Alexis Denisof

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name = Alexis Denisof


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spouse = Alyson Hannigan (2003-present)

Alexis Denisof (born February 25 1966, Salisbury, Maryland) is an American actor who is known for playing Wesley Wyndam-Pryce in the television series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and its spin-off "Angel". [cite web |title=The Atlanta Jewish Times Online |url=http://atlanta.jewish.com/modules.php?name=Lifecycles&op=EventType&eventTypeID=5&page=2 |accessdate=2007-08-26]

Biography

Career

He was the fight director for a stage production of "Hamlet", and, in 1991 he was the fight director of "The Other Side" for the BBC, "Romeo and Juliet", and "The Soul's Dark Night". [ [http://www.betsyda.com/denisof/adacting.html BEDLAM: Alexis Denisof: Performing Credits ] ] One of his first known works in television is on the arcade version of the video for "Got My Mind Set On You" by George Harrison.

Denisof appeared with Sean Bean in three episodes of "Sharpe". He has done many stage productions, including one with Anthony Head, who played Wesley's predecessor Rupert Giles on "Buffy".

Denisof's character was first introduced in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" season three as Buffy Summers' replacement Watcher. He later showed up in episode 10 of season one of "Angel", and was an official main character from episode 11 (effectively replacing Doyle), appearing in 100 out of the 110 episodes of the series.

Personal life

He lived and worked in Britain for a number of years and dated Caroline Aherne (he is given a special thanks in the credits for "The Royle Family").

When Denisof first arrived in California to begin working in the U.S. he stayed with Ted Danson and his wife Mary Steenburgen for a year. [cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0219206/bio|title=Alexis Denisof Bio at IMDB.com|accessdate=2007-08-15]

He is of Russian descent.

Denisof married Alyson Hannigan, who played Willow Rosenberg in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", on October 11 2003. In 2006, Denisof had a recurring role as Sandy Rivers on Hannigan's series "How I Met Your Mother". The couple live in Santa Monica.

Three weeks before the filming of "Angel"'s fifth season premiere episode, Denisof was stricken with Bell's palsy, from which he later recovered. Due to the paralysis of one side of his face, scenes were structured as to not showcase the side effects.Fact|date=July 2008

Filmography

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