Here's What The Cast Of Buffy The Vampire Slayer Looks Like Now

Then: Spunky, blonde, and bold - Sarah Michelle Gellar has been making movies and starring in commercials since she was just 5 years old. She played the titular vamp-slaying role in Buffy, which almost went to Katie Holmes.  

Now: Gellar didn't stop barreling her way through the entertainment industry after Buffy the Vampire Slayer wrapped up. She starred in both box office and TV hits such as the live-action version of Scooby Doo and CBS's The Crazy Ones. After taking a bit of an acting hiatus, Gellar co-founded the food-crafting and baking kit company, Foodstirs, in 2015.

Then: David Boreanaz got his big break when he was casually discovered while walking his dog. His acting career went from the role of the lighthearted, cheery boyfriend in the '80s sitcom Married with Children to playing the dark and brooding Angel in Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Now: Boreanaz was so popular in Buffy that he got his own spinoff series for fans to obsess over: Angel. After Buffy's end, Boreanaz bounced over to the crime-drama series, Bones, which wrapped Season 12 - its final season - in early 2017.

Boreanaz also admitted to cheating on his wife in 2011. Fortunately, Boreanaz said the affair was a "bonding experience," and they remained together. Boreanaz and his wife founded their own nail polish line, Chrome Girl, in 2013.

Then: Alyson Hannigan had a long acting career before gaining her powerful magical abilities as the lovely Willow Rosenberg. Acting since the age of four, she starred in commercials for major corporations such as Six Flags and had featured appearances in hit TV shows like Free Spirit and Roseanne. She even took the time to star as the raunchy band-geek, Michelle Flaherty, in American Pie while working on Buffy.

Now: After Buffy ended, Hannigan jumped right into the lead role of Lily Aldrin in the TV series How I Met Your Mother. Now living with her two daughters, she continues to star in film and TV. She became the host of Penn & Teller: Fool Us in 2016.

Then: The smooth, suave, platinum blond-haired James Marsters went through a lot for his role as Spike. From multiple peroxide treatments to keep his hair white and shiny, to cutting down on calories to stay thin and vampy, Marsters pushed his way through the series to ultimately become one of its biggest stars.

Now Marsters was supposed to go directly from Buffy to his own spinoff film, Spike, but it never came to fruition. In 2017, he said he would reprise his role as Spike "in a heartbeat" as long as Joss Whedon was involved. He continues to pick up sci-fi roles in TV, including the roles of Captain John Hart Torchwood and Victor Stein in Marvel's The Runaways.

Then: When Nicholas Brendon was in high school, he got into acting to overcome his stuttering problem. It worked out for him, as he landed the sidekick role in Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Now: Since Buffy's end, Brendon has found himself in an array of messy situations. He almost instantly checked himself into rehab for alcoholism when Buffy went off the air. Brendon had numerous arrests for intoxication and battery of both police officers and his girlfriend.

Then: Buffy's TV father figure Rupert Giles was played by complete music nerd Anthony Stewart Head. Head has a history of participating in musical theater - he can sing, play piano, shred guitar, and even played in the band Two Way in 1983. He also grew up as a huge horse lover, riding his own horse, Otto, in Season 7 of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Now: Head is still gracefully kicking ass in the entertainment industry. He has picked up roles in everything from TV shows like Little Britain and Merlin to musical flicks like Repo! The Genetic Opera and Sweeney Todd. Sadly, the horse he rode in Buffy has since passed.