Self
1998	Two Guys and a Girl TV	Dr. Staretski
1997	Jonathan Creek TV	Adam Klaus
1997	Buffy the Vampire Slayer TV	Rupert Giles
1996	Roger Roger MOVIE	Jimmy Price
1996	Silent Witness TV	Self
1995	Ghostbusters of East Finchley TV	Terry
1995	VR.5 TV	Oliver Sampson
1994	The Trial of Lord Lucan MOVIE	Dominic Elwes
1994	Royce MOVIE	Pitlock
1993	NYPD Blue TV	Raleigh Gibson
1993	The Detectives TV	Simon
1992	Highlander: The Series TV	Allan Rothwood
1992	Woof Again! Why Me? MOVIE	Self
1988	The Zero Option MOVIE	Bruce Michaelis
1988	More Bad News MOVIE	Recording Studio Engineer
1987	Pulaski TV	Dudley Fielding
1987	A Prayer for the Dying MOVIE	Rupert
1987	Rockliffe's Babies TV	Chris Patterson
1986	Boon TV	Self
1985	Spenser: For Hire TV	Self
1985	Howards' Way TV	Phil Norton
1985	C.A.T.S. Eyes TV	James Sinden
1984	Slags MOVIE	Ricki
1982	The Comic Strip Presents... TV	Ricki
1982	The Comic Strip Presents... TV	Recording Studio Engineer
1981	The Grudge Fight MOVIE	Chief Hook
1981	Bergerac TV	Bill
1981	Lady Chatterley's Lover MOVIE	Anton
1980	Love in a Cold Climate TV	Tony Kroesig
1979	The Mallens TV	Weir
1978	Accident TV	Simon Lovell
1978	Enemy at the Door TV	Clive Martel
1977	Secret Army TV	Hanslick
1974	Playhouse TV	Chief Hook

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