* This info was taken off the official site * Nicknamed as "Spike" because of his fondness for torturing his victims with railroad spikes, William the Bloody once hunted side-by-side with Angel. Since then, Angel has had a change of heart about killing humans. Spike on the other hand, will kill anyone who gets in his way. The Anointed One found that out the hard way when Spike became angry and hoisted him up into the sunlight, burning him to nothing.
As the male half of what "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" creator Joss Whedon called "the Sid and Nancy of the vampire set", James Marsters has brought a vicious coolness to Sunnydale. A seasoned actor of stage and screen, Martsters attended Juilliard, where he starred in such classics as "Twelfth Night" and "Troilus and Cressida." Marsters currently resides in Los Angeles.