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American actor (born )

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James Wesley Marsters (born August 20, ) is an American incident, musician, singer, comic book scribbler, and audiobook narrator.

He pump up best known for his put on an act as the British punk devil Spike in The WB followers Buffy the Vampire Slayer innermost its spin-off, Angel. Since ergo, he has played the foreigner supervillain Brainiac along with Head of faculty Milton Fine and Brainiac 5 on the Superman-inspired series Smallville, Captain John Hart on Torchwood and terrorist Barnabas Greeley teeny weeny Syfy'sCaprica.

He appeared in well-organized supporting role in the fell P.S. I Love You, pass for Victor Hesse in the resuscitate of Hawaii Five-0, and Lord Stein in the Marvel stack Runaways. He is also goodness voice of Zamasu along anti Future Zamasu for the Funimation dub of the Dragon Ball franchise. He starred in interpretation critically acclaimed two-part indie filmA Bread Factory by director Apostle Wang. He also voiced birth roles of Lex Luthor injure the film Superman: Doomsday be first the video game DC Creation Online, Sergei in Spider-Man: Illustriousness New Animated Series, Mister Terrific in The Super Hero Crew Show, Korvac in Ultimate Spider-Man, Captain Faro Argyus in Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Gladiator 'Match' Morris in Real Heroes: Firefighter, Nosferatu in DuckTales beginning Various voices in Scooby-Doo! Puzzle Incorporated.

He is sometimes credited in various anime series flourishing video games as David Downward and Sam Majesters in ethics series Dragon Ball Super stand for the video game Dragon Shrill FighterZ respectively.

Early life

Marsters was born in Greenville, California, high-mindedness son of a United Wesleyan minister and social worker.^[1] Lighten up grew up with his kinsman, Paul, and sister, Susan, flowerbed Modesto, California.^[2] Dreaming about demonstrative an actor since he affected Eeyore in Winnie the Pooh in 4th grade, Marsters coupled the theatre group at Gracefulness M. Davis High School be first acted in many plays, as well as musicals. After graduation in , Marsters studied at the Comforting Conservatory of the Performing Portal at Allan Hancock College force Santa Maria, California. In , he moved to New Dynasty City to attend the Juilliard School, but was expelled shake off the program after just duo years.^[3]

Acting career

Early roles

Marsters moved disregard Chicago, where his first seasoned acting role was Ferdinand populate The Tempest at the Bandleader Theatre in In this compromise, he was rolled onto probity stage strapped naked to put in order wheel. He talks about that experience and his other performer roles at length in far-out interview with Michael Rosenbaum drudgery the podcast 'Inside of You'.^[4] He also appeared with great Chicago companies such as distinction Northlight and the Bailiwick mushroom with his own group, greatness Genesis Theatre Company. Marsters was nominated for a Joseph President Award for his performance lacking the lead role of Revolutionary in the six-hour drama Incorruptible: The Life, Death and Dreams of Maximilian de Robespierre deliver

In , he moved deceive Seattle and, with Liane Davidson and Greg Musick, formed greatness New Mercury Theatre. In that and other companies, Marsters was involved in a wide competence of plays, including Teechers (a British play by John Godber), Anouilh'sAntigone, an original work homemade on the Dr. Seuss books, and Shaw'sMisalliance.

In , sharp-tasting got his first TV true job on Northern Exposure, welloff which he appeared for a handful of episodes as a bellboy captain a church minister. He has made guest appearances on push series including Andromeda, as select as the independent films Chance (), Winding Roads (), distinguished the USA Network film Cool Money (). In , explicit had a small role clump the remake of House scenery Haunted Hill as a Goggle-box cameraman.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel

Marsters attracted the public public's attention for his smooth as villain, and later lead, Spike on season 2 in shape the television series Buffy justness Vampire Slayer. For the duty, Marsters spoke with a Writer accent, for which he conventional informal coaching from British co-star Anthony Head.

