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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
February 20, 1954
Place of Birth
London, England, UK
Also Known As
- Anthony Head
- Tony Head
Anthony Stewart Head
1.2 Popularity
Biography
Anthony Stewart Head (born February 20, 1954), usually credited as Anthony Head, is 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 is known for his roles as Rupert Giles in Buffy the Vampire Slayer and as Uther Pendragon in Merlin.
Known For
7.2
Julian Marx
Upgraded
2024
5.6
Alex White
Pinky
2022
5.0
Gerald
Sideshow
2022
0.0
Sir Simon de Canterville
The Canterville Ghost
2021
6.9
Sir Simon de Canterville
The Canterville Ghost
2021
5.6
Henry
Let the Wrong One In
2021
5.5
Stanley
School's Out Forever
2021
8.1
Lord Sheffield
Bridgerton
2020
8.4
Rupert Mannion
Ted Lasso
2020
8.1
Wizard Con (voice)
Adventure Time: Distant Lands
2020
Credits
Upgraded
as Julian Marx
2024
7.2
Pinky
as Alex White
2022
5.6
Sideshow
as Gerald
2022
5.0
The Canterville Ghost
as Sir Simon de Canterville
2021
0.0
The Canterville Ghost
as Sir Simon de Canterville
2021
6.9
Let the Wrong One In
as Henry
2021
5.6
School's Out Forever
as Stanley
2021
5.5
Bridgerton
as Lord Sheffield
2020
8.1
Ted Lasso
as Rupert Mannion
2020
8.4
Adventure Time: Distant Lands
as Wizard Con (voice)
2020
8.1
Feel Good
as George
2020
7.3
The Stranger
as Edgar Price
2020
7.2
Hostage Radio
as Norman Burgess
2019
5.8
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
as Rupert Thorne
2018
7.7
🎬
The Muppets Take The O2
as Self
2018
9.5
The Split
as Oscar
2018
7.2
Batman: Gotham by Gaslight
as Alfred (voice)
2018
6.7
Girlfriends
as John
2018
6.2
Motherland
as Bill
2017
7.1
Back
as Charismatic Mike
2017
7.3
Still Star-Crossed
as Lord Silvestro Capulet
2017
5.4
A Street Cat Named Bob
as Nigel Bowen
2016
7.9
Despite the Falling Snow
as Old Misha Ardonov
2016
5.7
Rocky Horror Show Live
as Narrator
2015
7.0
Convenience
as Barry
2015
5.8
🎬
The Inbetweeners Go Global
as Self
2014
0.0
Dominion
as David Weel
2014
6.6
Flying Home
as Colin's Father
2014
5.9
Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty
as Self
2013
9.0
Yonderland
as Nigel
2013
7.5
You, Me & Them
as Ed Walker
2013
6.0
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
as Chiron
2013
6.0
Dancing on the Edge
as Donaldson
2013
6.7
The Iron Lady
as Geoffrey Howe
2011
6.4
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
as Benedict
2011
5.0
The Great Ghost Rescue
as Prime Minister
2011
4.8
Free Agents
as Stephen
2011
4.5
The Inbetweeners Movie
as Will's Dad
2011
6.2
Ella
as Father
2011
8.0
Merlin: Secrets and Magic
2009
8.0
Warehouse 13
as Paracelsus
2009
7.7
Free Agents
as Stephen Caudwell
2009
6.6
Repo! The Genetic Opera
as Nathan Wallace / Repo Man
2008
6.2
Rocky Horror Tribute Show
as Dr. Frank-N-Furter
2008
6.2
Merlin
as Uther Pendragon
2008
7.8
Buffy the Animated Series
as Rupert Giles
2008
9.2
The Invisibles
as Maurice Riley
2008
7.3
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
as Man in Street Who Greets Todd after Competition (uncredited)
