Coordinates	34°03′″N118°15′″N
title	TV Guide
image file	TV Guide Logo.png
frequency	Weekly
circulation	2.4 million
category	Entertainment News
firstdate	April 3, 1953
editor	Debra Birnbaum
editor title	Editor-in-Chief
country	United States
based	Radnor, Pennsylvania
language	English
website	http://www.tvguide.com
issn	0039-8543 }}

''TV Guide'' is a North American weekly magazine about TV shows.

In addition to TV listings, the publication features television-related news, celebrity interviews, gossip and film reviews and crossword puzzles. Some issues have also featured horoscope listings.

History

Prototype

Lee Wagner (1910–1993) was circulation director of McFadden Publications in New York in the 1930s—and later for Cowles Media Co.—distributing movie celebrity magazines. In 1948, he printed ''The TeleVision Guide'' for the New York area. On the cover was silent film star Gloria Swanson, star of her short-lived "Gloria Swanson Hour." Wagner later added regional editions for New England and Baltimore-Washington areas. Five years later, he sold the editions to Walter Annenberg's Triangle Publications, but remained as a consultant until 1963.

Annenberg/Triangle era

The national ''TV Guide'' was first published on April 3, 1953. Its premiere issue cover featured a photograph of Lucille Ball with her newborn son Desi Arnaz, Jr.

''TV Guide'' as a national publication resulted from Walter Annenberg's Triangle Publications' purchase of numerous regional television listing publications such as ''TV Forecast'', ''TV Digest'', ''Television Guide'' and ''TV Guide''. The launch as a national publication with local listings in April 1953 became an almost instant success with the magazine becoming the most read and circulated magazine in the country by the 1960s. The initial cost was just 15¢ per copy. In addition to subscriptions, ''TV Guide'' was sold from grocery store counters nationwide. Until the 1980s, each issue's features were promoted in a television commercial. Under Triangle Publications, ''TV Guide'' continued to grow not only in circulation, but in recognition as the authority on television programming with articles from both staff and contributing writers. Over the decades the shape of the logo has changed to reflect the modernization of the television screen. At first, the logo had various color backgrounds (usually black, white, blue or green) until the familiar red background became a standard in the 1960s with occasional changes to accommodate a special edition.

Under Triangle Publications, ''TV Guide'' was first based in a small office in downtown Philadelphia until moving to more spacious national headquarters in Radnor, Pennsylvania in the late 1950s. The new facility, complete with a large lighted ''TV Guide'' logo at the building's entrance, was home to management, editors, production personnel, subscription processors as well as a vast computer system holding data on every show and movie available for listing in the popular weekly publication. Printing of the national color section of ''TV Guide'' took place at Triangle's Gravure Division plant adjacent to Triangle's landmark Philadelphia Inquirer Building on North Broad Street in Philadelphia. The color section was then sent to regional printers to be wrapped around the local listing sections. Triangle's Gravure Division was known for performing some of the highest quality printing in the industry with almost always perfect registration.

Triangle Publications in addition to ''TV Guide'' owned ''The Philadelphia Inquirer'', ''Philadelphia Daily News'', 16 radio and television stations (WFIL AM-FM-TV Philadelphia, PA, WNHC AM-FM-TV New Haven, CT, KFRE AM-FM-TV Fresno, CA, WNBF AM-FM-TV Binghamton, NY, WFBG AM-FM-TV Altoona, PA and WLYH-TV Lancaster/Lebanon, PA) ''The Daily Racing Form'', ''The Morning Telegraph'', ''Seventeen'', and various cable TV interests. It was under Triangle's ownership of WFIL in Philadelphia that Dick Clark and ''American Bandstand'' came to popularity. Triangle Publications sold its Philadelphia newspapers to Knight Newspapers in 1969, its radio and television stations during the early 1970s to Capital Cities Communications and various other interests retaining only ''TV Guide'', ''Seventeen'' Magazine and the ''Daily Racing Form''. Triangle Publications was sold to News America Corporation in 1988 for $3 billion, one of the largest media deals of the time.

