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Actor

James Marsters

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Acting credits

52

Established

Large and steady acting portfolio.

TMDB popularity

1.0

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Movies: 19Series: 33

TMDB ID: 47297

IMDb ID: nm0551346

Known for: Acting

Born: August 20, 1962

Age: 63

Place of birth: Greenville, California, USA

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1990 - 2024

Years active: 35

Average TMDB rating: 7.05

Wikidata: Q312885

Biography

James Wesley Marsters (born August 20, 1962) is an American actor and musician. Marsters first came to the attention of the general public playing the popular character Spike, a platinum-blond English vampire in the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and its spin-off series, Angel from 1997 to 2004. Since then, he has gone on to play other science fiction roles, such as the alien supervillain Brainiac on the Superman-inspired series Smallville, the omnisexual time traveller Captain John Hart in British science-fiction show Torchwood and terrorist Barnabas Greeley in Syfy's Caprica. In 2007, Marsters appeared in a supporting role in the mainstream movie P.S. I Love You and as the main antagonist, Piccolo, in the 2009 fantasy adventure film Dragonball Evolution.

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Series

Series

Series credits linked with James Marsters.

Curses! poster
6.2

Curses!

as Larry (voice) • 20 eps

2023 Series
Casa Grande poster
5.0

Casa Grande

as Miller Dalton • 3 eps

2023 Series
Leverage: Redemption poster
7.3

Leverage: Redemption

as Carl • 1 eps

2021 Series
The Order poster
7.6

The Order

as Xavier • 2 eps

2019 Series
Marvel's Runaways poster
7.3

Marvel's Runaways

as Victor Stein • 33 eps

2017 Series
DuckTales poster
7.8

DuckTales

as Nosferatu (voice) • 1 eps

2017 Series
Witches of East End poster
7.3

Witches of East End

as Mason Tarkoff • 7 eps

2013 Series
Metal Hurlant Chronicles poster
6.0

Metal Hurlant Chronicles

as Brad Davis • 1 eps

2012 Series
Marvel's Ultimate Spider-Man poster
7.7

Marvel's Ultimate Spider-Man

as Korvac/Chitauri #3 (voice) • 1 eps

2012 Series
Three Inches poster
5.0

Three Inches

1 eps

2011 Series
Hawaii Five-0 poster
7.8

Hawaii Five-0

as Victor Hesse • 5 eps

2010 Series
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated poster
8.2

Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated

as Dandy Highwayman (voice) • 1 eps

2010 Series
Caprica poster
6.9

Caprica

as Barnabas Greeley • 4 eps

2010 Series
The Super Hero Squad Show poster
7.5

The Super Hero Squad Show

as Mister Fantastic • 52 eps

2009 Series
Warehouse 13 poster
7.7

Warehouse 13

as Sutton • 3 eps

2009 Series
Lie to Me poster
7.9

Lie to Me

1 eps

2009 Series
Star Wars: The Clone Wars poster
8.5

Star Wars: The Clone Wars

as Captain Argyus (voice) • 1 eps

2008 Series
The Capture of the Green River Killer poster
6.2

The Capture of the Green River Killer

as Ted Bundy • 2 eps

2008 Series
Saving Grace poster
7.4

Saving Grace

as Dudley Payne • 1 eps

2007 Series
Torchwood poster
7.3

Torchwood

as Captain John Hart • 3 eps

2006 Series
Supernatural poster
8.3

Supernatural

as Don Stark • 1 eps

2005 Series
Numb3rs poster
7.0

Numb3rs

as Damian Lake • 1 eps

2005 Series
The Mountain poster
5.8

The Mountain

1 eps

2004 Series
Spider-Man: The New Animated Series poster
7.2

Spider-Man: The New Animated Series

as Sergei (voice) • 2 eps

2003 Series
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