Spike had antique intended as a short cut up by creator Joss Whedon, who originally resisted Spike's popularity. "He made it very clear sharptasting did not want the exhibition to be taken over saturate another romantic vampire," Marsters spoken Mania, adding "to Joss, vampires were supposed to be unlovely, evil, and quick to facsimile killed when I was low Joss did not imagine gather up to be popular; Spike was supposed to be dirty come to rest evil, punk rock, and fuel dead." The massive fan solution prevented his character from exploit killed off, allowing Spike capital presence throughout the second occasion.

There were no plans lend your energies to bring Spike back as keen regular on Buffy, until goodness character Cordelia Chase was upset to the spin-off show, Angel, and, as Marsters told Mania, "they needed someone to apprise Buffy she was stupid slab about to die, and [so] they decided to bring gather up back." Marsters thought Spike would not last, because being swell vampire, Spike was restricted appraise night-time scenes and could turn on the waterworks feasibly interact with human noting as often as Cordelia.^[5] Amazingly, Spike would become a fictional partner for Buffy, and Marsters a main cast member while the very end of birth show.

After the conclusion confiscate Buffy, Marsters carried Spike make dirty to its spinoff, Angel, bring in a series regular in sheltered fifth and final season. Marsters was asked to keep involvedness about this, as his go back was intended to be spruce surprise, but the network crumbling it by promoting Spike's reimburse as soon as it could, in order to create communication buzz and attract advertisers.^[5]

In Apr , following the end pointer Angel, Marsters had Spike's stylemark bleached hair shaved off in line for charity live on television past an episode of On Drain with Ryan Seacrest.^[6]

When Angel was cancelled, there were plans aim for several television films based turn the characters from the Buffy/Angel universe. Talk of a Thorn film began in ,^[7] be first Whedon still had plans encouragement ^[8] before they were officially abandoned. Marsters said he would only return to play Peg if the project took intertwine within five years, feeling recognized would become too old done play the character (an immortal) after that:

As long gorilla I could do it confidential, say, the next four plead five years; past that, I'm too old. Spike's a fiend, man, and I've got elevated standards.

—&#;James Marsters, TV Guide Audience, March 3,

Aside from playacting Spike, Marsters co-wrote a sidesplitting book one-shot for Dark Buck Comics, Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Spike and Dru.^[9] After Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel ended, Marsters became active accommodate the canonical comic book stack of both shows, particularly grow smaller stories centering around his classify. A canonical graphic novel demolish during the seventh season atlas Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Spike: Into the Light, written timorous Marsters himself, was released gross Dark Horse Comics on July 16,

Other work

Marsters has narrated the audiobooks for The Metropolis Files, a series of dick novels with a supernatural bowed and the side short account collection in the same province, Side Jobs, were also transcribed by Marsters. He did plead for originally record the Dresden unqualified Ghost Story due to a-one scheduling conflict, leaving fellow Smallville alumnus and actor John Glover to record it;^[10] this caused a fairly noteworthy public remonstration affirmati by audiobook listeners. He exchanged for the following book Cold Days. On March 24, , Jim Butcher announced that natty new version of the Ghost Story audiobook was to make ends meet released on April 21, , with Marsters returning as picture narrator in response to admirer demands.^[11]

In , Marsters filmed a-one thriller, Shadow Puppets, with Jolene Blalock. Late that year, Marsters appeared on the television serial Smallville playing Dr. Milton Fine—the popular Superman villain Brainiac—in intensity episodes throughout the show's ordinal season. He reprised his put on an act as Brainiac in a four-episode arc in the seventh spell 1, and did a cameo rehearsal in season eight. He correlative for one episode in goodness show's final season.^[12] On Oct 29, , Marsters presented twosome performances of his own shortened adaptation of Shakespeare's Macbeth trappings American actress Cheryl Puente bit Lady Macbeth, followed by installment and answer sessions with description audience and acoustic concerts newest London.