News Corporation era

The advent of cable TV was hard on ''TV Guide''. Cable channels began to be listed in TV Guide in 1980 or 1981, depending on the edition. Channels were also different, depending on the edition. Each channel was designated by an oblong bullet of 3 letters; for example, (ESN) represented ESPN. To save channel space, some cable channels (mainly pay channels) had an asterisk by them, which meant that it was only listed in the evening grid (and later the Pay-TV Movie Guide). Channels like (MAX) and (DIS) (Cinemax and Disney, respectively) initially started only in the grids but later expanded to the listings as well.

As the years went on, cable channels were added. To help offset this, the issue of May 11–17, 1985 introduced a smaller font with some other cosmetic changes – a show's length was listed after the show's title, not in the description as it was previously. Another listings change took place in 1996; the show's title was no longer listed in all-uppercase, but mixed case as well.

In 2002, ''TV Guide'' published six special issues to celebrate their 50th year:

TV We'll Always Remember - April 6-12, 2002

Greatest Shows of All Time - May 4-10, 2002

Our 50 Greatest Covers - June 15-21, 2002

50 Worst Shows of All Time - July 20-26, 2002

50 Greatest Cartoon Characters of All Time - August 3-9, 2002

50 Sexiest Stars of All Time - September 28-October 4, 2002

Because most cable systems published their own listing magazine reflecting their channel lineup, and now have a separate guide channel on the remote that opens up to available programming, a printed listing of programming in a separate magazine became less valuable. The sheer amount and diversity of cable TV programming made it hard for ''TV Guide'' to provide listings of the extensive array of programming that came directly over the cable system. ''TV Guide'' also could not match the ability of the cable box to store personalized listings. ''TV Guide'''s circulation went from almost 20 million in 1970 to less than three million in 2007.

By 2003, there was also a list of cable channels (also broadcast channels in some editions) that were listed in the grids only. From its inception until 2003, ''TV Guide'' offered listings for the entire week, 24 hours a day. Beginning with the June 21, 2003 issue (in just a few select markets), the 5am-5pm Monday-Friday listings were condensed down to four grids: 5am-8am, 8am-11am, 11am-2pm, 2pm-5pm. If programming differed from one weekday to the next, "Various Programs" was listed. This change became permanent in all ''TV Guide'' editions beginning with the 2003 Fall Preview issue. Beginning in January 2004, the midnight-5am listings (and also 5am-8am on the Saturday and Sunday listings) did not include any out-of-town broadcast stations, just the edition's home market. Starting in June 2004 in most editions the channel lineup page showing the stations for each local edition was dropped. Starting in July 2004 the overnight listings were taken out entirely, replaced by a grid that ran from 11pm-2am and had the edition's home market broadcast stations, with a handful of cable stations. It also listed a small selection of late-night movies on some channels. The daytime grids also changed from the 5am-5pm listings, to 7am-7pm. In early 2005 more channels were added to the prime-time and late night grids. The magazine also changed format to start the week's issue with Sunday listings, rather than Saturday listings, changing a tradition that started from the magazine's first issue.

On May 18, 2005, ''TV Guide'' launched TV Guide Talk, a weekly podcast available for free. The podcast was headlined by ''TV Guide'' reporter/personality Michael Ausiello, and was co-hosted by his co-workers, Angel Cohn, Daniel Manu, and Maitland McDonagh. The podcast was discontinued in 2008 with Ausiello's move to ''Entertainment Weekly''. ''TV Guide'' was purchased from News Corporation in 1999 by United Video Satellite Group, parent company of the Prevue Networks, which itself was later purchased by the maker of the VCR Plus+ device and schedule system, Gemstar-TV Guide International, partially owned by News Corp.

