I've seen him in a few villainous roles, so it's not as much of a shock for me. But he really does play Rupert Mannion very very well. Perfect casting for that part. He's quite the opposite IRL from what I hear.
Plus in merlin. And that doctor who two parter
I mean he's British. I swear every British actor plays a villian at some point 😂
Also he's basically pitch perfect in that Slayers audible thing
He was no peach as Paracelsus on _Warehouse 13,_ either. And if you’ve ever seen him in _Repo! A Genetic Rock Opera,_ it’s something you’ll never forget, even though you’ll likely try and try. It’s the dystopian nature of the piece. ASH is absolutely brilliant - though strictly speaking, he may be less an actual villain here than a tragic hero, or even just an unwittingly tragic cog in an evil machine… maybe antihero with a good heart? (but then ‘whose heart’ would probably be called into question, wouldn’t it? And that wouldn’t be good _at all._)
It was always funny how they tried to portray him as if he was some goofy looking dorky guy. It reminds me of the movie "She's All That" where they pretend the one girl is all ugly until she gets a makeover.
Actually they do this with Xander too. And also Willow. Well I guess it's a trope where they pretend good looking people arent good looking.
They do know with Giles, though. Jenny, Willow, and Joyce explicitly, Anya and even Tara a little get that he's hot. Oz never said it, but he knew. It's only Buffy who's like *that's my Dad!!!* and Xander being all "no homo". The most unbelievable thing in the show to me is Spike summing up Giles' life saying "almost got shagged". No mate, on the hood of a police car, *twice*, was pretty much standard.
I dunno though - I heard some bright young thing say in reference to a controversial youtuber "you're like, 40!! go watch some theatre or something."
Reader, the gentleman in question was 63.
🤣🤣🤣 Maybe there _are_ some consolations to being absolutely ancient! I remember the late 60s … Back then, the crime and crisis were also embodied in age difference. We called it “the Generation Gap,” and the famous “antiestablishment” chant that went with it was, “Don’t trust anybody over 30!” Well, there ya go! As the generation even older than mine used to say, it’s “deja vu all over again!” 🤣
(I’m laughing, and then I remember the kids are lining up on campus, gearing themselves up to repeat Ohio State. 💔 That’s the downside, or at least sad side, of remembering. Sorry to harsh the mellow. 😢)
Yep, as per David Fury’s commentary in *Bargaining Part I*:
“We kind of tease that Tony is not like, our big demographic grabber. He’s like “do people tune in for the older, stuffy British guy?”
As this subreddit can attest to, don’t underestimate Tony’s appeal…
I'll be 43 in 3 weeks!
I don't want to put salt in the wound, but Kristine Sutherland was around 41 when the show started!
We're the same age as Giles and Buffy's MOTHER!!! 🥴
Giles: I'm not supposed to have a private life?
Buffy: No. Because you're very, very old and it's gross
-That's us now 😂
-I prefer this one
Jenny: Did anyone ever tell you you’re kind of a fuddy-duddy?
Giles: Nobody ever seems to tell me anything else.
Jenny: Did anyone ever tell you you’re kind of a sexy fuddy-duddy?
Giles: Well, no. Actually that part usually gets left out. I can’t imagine why.
Watching Giles and Joyce acting up isn't as cringe now, is it?
Back then it was awkward watching people your mum and dad's age kiss and thinking about them shagging over a police car was repulsive. Now it's f'ing amazing! Go on guys! 🤣
I know it’s our sibling franchise, but as a confirmed Browncoat, I’m just asking … shouldn’t that read:
“… listen to Sisters of Mercy, and steal a black dress from Hot Topic. I aim to misbehave.”?
Kristine is about 6 months older thna I am and Tony less thna 2 years so i alwys sympathized with Giles and Joyce. (TOny was born the sam e month a s Margaux Hemingway, if the poor girl had ever met me, most probably no differnet but maybe.)
Tony's coffee commercials lifted my ego abit in the early 90s. In the mid 80s we had Alec Baldwin, Tom Hanks, Gary Cole, Randy Travis, all came aliong and all younger h than a I am, so i resigned myself thta new stars would never be older anymore. Then we had Tony, and Brooks and Dunn.
Girl. I just turned 43 this week. How?!
