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Brendon in 2015, photo by Prphotos.com
Birth Name: Nicholas Brendon Schultz
Date of Birth: April 12, 1971
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, United States
Date of Death: March 20, 2026
Place of Death: Putnam County, Indiana, U.S.
Ethnicity: German, English, Scottish, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Irish, French, Welsh
Nicholas Brendon was an American actor and writer. He starred as Xander Harris on the show Buffy the Vampire Slayer , and in related video games. His roles also included the shows Kitchen Confidential , American Dragon: Jake Long , Criminal Minds , Private Practice , Faking It , and Dark/Web ; the made-for-tv movies Celeste in the City , Relative Chaos , and Fire Serpent ; and the films Psycho Beach Party , Demon Island , Unholy (2007), Blood on the Highway , A Golden Christmas , Big Gay Love , and Coherence (2013).
Nicholas was the son of Kathleen and Robert Schultz.
Nicholas’ paternal grandfather was named Don Schultz.
Nicholas’ maternal grandfather was Robert Sturges Perrine (the son of Leslie Franklin Perrine and Margaret Humphry Sturges). Robert was born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio. Leslie was born in Valparaiso, Porter, Indiana, the son of John Baker Perrine, whose father was born in Devonshire, England; and of Mary Ellen Currier, whose father was Canadian. Nicholas’ great-grandmother Margaret was born in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, the daughter of Albert D. Sturges, and of a mother surnamed Bellowes/Bellows.
Nicholas’ maternal grandmother was Dorothy Ann West (the daughter of Leonard Boyd West and Mary Elizabeth Stewart). Dorothy was born in Pine Bluff, Jefferson, Arkansas. Leonard was born in Madison, Grant, Arkansas, the son of John Louis West and Nancy Arkansas “Nannie” Chadick. Mary Elizabeth was born in Pine Bluff, the daughter of Aly J. Stewart and Minnie Gertrude Green.
Source: Marriage record of Nicholas’ parents – https://familysearch.org