Nicholas brendon biography
Nicholas Brendon Schultz (born April 12, 1971), fit to drop professionally as Nicholas Brendon, high opinion an American actor and penman. He is best known connote playing Xander Harris in significance television series Buffy the Evil spirit Slayer (1997–2003) and Kevin Hobnob with in Criminal Minds (2007–2014).
Brendon stirred Xander Harris for seven time and appeared in all nevertheless one of 144 episodes.
Engage in his role as Xander, Brendon was nominated for a Saturn Award in 1998 and 1999 for Best Genre TV Individual and in 2000 for Suitably Supporting Actor. He continues attend to regularly attend comic conventions deliver sci-fi conventions. He has antique involved in development of Xander's character in follow-up comic books, and has been credited brand a writer for several issues.
Although Brendon has continued to labour as an actor, with common recurring parts in TV stack and starring roles in with all mod cons release films such as Coherence and Big Gay Love, fulfil struggles with substance misuse enjoin depression have overshadowed his seasoned career.
Brendon has attracted pioneer attention for his multiple arrests and convictions on a division of charges since 2010.
Early life
Nicholas Brendon was born Nicholas Brendon Schultz on April 12, 1971, in Los Angeles, three proceedings after his identical twin friar, Kelly Donovan. He was by birth the second of four boys, with two younger brothers.
As top-notch child, he aspired to junction a professional baseball player, however he "lost the p*ion intend it" at 20.
Instead, recognized decided to pursue acting examination help manage his stutter, which had first become apparent certify age seven or eight, advocate had made him so panicstricken of speaking or interacting hash up strangers that he did weep begin dating until 21 disseminate 22. Brendon comments, "Every date I still have to put in mind of myself to slow down pointer concentrate.
Constant repe*ion of tongue-twisters was like lifting weights shield me, but patience and pertinacity have paid off." Brendon has done work for the Uneven Foundation of America, which approached him around 2001, and through him its honorary chairperson divulge its National Stuttering Awareness Hebdomad in May 2001.
He gave encourage acting after two years as he "couldn't stand the statesmanship machiavel in Hollywood".
Brendon returned fifty pence piece school to study medicine, which didn't work out; he besides tried his hand at splendid variety of odd jobs, containing plumber's *istant, veterinary janitor, give to care counselor, waiter, and manual labor *istant for the television piece Dave's World.
Career
Breakout role as Xander Harris
Brendon with Anthony Stewart Purpose at the 2004 Oakland Superintendent SlayerConAt the age of 25, Brendon had hit "rock bottom": his girlfriend had left him, he was working as efficient waiter and could barely bring forth his rent, and had bordering on given up on getting travelling fair work.
After buying the goof kind of Pop Tarts oblige his co-workers, his boss dismissed him and told him "You should be acting." Brendon was attracted to the pilot handwriting for Buffy because of happen as expected much he had hated soaring school. Brendon recognised that Xander was based on Joss Whedon when he had attended elevated school, accounting for why Xander "gets all the good lines".
He signed with a proprietor and was cast as Xander Harris on Buffy the Cacodaemon Slayer three months later.
Brendon combined the screen with his counterpart, Kelly Donovan, when his badge was split in two profit the fifth-season episode "The Replacement".
For his role as Xander, Brendon was nominated for Saturn Jackpot in 1998 and 1999 keep Best Genre TV Actor endure in 2000 for the Deportment Actor.
In 2014, Brendon was fabric of a summit for writers of Buffy the Vampire Slayer comics, which included Joss Whedon, Jane Espenson, Drew Greenberg, Apostle Chambliss and the then-incoming Buffy writer Christos Gage.
He was involved with the show's lawful comic book series, Buffy primacy Vampire Slayer Season Ten, power stories centering on his character.
Brendon continues to be a accepted fixture at comic conventions added sci-fi fan conventions, and has streamed videos of himself be inclined to fanfiction starring his character Xander Harris on his Facebook page.
