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James Wesley Marsters is an American actor and musician, best known for playing the popular character Spike in Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel.

Since then, he has played the alien super villain Brainiac on the Superman-inspired series Smallville, Captain John Hart on Torchwood, and terrorist Barnabas Greeley in Syfy's Caprica. He appeared in a supporting role in the film P.S. I Love You, as Victor Hesse in the Hawaii Five-0 reboot, Victor Stein in the Marvel series Runaways, and as the voice of Zamasu in the Funimation dub of Dragon Ball Super.

Marsters co-wrote the comic Spike and Dru: Paint the Town Red with Christopher Golden in 1999, and wrote the graphic novel Spike: Into the Light in 2014. There were also the following references to James Marsters' in the comics: the logo of his band Ghost of the Robot appeared in the vampire Vicki's shirt, Spike wore his character Captain John Hart's trademark clothes, and his wife Jasmine Marsters was face reference to the character Dylan Turner.

Appearances

Marsters appeared in 96 episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and 24 of Angel. In addition to his role as Spike, he portrayed the First Evil. Marsters featured as well in season 6 promos and voice acted for Spike in the video game Chaos Bleeds.

"School Hard"
"Halloween"
"Lie to Me"
"What's My Line? Part One"
"What's My Line? Part Two"
"Surprise"
"Innocence"
"Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered"
"Passion"
"I Only Have Eyes for You"
"Becoming, Part One"
"Becoming, Part Two"
"Lovers Walk"
"The Harsh Light of Day"
"In the Dark"
Buffy the Vampire Slayer season 4 ^{(guest starring in "The Harsh Light of Day" and "Wild at Heart"}
Buffy the Vampire Slayer season 5 ^{(credit only in "The Body")}
"Darla"
Buffy the Vampire Slayer season 6
Buffy the Vampire Slayer season 7
Angel season 5

Comics written

Paint the Town Red (with Christopher Golden)
Spike: Into the Light

Awards and nominations

For his role as Spike, Marsters won the Saturn Awards in 2001 and 2004 as "Best Supporting Actor in a TV Series" and as "Cinescape Face of the Future" in 2002. He was nominated as well in 2000, 2002, 2003, and 2005 for "Best Supporting Actor in a TV Series". He received a nomination for the Golden Satellite Awards in 2003 as "Best Performance TV Supporting Actor, Drama".

External links

James Marsters on Wikipedia
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+|Caption         = James Marsters in 2019.
 |First           = "[[School Hard]]"
 |Last            = "[[Not Fade Away]]"
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 |Gender          = Male
 |Date of Birth   = August 20, 1962
-|Place of Birth  = Greenville, California, United States
+|Place of Birth  = Greenville, California, USA
-|Characters      = [[Spike]]<br />[[The First Evil]]}}
+|Characters      = [[Spike]]<br />[[First Evil]]
+}}
-'''James Wesley Marsters''' is an American actor and musician, best known for playing the popular platinum-blond character [[Spike]] in ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' and ''[[Angel (series)|Angel]]''. [[Joss Whedon]] has proposed making [[Spike (film)|a ''Spike'' movie]] starring James Marsters.
+'''James Wesley Marsters''' is an American actor and musician, best known for playing the popular character [[Spike]] in ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' and ''[[Angel (series)|Angel]]''.
+Since then, he has played the alien super villain Brainiac on the Superman-inspired series ''Smallville'', Captain John Hart on ''Torchwood'', and terrorist Barnabas Greeley in Syfy's ''Caprica''. He appeared in a supporting role in the film ''P.S. I Love You'', as Victor Hesse in the ''Hawaii Five-0'' reboot, Victor Stein in the Marvel series ''Runaways'', and as the voice of Zamasu in the Funimation dub of ''Dragon Ball Super''.
-It is James' notable and acclaimed appearance as Spike on ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' 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 season five of ''Angel''.
+Marsters co-wrote the comic ''[[Spike and Dru: Paint the Town Red]]'' with [[Christopher Golden]] in 1999, and wrote the graphic novel ''[[Spike: Into the Light]]'' in 2014. There were also the following references to James Marsters' in the comics: the logo of his band [[wikipedia:Ghost of the Robot|Ghost of the Robot]] appeared in the vampire [[Vicki]]'s shirt, Spike wore his character Captain John Hart's trademark clothes, and his wife Jasmine Marsters was face reference to the character [[Dylan Turner]].
-Marsters co-wrote the Buffyverse comic, "[[Paint the Town Red]]", with [[Christopher Golden]].
+==Appearances==
-Another television series that has featured James Marsters is the famous series ''Smallville'', about the young Superman growing up. In this series, Marsters played Milton Fine, the human form of [[Wikipedia:Brainiac (comics)|Brainiac]]. The show include others guest-stars like Rutger Hauer ([[Lothos]]), Leonard Roberts ([[Forrest Gates]]), J.P. Manoux ([[Frank Gilnitz]]), Amy Adams ([[Beth Maclay]]), Tony Todd ([[Vyasa]]), Shonda Farr ([[April]]), Jordan Belfi ([[Ryan (Smashed)|Ryan]]), Nichole Hiltz ([[Diana (Seeing Red)|Diana]]), Azura Skye ([[Cassandra Newton]]), Zachery Ty Bryan ([[Peter Nicols]]), Kevin Daniels ([[Bouncer (Sleeper)]]), Sam Witver ([[John Stoler]]) and Bradley Stryker ([[Talky meat]]). He also co-starred with [[Adam Baldwin]] in another DC comics project, an animated film called, ''Superman: Doomsday'', playing [[Wikipedia:Lex Luthor|Lex Luthor]].
+Marsters appeared in 96 episodes of ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' and 24 of ''Angel''. In addition to his role as Spike, he portrayed the [[First Evil]]. Marsters featured as well in [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer season 6|season 6 promos]] and voice acted for Spike in the video game ''[[Chaos Bleeds (game)|Chaos Bleeds]]''.
+*"[[School Hard]]"
