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Marc Blucas Biography

Birth Name:Marcus Paul Blucas

Birth Place:Butler, Pennsylvania, United States

Profession Actor, Producer, Writer, Soundtrack

Fast Facts

  • Coaches a basketball team at an all-girls Catholic high school in Los Angeles
  • While attending Wake Forest University, he joined the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity
  • Graduated from Wake Forest University in 1994, which he attended on a basketball scholarship
  • Married journalist Ryan Haddon in 2009
  • Quote: "Just like any movie experience or any experience in life, it's all about the people you're with, and if you surround yourself with the right people, then I think you come away growing as a person․"
  • Best known for his TV series roles as Riley Finn in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and as Matthew Donnally in "Necessary Roughness․"
  • Played basketball professionally with the British Basketball League's Manchester Giants
  • Appeared in one scene of the 1999 film "House on Haunted Hill," but it wasn't included in the theatrical release
  • He started alongside Tim Duncan on the Wake Forest Demon Deacons basketball team

Awards

  • 2016Action on Film Award-Outstanding Cast Performance - Feature: winner