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Anthony Stewart Head Hunk of the Week 6/11/09

WillsBabe

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This week's Hunk is Anthony Stewart Head, popular actor from Buffy The Vampire Slayer, and those coffee commercials.

As you can see, I've completely forgotten to add a poll to my post so, post your comments in the thread, folks!

After making his West End debut as Jesus in Godspell, Anthony went on to star in many acclaimed stage productions, as diverse as Peter Shaffer's Yonadab, Chess and The Rocky Horror Show. His career went from strength to strength, with guest leads in many TV series throughout the late 70's and 80's including Secret Army, Enemy at the Door, Love In a Cold Climate and Howard's Way.

No one, however, could have foreseen the effect that one, or rather a series of commercials would have. The Gold Blend ads transformed the face of advertising; they were iconic, and changed the way Anthony was perceived in the UK. In the US they aired as Tasters Choice.
Having shot a series of equally successful "sister" ads for the US, Anthony went in search of widening his audience. His first forays into American television were as a guest on NYPD Blue and then joint lead in the cult Fox series, VR5.

A year later he won the role of Rupert Giles in Buffy The Vampire Slayer, a series that would make him an international star.

Back in the UK, Anthony has been courted for a number of projects including Manchild, the award winning Little Britain, The Invisibles, Merlin and Free Agents while continuing to guest star in notable dramas like Spooks, New Tricks, Persuasion and Sensitive Skin. Most recent movies include I'll Be There, Imagine Me and You, Sparkle and Repo the Genetic Opera. Info from from Anthony's official website.


This website: http://www.headsupguide.com/Credits/MainCredits.htm gives a comprehensive list of his credits with some nice images and plotlines.


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Enemy at the Door, 1978


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With Sharon Maughn in the Nescafe Gold Blend/Taster's Choice commericals - how did this caffiene based romance end?

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As stuffy British librarian Rupert Giles


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As hot British librarian Rupert Giles, with Willow


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More Giles

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Little Britain's foxy Prime Minister

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As safe-cracker Maurice from the recent The Invisibles (for auntiehill)


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With fellow suave-ites, Don Warrington and Nigel Havers in Manchild





 
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Here's some completely random trivia. You might know Anthony's brother:

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In period costume as Sir Walter Elliot in Persuasion

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The other deamon headmaster, in the Dr Who episode School Reunion

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Something for the mums at Saturday teatime: the ruthless Uther in BBC's Merlin

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A little bit of Uther, a little bit of Tony

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Looking good in hose and pancake as Frank N Furter

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Back on stage in Repoman the Genetic Opera

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With partner, Sarah, and their pets

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And finally, himself.

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Ah, another actor who reminds me of me. :rommie:

Definitely a Thumbs Up for good ol' Giles. :bolian: I wish they would get around to doing the Ripper or Watcher or whatever movies....

And I love "One Night In Bangkok." :cool:
 
Definite thumbs up. :bolian:

See? There's the thumb right there.

And I also just love "One Night in Bangkok." Fab song! But it's not quite as fab as Anthony.
 
Thumbs up. He's one of those guys that just keeps getting better with age.

You know what's sad? I didn't even recognize him until I saw him as the evil headmaster from Doctor Who. I was wading through all these photos and I'm thinking "Oh, what a cool guy, yeah, lovely pictures, that show looks neat, great pic, hey...hey! *gasp* He's the evil headmaster!" :lol:

Anyhoo, thumbs up. :D


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I just came back from a party at which we were watching Repo! The Genetic Opera; I was a little drunk while watching it, but I was fairly impressed with Head's performance. He's a pretty good singer, but then, I knew that from "Once More, With Feeling". :D

Anyway, how could I give Giles a thumbs down? I couldn't.
 
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