Iconic. Enjoyed him as the villain on Ted Lasso too.
But he perfectly captured the tension and dilemma of parents who have to transition from a leadership role to a mentor role as kids age and become adults who have to make their own choices, even choices you know are going to suck for them.
Thank you very much for this retrospective on what Anthony Head brought to the show and his fellow cast mates… as well as on the show’s lack of adult female role models from Joss (who we now know is a bit of a mess himself). At 71 years old, I’m about the same age as Anthony Head was when he died. I mention this because I watched “Buffy” when it first aired and his Giles was a role model to me (my real father was not a good man … so not a role model at all). I am as grateful for the inspiration he gave his contemporaries back then as the father figure he was to young people. And I’ve since read he was a wonderfully compassionate person in real life too.
I loved him in the Taster's Choice coffee commercials. I didn't watch Buffy, but I DO remember him as the good-looking Prime Minister Michael Stevens in a series of 𝐿𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑙𝑒 𝐵𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑛 skits in the early-to-mid 2000s.
He was a really cool guy. RIP.
Iconic. Enjoyed him as the villain on Ted Lasso too.
But he perfectly captured the tension and dilemma of parents who have to transition from a leadership role to a mentor role as kids age and become adults who have to make their own choices, even choices you know are going to suck for them.
Thank you very much for this retrospective on what Anthony Head brought to the show and his fellow cast mates… as well as on the show’s lack of adult female role models from Joss (who we now know is a bit of a mess himself). At 71 years old, I’m about the same age as Anthony Head was when he died. I mention this because I watched “Buffy” when it first aired and his Giles was a role model to me (my real father was not a good man … so not a role model at all). I am as grateful for the inspiration he gave his contemporaries back then as the father figure he was to young people. And I’ve since read he was a wonderfully compassionate person in real life too.
Rest In Peace, Anthony Head. 🙏🏻😔💔🕊️
Lovely. Thx, SER.
I loved him in the Taster's Choice coffee commercials. I didn't watch Buffy, but I DO remember him as the good-looking Prime Minister Michael Stevens in a series of 𝐿𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑙𝑒 𝐵𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑛 skits in the early-to-mid 2000s.
Same here. Never saw Buffy.