James Wesley Marsters was born on the 20th August 1962, in Greenville, California USA and is a stage and movie actor, producer and musician. He is best known for his roles of Spike in the TV series “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and its spin-off “Angel”. His other notable appearances include in “Smallville” and the “Doctor Who” spin-off TV series “Torchwood”, as well as the support role of John in the 2007 romantic drama “P.S. I Love You”, featuring Gerard Butler and Hilary Swank in the leading roles.
Have you ever wondered how much wealth this multitalented performer has accumulated so far? How rich James Marsters is? According to sources, it is estimated that the total amount of James Marsters’s net worth, as of early 2017, exceeds the sum of $5 million, acquired through his acting career which has been active since 1987.
James Marsters Net Worth $5 million
James was one of three children of a social worker and a United Methodist Church’s minister. He attended Grace M. Davis High School where he joined its theatre group, his interest in acting dating back to his fourth grade when he was cast as Eeyore in a “Winnie the Pooh” school stageplay. In 1980, he enrolled at the Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts in Santa Maria, California, then after relocating to New York City, in 1982 James enrolled at the prestigious Juilliard School where he spent the next two years, crafting and honing his acting skills. His next stop was Chicago, Illinois where he began his professional acting career, debuting in the role of Ferdinand in Goodman Theatre’s “The Tempest” play in 1987. In the course of the next several years, he performed with several companies, such as the Bailiwick Repertory Theatre as well as with his own Genesis Theatre Company. For his portrayal of Robespierre in “Incorruptible: The Life, Death and Dreams of Maximillian de Robespierre”, a 1989 six-hour historical drama stageplay, James was honored with a Joseph Jefferson Award. These ventures provided the basis for James Marsters’ net worth and established a path to a prominent acting career.
In 1990 James, alongside Greg Musick and Liane Davidson founded New Mercury Theatre in Seattle, Washington, within which he appeared in over a dozen plays such as “Misalliance” and “Antigone”. In 1992, Marsters debuted on the small screen with side roles of church minister and a bellboy in two episodes of “Northern Exposure”. However, the real breakthrough in Marsters’ acting career came in 1997, with the role of Spike in the Warner Bros’ TV series “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”. Although the initial plan was for Spike – evil and dirty vampire – to be killed after just a couple of episodes, due to huge, positive fan base’s response, the producer decided to keep the character, who eventually became Buffy’s romantic partner. James reprised his role of Spike in the series’ spin-off “Angel” between 1999 and 2004, and certainly the two latter engagements helped James Marsters to dramatically boost his career as well as his net worth.
Between 2005 and 2010, James appeared as Milton Fine as well as Brainiac and Brainiac 5 in the Superman-inspired TV series “Smallville”. Marsters has also appeared in several other popular TV series and sitcoms, including “Star Wars: The Clone Wars”, “Numb3rs”, “Kaprika”, “Supernatural”, as well as “Witches of East End”, “Hawaii Five-0” and “Vidiots”.
Apart from his on-camera career, James Marsters is still active in the theatre, having also produced over 70 stageplays.
Besides acting, James Marsters is also an accomplished musician – he was the frontman and lead singer of Ghost of the Robot band, and has also performed as a solo artist in LA’s club scene for years. As a solo musician, James has released two studio albums – “Civilized Man” in 2005 and “Like a Waterfall” in 2007. Doubtlessly, all these achievements have just increased James Marsters’ popularity as well as his revenues by a large margin.
When it comes to his personal life, Marsters was married to Liane Davidson between 1989 and 1997, with whom he has one son. Since 2011, he has been married to a fellow actress, and producer, Patricia Jasmin Rahman.
