SAYATA

Who Played Spike in Buffy the Vampire Slayer?

Answer:
James Marsters

Date of Birth: 20 August 1962, Greenville, California, USA

Filmography:

DC Universe Online (2010) (VG) (in production) (voice) .... Lex Luthor / Brainiac
"Hawaii Five-0" (1 episode, 2010)
- Pilot (2010) TV episode
"Smallville" .... Milton Fine / ... (14 episodes, 2005-2010)
... aka "Smallville Beginnings" - USA (rerun title)
- Homecoming (2010) TV episode .... Brainiac 5
- Abyss (2008) TV episode (voice) (uncredited) .... Brainiac
- Arctic (2008) TV episode .... Brainiac
- Apocalypse (2008) TV episode .... Brainiac / Milton Fine
- Veritas (2008) TV episode .... Brainiac
(9 more)
"Caprica" .... Barnabas Greeley (2 episodes, 2010)
- End of Line (2010) TV episode .... Barnabas Greeley
- Know Thy Enemy (2010) TV episode .... Barnabas Greeley
"The Super Hero Squad Show" .... Mr. Fantastic / ... (3 episodes, 2009-2010)
- This Al Dente Earth (2010) TV episode (voice) .... Mr. Fantastic
- Last Exit Before Doomsday (2010) TV episode (voice) .... Mister Fantastic
- If This Be My Thanos (2009) TV episode (voice) .... Mr. Fantastic
"Lie to Me" .... Pollack (1 episode, 2009)
- Truth or Consequences (2009) TV episode .... Pollack
High Plains Invaders (2009) (TV) .... Sam Danville
Real Heroes: Firefighter (2009) (VG) (voice) .... Jimmy 'Match' Morris
Moonshot (2009) (TV) .... Buzz Aldrin
Dragonball: Evolution (2009) .... Lord Piccolo
... aka "Dragonball Evolution" - USA (original title)
... aka "D.B.E." - USA (promotional abbreviation)
"Numb3rs" .... Damian Lake (1 episode, 2009)
... aka "Num3ers" - USA (promotional title)
- Guilt Trip (2009) TV episode .... Damian Lake
"Star Wars: The Clone Wars" .... Captain Argyus (1 episode, 2008)
... aka "Star Wars: The Clone Wars - Rise of the Bounty Hunters" - USA (second season title)
- Cloak of Darkness (2008) TV episode (voice) .... Captain Argyus
"Torchwood" .... Captain John Hart (3 episodes, 2008)
... aka "Torchwood: The New World" - USA (fourth season title)
- Exit Wounds (2008) TV episode .... Captain John Hart
- Fragments (2008) TV episode (uncredited) .... Captain John Hart
- Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang (2008) TV episode .... Captain John Hart
"The Capture of the Green River Killer" (2008) TV mini-series .... Ted Bundy (unknown episodes)
"Without a Trace" .... Detective Grant Mars (4 episodes, 2007-2008)
... aka "W.A.T" - USA (short title)
- Article 32 (2008) TV episode .... Detective Grant Mars
- One Wrong Move (2007) TV episode .... Detective Grant Mars
- Clean Up (2007) TV episode .... Detective Grant Mars
- Lost Boy (2007) TV episode .... Detective Grant Mars
P.S. I Love You (2007) .... John
Superman/Doomsday (2007) (V) (voice) .... Lex Luthor
"Saving Grace" .... Dudley Payne (1 episode, 2007)
- Bring It On, Earl (2007) TV episode .... Dudley Payne
Shadow Puppets (2007) .... Jack
Cool Money (2005) (TV) .... Bobby Comfort
"The Mountain" .... Ted Tunney (1 episode, 2004)
- A Piece of the Rock (2004) TV episode .... Ted Tunney
"Angel" .... Spike (24 episodes, 1999-2004)
... aka "Angel: The Series" - USA (long title)
- Not Fade Away (2004) TV episode .... Spike
- Power Play (2004) TV episode .... Spike
- The Girl in Question (2004) TV episode .... Spike
- Time Bomb (2004) TV episode .... Spike
- Origin (2004) TV episode .... Spike
(19 more)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Chaos Bleeds (2003) (VG) (voice) .... Spike
"Spider-Man" .... Sergei (2 episodes, 2003)
... aka "Spider-Man: The New Animated Series" - Canada (English title) (DVD box title), USA (DVD box title)
- Mind Games: Part 1 (2003) TV episode (voice) .... Sergei
- Tight Squeeze (2003) TV episode (voice) .... Sergei
"Buffy the Vampire Slayer" .... Spike (97 episodes, 1997-2003)
... aka "BtVS" - USA (promotional abbreviation)
... aka "Buffy" - USA (short title)
... aka "Buffy, the Vampire Slayer: The Series" - USA (long title)
... aka "Nightfall" - Japan (English title)
- Chosen (2003) TV episode .... Spike
- End of Days (2003) TV episode .... Spike
- Touched (2003) TV episode .... Spike
- Empty Places (2003) TV episode .... Spike
- Dirty Girls (2003) TV episode .... Spike
(92 more)
Strange Frequency 2 (2003) (TV) .... Mitch (segment "Soul Man")
Chance (2002) .... Simon
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (2002) (VG) (voice) .... Spike
"Andromeda" .... Charlemagne Bolivar (1 episode, 2001)
... aka "Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda" - USA (complete title)
- Into the Labyrinth (2001) TV episode .... Charlemagne Bolivar
"Strange Frequency" .... Mitch Brand (1 episode, 2001)
- Soul Man (2001) TV episode .... Mitch Brand
"The Enforcers" (2001) TV mini-series .... Sullivan McManus
House on Haunted Hill (1999) .... Channel 3 Cameraman
Winding Roads (1999) (TV) .... Billy Johnson
"Millennium" .... Eric Swan (1 episode, 1999)
- Collateral Damage (1999) TV episode .... Eric Swan
"Moloney" .... Billy O'Hara (1 episode, 1997)
- Herniated Nick (1997) TV episode .... Billy O'Hara
"Medicine Ball" .... Mickey Collins (2 episodes, 1995)
- Night of the I Wanna (1995) TV episode .... Mickey Collins
- Heart and Sole (1995) TV episode .... Mickey Collins
"Northern Exposure" .... Bellhop / ... (2 episodes, 1992-1993)
- Grosse Pointe, 48230 (1993) TV episode .... Reverend Harding
- It Happened in Juneau (1992) TV episode .... Bellhop

About Spike Character:
Before becoming a vampire in 1880, William was a struggling poet, often mocked by his peers who called him "William the Bloody" behind his back because his poetry was so "bloody awful." The true origins of this nickname were not revealed until three years after it was first mentioned in Season Two, when it was believed to have purely violent connotations. William showed a strong capacity for loyalty and devoted love, which followed him after his siring. After his romantic overtures were rejected by the aristocratic Cecily, a despondent William, while wandering the streets, bumped into Drusilla. She then bit him and transformed him into a vampire (it is stated in the Buffy episode "School Hard" that Angel was his sire; however, it is believed that the term "sire" can mean that Spike is simply "descended" from Angel, not necessarily that Angel sired him himself). Whereas new vampires in the Buffyverse often delight in killing their families once they become evil, William was a notable exception. Having always been very close to his mother, he turned her into a vampire to prevent her from dying from tuberculosis. Unfortunately, his mother, as a vampire, taunted William insinuating that William had always had a sexual fascination with her. He was forced to stake her because he could not bear to see his mother in such a twisted form. He would later write a poem about this traumatic experience entitled "The Wanton Folly of Me Mum," which was mentioned but not recited in the Angel finale "Not Fade Away".