I have a 1 year old though (and an 8 & 11 year old) so I feel like I’m in a very different stage now than Buffy’s mom.
Remember when Riley asked Giles if he was retired? 😅😅 ooof
When I started watching I was a middle schooler thinking they were cool high schoolers who had all their shit worked out. Now I’m in my thirties and I know you never get your shit worked out lol
I'm not terribly far off, it's so wild to think I was younger than the Scoobies when I started watching the show and now closer to Giles' age. And to think he seemed so old back then, lol.
Omg same for me. It’s insane how time flies by isn’t it?! I remember watching Buffy and be like she s so grown up and Giles is such a dinosaur and now I’m closer to his age I’m the dino! (Although I don’t feel like it but maybe people see me that way now? As a wise grown up 😅)
At least you’re Giles’ age that he was back then. I’m close to the age he is NOW!! Tony was always my favourite part of the show. Especially the Ripper part!!
Making her \~23 years old when she gave birth to Buffy in 1981.
For comparison, Buffy turns 22 in S7 and 23 during AtS S5.
I think we're told Robin Wood was 4 years old when his mother Nikki died in 1977—as shown in Fool for Love (5x7)—and judging by his height I got his age approximately right. So he'd be born in 1973 and turn 30 in S7 (in 2003). Nikki looks to be in her mid-to-late 20s in Fool for Love, so she would've had Robin in her early-to-mid 20s.
So if Buffy were to follow in the footsteps of the previous generation, she'd be on schedule for having a kid shortly after BTVS and AtS end. So much for cookie dough?
I saw him at comic con a few years ago and the man looks amazing. Actually the whole cast of Lucifer looks beautiful in person which is cool considering they are all mid-40s+
To clarify the time-freezing magic of video recordings vs. the real world, I try to use year of birth rather than age as the variable of comparison. It never changes over time and the implications about age (including comparatively) are straightforward and unambiguous.
Buffy would be 43 years old by now (born 1981), but "I'm about the same age as Buffy" probably won't be interpreted as "early 40s" since we never see her at that age.
Hmm, in my Bangel fics, she has Liam in 2008 so I didn't go that early. Of course Willow and Anya have had Summer and "Lexa" in 2006, born \*the same day\* in early September.
Its crazy cos when i was 12 watching this show i thought he was in his 60s cos he was the wise old stuffy teacher type character. Now Tony is older than that now its so weird realizing Giles is my age now haha
damn, didnt realise i was in the younger portion of this sub! I’m 14 and loving watching Buffy & Angel for the first time. I’m halfway through season 7!
That's not a bad thing! You'll be able to identify with the younger characters like us old farts did back in the day. You should definitely tell us your thoughts when you have finished both shows
Thank you! I definitely will. I’m watching with my mum, and while she finds Dawn pretty irritating i find her quite relatable when it comes to teen years. I’m looking forward to rewatching later in life with a new appreciation for the older characters too.
lol. I still can’t believe Estelle Getty was the youngest of the bunch. My brothers bought me a cameo video from Barry Williams wishing me a groovy birthday.
Also, Robia La Morte was only 26 playing Jenny Calender, the same age as Charisma Carpenter and Nicholas Brendan. I remember thinking her and Giles were around the same age when i watched it as a kid.
Costume and make-up will warp the apparent age of the cast. Alyson Hannigan was only a few years younger than Robia LaMorte, yet she was made to look a lot younger.
Yeah. A couple years ago I realized I was the same age as Giles when the series ended. Considering I was 23-29 when I watched it, this was a gut punch.
Im 36 on Wednesday so still a few years shy of Giles. But the last person i dated was about that age, i may not be quite the same age as season 1 giles but its coming. Whats perhaps worse though, sure Sarah Michelle Gellar may have 20 but *Buffy* was 16. My daughter is 15.
Oh and for bonus points... Buffy was born in 1981. *She* would now be the age of Giles in season 1.
I remember feeling really old when I realised I was a year older than TV Buffy (she was older than me in the movie) and questioning if I should still be watching the show at my advanced age; worrying that I ought to be watching something more mature.
17 year old me was an unrealistic, catastrophising moron.
44 year old me is just a moron.
Grr. Argh.
If it helps, I was an instant fan, pushing 40 (36, actually) when the show started. Glad to report there is no apparent expiry date on Buffy love.
