Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

123

Gender

Male

Birthday

1954-02-20 (71 years old)

Place of Birth

London, England, UK

Also Known As

Anthony Head
Tony Head

Anthony Stewart Head

Biography

Anthony Stewart Head (born 20 February 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.

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Known For

7.2%

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Dec 20, 2007

6.0%

Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters

Aug 7, 2013

5.0%

Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance

Dec 10, 2011

7.5%

Doctor Who

Mar 26, 2005

7.5%

Doctor Who

Mar 26, 2005

8.1%

Bridgerton

Dec 25, 2020

8.4%

Ted Lasso

Aug 14, 2020

8.1%

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Mar 10, 1997

6.4%

The Iron Lady

Dec 26, 2011

6.6%

Scoop

Jul 27, 2006

7.7%

Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan

Aug 30, 2018

7.9%

A Street Cat Named Bob

Nov 4, 2016

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Acting

2024

Upgraded as Julian Marx

2022		Pinky as Alex White
2022		Sideshow as Gerald

2021		The Canterville Ghost as Sir Simon de Canterville
2021		The Canterville Ghost as Sir Simon de Canterville
2021		Let the Wrong One In as Henry
2021		School's Out Forever as Stanley

2020		Bridgerton as Lord Sheffield
2020		Ted Lasso as Rupert Mannion
2020		Feel Good as George
2020		The Stranger as Edgar Price

2019

Hostage Radio as Norman Burgess

2018		Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan as Rupert Thorne
2018		The Muppets Take The O2 as Self
2018		The Split as Oscar
2018		Batman: Gotham by Gaslight as Alfred (voice)
2018		Girlfriends as John

2017		Motherland as Bill
2017		Back as Charismatic Mike
2017		Still Star-Crossed as Lord Silvestro Capulet

2016		A Street Cat Named Bob as Nigel Bowen
2016		Despite the Falling Snow as Old Misha Ardonov

2015		Rocky Horror Show Live as Narrator
2015		Convenience as Barry

2014		The Inbetweeners Go Global as Self
2014		Dominion as David Weel
2014		Flying Home as Colin's Father

2013		Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty as Self
2013		Yonderland as Nigel
2013		You, Me & Them as Ed Walker
2013		Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters as Chiron
2013		Dancing on the Edge as Donaldson

2011		The Iron Lady as Geoffrey Howe
2011		Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance as Benedict
2011		The Great Ghost Rescue as Prime Minister
2011		Free Agents as Stephen
2011		The Inbetweeners Movie as Will's Dad
2011		Ella as Father

2009		Merlin: Secrets and Magic
2009		Warehouse 13 as Paracelsus
2009		Free Agents as Stephen Caudwell

2008		Repo! The Genetic Opera as Nathan Wallace / Repo Man
2008		Rocky Horror Tribute Show as Dr. Frank-N-Furter
2008		Merlin as Uther Pendragon
2008		Buffy the Animated Series as Rupert Giles
2008		The Inbetweeners
2008		The Invisibles as Maurice Riley

2007		Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street as Man in Street Who Greets Todd after Competition (uncredited)
2007		Sold as Mr Colubrine
2007		Comedy Showcase as Stephen
2007		Amelia and Michael as Michael
2007		Sparkle as Tony
2007		Heroes Unmasked as Himself - Narrator
2007		Doctor Who: The Infinite Quest as Baltazar (voice)
2007		Little Britain Down Under as Self
2007		Persuasion as Sir Walter Elliot
2007		The Magic Door as George

2006		Little Britain Live as Prime Minister
2006		Him and Us as Max Flash
2006		Scoop as Detective
2006		The Children's Party at the Palace as Captain Hook (Peter Pan)
2006		Imagine Me & You as Ned
2006		Hotel Babylon

2005		Sensitive Skin
2005		Doctor Who as Mr Finch
2005		Doctor Who as Baltazar (voice)
2005		Doctor Who Confidential
2005		Doctor Who Confidential as Narrator
2005		The Friday Night Project as Self

2004		True Horror with Anthony Head as Host
2004		True Horror
2004		Fat Slags as Victor
2004		New Tricks

2003		Reversals as Mr. Andrew Barton
2003		Little Britain
2003		Little Britain as Prime Minister
2003		Little Britain as Self
2003		Little Britain as Michael the PM
2003		And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself as William Benton
2003		I'll Be There as Sam Gervasi
2003		The Terry and Gaby Show
2003		Murder Investigation Team as Stewart Masters

2002		Rose and Maloney
2002		Fillmore! as Professor Third (voice)
2002		Spooks as Peter Salter
2002		V Graham Norton as Self
2002		Doctor Who: Death Comes to Time as Saint Valentine
2002		Manchild as James

2000		Rocky Horror 25: Anniversary Special
2000		My Family as Richard Harper
2000		Best Actress as Colin Truemans
2000		Monarch of the Glen

1998

Two Guys and a Girl as Dr. Staretski

1997		Jonathan Creek as Adam Klaus
1997		Buffy the Vampire Slayer as Rupert Giles

1996		Roger Roger as Jimmy Price
1996		Silent Witness

1995

VR.5 as Oliver Sampson

1994		The Trial of Lord Lucan as Dominic Elwes
1994		Royce as Pitlock

1993		NYPD Blue as Raleigh Gibson
1993		The Detectives as Simon

1992		Highlander: The Series as Allan Rothwood
1992		Woof Again! Why Me?

1988

More Bad News as Recording Studio Engineer

1987		Pulaski as Dudley Fielding
1987		A Prayer for the Dying as Rupert
1987		Rockliffe's Babies

1986

Boon

1985		Spenser: For Hire
1985		Howards' Way as Phil Norton
1985		C.A.T.S. Eyes

1984

Slags as Ricki

1982		The Comic Strip Presents... as Ricki
1982		The Comic Strip Presents... as Recording Studio Engineer

1981		The Grudge Fight as Chief Hook
1981		Bergerac as Bill
1981		Lady Chatterley's Lover as Anton

1980

Love in a Cold Climate as Tony Kroesig

1978		Accident
1978		Lillie
1978		Enemy at the Door as Clive Martel

1977

Secret Army as Hanslick