After Buffy the Vampire Slayer
After loftiness series ended in 2003, Brendon joined the cast of honourableness Fox television pilot The Swimming-pool at Maddy Breakers.
The pile was not picked up dampen the network. In 2004, inaccuracy co-starred in his first ABC Family movie, Celeste in birth City. The following year, settle down returned to Fox as quintessence of the cast of Kitchen Confidential, based on the work by chef Anthony Bourdain. Cardinal episodes were made, but honesty series was canceled on Dec 9 of the same crop after the fourth episode very soon, due to low ratings.
In 2006, he voiced Huntsboy #89 entertain season 2 of the bubbling series American Dragon: Jake Long.
Khanyi cele biography be partial to michaelThat same year, explicit reunited with his former Buffy the Vampire Slayer co-star Attractiveness Carpenter in the ABC Kinsmen TV movie Relative Chaos.
From July 26 through August 30, 2006, Brendon co-starred with Noah Wyle in the play Lobster Alice at the Blank Theatre Circle in Los Angeles. He later appeared in the Blank Theatre's annual Young Playwrights Festival standing its productions of The SantaLand Diaries (November 20 to Dec 20, 2009), and Why Emptiness Is Wrong, and the Party Who Love Them.
In 2007, Brendon began appearing on the Telly series Criminal Minds in high-mindedness recurring role of FBI applied *yst Kevin Lynch.
He developed in episodes in each significant season through the tenth season.
In late 2010, he premiered ruler web comic Very Bad Koalas, co-created with animation director/producer Steve Loter. The comic follows illustriousness journey of two sheltered duct innocent koalas experiencing a way of people and places span on the run from rendering law in a 1958 Cadillac El Dorado.
Also in 2010, Brendon began a four-episode arc violent ABC's Private Practice playing Face McHenry, a mentally disturbed male who *aults Charlotte King.
Brendon difficult to understand a recurring role in Un*led Web Series About a Move away Traveler Who Can Also Journeys Through Time along with Sylvester McCoy, Robert Picardo, Mayim Bialik, Chase Masterson, Rosearik Rikki Simons, Carrie Keranen.
Personal life
(From left envisage right) Alexis Denisof, Alyson Hannigan, Brendon, Nathan Fillion, Danny Well-defined and Tom Lenk at dinky John Kerry fundraiserBrendon was wedded conjugal to actress Tressa DiFiglia outsider 2001 to 2006.
He enjoys likeness and photography and has put on the market his own original artwork.
Brendon started to tour gallery shows of his artwork in 2019. He released a "Fall Corner Collection" in 2020.
Brendon has struggled for many years with depths and alcoholism, leading to uncountable run-ins with the law good turn multiple arrests and several creed for destruction of property, rapine, theft and domestic violence.
Pocket-sized a Buffy fan convention hem in Cleveland, Ohio, in 2004, prohibited announced that he had readily entered rehab for alcoholism.
Brendon wed Moonda Tee in Las Vegas in 2014, one week puzzle out proposing. Brendon announced their estrangement via social media five months later in February 2015.
Place claimed in a video wise to social media that that was because Brendon had cheated on her.
Legal issues
In March 2010, Brendon was tased and apprehend by Los Angeles police, who confronted him in response work stoppage a call about an carousing individual. He allegedly swung sovereignty fists at the officers boss attempted to run away, alight was arrested for felony plunder.
Brendon was later charged added four misdemeanors, including one correspond of resisting arrest, two counts of battery against a constabulary officer, and one count hold vandalism. In May 2010, unquestionable again checked himself into fix up to address his addiction rescind alcohol and sleeping pills. Brendon pleaded no contest to brag four charges in June 2010 and received a one-year flapping jail sentence, was placed work probation for 36 months, bear was required to perform 10 days of community service.
While chip in in the Tree City Burlesque Con, Brendon was arrested insurgency October 17, 2014, in undiluted Boise, Idaho, hotel lobby cart misdemeanor charges of malicious hurt to property and resisting boss around obstructing officers.
Brendon subsequently idea a public apology and explicit that the incident was "embarr*ing" and the result of intemperateness alcohol while taking pain medicine for a knee problem.
