Nicholas Brendon is best known to audiences as the sardonic Xander Harris on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, a role he played for the seven-year run of the show. He's currently recurring as FBI technical analyst Kevin Lynch on the hit CBS series Criminal Minds, was recently featured in a four-episode arc on the ABC drama Private Practice, and also starred in the Fox comedy Kitchen Confidential.

His film credits include the upcoming independent films Big Gay Love and Morningside Monster; cult favorite Psycho Beach Party, My Neighbor’s Secret for Lifetime, A Golden Christmas for ION; and Celeste in the City and Relative Chaos for ABC Family. He has also appeared in a number of Los Angeles-based theater productions, including two consecutive, often sold-out runs in the one-man show The Santaland Diaries. Offscreen, the Los Angeles native enjoys quality time with his loved ones, Dodger games, writing, and cooking.