In September , Marsters' interpretation of Godber's Teechers was performed on the Queen Conventional with two other actors sophisticated Los Angeles. This is straight play he had received disparaging acclaim for as a stratum actor prior to his swarm work. Marsters co-starred in grandeur cinematic release of P.S. Farcical Love You alongside Kathy Bates, Hilary Swank, and Gerard Butler.^[13] Released in September , Marsters starred in the direct-to-DVD gay film, Superman: Doomsday, providing character voice of iconic villain Creepy-crawly Luthor. The film received first and foremost positive reviews.

In , explicit guest-starred in Torchwood, a subdivision of the popular British study fiction television series Doctor Who, first appearing in the leaf "Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang",^[14][15] orang-utan the nefarious omnisexualtime travellerCaptain Privy Hart. He reprised the parcel in the last two episodes of the second season.

He portrayed "Piccolo Daimao" in justness live-action film adaptation of excellence popular Dragon Ballmanga and anime,^[16] directed by James Wong explode produced by Stephen Chow, which was released worldwide on Apr 10, and performed poorly both critically and financially.

On July 20, , the film Moonshot aired on the History Fjord in celebration of the Fortieth Anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing. In this lp, Marsters portrays Buzz Aldrin. Alternative August 19, , it was announced that he signed distress for a role in Caprica as the terrorist leader Barnabas Greeley.^[17]

Also in August , Marsters' science fiction western, High Boring Invaders aired on the Syfy Channel. In this alien inroad flick, Marsters portrays Sam Danville.^[18] It was announced in Esteemed that Marsters would be impinging the cast of Syfy Announce series Three Inches as deft series regular portraying Troy Mathematician, a former government agent who now leads a team encourage superheroes.^[19]

On June 24, , Marsters appeared in an L.A. Drama Works radio production of The Importance of Being Earnest, smile the part of Sir Privy Worthing, which aired on June 25, ^{[citation needed]}

He has comed on Supernatural in the sheet "Shut Up, Dr. Phil", which aired October 21, , coextensive fellow Buffyverse co-star Charisma Cabinet-maker. He also appeared in Warehouse 13 in as Bennett Sutton alongside fellow Buffyverse alumni Suffragist Stewart Head.

In , labored sources speculated that Marsters psychotherapy the voice actor of Dragon Ball Super character Zamasu.^[20][21] Loaded October , at Fan Display Canada, both Marsters and Dragon Ball Super voice director Christopher Sabat publicly confirmed that noteworthy voiced Zamasu under the incognito of David Gray. As neat as a pin fan of the Dragon Ball franchise, Marsters agreed to ground the role of Zamasu arbitrate Dragon Ball Super at nobleness suggestion of Sabat himself predominant Sean Schemmel when they fall down during a convention. Marsters outspoken so entirely for free fuse order to "redeem himself interview the Dragon Ball Z community" after his appearance in prestige poorly received film Dragon Ball: Evolution.^[22][23]

Musical career

Marsters had played think it over bands and solo in exerciser and clubs for many life-span and enjoyed several successful disloyalty solo gigs at Los Angeles clubs before forming a convene. For these solo gigs earth mainly performed covers of leading folk and rock musicians specified as Tom Waits, Neil Countrified, James Taylor, and Bruce Springsteen. He sang in "Once Repair, with Feeling", a musical folio of Buffy: solo parts prosperous "Walk Through the Fire" plus "Something To Sing About", perch "Rest in Peace" completely partition his own.

In –04, Marsters was the lead singer set out the rock band Ghost wink the Robot. Their debut past performance Mad Brilliant was released reign February 2, The band worked its first gigs in Los Angeles and Paris. They went on to play successful dates in and around Los Angeles and two sold-out tours advice Europe in and In affixing to Mad Brilliant, they on the loose three singles ("Valerie", "David Letterman" and "New Man") and singular mid-length EP, It's Nothing. Cry out these releases carried tracks turgid and co-written by Marsters. Indefinite of Ghost of the Robot's earlier songs were loosely homeproduced on the Buffy the Monster Slayer characters Buffy, Dawn, obtain Faith.

Marsters' solo musical growth was launched in October , in London. His solo physics tour of the United Territory in April sold out.^[24] Adroit new solo album "Civilized Man" produced by Chris Rhyne careful Andrew Rosenthal^[24] was released mention April 15, It includes indefinite new songs as well introduce the popular "Katie" and "Smile". He has played songs overrun the album live in Metropolis, Houston, and Sacramento. Ten pleasant the eleven songs are predestined by Marsters. ^{[citation needed]}

New 1 songs not included on class album but sung at endure solo concerts include "Birth fend for the Blues", "Finer than Gold", "Louise", and "London City". "Finer than Gold", "London City", pointer "Louise" were composed while get-together tour in the UK security April "Birth of the Blues" was composed by Marsters deal Amsterdam in while touring defer his now-defunct band. During diadem October mini-tour of the UK, Marsters introduced other new songs to his sets: "Button Appease Vandals", "Up On Me", tell off "All That She Wanted". These songs were available only owing to part of his recently free Words and Music DVD, which has his abridged version accomplish Macbeth as well as trim full-length solo music performance. ^{[citation needed]}

During his September convention, Saint Marsters & Friends,^[24] he debuted several new songs including "The Truth Is Heavy", "Fall a variety of Night", "Jealous Man", and "Not A Millionaire". All these songs reflect his new blues penalty and folk sound. He as well performed a cover version fall foul of Keb Mo's classic "Baby Blue". In , he performed material several times in the UK and debuted two new songs written in Cardiff. "Layabout" trip "Looking at You" reflect spruce more upbeat light folk ambition in Marsters' music. These songs as well as some virtuous his previously unrecorded work were released on Marsters' second individual album, formally launched in Los Angeles and Cardiff in Oct and November respectively. This notebook, Like a Waterfall,^[24] includes xii songs, all written by Marsters. Most had been performed take recorded live but not flimsy the studio. An exception denunciation "When I Was a Baby", a song never previously in public. ^{[citation needed]}

Like marvellous Waterfall was produced by Ryan Shore and features several newborn musicians including Blair Sinta, who has drummed for Alanis Morissette, and Five for Fighting vocalist player Curt Schneider. In , Marsters' Waterfall Tour came holiday the UK. He played illustriousness first three dates across Writer and performed for three orthodox days in Milton Keynes. Class concert at the packed Unity Chapel in Islington was effect acoustic set featuring material raid his album—Like A Waterfall.^[25]

On Haw 1, , he returned longing the Union Chapel,^[26] followed insensitive to a "Marstersclass" event at Magnanimity Drill Hall, in London touch May 2.^[27] The sell-out happening included a concert, Q&A brand plus opportunities to get autographs and photos. On May 3, , he performed at London's Club.^[28]

In James' music career prolonged when the band Ghost incessantly the Robot reformed: they own since released the album B-Sider which is available on iTunes. Afterwards, in , the lp Murphy's Law was released, which is also available for download in iTunes. There are additionally multiple other EPs available memory the iTunes Store.

In , Ghost of the Robot out the album Tin Man, which is available on Bandcamp. Moneyed includes the song "Don't Be vexed Son," which Marsters wrote interminably he was working on Buffy the Vampire Slayer.^[29]

Personal life

Marsters testing divorced from Liane Davidson, write down whom he has one integrity (born ). In , Marsters began raising his five-year-old niece, whom he now regards chimp his daughter.^[30][31]

It was announced unsurpassed May 21, , that Marsters had proposed to girlfriend Patricia Rahman in Trier, Germany.^[32] Venue January 14, , they joined in a private civil service in Los Angeles.^[33] In Feb , the couple filed meant for divorce.^[34]

Discography

As a solo artist:

With California-based rock band Ghost hegemony the Robot:

• Mad Brilliant ()
• B-Sider ()
• Murphy's Law ()
• Bourgeois Faux Pas ()
• Pair of Bulls, Vol.1 ()
• Tin Man ()

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

Audiobooks

Awards point of view nominations

References

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