Channel Surfing: Bring on the stunts for sweeps
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Star-Telegram - Found Nov. 19, 2008 Also appearing: Buffy?s Nicholas Brendon, model-actress Ali Landry and Starsky himself, Paul Michael Glaser, who also directed the episode. |
Busch's "Psycho Beach Party" Airs on WNET/Thirteen Nov. 1
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Playbill - Found Nov. 1, 2008 ... a close tab on surf guru Kanaka (Thomas Gibson), college drop-out and surfing hunk Starcat (Nicholas Brendon), his girlfriend Marvel Ann (Amy... |
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 1 DVD
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Blogcritics.org - Found Nov. 15, 2008 We've got the ball rolling, and now nothing can be undone.' We see her meet Xander (Nicholas Brendon) and Willow (Alyson Hannigan), and how... |
TV tips for the week of Nov. 17
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Calibre Macro World - Found Nov. 15, 2008 Guest stars include Jason Alexander of ''Seinfeld' fame and ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer''s Nicholas Brendon. |
Program Planner: Nov. 16-22
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NewsOK.com - Found Nov. 14, 2008 Jason Alexander (?Seinfeld?), Ali Landry (?Eve?) and Nicholas Brendon (?Buffy the Vampire Slayer?) guest star. |
The Franchise Tries To Sweep The Competition
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CSI Files - Found Nov. 3, 2008 Jason Alexander (Seinfeld), Ali Landry (Eve) and Nicholas Brendon (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) will all guest star in the episode. |
CBS IN NOVEMBER: THE NETWORK'S LEAD CHARACTERS GET PERSONAL AND ...
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Futon Critic - Found Oct. 23, 2008 Jason Alexander ('Seinfeld'), Ali Landry ('Eve') and Nicholas Brendon ('Buffy the Vampire Slayer') guest star. |
CBS November Sweeps Spoilers for Dummies
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Seattle Post Intelligencer - Found Oct. 23, 2008 Nov. 19: Criminal Minds features Jason Alexander, Ali Landry and Nicholas Brendon. |
Television movies for the week of Oct. 12 (Today)
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Found Oct. 12, 2008 PG = Parental Guidance PG-13 = Not recommended for preteens R = Restricted audience CC = Closed captioned for hearing impaired ALPHABETICAL LISTING |
Big stars, better films scream into annual horror fest
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Modesto Bee - Found Oct. 3, 2008 ... and 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' alum Nicholas Brendon in 'Blood on the Highway.' The event also will feature appearances each day by 'The Road... |
Nicholas Brendon Biography
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| Born | Nicholas Brendon Schultz April 12, 1971 Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Spouse(s) | Tressa di Figlia (2001–2007) |
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Nicholas Brendon (born April 12, 1971, as Nicholas Brendon Schultz in Los Angeles, California), is an actor best known for his character Xander Harris in the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997–2003).
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Biography
Early life
Nicholas Brendon Schultz was born in Los Angeles, California, When he was younger he had aspirations to be a professional baseball player, but was forced to give up the dream after an arm injury.1 At the age of 20 he decided to try his hand at acting to help him overcome his stuttering problem,2 but gave it up after two years because, "I couldn't stand the politics in Hollywood." He decided instead to go back to school and study medicine, but this did not work out. He also tried his hand at a variety of other jobs including being a plumber's assistant, veterinary janitor, day care counselor, waiter, and a production assistant for the television show Dave's World.3 He gave acting another try after these jobs. It only took four days of auditioning before he landed the role of Xander Harris on Buffy.
Career
Brendon's role on Buffy the Vampire Slayer as Xander Harris, was initially that of the occasional comic relief and plucky sidekick to the lead female characters, but after the earlier seasons less comedic lines were given to the part. When the series ended in 2003, Brendon joined the cast of a new Fox sitcom, Kitchen Confidential, based on the book by chef Anthony Bourdain. Thirteen episodes were made, but the series was cancelled on December 9 of the same year, after the fourth episode aired with low ratings.
In 2006, he played Huntsboy #89 for season 2 of the animated series American Dragon: Jake Long. The series ended on September 1, 2007. His character's final appearance was in the episode "Shaggy Frog", which aired on April 28, 2007.
