Nicholas Brendon was born on April 12, 1971. His real name is actually Nicholas Brendon Schultz. Professionally, he uses his middle name as his surname.

Giles and Anya kissed in the episode Tabula Rasa. Anthony had the following to say about the experience:
“My children went, “Eeuuww. You kissed Anya.” “I know, but it was gone very quickly and we didn’t enjoy it.” Thank God nobody ever asked me to kiss Alyson, because that would …

Anthony Stewart Head (Giles) is well known for using props whilst acting (such as cleaning his glasses or eating an apple) so it must have been hard for him not to be able to touch anything when he arrived back in Sunnydale in season seven (he couldn’t touch anything to …

Anthony Stewart Head and his partner, Sarah, own the horse which Giles rides in Lessons. Anthony told the BBC that the horse’s name is Otto. He also said in the same interview that he had a problem about riding without a crash helmet:
“We had a big struggle, because he wanted …

The scenes between Willow and Giles in the episode Lessons were actually filmed on location at Anthony Stewart Head’s house in England. They were directed by Joss Whedon. The place is named as Westbury in the show, but he actually lives near Bath in Somerset. Westbury is in Wiltshire and …

Giles sings at the Bronze in his dream in Restless. The piano player in the scene is Christophe Beck (the Buffy composer) and the band is Four Star Mary (the real band behind Oz’s band Dingoes Ate My Baby). Anthony Stewart Head recorded the song with Four Star Mary. The …

The piece of music which plays at the end of Passion, is called ‘Remembering Jenny’, composed by Christophe Beck. The vocals were provided by Anthony Stewart Head (Giles).

Anthony Stewart Head’s partner Sarah Fisher is an animal psychologist and practiser of the ‘Tellington Touch’. In 2003, Anthony and Sarah created the first TTEAM Centre in the UK. They also produced a documentary shown on ITV called Talking to Animals, highlighting Sarah’s work with animals.

Anthony Stewart Head put chili peppers in his mouth during his torture scenes in Becoming (Part 2) to make his pain seem more realistic. He was afraid the peppers would also affect Robia LaMorte and Juliet Landau, who he had to kiss in the scene.

Michele Waitman is a stunt woman who played Buffy’s double, along with Melissa Barker from season five until the end of the show. She is a specialist in gymnastics. Michele sent an email to The Buffy Trivia Guide with an update on her current projects:
“An update about myself, is that …

Sarah Michelle Gellar spoke about her own personal feelings about Buffy’s relationships with Angel and Spike. She told the BBC:
“There’s a part of me that will always believe that Angel is Buffy’s true love. That there will be a piece of her heart that will always be with him for …

Sarah Michelle Gellar told the BBC about when she found out that her character would die (in The Gift):
“I’ve actually known the [plot of the] entire last season for about three years. There was a dream sequence that Buffy had - I think it was year three - with …

Sarah Michelle Gellar was sued by McDonalds at the age of four. She appeared in a Burger King advert where she said, “Do I look 20 per cent smaller to you? I must have at McDonalds because their hamburgers are 20 per cent smaller than Burger King’s.” It was the …

Buffy stunt doubles Melissa Barker and Michele Waitman (pictured left with Sarah at the award ceremony) presented an award with Sarah Michelle Gellar at the 4th Annual Taurus World Stunt Awards, 2004. They presented the ‘Best Overall Stunt by a Woman’ award to Debbie Evans for her work on Matrix …

Melissa Barker is a martial arts expert, who played Buffy’s stunt double along with Michele Waitman from season five. Melissa also played Sarah Michelle Gellar’s stunt double in Scooby Doo and Scooby Doo Too, and has done stunts for 24, Alias, V.I.P. and Martial Law. She had a son, Jaden, …