Marc Blucas Profile
| Full Name: | Marc Blucas - Contact Marc Blucas |
| Birth Name: | Marcus Paul Blucas |
| Famous As: | Actor |
| Date of Birth: | January 11, 1972 |
| Place of Birth: | Butler, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Height: | 6' 2 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Education: | Graduated from Girard High School in 1990
In 1994 graduated from Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina |
| Claim to Fame: | As Riley Finn in TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1999 - 2000) |
Marc Blucas News and Gossip
Rotten Tomatoes - Found Nov. 11, 2008
PM The latest thriller from Adam Mason Sunday, November 9, 2008 5:20 PM Also starring Thora Birch, Marc Blucas Sunday, November 9, 2008 12:59...
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Entertainment Weekly Online - Found Oct. 11, 2008
(Note: The local detective was played by Buffy the Vampire Slayer's Riley, Marc Blucas, who should really cut his hair.) Hood determined that...
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Chicago Tribune - Found Sep. 24, 2008
Marly is bidding goodbye to her would-be golf pro lover (Marc Blucas), trying to avoid her witless rocker husband Steve Tregaskis (Richard...
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Movie Poop Shoot - Found Oct. 23, 2008
Extras include an audio commentary track by the main cast, Holmes, Marc Blucas, and Amerie.
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Chicago Sun-Times - Found Oct. 5, 2008
... ask him where the shrapnel is,' Young tells the local detective in charge of the case (guest star Marc Blucas of 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer...
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San Jose Mercury News - Found Sep. 4, 2008
Obligatory Buffy reference: Scoobies will please note Marc Blucas aka Riley as Detective McNeil. 4 episodes; approx. 274 min.
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North County Times - Found Aug. 27, 2008
A pseudo-autobiography of disco's 'The Village People.' (2:05) (PG) FLIX 4:15 p.m. 'El Cantante' ** ('06, Biography) Marc Anthony.
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| Marc Blucas |
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| Born |
Marcus Paul Blucas
January 11, 1972 (1972-01-11) (age 36)
Butler, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Occupation |
Actor |
Marcus Paul Blucas (born January 11, 1972) is an American actor, known for playing Riley Finn in Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Biography
Early life
Blucas was born in Butler, Pennsylvania, the son of Mary Blucas, an educator who is divorced from Blucas's father, a school superintendent.1 After moving to Girard, Pennsylvania, he became the star center on the Girard High School basketball team. He also played basketball at Wake Forest University, graduating in 1994 after one season playing on the same court as Tim Duncan.
After Blucas failed to make it into the NBA, he moved to England, where he played professional basketball for a year with British Basketball League's Manchester Giants. He later decided to become a lawyer, but changed his mind and went into acting instead.
Career
Blucas's first television role was in the television movie Inflammable, made in 1995. From there, he found roles in both television and film. He starred as the Basketball Hero in Gary Ross's Pleasantville (1998). However, he finally landed his first major role in 1999, as Agent Riley Finn in the The WB Television Network's Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Initially, Blucas was certain that he had blown his audition and had left apologizing for having wasted creator Joss Whedon's time. Whedon asked him to audition again, and he received the part two weeks later. He played Buffy's love interest until 2000.
After his departure from the series, he went on to star in such film as We Were Soldiers (2002) alongside Mel Gibson and Chris Klein and First Daughter (2004) with Katie Holmes. However, it was in 2007 that Blucas began to land leading roles in films such as Thr3e and The Killing Floor.
Personal life
Blucas briefly dated actress Lauren Graham in 2005.2 He is currently engaged to journalist Ryan Haddon. 3
Apart from acting, he has been the assistant basketball coach, under Varsity Coach Kevin Flinn, at a private all-girls Catholic High School, Marymount High School,in Los Angeles since 2005.
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| Persondata |
| NAME |
Blucas, Marc |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES |
Blucas, Marcus Paul |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION |
Actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH |
January 11, 1972 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH |
Girard, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
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