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Anthony Head

Anthony Stewart Head is an English actor and musician. He rose to fame in the UK following his role in the Gold Blend couple television advertisements for Nescafé Gold Blend, and is known for his roles as Rupert Giles in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Uther Pendragon in Merlin, and the Prime Minister in Little Britain.

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Buffy the Vampire Slayer

1997
as Rupert Giles

Merlin

2008
as Uther Pendragon

Upgraded

2024
as Julian

Dominion

2014
as David Whele

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

2007
as Man in street - greets Todd after competition

Still Star-Crossed

2017
as Lord Capulet

Little Britain

2003
as Prime Minister Michael Stevens

A Street Cat Named Bob

2016
as Nigel Bowen

Batman: Gotham by Gaslight

2018
as Alfred (voice)

The Iron Lady

2011
as Geoffrey Howe

Vanity Fair (2018)

2018
as Lord Steyne

The Invisibles

2008
as Maurice Riley

The Trial of Lord Lucan

1994
as Dominic Elwes

The Magic Door

2007
as George

Dancing on the Edge

2013
as Donaldson

Best Actress

2000
as Colin Truemans

Despite the Falling Snow

2016
as Old Misha Ardonov

I'll Be There

2003
as Sam Gervasi

Sparkle

2007
as Tony

The Canterville Ghost

2021
as Sir Simon de Canterville

Fat Slags

2004
as Victor

The Split

2018
as Oscar Defoe

Flying Home

2014
as Colin's Father

The Brother

2016
as Jack

Convenience

2015
as Barry

More Bad News

1988
as Recording Studio Engineer

The Great Ghost Rescue

2011
as Prime Minister

Reversals

2003
as Mr. Andrew Barton

VR.5

1995
as Oliver Sampson

Persuasion

2007
as Sir Walter Elliot

Rocky Horror Tribute Show

2008
as Dr. Frank-N-Furter

Repo! The Genetic Opera

2008
as Nathan Wallace / Repo Man

Free Agents

2009
as Stephen

You, Me & Them

2013
as Ed Walker

Sold

2007
as Mr Colubrine

Royce

1994
as Pitlock

Guest Star

Episode Saracen
The Zero Option (Pilot Movie)
1988
Episode Secret Army
A Safe Place
1979
Episode Warehouse 13
Lost & Found
2013
Episode Warehouse 13
All the Time in the World
2013
Episode New Tricks
Painting On Loan
2004
Episode Off Menu
Anthony Head
2020
Episode Little Britain
Little, Little Britain
2005
Episode Warehouse 13
The Truth Hurts
2013
Episode Doctor Who: Death Comes to Time
Planet of Blood
2002
Episode Bridgerton
An Unthinkable Fate
2022
Episode Saracen
The Zero Option (Pilot Movie)
1988
Episode Galavant
My Cousin Izzy
2015
Episode Ted Lasso
The Hope That Kills You
2020
Episode Ted Lasso
All Apologies
2020
Episode C.A.T.S. Eyes
Goodbye Jenny Wren
1985
Episode Fillmore!
A Cold Day at X
2002
Episode Jonathan Creek
The Wrestler's Tomb
1997
Episode Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Sarah Jessica Parker, Andrew Marr, Anthony Head, Yazoo.
2008
Episode Ted Lasso
The Diamond Dogs
2020
Episode Ted Lasso
For the Children
2020
Episode Spooks
Episode 4
2002
Episode NYPD Blue
Cold Heaters
1995
Episode The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Kathy Bates, Anthony Head
2011
Episode Spenser: For Hire
No Room at the Inn
1985
Episode Two Guys and a Girl
Two Guys, a Girl and a Mother's Day
1999
Episode NTSF:SD:SUV::
U-KO'ed
2013
Episode Doctor Who (2005)
The Infinite Quest
2007
Episode Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
Dressed to Kill
2019
Episode Silent Witness
Two Below Zero (2)
2001
Episode Silent Witness
Two Below Zero (1)
2001
Episode Ted Lasso
No Weddings and a Funeral
2021
Episode Celebrity Playhouse (1981)
Eden End
1981
Episode Ghostbusters of East Finchley
Episode 5
1995
Episode Doctor Who (2005)
School Reunion
2006
Episode Ted Lasso
Inverting the Pyramid of Success
2021
Episode Highlander: The Series
Nowhere to Run
1993
Episode My Family
The Erroneous Storm
2005
Episode The Inbetweeners
The Inbetweeners - Top Ten Moments
2011
Episode Little Britain
Little Britain Night
2014
Episode Hotel Babylon
Episode 2
2006
Episode British Comedy Awards
The British Comedy Awards 2006
2006
Episode Fillmore!
Red Robins Don't Fly
2002
Episode My Family
May the Best Man Win
2003