Gemstar era

On July 26, 2005, Gemstar-TV Guide announced that ''TV Guide'' would change in format from its digest size format to a larger full-size national magazine that will offer more stories and fewer TV listings. All 140 local editions were also eliminated, being replaced by two editions, one for Eastern/Central time zones and one for Pacific/Mountain. The change in format was attributed to the increase in the Internet, cable TV channels (like TV Guide Network), electronic program guides and digital video recorders as the sources of choice for viewers' program listings.

The new version of ''TV Guide'' went on sale on October 17, 2005, and featured Ty Pennington from ''Extreme Makeover: Home Edition'' on the cover. The listings format, now consisting entirely of grids, also changed to start the week's issue with Monday listings rather than Sunday listings.

In September 2006, TV Guide launched a redesigned website with expanded original editorial and user-generated content not included in the print magazine.

On December 22, 2006, ''TV Guide'' introduced the magazine's first ever two-week edition. The edition, which has Rachael Ray on the cover, was issued for the week of December 25, 2006 to January 7, 2007. In early 2008, the daytime Monday-Friday and late night grids were eliminated from the listings section, and the television highlights section was compressed into a six-page review of the week, rather than the previous two pages for each night.

With the acquisition of Gemstar-TV Guide by Macrovision on May 2, 2008, that company, which purchased Gemstar-TV Guide to mostly take advantage of their lucrative and profitable VCR Plus and electronic program guide patents, stated they wanted to sell both the magazine and TV Guide Network, along with the company's TVG horse racing channel to other parties.

OpenGate Capital era

On October 13, 2008, Macrovision sold the money-losing magazine to equity fund OpenGate Capital for $1. As part of the sale, however, the companion website was retained by Macrovision (who then sold it to One Equity Partners), with all editorial connections between the magazine and website severed, including the end of Matt Roush's presence on TVGuide.com. The editorial content of the magazine was launched on a new site, TVGuideMagazine.com, which didn't feature TV Guide's listings in any form. However, TVGuidemagazine.com was shut down on June 1, 2010 and TV Guide Magazine and TVGuide.com entered into a deal to restore content from the magazine to the TVGuide.com website, which Lionsgate bought along with the TV Guide Network in January 2009.

In January 2009, the magazine cut several networks from the grid listings, including DIY Network and MTV, citing "space concerns"; however, two cuts, those of The CW and TV Guide Network, were seen as suspicious and arbitrary, as the guide carries several channels which have the same schedule night after night or are low-viewed and could have easily been cut, while several Fox networks continue to be listed due to agreements with the former News Corporation ownership. It is likely that the network's removal from ''TV Guide'' listings was related to the "divorce" of the website and network from the magazine.

In early February 2009, the listings for The CW and MTV were readded after much protest to the magazine's email addresses, with the listings for several low-viewed networks removed as a consequence. The other listings were slowly re-added, until TV Guide Network's schedule returned to the listings pages in June 2010 with their logo prominent within the grids as part of the deal with Lionsgate's TV Guide division mentioned above.

U.S. TV

In 1998, the ''TV Guide'' brand and magazine was acquired by United Video Satellite Group, parent company of the Prevue Channel (now TV Guide Network). Like its predecessor, the original TV Guide Channel scrolled TV listings on the bottom portion of the screen. Until around 2002, the programs on the TV Guide Channel generally only lasted from 30 seconds to a minute, and thus usually appeared once to twice per hour. For instance, a show might appear at 12:25 and again at 1:55. However, over the early 2000s, the channel's focus shifted to full-length programs featuring celebrity gossip and movie talk.

In May 2007, Gemstar Media, a subsidiary of Gemstar-TV Guide Inc., renamed the TV Guide Channel to the TV Guide Network, stating that the new name reflects a new direction towards more original content and entertainment features in addition to its traditional listings function.

