Anthony Stewart Head

Anthony Stewart Head

Known for
Acting
Born
February 20, 1954
Died
June 1, 2026 (aged 72)
Birthplace
London, England, UK

Biography

Anthony Stewart Head (20 February 1954 – 1 June 2026), usually credited as Anthony Head, was an English actor and musician. He rose to fame in the UK following his role in television advertisements for Nescafé Gold Blend (Taster's Choice in the U.S.), and was best known for his roles as Rupert Giles on Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997–2003), Uther Pendragon on Merlin (2008–12), and Nathan Wallace/Repo Man in Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008).

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Filmography

2026
Repo! This Movie: The Anatomy of a Cult poster

Repo! This Movie: The Anatomy of a Cult

Movie · as Self – Nathan Wallace/Repo Man (archive footage)

2024
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Upgraded

Movie · as Julian Marx

2022
Pinky poster

Pinky

Movie · as Alex White

2022
Sideshow poster

Sideshow

Movie · as Gerald

2021
Let the Wrong One In poster

Let the Wrong One In

Movie · as Henry

2021
School's Out Forever poster

School's Out Forever

Movie · as Stanley

2021
The Canterville Ghost poster

The Canterville Ghost

TV · as Sir Simon de Canterville · 4 eps

2020
The Big Night In poster

The Big Night In

Movie · as Various Roles

2020
Bridgerton poster

Bridgerton

TV · as Lord Sheffield · 1 ep

2020
Feel Good poster

Feel Good

TV · as George · 1 ep

2020
The Stranger poster

The Stranger

TV · as Edgar Price · 7 eps

2020
Ted Lasso poster

Ted Lasso

TV · as Rupert Mannion · 18 eps

2020
Adventure Time: Distant Lands poster

Adventure Time: Distant Lands

TV · as Wizard Con (voice) · 1 ep

2019
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Feedback

Movie · as Norman Burgess

2018
Batman: Gotham by Gaslight poster

Batman: Gotham by Gaslight

Movie · as Alfred (voice)

2018
The Muppets Take The O2

The Muppets Take The O2

Movie · as Self

2018
The Split poster

The Split

TV · as Oscar · 6 eps

2018
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan poster

Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan

TV · as Rupert Thorne · 2 eps

2018
Girlfriends poster

Girlfriends

TV · as John · 6 eps

2017
Back poster

Back

TV · as Charismatic Mike · 1 ep

2017
Motherland poster

Motherland

TV · as Bill · 3 eps

2017
Still Star-Crossed poster

Still Star-Crossed

TV · as Lord Silvestro Capulet · 7 eps

2016
Despite the Falling Snow poster

Despite the Falling Snow

Movie · as Old Misha Ardonov

2016
A Street Cat Named Bob poster

A Street Cat Named Bob

Movie · as Nigel Bowen

2015
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Convenience

Movie · as Barry

2015
Rocky Horror Show Live poster

Rocky Horror Show Live

Movie · as Narrator

2014
The Inbetweeners Go Global

The Inbetweeners Go Global

Movie · as Self

2014
Flying Home poster

Flying Home

Movie · as Colin's Father

2014
Dominion poster

Dominion

TV · as David Weel · 21 eps

2013
Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty poster

Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty

Movie · as Self

2013
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters poster

Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters

Movie · as Chiron

2013
You, Me & Them poster

You, Me & Them

TV · as Ed Walker · 12 eps

2013
Yonderland poster

Yonderland

TV · as Nigel · 3 eps

2013
Dancing on the Edge poster

Dancing on the Edge

TV · as Donaldson · 5 eps

2011
The Inbetweeners Movie poster

The Inbetweeners Movie

Movie · as Will's Dad

2011
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance poster

Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance

Movie · as Benedict

2011
The Iron Lady poster

The Iron Lady

Movie · as Geoffrey Howe

2011
The Great Ghost Rescue poster

The Great Ghost Rescue

Movie · as Prime Minister

2011
Ella poster

Ella

Movie · as Father

2011
Free Agents poster

Free Agents

TV · as Stephen · 8 eps

2011
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NTSF:SD:SUV::

TV · as Corningham · 1 ep

2009
When Boris Met Dave

When Boris Met Dave

Movie · as Self – Narrator (voice)

2009
Free Agents poster

Free Agents

TV · as Stephen Caudwell · 6 eps

2009
Merlin: Secrets and Magic poster

Merlin: Secrets and Magic

TV · as Self · 14 eps

2009
Warehouse 13 poster

Warehouse 13

TV · as Paracelsus · 4 eps

2008
Repo! The Genetic Opera poster

Repo! The Genetic Opera

Movie · as Nathan Wallace / Repo Man

2008
Rocky Horror Tribute Show poster

Rocky Horror Tribute Show

Movie · as Dr. Frank-N-Furter

2008
Buffy the Animated Series poster

Buffy the Animated Series

TV · as Rupert Giles · 1 ep

2008
Merlin poster

Merlin

TV · as Uther Pendragon · 43 eps

2008
The Invisibles poster

The Invisibles

TV · as Maurice Riley · 6 eps

2007
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Persuasion

Movie · as Sir Walter Elliot

2007
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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Movie · as Man in Street Who Greets Todd after Competition (uncredited)

2007
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Sparkle

Movie · as Tony

2007
The Magic Door poster

The Magic Door

Movie · as George

2007
Amelia and Michael

Amelia and Michael

Movie · as Michael

2007
Doctor Who: The Infinite Quest poster

Doctor Who: The Infinite Quest

Movie · as Baltazar (voice)

2007
Little Britain Down Under poster

Little Britain Down Under

Movie · as Self

2007
Sold

Sold

TV · as Mr Colubrine · 6 eps

2007
Comedy Showcase poster

Comedy Showcase

TV · as Stephen · 1 ep

2007
Heroes Unmasked poster

Heroes Unmasked

TV · as Himself - Narrator · 31 eps

2006
Imagine Me & You poster

Imagine Me & You

Movie · as Ned

2006
Little Britain Live poster

Little Britain Live

Movie · as Prime Minister

2006
The Children's Party at the Palace poster

The Children's Party at the Palace

Movie · as Captain Hook (Peter Pan)

2006
Scoop poster

Scoop

Movie · as Detective

2006
Him and Us

Him and Us

Movie · as Max Flash

2006
Hotel Babylon poster

Hotel Babylon

TV · as Mr. Machin · 1 ep

2005
Collectormania 7 poster

Collectormania 7

Movie · as Self

2005
Doctor Who Confidential poster

Doctor Who Confidential

TV · as Narrator · 1 ep

2005
Doctor Who poster

Doctor Who

TV · as Mr Finch · 1 ep

2005
The Friday Night Project poster

The Friday Night Project

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2005
Sensitive Skin poster

Sensitive Skin

TV · as Tom Paine · 2 eps

2004
Fat Slags poster

Fat Slags

Movie · as Victor

2004
True Horror with Anthony Head poster

True Horror with Anthony Head

Movie · as Host

2004
New Tricks poster

New Tricks

TV · 1 ep

2004
True Horror

True Horror

TV · 5 eps

2004
True Horror with Anthony Head poster

True Horror with Anthony Head

TV · as Host · 5 eps

2003
I'll Be There poster

I'll Be There

Movie · as Sam Gervasi

2003
And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself poster

And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself

Movie · as William Benton

2003
Reversals

Reversals

Movie · as Mr. Andrew Barton

2003
The Terry and Gaby Show

The Terry and Gaby Show

TV · 1 ep

2003
Murder Investigation Team poster

Murder Investigation Team

TV · as Stewart Masters · 1 ep

2003
Little Britain poster

Little Britain

TV · as Michael the PM · 11 eps

2002
Doctor Who: Death Comes to Time poster

Doctor Who: Death Comes to Time

Movie · as Saint Valentine

2002
Fillmore! poster

Fillmore!

TV · as Professor Third (voice) · 2 eps

2002
Spooks poster

Spooks

TV · as Peter Salter · 1 ep

2002
Manchild poster

Manchild

TV · as James · 15 eps

2002
V Graham Norton poster

V Graham Norton

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2002
Rose and Maloney poster

Rose and Maloney

TV · as Dr David Terry · 1 ep

2000
Rocky Horror 25: Anniversary Special poster

Rocky Horror 25: Anniversary Special

Movie

2000
Best Actress poster

Best Actress

Movie · as Colin Truemans

2000
My Family poster

My Family

TV · as Richard Harper · 1 ep

2000
Monarch of the Glen poster

Monarch of the Glen

TV · 4 eps

1998
Two Guys and a Girl poster

Two Guys and a Girl

TV · as Dr. Staretski · 1 ep

1997
Buffy the Vampire Slayer poster

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

TV · as Rupert Giles · 122 eps

1997
Jonathan Creek poster

Jonathan Creek

TV · as Adam Klaus · 1 ep

1996
Roger Roger poster

Roger Roger

Movie · as Jimmy Price

1996
Silent Witness poster

Silent Witness

TV · 1 ep

1995
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VR.5

TV · as Oliver Sampson · 13 eps

1995
The Ghostbusters of East Finchley

The Ghostbusters of East Finchley

TV · as Terry · 2 eps

1994
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Royce

Movie · as Pitlock

1994
The Trial of Lord Lucan poster

The Trial of Lord Lucan

Movie · as Dominic Elwes

1993
The Detectives poster

The Detectives

TV · as Simon · 1 ep

1993
NYPD Blue poster

NYPD Blue

TV · as Raleigh Gibson · 1 ep

1992
Woof Again! Why Me?

Woof Again! Why Me?

Movie

1992
Highlander: The Series poster

Highlander: The Series

TV · as Allan Rothwood · 1 ep

1988
More Bad News poster

More Bad News

Movie · as Recording Studio Engineer

1988
The Zero Option poster

The Zero Option

Movie · as Bruce Michaelis

1987
A Prayer for the Dying poster

A Prayer for the Dying

Movie · as Rupert

1987
Pulaski

Pulaski

TV · as Dudley Fielding · 1 ep

1987
Rockliffe's Babies poster

Rockliffe's Babies

TV · as Chris Patterson · 1 ep

1986
Boon poster

Boon

TV · as Richard Rathbone · 1 ep

1985
Spenser: For Hire poster

Spenser: For Hire

TV · 1 ep

1985
Howards' Way poster

Howards' Way

TV · as Phil Norton · 5 eps

1985
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C.A.T.S. Eyes

TV · as James Sinden · 1 ep

1984
Slags poster

Slags

Movie · as Ricki

1982
The Comic Strip Presents... poster

The Comic Strip Presents...

TV · as Ricki, Recording Studio Engineer · 1 ep

1981
Lady Chatterley's Lover poster

Lady Chatterley's Lover

Movie · as Anton

1981
The Grudge Fight poster

The Grudge Fight

Movie · as Chief Hook

1981
Bergerac poster

Bergerac

TV · as Bill · 1 ep

1981
Celebrity Playhouse

Celebrity Playhouse

TV · as Wilfred Kirby · 1 ep

1980
Love in a Cold Climate poster

Love in a Cold Climate

TV · as Tony Kroesig · 8 eps

1979
The Mallens poster

The Mallens

TV · as Weir · 2 eps

1978
Enemy at the Door poster

Enemy at the Door

TV · as Clive Martel · 2 eps

1978
Accident

Accident

TV · as Simon Lovell · 1 ep

1977
Secret Army poster

Secret Army

TV · as Hanslick · 1 ep

1974
Playhouse poster

Playhouse

TV · as Chief Hook · 1 ep