who plays spike in buffy the vampire slayer?
James Marsters
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 Providing ties to the previous series in the Degrassi universe , Stefan Brogren was approached to play his old character Archie " Snake " Simpson , now working at the school as the media immersion teacher . Dan Woods reprised his role as English teacher Mr. Raditch , now promoted to school principal , and Pat Mastroianni returned to his role as Joey Jeremiah . Amanda Stepto also returned to the franchise to play her character Christine " Spike " Nelson in a recurring role . 

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 Other actors who portrayed mutants were : Meiling Melançon as Psylocke , a mutant with the ability to teleport herself through areas of shadow ; Omahyra Mota as Arclight , a mutant who has the ability to generate shock waves of concussive force ; Ken Leung as Kid Omega , a mutant with the ability to eject spikes from his body , most notably his face ( though the character resembles the comic books ' character Quill however , the official cast credits read " Kid Omega " ) ; and Cameron Bright as Jimmy / Leech , a mutant who has the ability to neutralize the powers of nearby mutants . Various characters were included at the suggestion of editor Mark Helfrich , who brought Marvel 's X @-@ Men Encyclopedia to director Brett Ratner , searching for mutants who could make appearance . Mark Helfrich portrays an unnamed mutant with ash @-@ gray skin . These include Phat , a mutant that is a very large man who can slim down to fit in a smaller space ( played by two actors , Via Saleaumua - " large mode " - and Richard Yee - " small mode " ) ; Spike ( played by Lance Gibson ) , a mutant who battles Wolverine in the forest by extruding bony spikes from his flesh - the character was added because the editing team felt that the original cut of the scene portrayed Logan as a cold @-@ blooded killer , which could be changed if another mutant attacked Wolverine before he struck the Brotherhood and Glob Herman ( played by Clayton Dean Watmough ) , a mutant with transparent skin . Various other mutants make cameos at the X @-@ Mansion ; Shauna Kain and Kea Wong reprised their cameo roles as Siryn and Jubilee respectively , and three identical girls in the background in one scene are a reference to the Stepford Cuckoos . Olivia Williams portrays Moira MacTaggert . X @-@ Men co @-@ creator Stan Lee and writer Chris Claremont have cameos in the film 's opening scene as the neighbors of young Jean Grey . The sergeant directing defensive preparations before the Brotherhood assaults Alcatraz Island is played by R. Lee Ermey . Lloyd Adams portrays the green @-@ skinned mutant that climbs the guard tower on Alcatraz . Many fans believed this was Toad however , the credits list him as lizard man and Brett Ratner confirmed it was Anole . Avalanche and Vanisher also appear however it is not known who portrayed them . 

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 In 2013 , Brosnan appeared in television commercials as a tongue in cheek version of himself to promote the launch of Sky Broadband in Ireland . After its cancellation in 2007 , Brosnan 's production company , " Irish DreamTime " resurrected The November Man film project in 2012 with an announcement made on his part that he was jumping back to the spy arena . Filming took place in Serbia a year later , with Brosnan in action as a retired CIA operative called Devereaux , alongside co @-@ star Olga Kurylenko in a supporting role . The film received negative reception with a 34 % on Rotten Tomatoes and a 38 / 100 on Metacritic . In 2015 , he appeared alongside Milla Jovovich in suspense thriller movie written by Phil Shelby , called Survivor , which began filming in January 2014 , with Charles and Irwin Winkler producing , and James McTeigue directing . Brosnan later starred in a revenge thriller called I.T. , which is still yet to be released . 

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 For inspiration for the crowd scenes in the film , the production staff referenced a poster featuring more than 320 Simpsons characters . Groening said they tried to include every single character in the film , with 98 having speaking parts , and most members of the crowds being previously established characters instead of generic people . The series ' regular voice actors : Dan Castellaneta , Julie Kavner , Nancy Cartwright , Yeardley Smith , Hank Azaria , and Harry Shearer , as well as semi @-@ regular performers Tress MacNeille , Pamela Hayden , Marcia Wallace , Maggie Roswell , Russi Taylor , and Karl Wiedergott , reprised their roles . Joe Mantegna returned as Fat Tony , while Albert Brooks , who supplied many guest voices in episodes , was hired as Russ Cargill , after he told the staff that he wanted to be part of the film . For " about a week " , he was to reprise the role of Hank Scorpio from the episode " You Only Move Twice " , but the staff felt that creating a new character was a better idea . 

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 Veteran character actor Mark Metcalf appeared in heavy prosthetic make @-@ up for the role of the Master , belying his iconic performance in the film National Lampoon 's Animal House ( 1978 ) as Douglas C. Neidermeyer . In 2011 , Metcalf recognized his role on Buffy as one of his favorites . Many actors auditioned for the part , but Whedon felt Metcalf played it with more complexity , bringing a " sly and kind of urbane " sensitivity and a charm to the villainy of the character . Kristine Sutherland was cast as Buffy 's mother Joyce . Sutherland , who disliked the horror genre , was not looking for acting jobs when her agent called her with the opportunity to play Joyce . Sutherland auditioned the same day as David Boreanaz , and was impressed with how naturally she felt at ease with the material in the scripts . Bob Flutie , Sunnydale High School 's principal , was originally played by Stephen Tobolowsky in the unaired pilot . Ken Lerner was cast as Flutie in the broadcast version . 