2007
7.2
🎬
Sold
as Mr Colubrine
2007
1.0
Comedy Showcase
as Stephen
2007
7.0
🎬
Amelia and Michael
as Michael
2007
1.0
Sparkle
as Tony
2007
5.6
Heroes Unmasked
as Himself - Narrator
2007
10.0
Doctor Who: The Infinite Quest
as Baltazar (voice)
2007
6.6
Little Britain Down Under
as Self
2007
4.0
Persuasion
as Sir Walter Elliot
2007
7.2
The Magic Door
as George
2007
4.1
Little Britain Live
as Prime Minister
2006
7.3
🎬
Him and Us
as Max Flash
2006
0.0
Scoop
as Detective
2006
6.6
The Children's Party at the Palace
as Captain Hook (Peter Pan)
2006
1.8
Imagine Me & You
as Ned
2006
7.6
Hotel Babylon
2006
7.3
Sensitive Skin
2005
7.0
Doctor Who
as Mr Finch
2005
7.6
Doctor Who Confidential
2005
8.2
Doctor Who Confidential
as Narrator
2005
8.2
The Friday Night Project
as Self
2005
5.8
True Horror with Anthony Head
as Host
2004
0.0
🎬
True Horror
2004
8.0
Fat Slags
as Victor
2004
3.0
New Tricks
2004
7.4
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Animated Series
as Rupert Giles
2004
0.0
🎬
Reversals
as Mr. Andrew Barton
2003
6.0
Little Britain
as Michael the PM
2003
7.1
And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself
as William Benton
2003
6.7
I'll Be There
as Sam Gervasi
2003
5.3
🎬
The Terry and Gaby Show
2003
5.0
Murder Investigation Team
as Stewart Masters
2003
6.3
Rose and Maloney
2002
6.2
Fillmore!
as Professor Third (voice)
2002
7.4
Spooks
as Peter Salter
2002
7.7
V Graham Norton
as Self
2002
5.0
Doctor Who: Death Comes to Time
as Saint Valentine
2002
10.0
🎬
Manchild
as James
2002
3.4
Rocky Horror 25: Anniversary Special
2000
1.0
My Family
as Richard Harper
2000
7.0
Best Actress
as Colin Truemans
2000
1.3
Monarch of the Glen
2000
7.3
Two Guys and a Girl
as Dr. Staretski
1998
7.1
Jonathan Creek
as Adam Klaus
1997
7.5
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
as Rupert Giles
1997
8.1
Roger Roger
as Jimmy Price
1996
0.0
Silent Witness
1996
7.5
🎬
Ghostbusters of East Finchley
as Terry
1995
5.0
VR.5
as Oliver Sampson
1995
6.7
The Trial of Lord Lucan
as Dominic Elwes
1994
6.0
Royce
as Pitlock
1994
5.0
NYPD Blue
as Raleigh Gibson
1993
7.0
The Detectives
as Simon
1993
6.7
Highlander: The Series
as Allan Rothwood
1992
7.4
🎬
Woof Again! Why Me?
1992
0.0
The Zero Option
as Bruce Michaelis
1988
0.0
More Bad News
as Recording Studio Engineer
1988
9.8
🎬
Pulaski
as Dudley Fielding
1987
4.0
A Prayer for the Dying
as Rupert
1987
5.9
Rockliffe's Babies
as Chris Patterson
1987
5.2
Boon
1986
5.5
Spenser: For Hire
1985
6.7
Howards' Way
as Phil Norton
1985
5.4
C.A.T.S. Eyes
as James Sinden
1985
5.8
Slags
as Ricki
1984
2.0
The Comic Strip Presents...
as Ricki
1982
7.4
The Comic Strip Presents...
as Recording Studio Engineer
1982
7.4
The Grudge Fight
as Chief Hook
1981
0.0
Bergerac
as Bill
1981
6.7
Lady Chatterley's Lover
as Anton
1981
5.4
Love in a Cold Climate
as Tony Kroesig
1980
6.2
The Mallens
as Weir
1979
5.0
🎬
Accident
as Simon Lovell
1978
0.0
Lillie
1978
8.2
Enemy at the Door
as Clive Martel
1978
7.8
Secret Army
as Hanslick
1977
7.5
Playhouse
as Chief Hook
1974
7.0