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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, the Prime Minister in Little Britain, and as Herc Shipwright in BBC Radio 4's Cabin Pressure.
Birth Name
Anthony Stewart Head
Born
Saturday, 20 February 1954
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Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Upgraded | Julian Marx | 2024 |
| The Canterville Ghost | Sir Simon de Canterville | 2021 |
| Let the Wrong One In | Henry | 2021 |
| Sideshow | Gerald | 2021 |
| School's Out Forever | Headmaster / Stanley | 2021 |
| Bridgerton | Lord Sheffield | 2020 |
| Ted Lasso | Rupert Mannion | 2020 |
| Pinky | Alex White | 2020 |
| Adventure Time: Distant Lands | Wizard Con | 2020 |
| Reasons to Be Cheerful with Matt Lucas | Self | 2020 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Upgraded | Julian Marx | 2024 |
| The Canterville Ghost | Sir Simon de Canterville | 2021 |
| Let the Wrong One In | Henry | 2021 |
| Sideshow | Gerald | 2021 |
| School's Out Forever | Headmaster / Stanley | 2021 |
| Bridgerton | Lord Sheffield | 2020 |
| Ted Lasso | Rupert Mannion | 2020 |
| Pinky | Alex White | 2020 |
| Adventure Time: Distant Lands | Wizard Con | 2020 |
| Reasons to Be Cheerful with Matt Lucas | Self | 2020 |
| Feel Good | George Senior | 2020 |
| The Stranger | Ed Price / Edgar Price | 2020 |
| Hostage Radio | Norman Burgess | 2019 |
| Vanity Fair | Lord Steyne | 2018 |
| Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan | Rupert Thorne | 2018 |
| Batman: Gotham by Gaslight | Alfred Pennyworth / Alfred (voice) | 2018 |
| The Split | Oscar | 2018 |
| Girlfriends | John | 2018 |
| Back | Charismatic Mike | 2017 |
| Still Star-Crossed | Lord Silvestro Capulet | 2017 |
| A Street Cat Named Bob | Nigel Bowen / Jack Bowen | 2016 |
| Motherland | Bill | 2016 |
| Guilt | James / James Lahue | 2016 |
| The Brother | Jack | 2016 |
| Despite the Falling Snow | Old Misha / Old Misha Ardonov | 2016 |
| Shadowhunters | voice of Angel Raziel | 2016 |
| Convenience | Barry | 2015 |
| Rocky Horror Show Live | Narrator | 2015 |
| Drunk History: UK | Admiral Horatio Nelson / Alexander Graham Bell | 2015 |
| Galavant | Galavant's Father | 2015 |
| Dominion | David Whele / David Weel | 2014 |
| Death of a Farmer | John | 2014 |
| Racing Hearts | Colin's Father | 2014 |
| Yonderland | Nigel / Nigel Maddox | 2013 |
| You, Me & Them | Ed Walker | 2013 |
| Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters | Chiron | 2013 |
| How to Get a Council House | Narrator | 2013 |
| Underdogs | Flash | 2013 |
| Dancing on the Edge | Donaldson | 2013 |
| Sunday Brunch | Self - Guest | 2012 |
| The Iron Lady | Geoffrey Howe | 2011 |
| Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance | Benedict | 2011 |
| The Great Ghost Rescue | Prime Minister | 2011 |
| Free Agents | Stephen | 2011 |
| The Inbetweeners | Will's Dad | 2011 |
| NTSF:SD:SUV | Corningham | 2011 |
| Merlin: Secrets & Magic | Self / Uther Pendragon | 2009 |
| Warehouse 13 | Paracelsus | 2009 |
| Free Agents | Stephen Caudwell | 2009 |
| Rocky Horror Tribute Show | Dr. Frank-N-Furter | 2008 |
| Merlin | Uther Pendragon | 2008 |
| Repo! The Genetic Opera | Nathan Wallace / Repo Man / Nathan | 2008 |
| The Invisibles | Maurice Riley | 2008 |
| All Star Mr & Mrs | Self | 2008 |
| Freezing | Lindsay Posner | 2008 |
| Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street | Man in Street Who Greets Todd after Competition | 2007 |
| Sold | Mr Colubrine / Mr. Colubrine | 2007 |
| Sparkle | Tony | 2007 |
| Doctor Who: The Infinite Quest | Baltazar / Baltazar (voice) | 2007 |
| Persuasion | Sir Walter Elliot | 2007 |
| The Magic Door | George | 2007 |
| The Comedy Map of Britain | The Prime Minister | 2007 |
| Little Britain: Live | Prime Minister | 2006 |
| Scoop | Detective / Detective | 2006 |
| Totally Doctor Who | Baltazar | 2006 |
| 1 Leicester Square | Self | 2006 |
| Hotel Babylon | Mr. Machin | 2006 |
| Morning Glory | Self | 2006 |
| Imagine Me & You | Ned | 2005 |
| Sensitive Skin | Tom Paine | 2005 |
| The Bigger Picture | Self | 2005 |
| Framing Frankie | Dennis Folley | 2005 |
| Doctor Who | Mr. Finch | 2005 |
| Doctor Who Confidential | Self - Narrator / Narrator / Brother Lassar / Self | 2005 |
| The Friday Night Project | Self | 2005 |
| The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson | Self - Guest | 2005 |
| Fat Slags | Victor | 2004 |
| The Paul O'Grady Show | Himself | 2004 |
| Live at the Apollo | Self - Audience Member | 2004 |
| Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Animated Series | Rupert Giles | 2004 |
| Reversals | Mr. Andrew Barton | 2003 |
| The Sharon Osbourne Show | Self | 2003 |
| And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself | William Benton | 2003 |
| I'll Be There | Sam Gervasi | 2003 |
| Comedy Connections | Self / The Prime Minister | 2003 |
| Murder Investigation Team | Stewart Masters | 2003 |
| Little Britain | The Prime Minister / Prime Minister | 2003 |
| New Tricks | Sir Tim | 2003 |
| Fillmore! | Professor Third | 2002 |
| MI-5 | Peter Salter | 2002 |
| V Graham Norton | Self / Anthony Head | 2002 |
| Manchild | James | 2002 |
| Friday Night with Jonathan Ross | Self | 2001 |
| Robot Chicken | Rupert Giles / Albus Dumbledore | 2001 |
| My Family | Anthony Head / Richard Harper | 2000 |
| Monarch of the Glen | Chester Grant | 2000 |
| Loose Women | Himself | 1999 |
| Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place | Dr. Staretski | 1998 |
| Jonathan Creek | Adam Klaus | 1997 |
| Buffy the Vampire Slayer | Rupert Giles | 1997 |
| Roger Roger | Jimmy Price | 1996 |
| Silent Witness | Henry Hutton | 1996 |
| VR.5 | Oliver Sampson | 1995 |
| Royce | Pitlock | 1994 |
| The Trial of Lord Lucan | Dominic Elwes | 1994 |
| The Detectives | Simon | 1993 |
| Highlander | Allan Rothwood | 1992 |
| The Zero Option | Bruce Michaelis | 1988 |
| Woof! | Bentley / B J Bentley | 1989 |
| Pulaski: The TV Detective | Dudley Fielding | 1987 |
| A Prayer for the Dying | Rupert | 1987 |
| Rockliffe's Babies | Chris Patterson | 1987 |
| Boon | Richard Rathbone | 1986 |
| Howards' Way | Phil Norton | 1985 |
| C.A.T.S. Eyes | James Sinden | 1985 |
| The Comic Strip Presents | Ricki / Recording Studio Engineer | 1982 |
| Bergerac | Bill | 1981 |
| Lady Chatterley's Lover | Anton | 1981 |
| Children In Need | Uther Pendragon | 1980 |
| The Mallens | Weir | 1979 |
| Lillie | William Le Breton | 1978 |
| Enemy at the Door | Clive Martel | 1978 |
| Secret Army | Hanslick | 1977 |
| BBC2 Playhouse | Chief Hook | 1974 |
| Jackanory Playhouse | Spare | 1972 |
