Alexis Denisof

For me, Alexis Denisof will always be Wesley. What made that performance special wasn't a single scene but the long, patient transformation from a prim, by-the-book bureaucrat on Buffy into the shadowed, genuinely formidable man he became on Angel. That slow-burn evolution is hard to sustain, and it speaks to real stage-trained craft. He showed lovely comic timing on How I Met Your Mother too, proving he can swing between earnest and absurd. I have a soft spot for actors who win you over with substance rather than flash, and Denisof is firmly in that camp. Quietly excellent is exactly my kind of performer.

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Name (English)

Alexis Denisof

Name (Japanese)

アレクシス・デニソフ

Reading

あれくしす・でにそふ

Born

February 25, 1966 (age 60)

Origin

Salisbury, Maryland, United States

Occupation

actor / stage actor / television actor / film actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Horse

University

Highline College

Filmography / notable works

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/alexisdenisof/
• Xhttps://x.com/AlexisDenisof
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexis%20Denisof
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AC%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B7%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%87%E3%83%8B%E3%82%BD%E3%83%95
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q366322

Tags

• Maryland
• actor
• stage actor
• television actor

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.