46 Facts About Nicholas Brendon

Nicholas Brendon is best known for playing Xander Harris in the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Kevin Lynch in Criminal Minds.

Nicholas Brendon continues to regularly attend comic conventions and sci-fi conventions.

Nicholas Brendon has been involved in development of Xander's character in follow-up comic books, and has been credited as a writer for several issues.

Nicholas Brendon has attracted public attention for his multiple arrests and convictions on a variety of charges since 2010.

Nicholas Brendon was born Nicholas Brendon Schultz on April 12,1971, in Los Angeles, three minutes after his identical twin brother, Kelly Donovan.

Nicholas Brendon was born the second of four boys, with two younger brothers.

Nicholas Brendon gave up acting after two years because he "couldn't stand the politics in Hollywood".

Nicholas Brendon returned to school to study medicine, which didn't work out; he tried his hand at a variety of odd jobs, including plumber's assistant, veterinary janitor, day care counselor, waiter, and production assistant for the television show Dave's World.

At the age of 25, Nicholas Brendon had hit "rock bottom": his girlfriend had left him, he was working as a waiter and could barely afford his rent, and had almost given up on getting good work.

Nicholas Brendon recognised that Xander was based on Joss Whedon when he had attended high school, accounting for why Xander "gets all the good lines".

Nicholas Brendon signed with a manager and obtained the role of Xander Harris on Buffy the Vampire Slayer three months later.

Nicholas Brendon shared the screen with his twin, Kelly Donovan, when his character was split in two in the fifth-season episode "The Replacement".

In 2014, Nicholas Brendon was part of a summit for writers of Buffy the Vampire Slayer comics, which included Joss Whedon, Jane Espenson, Drew Greenberg, Andrew Chambliss and the then-incoming Buffy writer Christos Gage.

Nicholas Brendon was involved with the show's canonical comic book series, Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Ten, on stories centering on his character.

Nicholas Brendon continues to be a regular fixture at comic conventions and sci-fi fan conventions, and has streamed videos of himself reading fanfiction starring his character Xander Harris on his Facebook page.

From July 26 through August 30,2006, Nicholas Brendon co-starred with Noah Wyle in the play Lobster Alice at the Blank Theatre Company in Los Angeles.

Nicholas Brendon subsequently appeared in the Blank Theatre's annual Young Playwrights Festival and its productions of The SantaLand Diaries, and Why Torture Is Wrong, and the People Who Love Them.

In 2007, Nicholas Brendon began appearing on the TV series Criminal Minds in the recurring role of FBI technical analyst Kevin Lynch.

Nicholas Brendon appeared in episodes in each subsequent season through the tenth season.

Also in 2010, Nicholas Brendon began a four-episode arc on ABC's Private Practice playing Lee McHenry, a mentally disturbed man who assaults Charlotte King.

Nicholas Brendon was married to actress Tressa DiFiglia from 2001 to 2006.

Nicholas Brendon enjoys painting and photography and has sold his own original artwork.

Nicholas Brendon started to tour gallery shows of his artwork in 2019.

Nicholas Brendon has struggled for many years with depression and alcoholism, leading to many run-ins with the law and multiple arrests and several convictions for destruction of property, vandalism, theft and domestic violence.

In 2010, Nicholas Brendon was tased and arrested by Los Angeles police, who confronted him in response to a call about an intoxicated individual.

Nicholas Brendon allegedly swung his fists at the officers and attempted to run away, and was arrested for felony vandalism.

Nicholas Brendon was later charged with four misdemeanors, including one count of resisting arrest, two counts of battery against a police officer, and one count of vandalism.

Nicholas Brendon pleaded no contest to all four charges in June 2010 and received a one-year suspended jail sentence, was placed on probation for 36 months, and was required to perform 10 days of community service.

Nicholas Brendon subsequently made a public apology and stated that the incident was "embarrassing" and the result of drinking alcohol while taking pain medication for a knee problem.

Nicholas Brendon married Moonda Tee in Las Vegas in 2014, one week after proposing.

Nicholas Brendon announced their separation via social media five months later in February, 2015.

Tee claimed in a video posted to social media that this was because Nicholas Brendon had cheated on her.

Nicholas Brendon was arrested on suspicion of grand theft by Fort Lauderdale police in February 2015 after he reportedly trashed his hotel room and refused to pay the bill.

Nicholas Brendon had been in Fort Lauderdale for a local comic convention.

The past several months have been trying, and Nicholas Brendon' disease is damaging and consistently misunderstood.

Nicholas Brendon appeared on Dr Phil to discuss his recent arrests and alcoholism in August 2015.

Nicholas Brendon later explained on his Facebook page that he had been drinking before the interview and had felt unprepared to "lay [out] the darkest parts of myself on national TV".

Nicholas Brendon was arrested in Saratoga Springs, New York, in October 2015 for choking his girlfriend in a hotel room.

Nicholas Brendon was charged with felony third-degree robbery, criminal mischief and obstruction of breathing.

Nicholas Brendon subsequently entered a rehab facility in California for a 90-day residential treatment program.

Nicholas Brendon was arrested for assaulting another girlfriend at a hotel bar in Palm Springs, California, in October 2017.

Nicholas Brendon was charged with felony corporal injury to a spouse in April 2019 and pleaded not guilty a month later.

Nicholas Brendon subsequently agreed to a plea deal to avoid a potential four-year prison sentence for felony domestic violence and violation of active protective orders issued by two states, in which Nicholas Brendon was allowed to be near the woman, but prohibited him from harassing, threatening, injuring or assaulting her.

On February 15,2021, Nicholas Brendon revealed on Instagram that he was in the hospital undergoing a spinal surgery after slipping earlier that month.

Nicholas Brendon was arrested in Terre Haute, Indiana in August 2021 for failure to identify and obtaining a prescription by fraud.

Nicholas Brendon was pulled over while driving erratically and police found bags with crystal residue powder in them.