Going on to success from Buffy the Vampire TV show.
by LoneStar35 | created - 17 Aug 2011 | updated - 11 Oct 2011 | PublicI was watching this show on Netflix the other day and noticed a lot of stars that got a break on this show and went on to a movie career or another TV show. I admit other people may have their own opinion but this is mine. So this is what I came up with.
1. Sarah Michelle Gellar
Actress | Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Emmy Award-winning Sarah Michelle Gellar was born on April 14, 1977 in New York City, the daughter of Rosellen (Greenfield), who taught at a nursery school, and Arthur Gellar, who worked in the garment industry. She is of Russian Jewish and Hungarian Jewish descent.
Eating in a local restaurant, ...
Sure she had a soap opera career but it wasn't until after Buffy she got her Scobby movies and the horror movies. And this fall CW is giving her own show in The Ringer.
2. David Boreanaz
Actor | Angel
David was born in Buffalo, New York and grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is the son of Patti, a travel agent, and weatherman Dave Roberts (Boreanaz). His father is of Italian descent and his mother is of half Slovak ancestry. At the age of seven he decide to be an actor, which eventually ...
To any true Buffy fans he will always be Angel. But since leaving to his own show and now with Bones his star meter couldn't be brighter.
3. Seth Green
Actor | Robot Chicken
Seth Green has starred in numerous films and television series including the Austin Powers trilogy, The Italian Job (2003), Without a Paddle (2004), Party Monster (2003), Can't Hardly Wait (1998), Old Dogs (2009) and dozens more, including starring roles in Sexy Evil Genius (2013), The Story of Luke...
so he had a established career before Buffy in child star roles. i think this show showed a new side of Seth and he has since this show been a number of blockbuster movies. From Enemy of the State to the Austin Power movies. With currently producing and acting in his own show and being Chris on Family guy.
4. Alyson Hannigan
Actress | Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Alyson Hannigan was born in Washington, D.C. to Emilie (Posner), a real estate agent, and Al Hannigan, a truck driver. She began her acting career in Atlanta at the young age of 4 in commercials sponsoring such companies as McDonald's, Six Flags, and Oreos. She is a seasoned television actress, ...
How I Met Your Mother tv show and American Pie fame
5. James Marsters
Actor | Buffy the Vampire Slayer
James graduated from Davis High School and attended Juilliard, the Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts, and the American Conservatory Theatre. After spending ten years doing stage work he finally moved to L.A. to pursue a career in film and television. After appearing in several guest roles...
With a few guest stars before Buffy. Spike went on to follow David to Angel and then Smallville and more tv show guest appearances.
6. Julie Benz
Actress | Dexter
Julie Benz was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA on May 1, 1972. Julie's father is a Pittsburgh surgeon and her mother is a figure skater. The family settled in nearby Murrysville, when Julie was two, and she started ice skating at age three. She competed in the 1988 U.S. Championships in ...
not many people probably remember her as Darla, the vampire that turned angel. But since the show she followed Angel, in a few blockbuster movies and two tv shows in Dexter and No Ordinary Family.
7. Charisma Carpenter
Actress | Angel
Charisma Carpenter first made her television debut with a guest spot on Baywatch (1989), before receiving a call from legendary producer Aaron Spelling and subsequently being cast on the prime time soap opera, Malibu Shores (1996). But her big break - and the one that would forever change the ...
After the Buffy fame she followed David to Angel and then a few more tv shows. And most recent Sly Stallonies Expendables
8. Nicholas Brendon
Actor | Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Nicholas Brendon was born three minutes after his identical twin brother, actor Kelly Donovan on April 12, 1971 in Los Angeles, California. He attended Chatsworth High School, where he struggled with stuttering but was also a starter on the baseball team. He had dreams of playing for the L.A. ...
Sort of unknown when the show started has since done a few direct to dvd movies but is most noted today as being the boyfriend of Garcia on Criminal Minds.
9. Marc Blucas
Actor | Knight and Day
Marc graduated Girard High School in 1990. Marc played basketball throughout high school and his senior year. Because of his athletic ability, Marc went on full scholarship to Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem North Carolina. After college, he played one year in Europe for the Manchester ...
The average person before this show couldn't probably pick him out of a line up before he was in this show. This show opened us to the softer side of Riley. He has since gone on to be in a few really good movies, with Mel Gibson and Dennis Quaid. He is currently in the Necessary Roughness
10. Eliza Dushku
Actress | Bring It On
Eliza Dushku was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to Judith (Rasmussen), a political science professor, and Philip R. Dushku, a teacher and administrator. Her father is Albanian and her mother is American (of Danish, Irish, English, and German descent). She was discovered at the end of a five-month ...
So she started out as Arnold's daughter in True Lies but the world caught notice of Miss Dushku when she strutted on the scene as Faith. She bounced between Angel and Buffy toward the end but Fox then tried two times to give her, her own show with Tru Calling and Dollhouse. She has been in a few memorable movies in Nobel Son and hopefully in the new Ghostbusters.
11. Wentworth Miller
Actor | Prison Break
Wentworth Miller is a compelling and critically acclaimed actor whose credits span both television and feature film.
Wentworth Earl Miller III was born June 2, 1972 in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England, to American parents, Joy Marie (Palm), a special education teacher, and Wentworth Earl Miller...
All I will say here is Prison Break.
12. Kal Penn
Actor | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
Kal Penn was born and raised in Montclair, New Jersey, to Asmita, a fragrance evaluator, and Suresh Modi, an engineer. His parents are Gujarati immigrants to America from India. He attended the Freehold Regional High School District's Performing Arts High School where he participated in the ...
so he was in one episode, but before he was a wasted kid searching for a white castle burger. he was a wasted caveman in buffy.
13. Alexis Denisof
Actor | Guardians of the Galaxy
Alexis Denisof was born on February 25, 1966 in Salisbury, Maryland, USA. He is an actor, known for Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), The Avengers (2012) and Angel (1999). He has been married to Alyson Hannigan since October 11, 2003. They have two children.
the best thing for him that could of came out of this show was meeting his wife in Willow. But with also following Angel, he also followed Eliza to Dollhouse, then with his wife to How I met your mother.
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