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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.

English

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

1997
as Rupert Giles

Merlin

2008
as Uther Pendragon

Dominion

2014
as David Whele

Still Star-Crossed

2017
as Lord Capulet

Little Britain

2003
as Prime Minister Michael Stevens

The Split

2018
as Oscar Defoe

Vanity Fair (2018)

2018
as Lord Steyne

The Invisibles

2008
as Maurice Riley

Dancing on the Edge

2013
as Donaldson

The Canterville Ghost

2021
as Sir Simon de Canterville

VR.5

1995
as Oliver Sampson

Free Agents

2009
as Stephen

You, Me & Them

2013
as Ed Walker

Sold

2007
as Mr Colubrine

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