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Nicholas Brendon

Nicholas Brendon was born on the 12th April 1971, as Nicholas Brendon Schultz in Los Angeles in California.
He has a twin brother known as Kelly Donovan or Kelly Donovan Schultz.
Before becoming an actor, Nicholas tried his hand at a variety of jobs including being a plumber's assistant, veterinarian, janitor, day care counsellor, waiter, and a production assistant for the television show Dave's World and also starred in the episode called Do the Write Thing.
The biggest role that Nicholas has won, that everyone recognises him for, is the part of Xander Harris, on the tv series Buffy The Vampire Slayer - Season 1, Buffy The Vampire Slayer - Season 2, Buffy The Vampire Slayer - Season 3, Buffy The Vampire Slayer - Season 4, Buffy The Vampire Slayer - Season 4, Buffy The Vampire Slayer - Season 5, Buffy The Vampire Slayer - Season 6 and Buffy The Vampire Slayer - Season 7 alongside Sarah Michelle Gellar, Alyson Hannigan, Anthony Stewart Head, Emma Caulfield, Amber Benson, Charisma Carpenter, David Boreanaz, Michelle Trachtenberg, Eliza Dushku and James Marsters.
He also starred in the follow ups to Buffy with the rest of the cast members in the musical Buffy The Vampire Slayer - Once More With Feeling, Buffy The Vampire Slayer - The Best Of Buffy, Buffy The Vampire Slayer - The Slayer Collection: Faith, Buffy The Vampire Slayer - The Slayer Collection: Spike, Buffy The Vampire Slayer - The Slayer Collection: Willow, Buffy The Vampire Slayer - Cordelia, Buffy The Vampire Slayer - Giles, Buffy The Vampire Slayer - Xander and Buffy The Vampire Slayer - Dawn.
Nicholas Brendon starred in Kitchen Confidential - Season 1 based on the book by chef Anthony Bourdain as Seth Richman with Bradley Cooper and John Francis Daley.
Nicholas has had roles in American Dragon: Jake Long opposite Dante Basco and Charlie Finn, Lobster Alice with Noah Wyle and Relative Chaos, alongside his former Buffy sidekick Charisma Carpenter who went on to star alongside David Boreanaz in Angel, Christopher Gorham and Jayne Eastwood.
He has also had roles in the films called Children Of The Corn 3 as a basketball player alongside Daniel Cerny, Michael Ensign and Nancy Grahn and Psycho Beach Party as Starcat with Thomas Gibson and Kimberley Davies.
Other roles include Demon Island as Kyle with Jaime Pressly, Unholy as Lucas opposite Adrienne Barbeau, Blood on the Highway as Chase Sinclair alongside Robin Gierhart and The Portal as Paul with Stacy Keach, Michael Muhney and Michael Madsen.
Nicholas has had other tv roles in Married… with Children, Celeste In The City in the dual roles as Dana Blodgett and Harrison alongside Majandra Delfino, Ethan Embry and Michael Boisvert, The Pool at Maddy Breaker's with Joy Jacobson and Fire Serpent as Jake Relm opposite Sandrine Holt, Randolph Mantooth, Robert Beltran and Lisa Langlois.
Nicholas has also played the role of Kevin Lynch, the Computer Analyst and boyfriend of Penelope Garcia (played by Kirsten Vangsness) in Criminal Minds - Season 3 alongside Joe Mantegna, Thomas Gibson, Paget Brewster, Matthew Gray Gubler, Shemar Moore, and A. J. Cook.
Other appearances include playing Edger in an episode of Without A Trace called Undertow and in Fire Serpent as Jake Relm with Robert Beltran, Steve Boyle, Michelle Morgan and Marco Bianco.






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  • Buffy The Vampire Slayer - Season 1
  • Buffy The Vampire Slayer - Season 1 review by SAI81 from Tonbridge
    Rated - 3 stars Buffy: S1 29 June 2006
    ... able to transfer to other characters which comes to fruition in Prophecy Girl. Nicholas Brendon and Alyson Hannigan are mostly library bound for this series but both exhibit f...  

Nicholas Brendon - filmography


  • Buffy The Vampire Slayer - Season 7 (6 discs) on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Sarah Michelle Gellar,  Alyson Hannigan,  Anthony Head
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    As the Seventh, and alas final season begins, 'Buffy The Vampire Slayer' takes a surprising and typically innovative turn with the re-opening of the High School, (famously obliterated at the end of the 3rd Season). This startling development will foretell new challenges and threats, which promise ..read more »
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  • Buffy The Vampire Slayer - Season 6 (6 discs) on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Sarah Michelle Gellar,  Alyson Hannigan,  Anthony Head
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    The sixth series of BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER continues the saga of Buffy's (Sarah Michelle Gellar) battles with supernatural evil in Sunnydale. This series features Buffy's resurrection, Dawn's first kiss, Xander and Anya's engagement, Willow's magic spells, and the criminal doings of Jonathan, ..read more »
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  • Buffy The Vampire Slayer - Season 5 (6 discs) on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Sarah Michelle Gellar,  Alyson Hannigan,  Anthony Head
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Features all 22 episodes from Buffy The Vampire Slayer - Season Five. 'Buffy vs Dracula', 'Real Me', 'The Replacement', 'Out Of My Mind', 'No Place Like Home', 'Family', 'Fool For Love', 'Shadow', 'Listening To Fear', 'Into The Woods', 'Triangle', 'Checkpoint', 'Blood Ties', 'Crush', 'I Was Made To ..read more »
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  • Buffy The Vampire Slayer - Season 3 (6 discs) on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Sarah Michelle Gellar,  Alyson Hannigan,  Anthony Head
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Season 3 sees Willow, Xander and Oz continuing the business of vampire slaying and wondering where their friend and leader Buffy has gone. Buffy has taken a job as a waitress in Los Angeles where she is living in a dumpy apartment and going by her middle name "Anne". Meanwhile, back in Sunnydale, ..read more »
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