Also known as William Pratt; William the Bloody
Played by James Marsters

INFORMATION

Transformed into a vampire in 1880, William Pratt was a simple man (but a bad poet, for which he was often ridiculed) who fell pray to the attention of the vampire Drusilla, who sired him and took him home to ‘Daddy.’ Daddy turned out to be Angelus, and William, who took the name ‘Spike,’ joined Angelus, Darla and Drusilla for a century of killing and lust. In 1998, Spike and Drusilla found themselves in Sunnydale, California, and Spike’s undead life would never be the same. He became obsessed with the Slayer, which cost him everything, including Drusilla. He was captured and subjected to a prohibiting chip by the Government-supported Initiative and found himself a reluctant ally of Buffy and her clan.

Over the years that followed, Spike fell in love with the Slayer, and even underwent a series of trials to restore his soul. Eventually, Spike sacrificed himself to close the Hellmouth and somehow ended up in Los Angeles as a ghostly entity. When restored to corporeal form, Spike joined Team Angel following the death of Fred, and in the end he stood by Angel’s side as they faced the apocalypse together…

APPEARANCES: BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER SEASON TWO

• School Hard
• Halloween
• Lie to Me
• What’s My Line? (Part 1)
• What’s My Line? (Part 2)
• Surprise
• Innocence
• Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered
• Passion
• I Only Have Eyes for You
• Becoming (Part 1)
• Becoming (Part 2)

APPEARANCES: BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER SEASON THREE

• Lover’s Walk

APPEARANCES: BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER SEASON FOUR

• The Harsh Light of Day
• Wild at Heart
• The Initiative [regular cast member, listed on the opening titles from this episode on]
• Pangs
• Something Blue
• Hush
• Doomed
• A New Man
• The I in Team
• Goodbye Iowa
• This Year’s Girl
• Who Are You
• Superstar
• Where the Wild Things Are
• New Moon Rising
• The Yoko Factor
• Primeval
• Restless

APPEARANCES: BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER SEASON FIVE

• Regular cast member [absent from The Body]

APPEARANCES: BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER SEASON SIX

• Regular cast member

APPEARANCES: BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER SEASON SEVEN

• Regular cast member