Anthony Stewart Head
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).
Filmography
More Bad News
1988 · 9.8
Buffy the Animated Series
2008 · 9.2
The Big Night In
2020 · 9.0
Doctor Who: Death Comes to Time
2002 · 8.7
Ted Lasso
2020 · 8.4
Enemy at the Door
1978 · 8.2
Adventure Time: Distant Lands
2020 · 8.2
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
1997 · 8.1
Bridgerton
2020 · 8.0
Doctor Who Confidential
2005 · 8.0
True Horror
2004 · 8.0
Reversals
2003 · 8.0
Woof Again! Why Me?
1992 · 8.0
A Street Cat Named Bob
2016 · 7.9
Merlin
2008 · 7.8
Secret Army
1977 · 7.8
Spooks
2002 · 7.7
True Horror with Anthony Head
2004 · 7.7
Ella
2011 · 7.7
Warehouse 13
2009 · 7.7
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
2018 · 7.7
Doctor Who
2005 · 7.6
Jonathan Creek
1997 · 7.6
Imagine Me & You
2006 · 7.6
Silent Witness
1996 · 7.6
The Comic Strip Presents...
1982 · 7.4
Fillmore!
2002 · 7.4
Sensitive Skin
2005 · 7.4
Highlander: The Series
1992 · 7.4
New Tricks
2004 · 7.3
Monarch of the Glen
2000 · 7.3
Hotel Babylon
2006 · 7.3
Yonderland
2013 · 7.3
The Invisibles
2008 · 7.3
Little Britain Live
2006 · 7.3
Motherland
2017 · 7.2
The Split
2018 · 7.2
Persuasion
2007 · 7.2
Two Guys and a Girl
1998 · 7.2
The Stranger
2020 · 7.2
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
2007 · 7.2
Upgraded
2024 · 7.2
Feel Good
2020 · 7.1
My Family
2000 · 7.1
Back
2017 · 7.1
The Canterville Ghost
2021 · 7.1
Little Britain
2003 · 7.1
NYPD Blue
1993 · 7.1
Bergerac
1981 · 7.0
Playhouse
1974 · 7.0
The Terry and Gaby Show
2003 · 7.0
Comedy Showcase
2007 · 7.0
The Ghostbusters of East Finchley
1995 · 7.0
Rocky Horror Show Live
2015 · 7.0
Spenser: For Hire
1985 · 6.9
The Detectives
1993 · 6.9
NTSF:SD:SUV::
2011 · 6.8
Rose and Maloney
2002 · 6.8
Love in a Cold Climate
1980 · 6.8
Dancing on the Edge
2013 · 6.7
VR.5
1995 · 6.7
And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself
2003 · 6.7
Batman: Gotham by Gaslight
2018 · 6.7
Doctor Who: The Infinite Quest
2007 · 6.6
Scoop
2006 · 6.6
Free Agents
2009 · 6.5
Dominion
2014 · 6.5
Murder Investigation Team
2003 · 6.4
The Iron Lady
2011 · 6.3
Repo! The Genetic Opera
2008 · 6.3
Girlfriends
2018 · 6.2
Rocky Horror Tribute Show
2008 · 6.2
The Inbetweeners Movie
2011 · 6.2
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
2013 · 6.0
C.A.T.S. Eyes
1985 · 6.0
You, Me & Them
2013 · 6.0
The Trial of Lord Lucan
1994 · 6.0
Rocky Horror 25: Anniversary Special
2000 · 6.0
Howards' Way
1985 · 5.9
A Prayer for the Dying
1987 · 5.9
Flying Home
2014 · 5.9
Boon
1986 · 5.8
Rockliffe's Babies
1987 · 5.8
Feedback
2019 · 5.8
Despite the Falling Snow
2016 · 5.7
Convenience
2015 · 5.7
Sparkle
2007 · 5.7
Let the Wrong One In
2021 · 5.6
Pinky
2022 · 5.6
School's Out Forever
2021 · 5.5
Lady Chatterley's Lover
1981 · 5.4
I'll Be There
2003 · 5.4
Royce
1994 · 5.1
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
2011 · 5.0
Free Agents
2011 · 5.0
The Mallens
1979 · 5.0
The Great Ghost Rescue
2011 · 4.8
Manchild
2002 · 4.5
Still Star-Crossed
2017 · 4.5
The Magic Door
2007 · 4.1
Pulaski
1987 · 4.0
Fat Slags
2004 · 3.4
The Children's Party at the Palace
2006 · 2.8
Best Actress
2000 · 2.6
Slags
1984 · 2.0
Sold
2007 · 1.0
Amelia and Michael
2007 · 1.0
Celebrity Playhouse
1981 · 0.0
Accident
1978 · 0.0
Sideshow
2022 · 0.0
True Horror with Anthony Head
2004 · 0.0
The Grudge Fight
1981 · 0.0
The Zero Option
1988 · 0.0
Roger Roger
1996 · 0.0