Alexis Denisof Biography

Fast Facts

• Moved with his mother to Seattle when he was 3
• Went to boarding school in Concord, NH, when he was 13
• Worked as a dishwasher and chef after high school while deciding how to pursue acting
• Moved to London, England, at 17 to study acting at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
• One of his first showbiz jobs was appearing in the music video for George Harrison's "Got My Mind Set on You
• " Appeared in a 1993 British stage production of Rope with future Buffy the Vampire Slayer costar Anthony Head
• Years later, he ran into Head at an L
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• book signing
• The reunion led Head to recommend Denisof for the part of Wesley Wyndam-Pryce, the rival Watcher to Head's Rupert Giles in Season 3
• Relocated to L
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• after 13 years in London, but had difficulty finding work
• Mary Steenburgen, whom he had met while filming Noah's Ark, and her husband Ted Danson put him up for a year
• Met wife Alyson Hannigan when he appeared on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, though they didn't begin dating until after he had moved on to the Buffy spinoff Angel