Acting credits
52
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
James Marsters
Acting
Career Snapshot
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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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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with James Marsters.
Isla Monstro
as Reggie (voice)
2024 Movie
6.2
Abruptio
as Les Hackel
2024 Movie
6.6
A Bread Factory, Part One: For the Sake of Gold
as Jason
2018 Movie
6.3
A Bread Factory, Part Two: Walk With Me A While
as Jason
2018 Movie
6.6
New Life
as William Morton
2016 Movie
4.5
Dudes & Dragons
as Lord Tensley
2015 Movie
6.0
Billie Bob Joe
2015 Movie
5.2
Three Inches
as Troy Hamilton
2011 Movie
4.6
High Plains Invaders
as Sam Danville
2009 Movie
6.9
Moonshot
as Buzz Aldrin
2009 Movie
2.9
Dragonball Evolution
as Lord Piccolo
2009 Movie
7.2
P.S. I Love You
as John
2007 Movie
6.7
Superman: Doomsday
as Lex Luthor (voice)
2007 Movie
5.0
Shadow Puppets
as Jack
2007 Movie
5.6
Cool Money
as Bobby Comfort
2005 Movie
5.4
Strange Frequency²
as Mitch (segment 'Soul Man')
2003 Movie
5.7
Chance
as Simon
2002 Movie
5.6
House on Haunted Hill
as Channel 3 Cameraman
1999 Movie
Winding Roads
as Billy Johnson
1999 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with James Marsters.
6.2
Curses!
as Larry (voice) • 20 eps
2023 Series
5.0
Casa Grande
as Miller Dalton • 3 eps
2023 Series
7.3
Leverage: Redemption
as Carl • 1 eps
2021 Series
7.6
The Order
as Xavier • 2 eps
2019 Series
7.3
Marvel's Runaways
as Victor Stein • 33 eps
2017 Series
7.8
DuckTales
as Nosferatu (voice) • 1 eps
2017 Series
7.3
Witches of East End
as Mason Tarkoff • 7 eps
2013 Series
6.0
Metal Hurlant Chronicles
as Brad Davis • 1 eps
2012 Series
7.7
Marvel's Ultimate Spider-Man
as Korvac/Chitauri #3 (voice) • 1 eps
2012 Series
5.0
Three Inches
1 eps
2011 Series
7.8
Hawaii Five-0
as Victor Hesse • 5 eps
2010 Series
8.2
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
as Dandy Highwayman (voice) • 1 eps
2010 Series
6.9
Caprica
as Barnabas Greeley • 4 eps
2010 Series
7.5
The Super Hero Squad Show
as Mister Fantastic • 52 eps
2009 Series
7.7
Warehouse 13
as Sutton • 3 eps
2009 Series
7.9
Lie to Me
1 eps
2009 Series
8.5
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
as Captain Argyus (voice) • 1 eps
2008 Series
6.2
The Capture of the Green River Killer
as Ted Bundy • 2 eps
2008 Series
7.4
Saving Grace
as Dudley Payne • 1 eps
2007 Series
7.3
Torchwood
as Captain John Hart • 3 eps
2006 Series
8.3
Supernatural
as Don Stark • 1 eps
2005 Series
7.0
Numb3rs
as Damian Lake • 1 eps
2005 Series
5.8
The Mountain
1 eps
2004 Series
7.2
Spider-Man: The New Animated Series
as Sergei (voice) • 2 eps
2003 Series