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For|the British statesman|Antony Head, 1st Viscount HeadFor|the Australian Paralympian|Tony Head (athlete)Infobox person| name = Anthony Stewart Head| image = Anthony Head Cleveland Vulkon Slayercon cropped.jpg| imagesize = 200px| caption = Anthony Stewart Head in 2004| birth_name =| birth_date = birth date and age|mf=yes|1954|02|20|df=ycite web |url= http://www.anthonyhead.org/FAQ.html |title=Official Anthony Stewart Head FAQ |accessdate=2008-05-26 |work=The Official Anthony Head Site| birth_place = Camden Town , London, England| death_date =| death_place =| occupation = Actor| partner = Sarah Fisher (1984–present)| children = Emily Head , Daisy Head | relatives = Murray Head (brother)| website = http://www.anthonyhead.org/ Anthony Stewart Head (born 20 February 1954), usually credited as Anthony Head , is an English people|English actor and musician . He rose to fame in the UK following his role in television advertisement s 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 (TV series)|Buffy the Vampire Slayer and as Uther Pendragon in Merlin (TV series)|Merlin .
Early life
Head was born in Camden Town , London. His father was Seafield Laurence Stewart Murray Head (1919–2009), a documentary filmmaker and the founder of Verity Films, and his mother was actress Helen Shingler (best remembered for her role as Mme. Maigret opposite Rupert Davies in the original television series), who married in 1944 in Watford . His older brother is actor and singer Murray Head . Both brothers have played the part of Freddy Trumper in the musical Chess (musical)|Chess at the Prince Edward Theatre , London, with Murray a part of the original cast in 1986, whilst Anthony was in the final cast in 1989.
Career
Head was educated at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA). His first role was in the musical Godspell ; this led to roles in television on both BBC and ITV , one of his earliest being an appearance in the series Enemy at the Door (ITV, 1978& ndash;1980). In the early 1980s he sang with the band Red Box (band)|Red Box . http://www.lewisslade.com/redbox/redboxginnyclee.html LewisSlade.com In the late 1980s, he appeared in a storyline series of twelve coffee commercials with Sharon Maughan for Nescafé Gold Blend. (A version made for the US featured the American brand name Taster's Choice .) The soap opera nature of the commercials brought him wider recognition, along with a part in the CITV|Children's ITV comedy drama Woof!
Head played Frank N Furter in the 1990–91 West End revival of The RockyHorror Show at London's Piccadilly Theatre , with Craig Ferguson as Brad Majors. in 1991 Head's rendition of " Sweet Transvestite " was released as a single by Chrysalis Records . Head played the role again in the summer of 1995 at London's Duke of York's Theatre , a 3 May 2006 tribute show at London's Royal Court Theatre , and a 14 October 2000 production at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino (Las Vegas) .cite web |url= http://www.rockymusic.org/tags/Anthony+Stewart+Head.php |title=Anthony Stewart Head |work=RockyMusic |date=1997–2011 |first=Shawn |last=McHorse
Success on the stage and a number of brief appearances on American television, such as in the short-lived VR.5 , led to accepting the role of Rupert Giles in Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV series)|Buffy the Vampire Slayer in 1997. For this role he lived full-time in the United States during the late 1990s and early 2000s, although his family continued to live in the UK. Head left the regular cast of Buffy during the show's sixth season and subsequently appeared several times as a guest star through the conclusion of the series. In many interviews at the time, Head said he left the show in order to spend more time with his family, having realised that he had spent most of the year outside England, which added up to more than half his youngest daughter's life. He now lives in Bath, Somerset|Bath , England with Sarah Fisher. They have two children, Emily Head|Emily Rose , born in December 1988, and Daisy, born in 1991.