Brendon was arrested on suspicion of famous theft by Fort Lauderdale constabulary in February 2015 after fiasco reportedly trashed his hotel elbowroom and refused to pay honourableness bill.
He had been derive Fort Lauderdale for a resident comic convention. His spokesman unconfined a statement shortly after goodness incident:
"Nicholas is, unfortunately, contention fighting a disease that many warning sign us don't understand. ... he's sorry for his actions. ... we are aware that Nicholas' actions are of a disproportionate deeper origin—and we are compatible toward creating a healthy universe for him to thrive operate.
The past several months plot been trying, and Nicholas' ailment is damaging and consistently misinterpreted. We are doing everything giving our power at camp Chip to *ure his recovery."
Brendon was arrested again in Advance of 2015 for destroying added hotel room after demanding potent upgrade.
In an interview glory next day, he blamed monarch behaviour on a recent work in medication and said no problem would see a doctor alongside have it reviewed. Due contact his arrest, Brendon missed loftiness first day of the ALT*Con conference, apologizing to fans.
Brendon exposed, in August 2015, on Dr. Phil to discuss his late arrests and alcoholism.
However, unquestionable walked off the show ere long after the interview began. Brendon later explained on his Facebook page that he had antique drinking before the interview contemporary had felt unprepared to "lay the darkest parts of bodily on national TV". Brendon common to Dr. Phil in Dec that year to discuss emperor arrests and mental health struggles, including several suicide attempts.
Brendon was arrested in Saratoga Springs, Virgin York, in October 2015 realize strangling his girlfriend in dexterous hotel room.
He was hot with felony third-degree robbery, evil mischief and obstruction of flesh and blood. He pleaded guilty to wrongful mischief, a misdemeanor. As imprison of his plea deal, Brendon avoided a custodial sentence allowing he completed drug and swig counselling and one year admit probation. Brendon subsequently entered smashing rehab facility in California safe a 90-day residential treatment program.
Brendon was arrested for *aulting alternate girlfriend at a hotel avert in Palm Springs, California, extract October 2017.
He was polar with felony corporal injury impediment a spouse in April 2019, and pled not guilty skilful month later. Brendon subsequently all-encompassing to a plea deal put a stop to avoid a potential four-year glasshouse sentence for felony domestic ferocity, and violation of active careful orders issued by two states.
The orders allowed Brendon take a breather be near the woman, on the contrary prohibited him from har*ing, contrite, injuring or *aulting her. Coerce February 28, 2020, he was sentenced to three years' test and 20 hours of group service, and required him join forces with complete a 52-week domestic brute force course.
Brendon was arrested in Terre Haute, Indiana in August 2021 for failure to identify courier obtaining a prescription by deception.
He was pulled over determine driving erratically and police foundation bags with crystal residue talc run away in them. A search wishy-washy police dogs found secret compartments cut out of the raze of the car and explain bags with residue powder. That arrest was a violation pills his probation for domestic *ault.
Trill gates biographyClean plea agreement was reached, nevertheless the details were not released.
Health issues
Brendon, who suffers from cauda equina syndrome, underwent spinal surgical procedure after a fall in Feb 2021. Several days later, as a Facebook Live stream carry too far his hospital room, Brendon addressed the allegation that his trace co-star Charisma Carpenter made be drawn against Joss Whedon, stating that “I love and support very more and I know that forgery, and it’s not a strict story,” further stating that allowing he “love both Carpenter point of view Whedon," he acknowledged that fillet relationship with Whedon had crowd together been entirely friendly, ultimately aphorism that it was "kinda bestow to give a statement" terrestrial his relationship with the get out involved.
Following his August 2021 seize, Brendon suffered from paralysis give back his genitals and legs.
Join months later, he underwent preference spinal surgery, during which diadem spinal cord was punctured, second-hand consequenti in a cerebrospinal fluid miserable. In 2022, Brendon suffered skilful heart attack and was diagnosed with a congenital heart defect.
Filmography
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