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Alexis Denisof is Wesley Wyndam-Price

Wesley Wyndam-Price started out on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, in the unfortunate position of trying to fill Giles' shoes.  (Giles was fired as a Watcher after it was decided he had become too emotionally attached to Buffy.)  Of course Wesley was not welcome, had no experience, and really wasn't a born leader, so he was a big, fat washout as a Watcher to Buffy and Faith.  He and Cordelia had a little flirting thing going, but one kiss cured them, apparently - no chemistry.  Anyway, the last anyone saw Wesley on Buffy, he had helped the gang defeat the Mayor, gotten injured, and was taken away in an ambulance.  He then showed up in LA, on Angel, claiming to be a "rogue demon hunter".  It turns out that he was fired by the Council because of his failure to prevent Faith's descent into the dark side and Buffy's rebellion.  Wesley was so guilt-ridden by what he had, or hadn't, done, in Sunnydale, he had decided to go solo.  Wesley eventually  joined up  with Angel and Cordelia. Wesley comes a long way, particularly romantically  His first significant relationship on Angel was with Virginia Bryce, a wealthy young woman whom he saved after pretending to be Angel.  When Fred joined the group, there were indications that the two glasses-wearing geniouses would become the show's first real couple, but apparently the writers decided to really mess with those of us that wanted to see them together, by having Fred hook up with Gunn.  In the meantime, during Wesley's exile from Angel Investigations for the whole taking-Connor-away-from-Angel-for-what-he-thought-were-the-right-reasons thing, he and Lilah [yes, evil bitch lawyer from hel- er, Wolfram & Hart] found mutual lust developing, and had been hitting the hay -often- ever since.  It's sort of bittersweet, because Lilah's not always a horrible person, and of course you knew this had to end badly.  Near the end of season four, it did. The relationship ended, due in part to Wes'  feelings for Fred, and shortly after, faux-Cordy slaughtered Lilah.  Fred finally figured out what a treasure Wesley was in season five, and kissed him.  Just as they finally clicked...Fred was killed and her body inhabited by the ancient parasitic demon, Illyria.  Wes never got over the loss of his beloved, and when he was mortally wounded and died, Illyria morphed into Fred, and wept as he died.

Alexis Denisof's English accent  for Wesley is come by honestly, as he did live in England for some time after high school, and attended the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts.  He was born in Maryland, lived in Seattle and New Hampshire, then went to England.  After graduating from the London Academy, he acted with the Royal Shakespeare Company.  He worked extensively on the stage in London, including once with Anthony Stewart Head (Giles on Buffy).  In addition to acting, Alexis is qualified as a fight choreographer, which, oddly enough, he did for a production of Hamlet which happened to star Mark Metcalf as Claudius. Buffy fans know that Mark played The Master on that show.  Alexis has had an extensive career and appeared in many feature films, including Innocent Lies, First Knight, True Blue, Dakota Roads, and Les Folies de Margaret. He will be seen in the upcoming film Beyond City Limits, which also stars Alyson Hannigan (Buffy's Willow).  He appeared on the TV series Highlander, and had a large role in the made for TV movie Noah's Ark, as one of Noah's sons.  He and Alyson Hannigan married October 11, 2003. :)

Alexis' real-life honey Allyson Hannigan appeared on a crossover episode of Angel entitled Orpheus, in season four.  Willow's witchy powers are needed to replace Angel's soul back in his body...  They look good together, don't they?  Entered wedded bliss 10/11/03.  :)

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