32 Facts About James Marsters

James Wesley Marsters was born on August 20,1962 and is an American actor, musician, singer, comic book writer, and audiobook narrator.

James Marsters is sometimes credited in various anime series and video games as David Gray and Sam Majesters in the series Dragon Ball Super and the video game Dragon Ball FighterZ respectively.

James Marsters 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.

James Marsters is the voice of Zamasu along with Future Zamasu for the Funimation dub of the Dragon Ball franchise.

James Marsters starred in the critically acclaimed two-part indie film A Bread Factory by director Patrick Wang.

James Marsters 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.

James Marsters grew up with his brother, Paul, and sister, Susan, in Modesto, California.

James Marsters moved to Chicago, where his first professional acting role was Ferdinand in The Tempest at the Goodman Theatre in 1987.

James Marsters appeared with well-known Chicago companies such as the Northlight and the Bailiwick and with his own group, the Genesis Theatre Company.

James Marsters was nominated for a Joseph Jefferson Award for his performance of the lead role of Robespierre in the six-hour drama Incorruptible: The Life, Death and Dreams of Maximilian de Robespierre in 1989.

James Marsters has made guest appearances on television series including Andromeda, as well as the independent films Chance, Winding Roads, and the USA Network movie Cool Money.

James Marsters attracted the general public's attention for his appearance as villain, and later anti-hero, Spike on season 2 of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

James Marsters was asked to keep quiet about this, as his return was intended to be a surprise, but the network ruined it by promoting Spike's return as soon as it could, in order to create media buzz and attract advertisers.

James Marsters said he would only return to play Spike if the project took place within five years, feeling he would become too old to play the character after that:.

James Marsters has narrated the audiobooks for The Dresden Files, a series of detective novels with a supernatural bent and the side short story collection in the same universe, Side Jobs, were recorded by James Marsters.

James Marsters did not originally record the Dresden book Ghost Story due to a scheduling conflict, leaving fellow Smallville alumnus and actor John Glover to record it; this caused a fairly noteworthy public outcry by audiobook listeners.

On March 24,2015, Jim Butcher announced that a new version of the Ghost Story audiobook was to be released on April 21,2015, with James Marsters returning as the narrator in response to fan demands.

In 2005, James Marsters filmed a thriller, Shadow Puppets, with Jolene Blalock.

James Marsters reprised his role as Brainiac in a four-episode arc in the seventh season, and did a cameo voice-over in season eight.

James Marsters returned for one episode in the show's final season.

On October 29,2005, James Marsters presented two performances of his own abridged adaptation of Shakespeare's Macbeth with American actress Cheryl Puente as Lady Macbeth, followed by question and answer sessions with the audience and acoustic concerts in London.

James Marsters reprised the role in the last two episodes of the second season.

James Marsters portrayed "Piccolo Daimao" in the live-action film adaptation of the popular Dragon Ball manga and anime, directed by James Wong and produced by Stephen Chow, which was released worldwide on April 10,2009.

James Marsters has appeared on Supernatural in the episode "Shut Up, Dr Phil", which aired October 21,2011, alongside fellow Buffyverse co-star Charisma Carpenter.

James Marsters appeared in Warehouse 13 as Bennett Sutton, which aired in 2013.

In 2018, some sources speculated that James Marsters is the voice actor of Dragon Ball Super character Zamasu.

James Marsters did so entirely for free in order to "redeem himself with the Dragon Ball Z community" after his appearance in the critically-panned film Dragon Ball: Evolution.

James Marsters had played in bands and solo in bars and clubs for many years and enjoyed several successful sell-out solo gigs at Los Angeles clubs before forming a band.

James Marsters has played songs from the album live in Detroit, Houston, and Sacramento.

James Marsters performed a cover version of Keb Mo's classic "Baby Blue".

James Marsters played the first three dates across London and performed for three consecutive days in Milton Keynes.

In 2002, James Marsters began raising his five-year-old niece, whom he now regards as his daughter.