Rupert Giles

Rupert Giles is a central character featured in the WB Network/UPN television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. He was played by actor Anthony Stewart Head. He appeared in 123 out of 145 aired episodes of the series. In season six following the musical episode "Once More With Feeling", Giles went from being a mainstay cast member to only making occasional guest appearances. The regained prominence in the second half of season seven.

The character of Rupert Giles is presented as a Watcher - an occult scholar who belongs to an august body of like-minded individuals known as the Watcher Council. He is charged with training Slayers, educating them in the realms of the supernatural and preparing them for their ongoing battle against the forces of evil. Giles' first Slayer was California high school teenager Buffy Summers.

Notes & Trivia

 * Actor Anthony Stewart Head coached co-star James Marsters on how to properly speak with a British accent.


 * Its been implied that Giles may have once had a fling with Buffy's mother Joyce Summers. The two became romantically close to one another while under the influence of tainted chocolate bars.