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Anthony Head

Highest Rated: 88% Let the Wrong One In (2021)

Lowest Rated: 9% Despite the Falling Snow (2016)

Birthday: Feb 20, 1954

Birthplace: London, England, UK

The younger brother of actor Murray Head, Anthony Stewart Head enjoyed a successful acting career in his native England before coming to the attention of American audiences as the intriguing romantic lead in a series of Taster's Choice coffee commercials, each tracing the budding romance between two neighbors who share a love for the same brew. The handsome actor got his first show business break playing Jesus in a West End production of "Godspell" and went on to play in a number of theater productions, including "The Rocky Horror Show" and Peter Shaffer's "Yonadab" at the Royal National Theatre. Among his many British TV productions, Head starred in the series "Love in a Cold Climate," which aired in the USA on PBS in 1982. He was a regular cast member on Fox's short-lived sci-fi series "VR.5" (1995) and also acted in an episode of ABC's critically-acclaimed "NYPD Blue" and the Showtime movie "Royce" (1994), starring James Belushi. He upped his American profile considerably by landing the regular role of Rupert Giles, the school librarian who doubles as mentor to "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (The WB, 1997-2001; UPN, 2001-03).

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Highest rated movies

88% 81% Let the Wrong One In Watchlist
80% 50% Convenience
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78% Sparkle
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77% 77% A Street Cat Named Bob Watchlist 77% 66% Upgraded Watchlist
75% 68% Batman: Gotham by Gaslight
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71% 59% School's Out Forever Watchlist
60% 57% I'll Be There
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60% 49% Feedback Watchlist
53% 70% The Inbetweeners Movie
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
77% 66% Upgraded Julian Marx (Character) - 2024
88% 81% Let the Wrong One In Unknown (Character) - 2021
71% 59% School's Out Forever Headmaster (Character) - 2021
No Score Yet No Score Yet Pinky Unknown (Character) - 2020
33% No Score Yet Sideshow Gerald (Character) - 2020
60% 49% Feedback Norman Burgess (Character) - 2019
75% 68% Batman: Gotham by Gaslight Alfred Pennyworth (Voice) - 2018
9% 46% Despite the Falling Snow Old Misha (Character) - 2016
77% 77% A Street Cat Named Bob Nigel Bowen (Character) $35.1K 2016
No Score Yet No Score Yet Ella Father (Character) - 2015
80% 50% Convenience Barry (Character) - 2015
No Score Yet 45% Flying Home Father Colin (Character) - 2014
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Brother Jack (Character) - 2014
No Score Yet No Score Yet Reel Life Lorenzo (Character) - 2013
43% 54% Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters Chiron (Character) $68.5M 2013
53% 70% The Inbetweeners Movie Will's Dad (Character) $36.0K 2011
18% 31% Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance Benedict (Character) $51.8M 2011
51% 51% The Iron Lady Geoffrey Howe (Character) $30.0M 2011
No Score Yet 24% The Great Ghost Rescue Prime Minister (Character) - 2011
37% 73% Repo! The Genetic Opera Nathan/Repo Man (Character) - 2008
No Score Yet 29% The Magic Door George (Character) - 2007
78% No Score Yet Sparkle Tony (Character) - 2007
No Score Yet 80% Persuasion Sir Walter Elliot (Character) - 2007
No Score Yet 67% Doctor Who: The Infinite Quest Unknown (Character) - 2007
34% 75% Imagine Me & You Ned (Character) $671.2K 2005
No Score Yet 16% Fat Slags Victor (Character) - 2004
60% 57% I'll Be There Sam Gervasi (Character) - 2003
No Score Yet No Score Yet Reversals Unknown (Character) - 2003
No Score Yet No Score Yet Best Actress Colin Truemans (Character) - 2000
No Score Yet 71% Royce Pitlock (Character) - 1994
No Score Yet No Score Yet Woof Again! Why Me? Unknown (Character) - 1994
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Trial of Lord Lucan Dominic Elwes (Character) - 1994
50% 53% A Prayer for the Dying Rupert (Character) $1.4M 1987
No Score Yet 31% Lady Chatterley's Lover Anton (Character) - 1981
No Score Yet No Score Yet La Colina del Diablo Unknown (Character) -

TV

Credit
90% 85% Ted Lasso Rupert Mannion (Character),
Unknown (Guest Star)
2020-2021 2023
97% 81% Back Charismatic Mike (Character) 2021
91% 90% Motherland Bill (Character) 2019
89% 89% Vanity Fair Lord Steyne (Character) 2018
76% 91% The Split Oscar (Character) 2018
80% No Score Yet Girlfriends John (Character) 2018
52% 88% Still Star-Crossed Lord Silvestro Capulet (Character) 2017
67% 58% Guilt James (Guest Star) 2016
No Score Yet No Score Yet Drunk History UK Self 2016
74% 85% Dominion David Whele (Character) 2014-2015
89% 93% Galavant Unknown (Guest Star) 2015
85% 88% The Adventures of Merlin Uther Pendragon (Character),
Unknown (Guest Star)
2008-2012
43% No Score Yet Free Agents Stephen (Character) 2011
No Score Yet No Score Yet Doctor Who Confidential Unknown (Guest Star),
Narrator
2006-2008 2010-2011
No Score Yet No Score Yet Free Agents Stephen (Character) 2009
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Invisibles Maurice Riley (Character) 2008
No Score Yet No Score Yet Sensitive Skin Tom Paine (Character) 2007
90% 64% Doctor Who Unknown (Guest Star) 2006
No Score Yet 82% Little Britain Unknown (Character) 2003-2005
No Score Yet No Score Yet New Tricks Unknown (Guest Star) 2004
No Score Yet No Score Yet My Family Unknown (Guest Star) 2003
85% 92% Buffy the Vampire Slayer Rupert Giles (Character),
Unknown (Guest Star)
1997-2003
No Score Yet No Score Yet Spooks Unknown (Guest Star) 2002
33% No Score Yet Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place Dr. Staretski (Guest Star) 1999
83% 95% NYPD Blue Nigel Gibson (Guest Star) 1995
83% No Score Yet VR.5 Oliver Sampson (Character) 1995
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Detectives Unknown (Guest Star) 1993
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Comic Strip Presents Unknown (Character) 1984 1988