Today, TV Guide Network runs programs such as the weekly entertainment news magazine, ''The 411'', and red-carpet event coverage (originally hosted by Joan and Melissa Rivers). In mid-2007, the mother-daughter duo were unceremoniously dropped by ''TV Guide'' in favor of both Lisa Rinna and Joey Fatone, whose popularities had been on the rise in the wake of their recent appearances on ''Dancing With the Stars''.

To further distinguish itself from other television guides, ''TV Guide'' re-branded itself as ''TV GUIDE Magazine''. The original name is now capitalized and "Magazine" always follows.

Other usage of the ''TV Guide'' name

The term "TV guide" has partly become a genericized trademark to describe other TV listings appearing on the web and in newspapers. Read/Write Web published "Your Guide to Online TV Guides: 10 Services Compared." Techcrunch in 2006 offered "Overview: The End of Paper TV Guides." ''TV Guides'' is also the name of an interactive video and sound installation produced in 1995 with assistance from the Canada Council and shown at SIGGRAPH 1999. National TV guides are also published in other countries, but none of these are believed to be affiliated with the North American publication.

In Australia during the 1970s a version of ''TV Guide'' was published under license by Southdown Press. That version merged with competitor publication ''TV Week'' in 1980. TV Week has a very similar logo to the TV Guide logo.

New Zealand has a digest-sized paper called ''TV Guide'', not associated with the United States or Canadian publications. It has the largest circulation of any national magazine, and is published by Fairfax Media.

Mexico offers a digest-sized publication called ''TV Guía'', unrelated with the US publication. It is published by Editorial Televisa.

In Italy, a digest-size ''Guida TV'' is published by Mondadori since September 1976.

Other notable television listings magazines

In the United Kingdom, the ''Radio Times'', ''TV Choice'' and ''TV Times'' are amongst the most popular. In Germany, people have the choice of about 50 different ''TV Guide''s; some of them showing the TV listings for the next 2 or even 4 weeks ahead.

See also

List of TV Guide covers

List of TV Guide editions

TV Guide Canada

TV Guide Network

TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time

References

External links

TV Guide back issues from 1948–2005

List of TV Guide Magazines

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Coordinates	34°03′″N118°15′″N
name	Emily Deschanel
birth name	Emily Erin Deschanel
birth date	October 11, 1976
birth place	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
occupation	Actress, television producer
yearsactive	1994–present
spouse	David Hornsby (2010–present) }}

Emily Erin Deschanel (; born October 11, 1976) is an American actress and television producer who plays Dr. Temperance "Bones" Brennan in the comedy-crime drama, ''Bones''.

Early life

Deschanel was born in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of Academy Award-nominated cinematographer and director Caleb Deschanel and actress Mary Jo Deschanel (née Weir). She has one younger sister: actress, model, songwriter, and musician Zooey Deschanel.

Career

Deschanel made her feature film debut in 1994's ''It Could Happen to You''. Her next notable role was in Stephen King's ''Rose Red'' in 2002. She then appeared in ''Cold Mountain'', ''The Alamo'', and ''Glory Road'' and was named one of "six actresses to watch" by ''Interview Magazine'' in 2004.

After starring in 2005's ''Boogeyman'', Deschanel landed the role of Dr. Temperance Brennan on Fox's ''Bones'', a series based on the real-life forensic anthropologist Kathy Reichs. She has been playing this role in ''Bones'' for 6 years; season 7 is set to premiere November 4, 2011. For her performance she received a 2006 Satellite Award nomination and a 2007 Teen Choice Award nomination. She has also received two consecutive Ewwy Award wins for Actress in a Leading Role (Drama Category) in 2009 and 2010. Deschanel has served as co-producer since the start of the show's third season, and as producer since the middle of the show's fourth season along with co-star David Boreanaz.

Deschanel, with Alyson Hannigan, Jaime King, Minka Kelly, and Katharine McPhee made a video slumber party featured on FunnyorDie.com to promote regular breast cancer screenings for the organization Stand Up 2 Cancer.