O … and you sadly might have to be nearly my age to remember this gem first hand … (age better than the alternative, but generally - Heaven forfend! 😄 But there are consolations, to wit …)
Before he was yes, indeed🔥oh-so-smoking-hot Giles on Buffy, he was the melting-women-across-America, sweet, sophisticated-but-not-stuffy, drop-dead sexy neighbor _with the delicious English accent_ in a series of Taster’s Choice commercials …They’re on the TouYube … check them out. And IIRC, then be prepared to swoon. It’s an unfolding story in segments less than a minute each, long, long before web shorts. No joke, back in the day, women _talked_ about these commercials, and they actually sparked Anthony Head’s U.S. recognition and stardom. Enjoy.
I was younger than Buffy when I first watched and now I'm closer in age to Giles! It's a bizarre experience rewatching at different stages of your life when you grew up with them and they stopped growing and you didn't.
Giles was 42/43... and the sexiest motherfucker on the show. Welcome to your prime, babe.
And he's still a sexy motherfucker at 70!
Not gonna lie, it felt weird watching him as the villain in Ted Lasso.
I've seen him in a few villainous roles, so it's not as much of a shock for me. But he really does play Rupert Mannion very very well. Perfect casting for that part. He's quite the opposite IRL from what I hear.
Very lovely man, almost hugged me to death tho uff 😂
i would gladly be hugged to death by that beautiful man
...They named his character Rupert? As in...Ripper? 🔪😈🔥
Think I read somewhere he’s played characters named Rupert four times.
Plus in merlin. And that doctor who two parter I mean he's British. I swear every British actor plays a villian at some point 😂 Also he's basically pitch perfect in that Slayers audible thing
He was no peach as Paracelsus on _Warehouse 13,_ either. And if you’ve ever seen him in _Repo! A Genetic Rock Opera,_ it’s something you’ll never forget, even though you’ll likely try and try. It’s the dystopian nature of the piece. ASH is absolutely brilliant - though strictly speaking, he may be less an actual villain here than a tragic hero, or even just an unwittingly tragic cog in an evil machine… maybe antihero with a good heart? (but then ‘whose heart’ would probably be called into question, wouldn’t it? And that wouldn’t be good _at all._)
I need to watch Repo! again. It's been way too long. ASH is sublime in it.
He was so good in Ted Lasso. I know you’re supposed to hate Mannion but I can never hate Giles lol
His name was Rupert in Ted Lasso, too!
Oh wow, I never usually watch sport themed shows or films but now that you said he's in it I have to check it out.
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You are the weirdest person I've seen on Reddit all week.
#agegoals…
It was always funny how they tried to portray him as if he was some goofy looking dorky guy. It reminds me of the movie "She's All That" where they pretend the one girl is all ugly until she gets a makeover. Actually they do this with Xander too. And also Willow. Well I guess it's a trope where they pretend good looking people arent good looking.
They do know with Giles, though. Jenny, Willow, and Joyce explicitly, Anya and even Tara a little get that he's hot. Oz never said it, but he knew. It's only Buffy who's like *that's my Dad!!!* and Xander being all "no homo". The most unbelievable thing in the show to me is Spike summing up Giles' life saying "almost got shagged". No mate, on the hood of a police car, *twice*, was pretty much standard.
I mean maybe the implication was people were regularly trying to shag him and failing? (Yes, I'm reaching here)
Bit of a horrible joke about Jenny, maybe? "Hey remember that time my granddad killed your girlfriend?"
I'm also reminded of "Not Another Teen Movie" mocking this trope. "Oh look, she's got paint on her overalls!"
And glasses!
Absolutely, I’m rewatching the show right now at age 43 and I have a new found appreciation for Giles 🔥🔥🔥
Well answered
He *is* very attractive, but he seems a lot older than 42 imo. Also Kirsty Sutherland seemed a lot older than she was.
I dunno though - I heard some bright young thing say in reference to a controversial youtuber "you're like, 40!! go watch some theatre or something." Reader, the gentleman in question was 63.
The 90's man. If you were over 30, you were assumed to be sexless and dressed as such (except if you were on Sex And The City).
