James Marsters, omwe mbiri yake inayamba pa August 20, 1962, anabadwira mumzinda wa Greenville, California. Kenako James, mayi ake, abambo, mbale ndi mlongo anasamukira mumzinda wa Modesto. Kumeneko ndipo adakali mwana wa mnyamata uyu. Anyamata aang'ono anali amanyazi komanso amantha. Pokhapokha pa malo owonetsera masewerawo adawululidwa kwathunthu. Ndipo mnyumbayi, James adasewera kuyambira ali mwana. Kupanga koyamba, komwe James adachita nawo, kunali nthano za Winnie the Pooh. Kumeneko ankasamalira bulu Eeyore. Pambuyo pake, Marsters anaganiza kuti adzakhala woyimba komanso wokonda maseŵera. Mbiri yake imanena kuti James ankasewera zinthu zambiri pa sukulu. Mwa njira, panali pa siteji kuti mnyamatayo adamupsompsona mtsikana poyamba. Izo zinachitika pa zaka khumi ndi zinayi. Atamaliza maphunziro awo, James anaganiza zopitiriza kuphunzira pa Pacific Conservatory of acting. