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Quick
Facts
Name:
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James
Wesley Marsters |
Date
of Birth:
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August
20, 1969 |
Where:
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Greenville,
CA |
| Raised
in: |
Modesto,
CA |
| Lives
in: |
Los
Angeles |
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James Marsters first hit BtVS, back in Season 2,
in the recurring role as Spike, which turned
into a season regular by Season 4. When asked in
an interview, what he'd being doing if he wasn't
an actor, he replied: "I
don't really know the answer to that, since I've
wanted to be an actor since I was four years old.
I'd be in the entertainment business, either producing,
writing or directing." |
Family?
He has one brother and one sister, and his father
used to be a minister, and his mother almost became
a nun. His first stage appearence was in a grade
4 production of "Winnie the Pooh" as 'Eyeore'.
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James then went on to study acting at Julliard,
but was kicked out. Apparently they didn’t
like him. He also studied at: the Pacific Conservatory
of the Performing Arts, and the American Conservatory
Theatre. Some of his stage performances include:
"The Tempest" and "Red Noses"
at the Goodman Theater in Chicago. He co-founded
the Genesis Theatre Company, it was very successful.
Plus, in 2000, he stared in an original play titled
"The Why," produced by Noah Wyle.
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Some
More Little Facts
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playing
the guitar (15 years), singing, writing, painting,
watching football, spenting time with his
friends and family, and working on his car,
a black chrome 1965 Ford Mustang |
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Left
Handed |
| Quotes: |
[His
Acoustic Performance]
"It's just me and a guitar, so I'm not
going to be doing a lot of Smashing Pumpkins.
I do Tom Waits, Neil Young, Bob Dylan. That's
all the good stuff, man. That's when they
had good songs written for just voice and
guitar. I wish I could do Johnny Lee Hooker,
but I'm not that good."
[14th Below, Santa Monica - August 29, 2000] |
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[The
accent]
"I patterned the
accent after this guy I was in a play with,
but that was three years ago. Now I'm listening
to Tony Head, who sounds kind of like Spike
in real life. It's much more tough-guy talk
in real life. His accent (as Giles) is just
as fake as mine. His is nice and gritty, but
it's not North London. I'm always afraid that
I'm morphing over into Tony Head, wherever
he's from." |
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