# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nicholas-brendon
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:23:22.659Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/nicholas-brendon"
name: "Nicholas Brendon"
slug: "nicholas-brendon"
description: "Nicholas Brendon Schultz was an American actor, artist, and writer. He is best known for playing Xander Harris in the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997–2003) and Kevin Lynch in Criminal Minds (2007–2014)."
tagline: "American actor (1971–2026)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/10.2.10NicholasBrendonByLuigiNovi_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1971-04-12"
deathDate: "2026-03-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump