Anthony Stewart Head (20 February 1954 – 1 June 2026), usually credited as Anthony Head, was an English actor and musician. He rose to fame in the UK following his role in television advertisements for Nescafé Gold Blend (Taster's Choice in the U.S.), and was best known for his roles as Rupert Giles on Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997–2003), Uther Pendragon on Merlin (2008–12), and Nathan Wallace/Repo Man in Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008).

Filmography

• 2024Upgraded — Julian Marx
• 2022Pinky — Alex White
• 2022Sideshow — Gerald
• 2021Let the Wrong One In — Henry
• 2021School's Out Forever — Stanley
• The Canterville Ghost — Sir Simon de Canterville
• Adventure Time: Distant Lands — Wizard Con (voice)
• Bridgerton — Lord Sheffield
• Feel Good — George
• Ted Lasso — Rupert Mannion
• 2020The Big Night In — Various Roles
• The Stranger — Edgar Price
• 2019Feedback — Norman Burgess
• 2018Batman: Gotham by Gaslight — Alfred (voice)
• Girlfriends — John
• The Split — Oscar
• Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan — Rupert Thorne
• Back — Charismatic Mike
• Motherland — Bill
• Still Star-Crossed — Lord Silvestro Capulet
• 2016A Street Cat Named Bob — Nigel Bowen
• 2016Despite the Falling Snow — Old Misha Ardonov
• 2015Convenience — Barry
• 2015Rocky Horror Show Live — Narrator
• Dominion — David Weel
• 2014Flying Home — Colin's Father
• Dancing on the Edge — Donaldson
• 2013Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters — Chiron
• Yonderland — Nigel
• You, Me & Them — Ed Walker
• 2011Ella — Father
• Free Agents — Stephen
• 2011Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance — Benedict
• NTSF:SD:SUV:: — Corningham
• 2011The Great Ghost Rescue — Prime Minister
• 2011The Inbetweeners Movie — Will's Dad
• 2011The Iron Lady — Geoffrey Howe
• Free Agents — Stephen Caudwell
• Warehouse 13 — Paracelsus
• Buffy the Animated Series — Rupert Giles
• Merlin — Uther Pendragon
• 2008Repo! The Genetic Opera — Nathan Wallace / Repo Man
• 2008Rocky Horror Tribute Show — Dr. Frank-N-Furter
• The Invisibles — Maurice Riley
• 2007Amelia and Michael — Michael
• Comedy Showcase — Stephen
• 2007Doctor Who: The Infinite Quest — Baltazar (voice)
• 2007Persuasion — Sir Walter Elliot
• Sold — Mr Colubrine
• 2007Sparkle — Tony
• 2007Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street — Man in Street Who Greets Todd after Competition (uncredited)
• 2007The Magic Door — George
• 2006Him and Us — Max Flash
• Hotel Babylon — Mr. Machin
• 2006Imagine Me & You — Ned
• 2006Little Britain Live — Prime Minister
• 2006Scoop — Detective
• 2006The Children's Party at the Palace — Captain Hook (Peter Pan)
• Doctor Who — Mr Finch
• Doctor Who Confidential — Narrator
• Sensitive Skin — Tom Paine
• 2004Fat Slags — Victor
• New Tricks
• True Horror
• 2004True Horror with Anthony Head — Host
• True Horror with Anthony Head — Host
• 2003And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself — William Benton
• 2003I'll Be There — Sam Gervasi
• Little Britain — Michael the PM
• Murder Investigation Team — Stewart Masters
• 2003Reversals — Mr. Andrew Barton
• The Terry and Gaby Show
• 2002Doctor Who: Death Comes to Time — Saint Valentine
• Fillmore! — Professor Third (voice)
• Manchild — James
• Rose and Maloney — Dr David Terry
• Spooks — Peter Salter
• 2000Best Actress — Colin Truemans
• Monarch of the Glen
• My Family — Richard Harper
• 2000Rocky Horror 25: Anniversary Special
• Two Guys and a Girl — Dr. Staretski
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer — Rupert Giles
• Jonathan Creek — Adam Klaus
• 1996Roger Roger — Jimmy Price
• Silent Witness
• The Ghostbusters of East Finchley — Terry
• VR.5 — Oliver Sampson
• 1994Royce — Pitlock
• 1994The Trial of Lord Lucan — Dominic Elwes
• NYPD Blue — Raleigh Gibson
• The Detectives — Simon
• Highlander: The Series — Allan Rothwood
• 1992Woof Again! Why Me?
• 1988More Bad News — Recording Studio Engineer
• 1988The Zero Option — Bruce Michaelis
• 1987A Prayer for the Dying — Rupert
• Pulaski — Dudley Fielding
• Rockliffe's Babies — Chris Patterson
• Boon
• C.A.T.S. Eyes — James Sinden
• Howards' Way — Phil Norton
• Spenser: For Hire
• 1984Slags — Ricki
• The Comic Strip Presents... — Recording Studio Engineer, Ricki
• Bergerac — Bill
• Celebrity Playhouse — Wilfred Kirby
• 1981Lady Chatterley's Lover — Anton
• 1981The Grudge Fight — Chief Hook
• Love in a Cold Climate — Tony Kroesig
• The Mallens — Weir
• Accident — Simon Lovell
• Enemy at the Door — Clive Martel
• Secret Army — Hanslick
• Playhouse — Chief Hook

Appearances as themselves (10)

• 2018The Muppets Take The O2 — Self
• 2014The Inbetweeners Go Global — Self
• 2013Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty — Self
• Merlin: Secrets and Magic — Self
• 2009When Boris Met Dave — Self – Narrator (voice)
• Heroes Unmasked — Himself - Narrator
• 2007Little Britain Down Under — Self
• 2005Collectormania 7 — Self
• The Friday Night Project — Self
• V Graham Norton — Self