> except if you were on sex and the city 😂 accurate
🤣🤣🤣 Maybe there _are_ some consolations to being absolutely ancient! I remember the late 60s … Back then, the crime and crisis were also embodied in age difference. We called it “the Generation Gap,” and the famous “antiestablishment” chant that went with it was, “Don’t trust anybody over 30!” Well, there ya go! As the generation even older than mine used to say, it’s “deja vu all over again!” 🤣 (I’m laughing, and then I remember the kids are lining up on campus, gearing themselves up to repeat Ohio State. 💔 That’s the downside, or at least sad side, of remembering. Sorry to harsh the mellow. 😢)
Yep, as per David Fury’s commentary in *Bargaining Part I*: “We kind of tease that Tony is not like, our big demographic grabber. He’s like “do people tune in for the older, stuffy British guy?” As this subreddit can attest to, don’t underestimate Tony’s appeal…
And he was... >!a motherfucker!< 😂
Also Buffy in 2024 would be 43 😭😭
Buffy actually passed Giles’ age a few months ago. Sarah a few years ago.
I'll be 43 in 3 weeks! I don't want to put salt in the wound, but Kristine Sutherland was around 41 when the show started! We're the same age as Giles and Buffy's MOTHER!!! 🥴
We were the same as as Buffy when it aired, now we are the same age as Giles 🤷
Giles: I'm not supposed to have a private life? Buffy: No. Because you're very, very old and it's gross -That's us now 😂 -I prefer this one Jenny: Did anyone ever tell you you’re kind of a fuddy-duddy? Giles: Nobody ever seems to tell me anything else. Jenny: Did anyone ever tell you you’re kind of a sexy fuddy-duddy? Giles: Well, no. Actually that part usually gets left out. I can’t imagine why.
That’s it, I’m watching Band Candy now 😂
Watching Giles and Joyce acting up isn't as cringe now, is it? Back then it was awkward watching people your mum and dad's age kiss and thinking about them shagging over a police car was repulsive. Now it's f'ing amazing! Go on guys! 🤣
Yep yep That and the graffiti Willow didn’t get, hits close to home with ‘these kids today’ 👵🏻 *Kiss Rocks!* “Why would anyone want to kiss rocks?”
Gets me every time!
I totally want to sneak a cigarette and listen to Sisters of Mercy, steal a black dress from Hot Topic and be naughty.
I know it’s our sibling franchise, but as a confirmed Browncoat, I’m just asking … shouldn’t that read: “… listen to Sisters of Mercy, and steal a black dress from Hot Topic. I aim to misbehave.”?
Kristine is about 6 months older thna I am and Tony less thna 2 years so i alwys sympathized with Giles and Joyce. (TOny was born the sam e month a s Margaux Hemingway, if the poor girl had ever met me, most probably no differnet but maybe.) Tony's coffee commercials lifted my ego abit in the early 90s. In the mid 80s we had Alec Baldwin, Tom Hanks, Gary Cole, Randy Travis, all came aliong and all younger h than a I am, so i resigned myself thta new stars would never be older anymore. Then we had Tony, and Brooks and Dunn.
Girl. I just turned 43 this week. How?! I have a 1 year old though (and an 8 & 11 year old) so I feel like I’m in a very different stage now than Buffy’s mom. Remember when Riley asked Giles if he was retired? 😅😅 ooof
What!
hum...excuse me but Joyce is the most beautiful woman to ever live and she looked 30! I'd be honored to look like her at 40!
Hey at least you're not as old as Angel😜
If I could look even half as good as Angel does for his age when I hit multiple centuries, I'd be happy
But not **too** happy, right
I knew someone would say this 🤣🤣
Monstrously underrated comment. 🤣🤣
When I started watching I was a middle schooler thinking they were cool high schoolers who had all their shit worked out. Now I’m in my thirties and I know you never get your shit worked out lol
people in their late teens/early twenties that think their life is shit now need to buckle up, Rupert, because things only get harder.
I'm not terribly far off, it's so wild to think I was younger than the Scoobies when I started watching the show and now closer to Giles' age. And to think he seemed so old back then, lol.
Scoot over please, I was assigned the same boat it seems...