-In 2007, he had a recurrent on the show ''Without a Trace'' . The show include guest-stars like Nicholas Brendon ([[Alexander Harris]]), Ken Lerner ([[Robert Flutie]]), Christopher Wiehl ([[Owen Thurman]]), Geoff Meed ([[Andrew Borba]]/[[Mag]]), Eion Bailey ([[Kyle DuFours]]), Edith Fields ([[Unidentified School Nurse]]), Denise Dowse ([[Mrs. Miller]]), Brent Jennings ([[Absalom]]), Tamara Braun ([[Tara (vampire)]]), Melanie MacQueen ([[Mrs. Epps]]), Jason Hall ([[Devon MacLeish]]), Will Rothhaar ([[James (boy)]]), Carlease Burke ([[Winslow]]), Patricia Bethune ([[Kalish]]/[[Monica Frzylcka]]), James MacDonald ([[Paul Stein]]), Jack Conley ([[Gib Cain]]/[[Sahjhan]]), Juanita Jennings ([[Wilkinson]]), John Hawkes ([[George (janitor)]]), Christopher Gorham ([[James Stanley]]), Jeremy Garrett ([[Cameron Walker]]), Jack McGee ([[Doug Perren]]), Chad Todhunter ([[Rickie Thomas]]), Jeremy Roberts ([[Kakistos]]), Nicole Bilderback ([[Unidentified Cordette (The Wish)]]), Edward Edwards ([[Travis]]), Jordan Baker ([[Sheila Rosenberg]]), Channon Roe ([[Jack O'Toole]]), Michael Cudltiz ([[Big Bob]]), Alex Skuby ([[Vincent]]/[[Harlan]]), Bonita Friedericy ([[Mrs. Finkle]]/[[Patience]]), Tracy Middendorf ([[Christina Clarke]]), Vyto Ruginis ([[Russell Winters]]), Pedro Pascal ([[Eddie]]), Robert Catrini ([[Riegert]]), Adam Kaufman ([[Parker Abrams]]), Lilli Birdsell ([[Sharon Reichler]]), Eric Matheny ([[Colm]]), Ron Marasco ([[Allen Lloyd]]), Lauri Johnson ([[Martha Straley]]), Margaret Easley ([[Gerhardt]]), Brooke Bloom ([[Nicole]]), Michelle Horn ([[Rayna]]), Maury Sterling ([[Barney]]), Jack Stehlin ([[Francis Angleman]]), P. J. Marino ([[Peter Wilkers]]), Colby French ([[Tay]]), Heather Stephens ([[Shari]]), Jeff Ricketts ([[Weatherby]]/[[Messenger]]), Mark Gantt ([[Unidentified courier demon ]]), Christina Hendricks ([[Unidentified barmaid]]), Scott William Winters ([[Jack MacNamara]]), Tamara Gorski ([[Rebecca Lowell]]), Connor O'Farell ([[McNamara]]), Sven Holmberg ([[Ty]]), Maurice Compte ([[Chain]]), Sam Anderson ([[Holland Manners]]), Rob Boltin ([[Johnny Fontaine]]), Melissa Marsala ([[Judy Kovacs]]), Cathy Cohen ([[Unidentified building manager]]), Erik Betts ([[Brown]]/a [[Turok-Han]]/[[Demon (Get It Done)]]/[[Keeper of the Name]]), Ravil Isyanov ([[Unidentified Monk of Dagon ]]), Paul Hayes ([[Unidentified Older Night Watchman]]), Kevin Rankin ([[Donald Maclay]]), Brian Tee ([[Unidentified medical intern (Family)]]), Brigid Brannagh ([[Virginia Bryce]]), Danica Sheridan ([[Yeska]]), Tony Todd ([[Vyasa]]), Tom Kiesche ([[Broomfield]]), Nick Chinlund ([[Ellis]]), Jim Piddock ([[The Valet]]), Kris Iyer ([[Nigel]]), Darris Love ([[George (Gunn's Crew)]]), Darin Cooper ([[Peter Harkes]]), Darby Stanchfield ([[Denise]]), Eric Lange (A [[Lubber demon]]), Kevin Fry (a [[Skilosh demon]]), Loanne Bishop.([[Unidentified 911 operator]]), Mik Scriba ([[Sam]]), Daniel Dae Kim ([[Gavin Park]]), Lily Knight ([[Gronx]]), Justin Shilton ([[Billy Blim]]/[[Munroe]]), Noel Gugliemi ([[Vince]]/[[Driver  Vamp (Deep Down)|Driver Vamp]]), Jonathan Goldstein ([[Mike (Life Serial)|Mike]]), Kristoffer Polaha ([[Dylan Blim]]), Amber Tamblyn ([[Janice Penshaw]]), Adam Gordon ([[Carl]]), Charles Duckworth ([[Glenn]]), Steve Tom ([[Stephen Mills]]), John Rubinstein ([[Linwood Murrow]]), Jim Ortlieb ([[Harvey]]), Stephanie Courtney ([[Gwen (Dad)]]), Jordan Belfi ([[Ryan (Smashed)]]), Laurel Holloman ([[Justine Cooper]]), Jessa French ([[Cleo]]), Kali Rocha ([[Halfrek]]), Kirsten Nelson ([[Lorraine Ross]]), Sunny Mabrey ([[Allison]]), Tony Pasqualini ([[Harlan Elster]]), Ivana Milicevic ([[Samantha Finn]]), Jan Hoag ([[Carol Harris]]), Steven Gilborn ([[Rory Harris]]), Ashleig Ann Wood ([[Sara Harris]]), Marina Benedict ([[Kim]]), Patrick St. Esprit ([[Jenoff]]), Jeffrey Nicholas Brown ([[Unidentified vampire (Villains)]], Benita Krista Nall ([[Unidentified woman (Beneath You)]]), Tom Irwin ([[Elliot]]), Matt Koruba ([[Unidentified young boy (Same Time, Same Place)]]), Joyce Guy ([[Hawkins]]), Thad Luckinbill ([[R.J. Brooks]]), Brandon Keener ([[Lance  Brooks|Lance Brooks]]), Rob Nagle ([[Robson]]), Iyari Limon ([[Kennedy]]), Amanda Fuller ([[Eve (Potential Slayer)]]), Josh Braaten ([[Torg]]), Chane't Johnson ([[Martha Jane]]), Gina Torres ([[Jasmine]]), Kristin Richardson ([[Tracy Bellows]]), Christine Healy ([[Last Guardian]]), Sarah Thompson ([[Eve (Wolfram & Hart)]]), Marc Vann ([[Sparrow]]), Rodney Rowland ([[Corbin Fries]]), Jordan Garrett ([[Matthew Fries]]), T.J. Thyne ([[Unidentified lawyer (Conviction]]), Victor Raider-Wexler ([[Magnus Hainsley]]), John Billingsley ([[Evan Royce]]), Michael Maize ([[Artode]]), Brendan Hines ([[Eli]]), Navi Rawat ([[Dana]]), Alex S. Alexander ([[Carol (nurse)]]), Eyal Podell ([[Sam Lawson]]), Joel Polis ([[Captain Franklin]]), Lindsey Ginter ([[Commander Petrie]]), Scott Klace ([[Mr. Fury]]), Nick Spano ([[Spinelli]]) and Roy Werner ([[Heinreich]]).
+*"[[Halloween]]"
+*"[[Lie to Me]]"
+*"[[What's My Line? Part One]]"
+*"[[What's My Line? Part Two]]"
+*"[[Surprise]]"
+*"[[Innocence]]"
+*"[[Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered]]"
+*"[[Passion]]"
+*"[[I Only Have Eyes for You]]"
+*"[[Becoming, Part One]]"
+*"[[Becoming, Part Two]]"
+*"[[Lovers Walk]]"
+*"[[The Harsh Light of Day]]"
+*"[[In the Dark]]"
+*[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer season 4|''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' season 4]] <sup>(guest starring in "[[The Harsh Light of Day]]" and "[[Wild at Heart]]"</sup>
+*[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer season 5|''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' season 5]] <sup>(credit only in "[[The Body]]")</sup>
+*"[[Darla (episode)|Darla]]"
+*[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer season 6|''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' season 6]]
+*[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer season 7|''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' season 7]]
+*[[Angel season 5|''Angel'' season 5]]
+==Comics written==
-He was also married in 2010.
+*''[[Paint the Town Red]]'' (with [[Christopher Golden]])
+*''[[Spike: Into the Light]]''
+==Awards and nominations==
-In 2010, he guest-starred on the show ''Hawaii Five-0'' alongside Daniel Dae Kim ([[Gavin Park]]). Other Guests are Julie Benz ([[Darla]]), Brian Thompson ([[Luke]]/[[The Judge]]), John Ritter ([[Ted Buchanan]]), Jeremy Ratchford ([[Lyle Gorch]]), Willie Garson ([[Don]]), Max Perlich ([[Whistler]]), Jack McGee ([[Doug Perren]]), Adam Kaufman ([[Parker Abrams]]) Malia Mathis ([[Rachel (Los Angeles)|Rachel]]), Greg Collins ([[Keith]]), Bai Ling ([[Jhiera]]), Colby French ([[Tay]]), Henri Lubatti ([[Head vampire]]), Maurice Compte ([[Chain]]), Sam Anderson ([[Holland Manners]]), Todd Stashwick ([[Vocah]]/[[M'Fashnik Demon]]), Gareth Williams ([[Mr. Chaulk]]), Brian Tee ([[Unidentified medical intern (Family)]]), Tony Todd ([[Vyasa]]), Adam Gordon ([[Carl]]), Kristoffer Polaha ([[Dylan Blim]]), Jordan Belfi ([[Ryan (Smashed)|Ryan]]), Aimee Garcia ([[Cynthia York]]), Summer Glau ([[Prima Ballerina]]), Ivana Milicevic ([[Samantha Finn]]), Patrick St. Esprit ([[Jenoff]]), Taonai Reed ([[Local Boy]]), Glenn Morshower ([[Phillip Newton]]), Joel David Moore ([[Karl]]), Patrick Fischler ([[Ted (Magic Bullet Books)|Ted]]), Annie Wersching ([[Margaret (Jasmaniac)|Margaret]]), Jenny Mollen ([[Nina Ash]]), Jon Billingsley ([[Evan Royce]]) and Michael Maize ([[Artode]]).
+For his role as Spike, Marsters won the Saturn Awards in 2001 and 2004 as "Best Supporting Actor in a TV Series" and as "Cinescape Face of the Future" in 2002. He was nominated as well in 2000, 2002, 2003, and 2005 for "Best Supporting Actor in a TV Series". He received a nomination for the Golden Satellite Awards in 2003 as "Best Performance TV Supporting Actor, Drama".
-In 2011, he guest-starred on the CW show ''[http://supernatural.wikia.com/wiki/Supernatural Supernatural]'' alongside Charisma Carpenter in the episode "[http://supernatural.wikia.com/wiki/Shut_Up%2C_Dr._Phil Shut Up, Doctor Phil]" where they played witches whose marital dispute puts a small town's citizens at risk.
-==Image Gallery==
-<gallery widths="175" spacing="small">
-Buffy-tumblr mde2ykmRfE1r6gj4mo1 500.jpg
-Tw_downloads_s2_ep01_jack_john3_1024.jpg|Marsters in a ''Torchwood'' poster promo with John Barrowman
-</gallery>
 ==External links==
+*{{Wikipedia}}
 *{{IMDb actor|0551346}}
+[[de:James Marsters]]
+[[es:James Marsters]]
+[[fr:James Marsters]]
 {{DEFAULTSORT:Marsters, James}}