Personal life

Deschanel is a vegan and a committed supporter of animal rights causes. She can be seen in an Access Hollywood video at the book launch event of Karen Dawn's ''Thanking the Monkey: Rethinking the Way We Treat Animals'', discussing how vegetarian and vegan diets help the environment, and a video on the homepage of the book's website talking about the importance of animal rights. She attended Harvard-Westlake and Crossroads in Los Angeles before graduating from Boston University's Professional Actors Training Program with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theater.

Deschanel married actor and writer David Hornsby on September 25, 2010 during a small private ceremony in the Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles. On March 31, 2011 the couple announced that they are expecting their first child together, due in autumn.

Filmography

! Year	! Title	! Role	Notes
1994		Paint-Throwing Fur Activist
2000	''It's a Shame About Ray''	Maggie	Short film
2001	''''	Maude Allyn	TV movie
2002		Pam Asbury	TV miniseries
2002	''Law & Order: Special Victims Unit''	Cassie Germaine
2002		Annie Franks	Episode: "Cloak & Dagger"Episode: "The Eleventh Hour"
2003	''''	Sam	TV movie
2003	''''	Laura Harris	Independent Film
2003		Mrs. Morgan
2004	''''	Rosanna Travis
2004	''Crossing Jordan''	Michelle	Episode: "All the News Fit to Print"
2004	''Spider-Man 2''	Receptionist
2004	''Old Tricks''	Woman	Short film
2005		Kate Houghton
2005	''Mute''	Claire	Short film
2005	''That Night''	Annie	Short film
2005–present			Producer with David Boreanaz	Main Role
2006		Mary Haskins
2007	The Diagnosis	Maggie	Short film
2009		Dr. Farquad
2009	''Tit for Tat''	Emily	TV series
2010	''''	Julia Roberts (voice)	Episode: "Cleveland Live!"
2011	''''	Shannon Cleary	Post-production

References

External links

Video Interview with Emily Deschanel on AfterEllen.com

Access Hollywood ''Thanking the Monkey'' Book Launch Video

Video for ''Thanking The Monkey''

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Coordinates	34°03′″N118°15′″N
Name	Candice Accola
Birth date	May 13, 1987
Birth place	Houston, Texas, U.S.A.
Occupation	Actress, singer
Yearsactive	2007–present }}

Candice Accola (born May 13, 1987) is an American actress and singer, best known for her role as Caroline Forbes on ''The Vampire Diaries''.

Life and career

Accola grew up in Edgewood. Her father, Kevin, is a cardiothoracic surgeon and her mother, Carolyn, was formerly an environmental engineer before becoming a homemaker. Both her parents are active members of the local Republican political party. She has one younger brother.

Then, in the middle of her junior year at Lake Highland Preparatory School, she moved to Los Angeles. Six months later, she had a deal for a CD titled ''It’s Always the Innocent Ones''. She finished high school through correspondence and graduated with her class in 2005. Accola appeared in her first movie, ''Pirate Camp'', in 2007. Accola has guest-starred on popular TV series ''How I Met Your Mother'', ''Supernatural'', and ''Greek''. She has also appeared in films such as ''On the Doll'', ''Juno'', ''Deadgirl'', and ''X's & O's''.

Accola has continued her professional singing and has appeared as a background singer in the movies ''Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert'' and ''Hannah Montana: The Movie''.

She appears as Caroline Forbes in the television series ''The Vampire Diaries''.

Accola guest starred on ''Drop Dead Diva'' as Jessica of pop group Confetti with Mackenzie Mauzy.

Personal life

In September 2009, Accola was arrested along with several of her Vampire Diaries castmates for disorderly conduct. The actresses were reportedly flashing cars passing under the Rumble Road Bridge in Forsyth, Georgia. The charges were later dismissed. The photographer, Tyler Shields, was fined $4000. She has a tattoo of a bird on her left wrist and a small star on her right foot.

