Alexis Denisof

Alexis Denisof was born to the son of Russian immigrants; his mother was born in Philadelphia. He grew up in Seattle with his mother and was then sent to New Hampshire to attend boarding school. He traveled through Europe after finishing high school and finally settled in London to join the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts and then the Royal Shakespeare Company. While acting in theatre in England he met Anthony Stewart Head in a production of Rope. A few years later he returned to the US with friends to nurse a broken heart, and wound up filming a pilot, which never came to fruition. He was then involved in projects including the TV miniseries Noah's Ark, First Knight, and an episode of Highlander. He finally landed the role of Wesley due to ASH suggesting him for the role. His character was originally intended to be killed after two episodes, but Alexis has since crossed over to become a regular in the spin-off series Angel.