Tributes have been paid to Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Ted Lasso star, Anthony Head, who has died aged 72.
The British actor, who also starred in Merlin and Little Britain, "passed away peacefully of complications due to pneumonia surrounded by his family", his daughters Emily and Daisy have confirmed in a statement.
Head's daughters added that "it is with heavy hearts that we announce the death of our extraordinary father".
"It has been, and forever will be, an honour and a privilege to be his daughters, and to have witnessed firsthand the impact both he and his work have had on so many", they added.
They also said they knew "how dearly he will be missed by friends, colleagues and fans of the show he was in", adding that he "loved his job very much" and "always considered himself incredibly lucky".
His family went on to say that Head's "legacy will live on" and they feel "lucky" to have watched him to do what he loved throughout his career in acting.
When news of his passing was announced, tributes were paid to Anthony Head, including Sarah Michelle Geller, who played Buffy in Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Sharing a series of photos of herself and Head on Instagram, Geller wrote: "'Tell Giles I figured it out and I'm ok'. Well, I don't have it figured out and I'm not ok. But I know I'm the lucky one because I knew you".
"Thank you to Daisy and Emily who not only shared their dad with me, but with the world".
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James Marsters, who also starred alongside Head in Buffy, wrote: "He was an unflaggingly kind and steady presence on the set of Buffy, and the best actor in the cast... I was lucky to have known, and learned from him".
Elsewhere, comedian, Matt Lucas who created Little Britain called Head: "unfailingly brilliant, and always so kind and warm".
"When we were casting Little Britain, we were looking for a 'Tony Head-type ', because we never imagined for a moment that the man himself would be interested, but he was. Lucky us".
Anthony Head also starred at the face of the Nescafe coffee adverts during the 1980s, forming part of the Gold Blend couple alongside Sharon Maughan, with their coffee themed romance becoming popular on TV between 1987 and 1993.
"I guess they were iconic, I don't think that was the intention at the beginning," Maughan said. "Tony and I were just two actors who got this job, and we had a really lovely friendship...".
"I loved working with him. I thought he was a lovely man".
Other credits from Head include various British shows like Silent Witness, Motherland, Persuasion, The Inbetweeners and Doctor Who.
Head also featured as part of the cast of the BBC Radio 4 long running show, The Archers in 2018, where he played Robin Fairbrother.
He also enjoyed a successful career on stage, performing in several adaptions of The Rocky Horror Show, and musicals like Chess and Godspell.
Anthony Head shared two daughters with his long term partner, Sarah Fisher, an animal welfare campaigner. She passed away in 2025 aged 61. Their daughters, Emily and Daisy both work as actors.
Emily Head is perhaps best known for starring as Carly D'Amato in The Inbetweeners, while Daisy featured in Harlots, Shadow and Bone.
