Anthony Head's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) Buffy the Vampire Slayer Rupert Giles Merlin (UK) Uther Pendr… Little Britain (UK) The Prime M… Free Agents Stephen Heroes Unmasked (UK) Himself - N… Totally Doctor Who (UK) Baltazar The Invisibles (UK) Maurice Riley VR.5 Oliver Samp… Fillmore! Professor T… Free Agents (UK) Stephen Cau… Sold (UK) Mr. Colubrine Persuasion (UK) (2007) Sir Walter … Sensitive Skin (UK) Tom Paine Manchild (UK) James Him & Us Max Flash Enemy at the Door (UK) Clive Martel Only Fools on Horses (UK) Anthony Head

Main Movie Roles 2008 - Repo! The Genetic Opera 2007 - Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street 2006 - Scoop 2005 - Imagine Me & You 2004 - Fat Slags 1987 - A Prayer for the Dying 1981 - Lady Chatterley's Lover

BIOGRAPHY:

Anthony Stewart Head was born on February 20, 1954 in Camden Town, North London, England. He grew up in Hampton, which was near London. He's the youngest son of his parents, Seafield Head (a documentary filmmaker) and Helen Shingler (an actress). He has an older brother named Murray Head (I). Head has a girlfriend, named Sarah Fisher (they've been living together for the past 15 years). They met each other when he was 28 and she was 18. She's a former theatre administrator, but nowadays she's an animal trainer. They have two daughters, named Emily Rose (born 1989) and Daisy May (born 1991). Besides acting, Head is also a good singer. In 1983, he was in a band named 'Two Way'. The band released a 45 single with three songs,produced by Richard Dodd and Ron Roker. Head's other skills are: horse riding, swimming, scuba diving, piano, guitar and stage fighting.


TRIVIA:

• After musical performance in _"Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997) {Once More, with Feeling (#6.7)}_ (qv), he teamed up with artist 'George Sarah' to create the album 'Music for Elevators', which was released on February 5th 2002.
• Sang in the musical episode _"Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997) {Once More, with Feeling (#6.7)}_ (qv).
• A huge fan of _"Doctor Who" (1963)_ (qv), and auditioned for the role of the Eighth Doctor in the TV movie, _Doctor Who (1996) (TV)_ (qv). He later appeared as a villain in _"Doctor Who" (2005) {School Reunion (#2.3)}_ (qv) and _Doctor Who: The Infinite Quest (2007) (TV)_ (qv).
• Divides his time between homes in Los Angeles and England.
• His own home in Somerset, which he shares with Sarah, Daisy and Emily, was used for the filming of some episodes of _"Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997)_ (qv).
• Father of 'Emily Head' (qv).
• Musical talent was showcased early on in his career when, for two Christmas seasons, he appeared as Joseph in Joseph and His Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat at the Everyman Theatre in Cheltenham in the late 1970s.
• Was originally cast in _Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)_ (qv), as a ghost of one of Sweeney Todd's victims. This character would have sung "The Ballad of Sweeney Todd", its reprises, and the "Epilogue". These songs were recorded, but eventually cut before filming began, as director 'Tim Burton (I)' (qv) felt that the songs were too theatrical for the film.