Marsters as "Spike"
It was his appearance as Spike on the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer (first appearing in Season Two) that attracted the attention of the general public. The immediate fan response prevented his character from being killed off, allowing him a presence throughout the series. Spike became a regular in Season Four, and remained so until the show's finale. After the conclusion of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Marsters carried Spike over to the Buffy spinoff show, Angel, also in a regular role (second title billing after David Boreanaz, who played "Angel"). In April 2004, following the end of Angel, Marsters had Spike's trademark bleached hair shaved off for charity live on television in On Air with Ryan Seacrest.
Marsters' inspiration for Spike's English accent was from his co-star, Anthony Stewart Head. Head, who was born in Camden Town, affected a light, Received Pronunciation accent as Giles; he has a deeper, more notably London accent when not in character. Marsters' ac
More about James Marsters (From Wikipedia)
Early Life
Marsters was born in Greenville, California, the son of a former minister and social worker. He grew up with his brother and sister in Modesto, California. Dreaming about becoming read more...
Career
Marsters moved to Chicago where his first professional acting role was Ferdinand in The Tempest at the Goodman Theatre in 1987. In this production, he was rolled onto the stage strapped read more...
Marsters As "Spike"
It was his appearance as Spike on the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer (first appearing in Season Two) that attracted the attention of the general public. The immediate read more...
Other Work
Marsters has also narrated the audiobooks for The Dresden Files produced by Buzzy Multimedia, a series of detective novels with a supernatural bent. The third audio in the series, read more...
Musical Career
Marsters had played in bands and solo in bars and clubs for many years and enjoyed several successful sell-out solo gigs at Los Angeles clubs before forming a band. For these solo read more...
James Wesley Marsters (born August 20, 1962) is an American actor and musician, best known for playing the popular platinum-blond character Spike, an English vampire, in the television read more...
Teen Choice Awards
Saturn Awards
Golden Satellite Awards
SFX Awards, UK
Spacey Awards, Canada
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