In 2010, she dated her Vampire Diaries costar Steven R. McQueen. It is unknown if they are still together.

Philanthropy

She is, together with her The Vampire Diaries co-star Ian Somerhalder, one of many supporters of the It Gets Better Project, a project that has made it a goal to prevent suicide among LGBT youth, associated with The Trevor Project.

Filmography

''Deadgirl'' ''Supernatural (TV series) ''The Vampire Diaries (TV series) ''Drop Dead Diva'' ''Kingshighway''

Year	! Film/Television	! Role	! Notes
rowspan="5"	2007	''Pirate Camp''	Annalisa/Tom
''How I Met Your Mother''
''Juno (film)	Juno''	Amanda
''On the Doll''	Melody
''X's & O's''	Gwen's friend
rowspan="2"	2008	|	JoAnn
''Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert''	Herself
rowspan="5"	2009		Supernatural'' ||	Amanda Heckerling	Episode: "After School Special"
''Greek (TV series)	Greek''	Alice
''Hannah Montana: The Movie''	Herself
''Kingshighway''	Sophia
''The Truth About Angels''	Caitlin Stone
2009–present	The Vampire Diaries''||	Caroline Forbes	Main role
2010	|	Jessica	Episode: "Begin Again"
2011	|	Sophia	lead role

References

External links

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Coordinates	34°03′″N118°15′″N
name	Michael Weatherly
birth name	Michael Manning Weatherly, Jr.
birth date	July 08, 1968
birth place	New York City, United States
occupation	Actor
yearsactive	1991–present
spouse	Amelia Heinle (1995–1997) (divorced) 1 childBojana Jankovic (2009–present)
partner	Jessica Alba (2000–2003)
children	August Manning Weatherly (born 1996)
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Michael Manning Weatherly, Jr. (born July 8, 1968) is an American actor, best known for his roles as Special Agent Anthony DiNozzo on the television series ''NCIS'', and Logan Cale on the television series ''Dark Angel''.

Early life

Michael Weatherly was born in New York City on July 8, 1968, and raised in Fairfield, Connecticut, by parents Patricia, a hospital administrator, and Michael Manning Weatherly, Sr. He graduated from Brooks School in North Andover, Massachusetts, in 1986. Subsequently, he spent some time at the American University of Paris but he left college to pursue acting. He also had a great passion for music, and played in a band while pursuing his acting career. Despite not continuing this, he contributed the song ''Bitter and Blue'' to the second soundtrack album of ''NCIS''.

Career

Weatherly began his professional acting career with a minor television role on ''The Cosby Show'' as Theo Huxtable's roommate.

He then obtained the role of Cooper Alden on ''Loving'' and later, ''The City'', which he would portray from 1992 until 1996.

With various guest spots on television he moved to Los Angeles. After moving, he landed a role as a series regular on the FOX television series ''Significant Others'', with Jennifer Garner. The show only lasted six episodes. He then met director Whit Stillman, who cast him in the 1998 film ''The Last Days of Disco'' as Hap, opposite Chloë Sevigny.[Charmed Season 1] Michael also had a guest appearance as a Warlock in the series Charmed during it's first season in 1998 [When Bad Warlocks Go Good]

He began his movie acting career in 1997 with ''Meet Wally Sparks'', as Dean Sparks. In 2000, he had a role in ''Cabin by the Lake''. This was followed by a role in the independent film ''Trigger Happy'' (2001) opposite Rosario Dawson.

He starred in ''Dark Angel'' for the two seasons it was on the air. This role earned him three award nominations, two Saturn awards for Best supporting actor on Television in 2001 and 2002, and one Teen Choice award for choice actor in 2001. During filming, Weatherly began a relationship with co-star Jessica Alba, leading to their engagement in 2002, later broken off.

Since 2003, Weatherly has starred as Special Agent Anthony DiNozzo on the CBS TV show ''NCIS''.

