James Marsters
James Wesley Marsters ( born August 20, 1962 in Greenville, California ) is an American actor and musician. He became famous for the role of the platinum blonde vampire Spike in the television series Buffy - The Vampire Slayer. He was also involved in the final season of Angel - Hunters of darkness into just called roll with.
Biography
He grew up with his brother Paul and his sister Susan in Modesto on, was married to the actress Liane Davidson and is divorced for several years. Today, he takes care of his son ( Sullivan, born 1996) and his niece, with whom he lives in Los Angeles (Santa Monica ). He has a German girlfriend, Patricia, who he already dedicated several songs as well as his entire second solo album since 2004. On 14 January 2011 the wedding of the couple was held in Los Angeles.
After the completion of Davis High School, he attended the Juilliard School theater schools, Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts and the American Conservatory Theater. He worked about 10 years as an actor in the theater, including in New York, Chicago and Seattle. In the 1990s he moved to Los Angeles to begin his career as a film actor.
After several supporting roles, among others, in the series Northern Exposure, he succeeded to the role of the vampire Spike in the series Buffy - the Vampire Slayer of the breakthrough. In 1999, he participated as a writer on the comic book series for Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Spike & Dru, which was published in the U.S. by Dark Horse Comics.
In 2001, Marsters could be The vocal talent in a musical episode, Once more with feeling, in the series Buffy - The Vampire Slayer put to the test. After his Serientod in the final season of the series, he joined in the same role (for a time as a disembodied spirit ) in the final season of Angel - Hunters of darkness.
Has also Marsters was the lead singer of the U.S. band Ghost of the Robot, in addition to the album Mad Brilliant three singles ( Valerie, David Letterman, New Man) and the EP "it's nothing" published. In June 2004, James Marsters was the dissolution of the band known, but already entered on Halloween of that year, again with guitar the stage in London, this time as a solo artist.
The following year (2005) he released his album Civilized Man and went in April to tour the UK. More concerts and a theater performance followed in October of the same year. He looked at the film Shadow Puppets with one of the main characters.
In spring 2007, James Marsters went for a few gigs in London and was active in the Collectormania 11 in Milton Keynes (UK). In October 2007 he released his second solo album Like a Waterfall.
In nine episodes of Smallville, he played the android Brainiac, aka " Prof. Milton Fine ". He is also seen in the second season of Doctor Who offshoot Torchwood as " Captain John Hart".
In the 2007 and produced in March 2008, the first U.S. televised two-parter The Capture of the Green River Killer (German Green River: The trail of the killer ), he plays a supporting role in the serial killer Ted Bundy.
In January 2008, the film opened P. S. I love you in German cinemas. In the 2009 released movie Dragonball Evolution, he can be seen in the role of Piccolo.