How I Met Your Mother
Come On
Monday 15 May 2006 on CBS

Ted tries to keep Robin from going on a camping trip so that she can spend time with him. Barney enlists the help of an old flame to perform a rain dance. At the same time Marshall finds out about Lily's interview for the fellowship in San Francisco.

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Alexis has been nominated for a Saturn Award in the category of 'Best Supporting Actor in a Television Series' for his role as Wesley on Angel three times, in 2001, 2003, and 2004. (edit) Alexis currently resides in Los Angeles with his wife, Alyson Hannigan. They also have homes in London and in Sacramento. (edit) During his time living in Britain, Alexis dated comedienne Caroline Aherne. He was given "special thanks" on the credits of her show The Royle Family. (edit) Alexis was diagnosed with Bell's Palsy just before filming of the fifth season on Angel was set to begin. So during the first episode, director Joss Whedon had to be careful to keep most of Alexis's shots on his right profile, as the left side of his face was fairly immobile at the time of fliming. (edit) Alexis lived with Ted Danson and his wife, Mary Steenburgen, for a year, after he had returned to America and had been unable to find work. (edit)

Alexis Denisof: It's just that there's something greater than the sum of the parts, when things are going well. That's what I like, that's what I hope to tune into when I'm working, is the sort of unknown. It's the magic part that enters a scene when the actors and the writers and the director have all done their work, and then they're able to let the magic unfold. (edit) Alexis Denisof: It just was really a case of osmosis, and absorbing the attitudes and approaches of the people around me, and realizing that there is a place for hard work and that that should be applauded, but that simply working hard is not necessarily, in acting terms, the way to achieve a good performance. (edit) Alexis Denisof: I mean, I was a kid. I still kind of thought maybe I'd be a professional soccer player or a fireman, or an astronaut, you know? So being an actor was pretty low on the list at that point. By the time I had finished my studies at St. Paul's School, I knew I wanted to be an actor. (edit) Alexis Denisof: I was 13 years old, and going away to school would be a change for any 13 year old – but to go from Seattle, Washington, to Concord, New Hampshire, was a big change geographically and culturally. And then also the kind of intense type academic environment that Ivy League boarding schools create was a big change. It's all at a formative time in your life, so on the one hand I treasure the time that I had there, and am very grateful for all of the values and educational opportunities it provided. It was also in some ways a shock to the system. (edit) Alexis Denisof: My family emigrated during the revolution. My grandfather was from outside of Moscow, and my grandmother, although some of her family were French, was from Odessa. They met as immigrants in New York in the early '20s. My mother's family came over from Ireland generations ago. That's where the silly name is from. But it's not made up! You couldn't think that one up. Mom says my father was torn between naming me Archibald and Reginald, and so I'm delighted he settled on naming me after my grandfather. (edit)

Star
Angel Wesley Wyndam-Pryce

Recurring Role
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Wesley Wyndam-Pryce

Guest Star
Angel Parting Gifts Wesley Wyndam-Pryce	Batman Beyond Curse of Kobra (2) Zander
Batman Beyond Curse of Kobra (1) Zander	Highlander Diplomatic Immunity Steve Banner
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