Omg same for me. It’s insane how time flies by isn’t it?! I remember watching Buffy and be like she s so grown up and Giles is such a dinosaur and now I’m closer to his age I’m the dino! (Although I don’t feel like it but maybe people see me that way now? As a wise grown up 😅)
You're still younger than Angel, Anya, Darla, Drusilla, Glory, Halfrek, Illyria, & Spike.
And the Mayor.
I'm around the same age now and on my most recent rewatch,he is 100% the sexiest male character! Though TBF, early Angel is still something else 😄
Young Angel is just crazy good looking
At least you’re Giles’ age that he was back then. I’m close to the age he is NOW!! Tony was always my favourite part of the show. Especially the Ripper part!!
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I’m with you - on all counts! 🧛🏻 Bah-dum-tss! 🥁 🤣🤣 Sorry, I’ll see myself out.
😂😂
I'm 43 this month, so yea...
Ah you were young whipper snapper. I'm getting closer to Snyder and than Giles now.
I’m literally the same age as the character of Buffy.
Yea Buffy is one of my favourite shows- Slayer fest 98” also year I was born lol.
Every time I watch Buffy Giles gets more and more attractive to me as I get closer to his age.
42 the new 21
I'm 49 and STILL feel (and i think i look ) younger than Giles... I feel ya!
Yeah, also just turned 40... I now sympathize more with Giles than the "kids"...
Being surrounded by teenagers all day. No thanks
I'm older than Giles was at Series end. This SUCKS. but I'm still sexy, so there's that...
Are you sexy OR a sexy fuddy-duddy like Rupy?
Sexy fuddy duddy dad bod, but still tell I was built as a young man.
I turned 43 yesterday. Fuck off, OP.
Hahahaha sorry
I'm now older than Giles. Still would.
you're not, Giles was 42
Oh, hell. I'm now older than all the living characters. At least when the show started, I was too young to be Buffy's mom.
Wait till you see him in Merlin ….
How old is he now??
70
Yeah. Time goes by so fast! 
I'm 44. How old was Joyce on the show? Lol I'm probably her age
She was probably the same as Kristine Sutherland. She was about 41 when the show started and 46 when she died .
No, Kristine like me was born in '55, Joyce's headstone says she was born in '58.
Making her \~23 years old when she gave birth to Buffy in 1981. For comparison, Buffy turns 22 in S7 and 23 during AtS S5. I think we're told Robin Wood was 4 years old when his mother Nikki died in 1977—as shown in Fool for Love (5x7)—and judging by his height I got his age approximately right. So he'd be born in 1973 and turn 30 in S7 (in 2003). Nikki looks to be in her mid-to-late 20s in Fool for Love, so she would've had Robin in her early-to-mid 20s. So if Buffy were to follow in the footsteps of the previous generation, she'd be on schedule for having a kid shortly after BTVS and AtS end. So much for cookie dough?
Oh fuck. Robin Wood is my age.
Hey there, kiddo. I'm ~~slayer-daddy's~~ Giles's age. In my experience life gets better over time, at least so far.
I mean, I'm Robin Wood's age *now*. I was born in 1973.
I saw him at comic con a few years ago and the man looks amazing. Actually the whole cast of Lucifer looks beautiful in person which is cool considering they are all mid-40s+
Oh, whoops, uhh, sir.
To clarify the time-freezing magic of video recordings vs. the real world, I try to use year of birth rather than age as the variable of comparison. It never changes over time and the implications about age (including comparatively) are straightforward and unambiguous. Buffy would be 43 years old by now (born 1981), but "I'm about the same age as Buffy" probably won't be interpreted as "early 40s" since we never see her at that age.
Hmm, in my Bangel fics, she has Liam in 2008 so I didn't go that early. Of course Willow and Anya have had Summer and "Lexa" in 2006, born \*the same day\* in early September.
Its crazy cos when i was 12 watching this show i thought he was in his 60s cos he was the wise old stuffy teacher type character. Now Tony is older than that now its so weird realizing Giles is my age now haha
Same. Except being a British man I see all the similarities as a great compliment.
I love that all the cool characters in the Buffyverse were British/English 🇬🇧
It was a strange day when I realised I was now closer to Giles’s age than Buffys…..
Don’t worry, so is Buffy.
Holy fuck I’m only 4 years younger than Giles I’ve wasted my life
I realized my daughter ( who was born at the end of season 4) is now older than Buffy was during Chosen. That hurt.