Early to mid-2000s
In 2002, he co-starred in the BBC Two television series Manchild (TV series)|Manchild , which concerned four fifty-something men who spend all of their time talking about sex. He also appeared in guest roles in various other dramas, such as Silent Witness , M.I.T.: Murder Investigation Team|Murder Investigation Team , and Spooks . He appeared in the 4th series of the British hit sitcom My Family in 2003 playing one of the main characters (Abi's) father in the episode "May the Best Man Win". He was featured as the Prime Minister in the popular BBC comedy sketch show Little Britain from 2003 to 2005, and guest starred in several episodes of the 2004 series of popular drama Monarch of the Glen (TV series)|Monarch of the Glen .
Outside of television work, he has released an album of songs with musician George Sarah entitled Music for Elevators . Early in his career he provided vocals for some of the tracks on the Chris de Burgh album The Getaway and the reading from The Tempest on ''Don't Pay The Ferryman .
In 2001, he appeared in a special webcast version of the popular British science fiction series Doctor Who , a story called Death Comes to Time , in which he played the Time Lord Valentine. He also guest starred in the Excelis Rising|Excelis Trilogy , a series of Doctor Who radio drama|audio adventures produced by Big Finish Productions , and in 2005 narrated the two-part documentary Project: WHO? , detailing the television revival of the series, for BBC Radio 2 (and released to CD in 2006 by BBC Audio ). In April 2006 he appeared as an alien school headmaster, Mr. Finch, in an episode of the Doctor Who (series 2)|second series entitled " School Reunion (Doctor Who)|School Reunion ". Soon after, he recorded an abridged audio book of the Doctor Who novel The Nightmare of Black Island by Mike Tucker . He narrated the third and fourth series of Doctor Who Confidential . He also voiced the character List of Doctor Who villains#Baltazar|Baltazar, Scourge of the Universe (an evil space pirate searching for the Infinite), in the first ever animated Doctor Who special, " The Infinite Quest ". Head had previously auditioned for the role of the Eighth Doctor for the 1996 television movie, but lost out to Paul McGann .
In early 2006, he appeared in an episode of Hotel Babylon , a BBC One drama set in a hotel, in which he played a suicidal man who recovers and lands a music deal. The same year he filmed a pilot for a new show entitled Him and Us , loosely based on the life of openly gay rock star Elton John , for American TV channel American Broadcasting Company|ABC , co-starring Kim Cattrall . In July he appeared as Captain Hook at the '' Children's Party at the Palace '', a live pantomime staged in the grounds of Buckingham Palace as part of Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Queen Elizabeth II 's 80th birthday celebrations. In October 2006, he voiced Ponsonby, leader of MI6, in Destroy All Humans& #33; 2 .
Late 2000s
At San Diego Comic-Con|Comic-Con International in 2007, Joss Whedon said talks were almost completed for a 90-minute Buffy the Vampire Slayer spin-off, Ripper , as a BBC special, http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/07/28/comic-con-joss-whedon-panel-report/ Comic-Con: Joss Whedon panel report - TV Squad with both Head and the BBC on board.
He was originally to have a role in Sweeney Todd (2007 film)|Sweeney Todd , as a ballad soloist and one of Todd's murder victims, but, due to the ailing of Johnny Depp 's daughter, the schedule became tight and Head's character, as well as the characters of 13 other actors, one of them Christopher Lee, were dropped from the film.Citation needed|date=March 2010 Instead, Head made a cameo appearance as a character who asks whether Sweeney Todd has an establishment of his own.Citation needed|date=March 2010 In 2007, he portrayed Stockard Channing 's gay brother in the English film Sparkle (2007 film)| Sparkle and appeared as Mr Colubrine in the ITV1 comedy drama Sold (TV series)|Sold . Head also appeared as Sir Walter Elliot in Persuasion (2007 film)|Persuasion . http://www.austenblog.com/archives/2006/08/28/persuasion-2007-casting-news/ AustenBlog . . . she's everywhere » Persuasion 2007 Casting News Head also narrated a BBC behind-the-scenes programme for the American television series Heroes (TV series)|Heroes , Heroes Unmasked . He has also been seen as Maurice Riley in the BBC Drama The Invisibles (TV series)|The Invisibles alongside Warren Clarke .