He was a guest presenter at the Australian Logie Awards of 2007 on 6 May 2007 and was a guest on Rove Live. He also starred in the 2004 television film ''The Mystery of Natalie Wood'', as Robert Wagner. Robert Wagner would later guest star in the 150th episode of ''NCIS'' as the father of Michael's character, Tony DiNozzo.

Weatherly made his directing debut during the Season 8 episode of ''NCIS'' titled "One Last Score," which aired on March 1, 2011.

Personal life

Weatherly married actress Amelia Heinle, who plays Victoria Newman on ''The Young and the Restless'' in 1995. On January 10, 1996, Heinle gave birth to the couple's son, August Manning Weatherly, in New York City. The couple divorced in 1997.

In 2001, Weatherly became engaged to his ''Dark Angel'' co-star Jessica Alba, but the couple broke up in 2003.

In September 2009, Weatherly married internist Bojana Jankovic.

Filmography

Film
! Year	! Film	! Role	! Other notes
1997	''Meet Wally Sparks''	Dean Sparks
1998	''The Last Days of Disco''	Hap
		Dave Juniper
	Verdict, Crusader Industries
	''Venus and Mars''	Cody Battle Vandermeer
''Trigger Happy''	Bill
2005	''Her Minor Thing''	Tom Lindeman
2009	''Charlie Valentine''	Danny Valentine
Television
! Year	! Title	! Role	! Notes
1991	''The Cosby Show''	Theo's Roommate	Episode: "Theo's Final Final"
1992–1995		Cooper Alden
1995–1996		Cooper Alden
1996	''Pier 66''	Decker Monroe
	''The Advanced Guard''	Kevin, Captive	[[Sci Fi Channel (United States)
	Ben Chasen	6 episodes
	Roy	6 episodes
	''[[Charmed">Television movie
		Dr. Matthew Rogers
	James Cash	Episode: "What Family Doesn't Have its Ups and Downs?"
	''The Advanced Guard''	Kevin, Captive	[[Sci Fi Channel (United States)
	Ben Chasen	6 episodes
	Roy	6 episodes
	''[[Charmed''	Brendan Rowe
''The Crow: Stairway to Heaven''	James Horton	Episode: "A Gathering Storm"
''Winding Roads''	Mick Simons
	''Cabin by the Lake''	Boone
	Jack Vallone	Episode: "Jack"
''Ally McBeal''	Wayne Keeble
2000–2002			42 episodes
2003
2003–present
2004	''The Mystery of Natalie Wood''	Robert Wagner	American Broadcasting Company

Awards and nominations

[[Saturn Awards

2001: Nominated, "Best Supporting Actor in a Television Series" – ''Dark Angel''

2002: Nominated, "Best Supporting Actor in a Television Series" – ''Dark Angel''

Soap Opera Digest Awards

1994: Nominated, "Hottest Male Star" – ''Loving''

1995: Nominated, "Outstanding Younger Lead Actor" – ''Loving''

Teen Choice Awards

2001: Nominated, "Choice TV Actor" – ''Dark Angel''

References

External links

Michael Weatherly at Hollywood.com

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Coordinates	34°03′″N118°15′″N
name	Stephen Moyer
birth name	Stephen John Emery
birth date	October 11, 1969
birth place	Brentwood, Essex, England
occupation	Actor
yearsactive	1980s–present
spouse	Anna Paquin (2010–present) }}

Stephen Moyer (born Stephen John Emery; 11 October 1969) is an English actor who has starred as vampire Bill Compton in the HBO series ''True Blood'' since 2008.

Early life and career

Moyer was born in Brentwood, Essex. He attended St Martin's School, a comprehensive school in Hutton, Essex, and graduated from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.

He became Brentwood Theatre's first patron in October 2007, especially supporting their "Reaching Out, Building On" campaign to help fund the 2008 completion of backstage facilities.

