James Marsters

James Wesley Marsters is an American actor and musician, best known for playing the popular platinum-blond character Spike in the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and its spin-off series Angel. Joss Whedon has proposed making a Spike movie starring James Marsters.

It is James' notable and acclaimed appearance as Spike on the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer (first appearing in series two) which attracted the attention of the general public. The immediate fan response prevented his character from being dispatched to enjoy a pivotal presence throughout the life of the series and series five of Angel.

Another television series that has featured James Marsters is the famous series Smallville, about the young Superman growing up. In this series, James Masters plays Milton Fine, the human form of Brainiac. He also co-starred with Adam Baldwin in another DC comics project, an animated film called, Superman: Doomsday, playing Lex Luthor. He was also in series 2 of Torchwood as time-traveling, roguish ex-Time Agent, Captain John Hart, appearing the first, penultimate and last episodes of the series.