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| Birth Name(s) : Nicholas Brendon Schultz |
Date of Birth: April 12, 1971 |
| Status:
Married
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Partner:
Tressa DiFiglia |
| Profession:
Actor |
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Nicholas Brendon, who portrays the sardonic "Xander" on Buffy the Vampire Slayer with sensitivity and humor, turned to acting when his aspirations of playing pro baseball were squelched by a serious arm injury.
Nicholas first appeared on television in a handful of commercials and series guest spots. Feeling slightly disenchanted with Hollywood, he took a personal hiatus to play the "real life" roles of medical student, production assistant, plumber's assistant, veterinary janitor, food delivery guy, script delivery guy, day care counselor and waiter (at approximately 13 different establishments). Nicholas was fired from all but one of the aforementioned positions.
During his seventh year in the F&B (Food and Beverage service for the layman), he decided to give acting another go; thankfully for his TV fans (and restaurant managers), after two months of auditioning, he landed the role of Xander in the now hit series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and hung up his apron for good. . . he hopes.
Off screen, the LA native enjoys quality time with his loved ones, Dodger games, a good book, a nice Chianti, the idea of learning to surf and play the piano, rollerblading, writing poetry and daydreaming of world travel and philanthropy while watching anything on A&E. |
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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). He has an identical twin brother named Kelly Donovan.
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. At the age of 20 he decided to get into acting to help him get over his stuttering problem, 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 TV show Dave's World. He gave acting another try after being fired from many of these jobs. It only took two months of auditioning before he landed his role of Xander on Buffy.
This role 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.
Brendon 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 2000-2003.
On April 25, 2004 at a Buffy fan convention in Cleveland, Ohio, Brendon announced that he had voluntarily entered rehab for alcoholism.
In 2005, 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.
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" and when Nicholas fell sick with pneumonia, he played Xander in most of the episode "Intervention".
He played Huntsboy #89 for season 2 (2006-2007) 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.
Brendon co-starred in the play Lobster Alice with Noah Wyle in Los Angeles from July 26 through August 30, 2006.
He is also featured in the ABC Family TV movie Relative Chaos, which reunited him with former Buffy on-screen sweetheart, Charisma Carpenter. |
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| I want people to say, 'Nicholas Brendon, he's supposedly the nicest guy in the world.' I want to do good work, but more than that, I want to stay a good human being. Thats more important than any character I play. |
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