After graduating from LAMDA, Stephen Moyer worked in theatre for five years. He worked with the National Theatre of Wales, the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Oxford Stage Company, work which included going on tour and playing Romeo in productions of ''Romeo and Juliet''. He then made the transition to television and film.

Personal life

On 5 August 2009, it was confirmed that Moyer had become engaged to Anna Paquin, who plays his character's love interest in the HBO series ''True Blood''. They had been dating since filming the series pilot in 2007. On 21 August 2010, Moyer and Paquin married at a private residence in Malibu, California. They reside in Venice, Los Angeles.

Moyer has a son, Billy, born in 2000, and a daughter, Lilac, born in 2002, from previous relationships.

Filmography

Film

Year	! Film	! Role	! Notes	−2001
1997		Prince Valiant
1998	''Comic Act''	Danny
2000		Prouix, the Architect
2001		Brach
2004		Alex Randal
	2005	''Undiscovered''	Mick Benson
	''88 Minutes''	Guy LaForge
	Editor
2008		Andrew
		Josh
		Owen Pace
	John Guidi
	Russian assassin

Television

! Year	! Series	! Role	! Notes
1993–1994	''Conjugal Rites''	Philip Masefield	13 episodes
1995		Martin Franks	16 episodes
		Olly	TV movie
''Cadfael''	Godwin	Episode: "A Morbid Taste for Bones"
	''A Touch of Frost''	D.C. Burton	Episode: "Penny for the Guy"
	Stephen Bannerman	8 Episodes
1998		Jack Beresford	Episode: "Habeas Corpus" Episode: "Persona Non Grata"
	''Highlander: The Raven''	Jeremy Dexter	Episode: "Thick as Thieves"
''Midsomer Murders''	Christopher Wainwright	Episode: "Death in Disguise"
	Dr. Tom Scott	Unknow episodes
''Cold Feet''	Nick Marsden	Episode: #2.5
		Marcel Birkstead	TV movie
	Trevor Watts	Episode: #2.1
''Peak Practice''	Chris Rhodes	Episode: "Hit and Run"
	''Princess of Thieves''	Prince Philip	TV movie
	Jason	TV movie
	''Simcha Rotem'' (nom de guerre: Kazik)	TV movie
2002		Mark	TV movie
		Mark	TV movie
''Entrusted''	David Quatermain	TV movie
	''NY-LON''	Michael Antonioni	7 Episodes
''The Final Quest''	Young Danny Duke	TV movie
2005		Steven Hunt	Episode: "Undertow: Part 1"
2006		Dr. Mark Ellis	Episode: "Waste of Space"
		Mr. Brazendale	8 Episodes
	Sam	6 Episodes
	Jimmy Collins	TV movie
	''True Blood''	Bill Compton	Regular
	''Ice''	Peterson	4 episodes

Awards

2009 – Won, Satellite Award for Best TV Ensemble for ''True Blood.''

2009 – Won, Scream Award for "Best Actor in a Horror Movie or TV Show," for ''True Blood.'' 2009 – Nominated, Teen Choice Award for "Choice Summer TV Star: Male," for ''True Blood.''

2010 – Nominated, Saturn Award for "Best Actor in Television" for ''True Blood.''

2010 – Nominated, Teen Choice Award for "Choice Summer TV Star: Male," for ''True Blood.''

2010 – Nominated, Scream Award for "Best Horror Actor" for ''True Blood.''

2010 – Won, Scream Award for "Holy Sh*t! Scene of the Year" for ''True Blood.''

2010 – Nominated, Satellite Award for "Best Actor in a TV Drama Series" for ''True Blood.''

2011 – Won, Saturn Award for "Best Actor in Television" for ''True Blood.''

References

External links

Category:1969 births Category:Alumni of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art Category:English film actors Category:English stage actors Category:English television actors Category:Living people Category:People from Brentwood, Essex

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