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Rupert Giles is a fictional character created by Joss Whedon for the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The character is portrayed by Anthony Stewart Head . He serves as Buffy Summers ' mentor and surrogate father figure .
He is best known for his roles as Rupert Giles in Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997–2003), the Prime Minister in Little Britain (2003–2006), Uther Pendragon in Merlin (2008–2012), and Rupert Mannion in Ted Lasso (2020–2023), as well as voicing Herc Shipwright in BBC Radio 4's Cabin Pressure.
Wesley Wyndam-Pryce became Buffy and Faith's Watcher for a short period. Wyndam-Pryce was fired after Faith turned rogue and Buffy "quit". Rupert Giles was reinstated as Buffy's official Watcher in the season 5 episode "Checkpoint," and he remains so until the events at the end of season 5, though Giles maintains his contacts with Buffy.
Looking back 20 years after the show premiered, we have a whole different understanding of who the hearthrob and hero of Buffy the Vampire Slayer was. Giles was there all along.
Buffy Anne Summers is the title character of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer franchise. ... the school librarian, Rupert Giles (Anthony Stewart Head). [12] ...
In the comic book, Merrick's character resembles Giles and becomes a fatherly figure to Buffy. [8] In the Buffy novels Slayer and Chosen by Kiersten White, Merrick is the father of the slayer and main character Nina as well as her twin sister, Artemis. [9]
Buffy receives guidance from her Watcher, Rupert Giles (Anthony Stewart Head). Giles, rarely referred to by his first name (it is later revealed that in his rebellious younger days he went by "Ripper"), is a member of the Watchers' Council, whose job is to train and guide the Slayers. Giles researches the supernatural creatures that Buffy must ...
"Lies My Parents Told Me" is the 17th episode in the seventh and final season of the television show Buffy the Vampire Slayer. [1] [2] It was originally intended to air on March 18, 2003, a day before the Angel episode "Orpheus", but was postponed due to the start of the Iraq War.