James Marsters

James Marsters is an actor and singer-songwriter. He is best known for his role as the British punk vampire Spike in "The WB series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and its spin-off, Angel." Since then, he has played the alien supervillain Brainiac along with Professor Milton Fine and Brainiac 5 on the Superman-inspired series "Smallville," Captain John Hart on "Torchwood," and terrorist Barnabas Greeley in Syfy's "Caprica."

He appeared in a supporting role in the film "P.S. I Love You," as Victor Hesse in the 2010 reboot of "Hawaii Five-0," and Victor Stein in the Marvel series "Runaways." He is also the voice of Zamasu along with Future Zamasu for the Funimation dub of the Dragon Ball franchise. He starred in the critically acclaimed two-part indie film "A Bread Factory" by director Patrick Wang.

He also voiced the roles of Lex Luthor in the film "Superman: Doomsday" and the video game "DC Universe Online," Sergei in "Spider-Man: The New Animated Series," Mister Fantastic in "The Super Hero Squad Show," Korvac in "Ultimate Spider-Man," Captain Faro Argyus in "Star Wars: The Clone Wars," Louis 'Match' Morris in "Real Heroes: Firefighter," Nosferatu in "DuckTales" and various voices in "Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated."

Film roles include live action film "Dragon Ball," the USA Original true-crime film "Cool Money," independent thriller "Shadow Puppets," "Winding Roads," "The House On Haunted Hill' and "Chance" with Buffy co-star Amber Benson.

The Californian actor, who grew up in Modesto, has also played Brainiac in TV’s" Smallville" and guest starred in "Without A Trace," "Millennium," "Andromeda," "The Mountain," "Saving Grace" and "Caprica" and "Hawaii Five-O."

Marsters’s voiceover talents can be found portraying Lex Luthor on the DVD release of "Superman: Doomsday," and he continues to read for the very popular "Dresden Files" books on tape series.

He has received numerous nominations and awards, including the Spacey Award, the Saturn Award, the Cinescape Face of the Future Award, the Golden Satellite Award and the Teen Choice Award.

Marsters attended New York’s prestigious Juilliard, the Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts and the American Conservatory Theatre and spent 10 years doing stage work before moving to LA to work in film and television.

He worked in Chicago’s famous Goodman Theater and also set-up and ran companies in Chicago and Seattle. One of his early television appearances was as a hotel bellhop in the television series "Northern Exposure."