From July 26 through August 30, 2006, Brendon co-starred in the play Lobster Alice with Noah Wyle in Los Angeles.
That same year, Brendon reunited with his former Buffy on-screen sweetheart, Charisma Carpenter, in the ABC Family TV movie Relative Chaos.
At a pop culture expo in Sydney, October 2007, he mentioned that he would be joining the cast of the CBS crime drama Criminal Minds as Penelope Garcia's love interest.4
Personal life
In 2001, Brendon married actress Tressa DiFiglia. As of 2007, they are divorced.
On April 25, 2004, at a Buffy fan convention in Cleveland, Ohio, he announced that he had voluntarily entered rehab for alcoholism.5
Brendon has played a major part in the Stuttering Foundation of America. He was the first person to serve the role of honorary chairperson of the Stuttering Foundation of America's Stuttering Awareness Week for three consecutive years, from 2000 to 2003.
Brendon has an identical twin brother, Kelly Donovan, who is three minutes older than he, and served as his occasional stand-in on Buffy. Kelly also played the part of Xander's double in the episode "The Replacement"6 when the two Xanders were on the screen at the same time, and when Nicholas fell sick with pneumonia, he played Xander in most of the fight scenes in the episode "Intervention".7
Filmography
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| Year | Film | Role | Other notes |
| 1995 | Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest | Basketball Player One | |
| 2000 | Psycho Beach Party | Starcat | |
| 2002 | Demon Island | Kyle | |
| 2007 | Unholy | Lucas | |
| 2008 | Blood on the Highway | Chase Sinclair | |
| The Portal | Paul | ||
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| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1993 | Married… with Children | Guy In Ray-Ray's Gang | Episode: Hood 'n the Boyz |
| 1995 | Dave's World | Episode: Do the Write Thing | |
| 1997–2003 | Buffy the Vampire Slayer | Xander Harris | |
| 2003 | The Pool at Maddy Breaker's | TV-Movie | |
| 2004 | Celeste in the City | Dana Blodgett/Harrison | ABC Family TV-Movie |
| 2005–2006 | Kitchen Confidential | Seth Richman | |
| 2006 | Relative Chaos | Gil Gilbert | ABC Family TV-Movie |
| 2006–2007 | American Dragon: Jake Long | Huntsboy #89 | Voice Role |
| 2007 | Fire Serpent | Jake Relm | SCi Fi Channel TV-Movie |
| Criminal Minds | Kevin Lynch | Episode: Penelope | |
Awards and nominations
- 1998: Nominated, "Best Genre TV Actor" - Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- 1999: Nominated, "Best Genre TV Actor" - Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- 2000: Nominated, "Best Genre TV Supporting Actor" - Buffy the Vampire Slayer
References
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| NAME | Brendon, Nicholas |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schultz, Nicholas Brendon |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 12, 1971 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
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Nicholas Brendon Videos and Clips
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Description: A quick interview with Nicholas Brendon (Xander) from Buffy the Vampire Slayer. This interview was taken at FX 08
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Description: Some video snippet of Charisma Carpenter, Seth Green and Nicholas Brendon introducing their favorite videos. Circa, what? 1999, maybe? Contains a ...
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Description: taken at supanova sydney 07. A surprise perfomrance by the two at the singstar booth in the last half hour of the day :D they were very good ...
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Description: Nicholas Brendon at Dragon*Con 9/2/06 talking about Once More, With Feeling and doing the Snoopy Dance. The quality is crap, since I took it with ...
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Description: This is part of the animatic for the new show Super Cat, staring Nicholas Brendon, Tom Kenny and Wes Wlasiuk. This is Scene 10, where villain Evil ...
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Description: Nicholas Brendon (Alex dans Buffy) dans la série Esprits Criminels.
Description: Nicholas Brendon "Xander Harris" in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and Nicki Clyne "Cally Henderson" in "Battlestar Galactica" Belt out some ...
Description: Nicholas Brendon at Supanova 07 in Sydney singing "Tainted Love" on Singstar.
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