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Nicholas Brendon

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.
Nicholas has also starred in My Neighbor's Secret as Brent Keller opposite Chandra West, Vincent Ventresca and Natalie Lisinska.






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  • Buffy The Vampire Slayer - Season 1
  • Buffy The Vampire Slayer - Season 1 review by SAI81 from Tonbridge
    Rated - 3.0 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...   Read customer review

Nicholas Brendon - filmography


  • The Portal on DVD (2010)
    Starring: Michael Madsen,  Michael Muhney,  Jenna Zablocki
    Director: Serge Rodnunsky
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Watch now: Unavailable
    Horror following medical examiners April (Jenna Zablocki) and Daniel (Michael Muhney) as they investigate the deaths of patients who suffered from a disease that caused hallucinations. The pair realise that the illness is caused by a mysterious black painting that has a power over anyone who looks ..read more »
    1.5 stars out of 5 31% from 263 members
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  • A Golden Christmas on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Elisa Donovan,  Nicholas Brendon,  Andrea Roth
    Director: John Murlowski
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Feelgood family comedy about former childhood friends finding love the second time around. Feeling that her life hasn't turned out the way she expected, recently widowed lawyer Jessica (Andrea Roth) returns home at Christmas time to stay with her parents and soon discovers that her childhood home ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 149 members
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