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Giles
I mean holy shit the dude looks good for a 70 year old man.
Looks much younger than that too.
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It’s weird that I used to think of him as old when I first watched Buffy, now I rewatch it and he looks so young!
Not to mention hot lol
I mean, dude still looks good for a 70 year old man, who could technically be a grandpa now.
For sure lol
Yeah he’s definitely a GPILTF now hahahaha…
He's gone from old man to younger than me across rewatches.
I mean, you probably were quite young yourself when you first watched Buffy (I’m guessing possibly adolescent/child/early 20’s), but to be honest, as we age, when we watch things from our youth, people whom we thought looked old when we first watched it from the eyes of our youth start to look younger.
And TBF, he WAS 43 at the time that Buffy first started, and when you’re a kid or young person people in their 40’s can be seen as old, but not so much as you age.
Stop saying that. I am NOT older than Giles.
Listen, I wasn’t SAYING that you were older than the dude.
I’m still young and vibrant 😭
Yeah think I was about 12 when I first watched it. I also can’t see him as anything but Giles when I see him in other things.
So my guess is that you were born sometime in 1985 then, if you started watching it when you first came out and you were about 12? You’d be around the age of the actress who played Dawn, who was born October 11th, 1985. So my guess is now you are 38.
Most of the scooby gang actors are now in their late 40’s/early 50’s.
For the record, I myself was born on March 10th, 1999, literally two years to the day when Buffy aired its first episode, and I was 4 when the show ended its run. I may or may not have seen some episodes of Buffy at like a friend’s house on a play date when I was in preschool, but because I was so young, I literally have no idea if I saw episodes of Buffy during that time. I was probably also waaaaay too young to be watching Buffy at like 3-4 years old, anyway.
I mean, watching it probably at such a young age probably colors your perception of the actors by associating them with that role, and it must really REALLY suck if you are trying to watch another show with the actor in it, even if that actor is quite good.
Has anyone seen him in Ted Lasso? Incredible actor!
I know, it's insane. The first time I saw him as Rupert (not Ripper lol) I knew instantly "oh my god it's Giles!" but every time I see him on Ted Lasso since, I can barely see him as the same person, his acting is so good.
I watched clips after seeing it talked about here. Damn, he is such a hot douchebag.
I agree. And I do plan on watching Ted Lasso, yes.
I must say, for a 70 year old dude, he looks great.
For the record, Sarah Michelle Gellar was born in 1977 (specifically on April 14th)…so she is almost 50 years old (she turned 47 this year).
Thing is, Buffy was 16 during the first season, and this would either place her birth year somewhere in either mid to late 1980 or early to mid 1981.
Most of the actors in the Scooby gang are now in their 50’s now or approaching it, which is really hard to believe. The two oldest guys in that group, James Marsters (aka Spike) is now 61 and Anthony Head (aka Giles) is now 70.
Yes he’s my dad’s age. My dad passed away two months before he would have turned 70 last month.
I’ll never think about Giles now without thinking of my dad.
Sorry for your loss.
I’m sorry for your loss
I adore him.
Who doesn’t?
He in that role single handedly led to my ill advised dalliance with an older British man. Can't quite get myself to regret it though.
Anyone who's a fan of Tony Head should listen to the British radio sitcom Cabin Pressure. He is only in series 3 and 4 but you need to listen to series 1 and 2 to appreciate how he relates to the characters. Its also genuinely hilarious and also stars Benedict Cumberbatch in a comedic role that is far from his usual typecasting.
i got to meet him as a kid and he was amazing. played my guitar for a sound check and signed it for me, talked to me like everyone else in the room even though i was 7 lol. very nice guy!
This was the first thing I saw him in: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsN4YwbM9kw
Believe it or not these coffee ads were a big deal in the UK during the 80s. Simple times.
He’s the same age as my mom! Well, a few months older.
I was a bit worried hearing him on that Audible thing sounding tired and weak. I didn’t see the Ted Lasso show or his other work, so I thought maybe it wasn’t a creative decision and just how he sounded now. I was glad to hear him on the Off Menu Podcast (#43) laughing heartedly between accents. Like a lot of guests, he seemed surprised by the experience in a good way. Not a lot of Buffy talk, but it’s worth a listen if you don’t mind some absurdity and British banter.
He sounds fine on that podcast. My guess would be that he was being too careful trying to get his Giles accent just right for the Audible that it slowed him down too much and made him sound tired.
Well, TBF, he is a 70 year old man, and perhaps his stamina for those kind of things is not as strong as it once was.
Not to mention what a terrible husband he was to both of his wives on Ted Lasso.
Yeah, i found myself finding Giles hot on this rewatch. in my late 30s now. haha
I just figured out that I am close to the same age as him playing Giles and I cannot handle it. If I was a watcher it would be a very short tv show. “Questo, what do we do about the master?” “Girl idk I’m still trying to figure out what to cook for dinner tonight”. Next scene dead scoobies
I didn't even know Anthony Stewart Head was 70 until Yesterday. I was on the phone with my friend and he was looking up the Actors and Actresses of Buffy and he looked up Anthony Stewart Head and found He's 70. that literally blows my mind.