After seeing Anthony Head in the Buffy musical episode, " Once More, with Feeling (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)|Once More With Feeling ", Saw (film series)|Saw director Darren Lynn Bousman cast him in his 21st century rock opera , Repo& #33; The Genetic Opera .cite web |url = http://suicidegirls.com/interviews/Darren+Lynn+Bousman%3A+Repossessed/ |title = Darren Lynn Bousman: Repossessed |publisher = SuicideGirls.com |date = 7 November 2008 |accessdate = 2008-11-10 Head plays the film's grim reaper, an organ repossession man doing the bidding of an out of control biotech company called GeneCo. "Anthony Head was my number one choice for Repo Man from the very beginning, " said Bousman in an interview shortly before the film's release on 7 November 2008. The film also stars musical legend Sarah Brightman and paparazzi favourite Paris Hilton .
Head has also performed for radio, taking two of the lead roles – arch-villain, Mr Gently Benevolent, and his descendant, journalist, Jeremy Sourquill – in the BBC Radio 4 comedy series, Bleak Expectations (four series, 2007–2010).
Head was part of the regular cast of the BBC drama series Merlin (TV series)|Merlin , which derives its title from the Merlin|mythical wizard of the same name.cite web |url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2008/03_march/17/merlin.shtml |title=Richard Wilson and Anthony Head lead cast in Merlin, a fantasy drama for BBC One |publisher= bbc.co.uk |date=2008-03-17 |accessdate=2008-03-19 Head played King Uther Pendragon (Merlin character)|Uther Pendragon , the father of Arthur Pendragon (Merlin character)|Prince Arthur . The programme completed its third series in December 2010.
Head also provides voice-over work in the Nintendo Wii video game, '' Flip's Twisted World '', developed by Frozen North Productions .cite web |first=Mitch |last=Gladney |url= http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/devjournal/23850 |title=Flip's Twisted World Developer Diary: The Story of Flip's Twisted World |date=August 10, 2010 |publisher=Nintendo World Report |accessdate=October 18, 2010
Personal life
Head lives near Bath, Somerset with his partner Sarah Fisher and has two daughters, Emily Head|Emily and Daisy Head|Daisy who are both actresses. On Saturday Kitchen , in September 2010, Head declared he is a pescetarian .
NBC TV series (US Remake of the Channel 4 series of the same name)
Music
" Sweet Transvestite " (1991 single) Chrysalis Records , 7& Prime; single, 12& Prime; single, CD single, and shaped picture CD
Music for Elevators (2002 album) in collaboration with George Sarah
References
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External links
commons|Anthony Stewart Head
http://www.anthonyhead.org/ Official website
http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/144947 BFI.org, Anthony Head at the British Film Institute
imdb name|id=372117|name=Anthony Head
http://www.bbc.co.uk/filmnetwork/films/p00l3nl0 Watch Anthony Head in the short film Amelia and Michael
Articles and interviews
http://www.bbc.co.uk/somerset/content/articles/2006/12/07/doctor_who_poll_feature.shtml Who's Head of the class, bbc.co.uk|BBC Where I Live: Somerset (December 2006)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/somerset/content/articles/2006/04/14/anthony_head_interview_130406_feature.shtml Interview: Anthony Head, Helen Otter, bbc.co.uk|BBC Where I Live: Somerset (April 2006)
http://thetorchonline.com/2009/06/11/anthony-stewart-head-interview-king-arthur-screwed-up-my-nintendo/ Anthony Head Interview: King Arthur Screwed Up My Nintendo, TheTorchOnline.com (June 2009)
http://www.buffyguide.com/players/giles.shtml Biographies of Giles and Head at "Buffyguide"
Buffy and Angel cast
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