Alexis Denisof Biography

Fast Facts

• Studied at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art for 3 years
• Met his future wife, actress Alyson Hannigan, while they were both cast members on the TV series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer․"
• His first acting job was in a music video for George Harrison's song "Got My Mind Set on You․"
• Made his feature film acting debut in the 1989 crime thriller "Murder Story․"
• Started in the entertainment industry as a fight director for a stage production of "Hamlet․"
• Quote: "The challenge for me, both in life and in my work, is to live it, and create it to the fullest - whether that's on a rehearsal room or a stage or a film set, or whether it's in my own life․"
• Spent a year living with actor Ted Danson and his wife Mary Steenburgen when he was struggling to find work