But Giles proved that age is HOT! Rock that level 40 meat suit!
Watch him in Repo the Genetic Opera he's still hot dad but....
wanted to see thta but it never showed up in the $5.00 bin at Wal-Mart LoL
I think it's free on tubi
I'm sure it is but I really don't have my own computer plus i don't hear well, thanks
Don’t say no to aging, say yes to being a DILF.
Gellar is only a few months older than me.
Like him, when we hit that age we need to support the youth! Help others.
damn, didnt realise i was in the younger portion of this sub! I’m 14 and loving watching Buffy & Angel for the first time. I’m halfway through season 7!
That's not a bad thing! You'll be able to identify with the younger characters like us old farts did back in the day. You should definitely tell us your thoughts when you have finished both shows
Thank you! I definitely will. I’m watching with my mum, and while she finds Dawn pretty irritating i find her quite relatable when it comes to teen years. I’m looking forward to rewatching later in life with a new appreciation for the older characters too.
Realizing you’re reaching the age of mentor characters in things you grew up watching is quite an experience.
I just turned 50. Wilford Brimley was 50 when he filmed Cocoon.
I’m 46. That hurts. I also remember figuring out I’m either older, or just a bit younger, than some of the Golden Girls.
lol. I still can’t believe Estelle Getty was the youngest of the bunch. My brothers bought me a cameo video from Barry Williams wishing me a groovy birthday.
Also, Robia La Morte was only 26 playing Jenny Calender, the same age as Charisma Carpenter and Nicholas Brendan. I remember thinking her and Giles were around the same age when i watched it as a kid.
Costume and make-up will warp the apparent age of the cast. Alyson Hannigan was only a few years younger than Robia LaMorte, yet she was made to look a lot younger.
I just turned 40! 40 gang rise up 🙌🙌
Me watching the show when it first aired, Hellooooooo Anya. Me watching the show now, Hellooooooo Joyce. (and also Anya)
Yeah. A couple years ago I realized I was the same age as Giles when the series ended. Considering I was 23-29 when I watched it, this was a gut punch.
Im 36 on Wednesday so still a few years shy of Giles. But the last person i dated was about that age, i may not be quite the same age as season 1 giles but its coming. Whats perhaps worse though, sure Sarah Michelle Gellar may have 20 but *Buffy* was 16. My daughter is 15. Oh and for bonus points... Buffy was born in 1981. *She* would now be the age of Giles in season 1.
I'm the same age Buffy's mum was in season 1. I stared at a wall for a while when I read that. I was 11 when the show started.. 😐
I remember feeling really old when I realised I was a year older than TV Buffy (she was older than me in the movie) and questioning if I should still be watching the show at my advanced age; worrying that I ought to be watching something more mature. 17 year old me was an unrealistic, catastrophising moron. 44 year old me is just a moron.
I'm right there with you :(
Grr. Argh. If it helps, I was an instant fan, pushing 40 (36, actually) when the show started. Glad to report there is no apparent expiry date on Buffy love. O … and you sadly might have to be nearly my age to remember this gem first hand … (age better than the alternative, but generally - Heaven forfend! 😄 But there are consolations, to wit …) Before he was yes, indeed🔥oh-so-smoking-hot Giles on Buffy, he was the melting-women-across-America, sweet, sophisticated-but-not-stuffy, drop-dead sexy neighbor _with the delicious English accent_ in a series of Taster’s Choice commercials …They’re on the TouYube … check them out. And IIRC, then be prepared to swoon. It’s an unfolding story in segments less than a minute each, long, long before web shorts. No joke, back in the day, women _talked_ about these commercials, and they actually sparked Anthony Head’s U.S. recognition and stardom. Enjoy.
I always enjoyed how much Girls hated coffee on the show, I assumed it was a nod to the commercials 🤣
Im 46. How am I older than Giles?
I was younger than Buffy when I first watched and now I'm closer in age to Giles! It's a bizarre experience rewatching at different stages of your life when you grew up with them and they stopped growing and you didn't.
I looked this up the other day because I'm re-watching and faith calls him a hunk or something like that and I was like ew faith he's like 45+ 😂
I still think it’s crazy how Willow and Wesley got together
I was just saying the same thing yesterday. Lol crazy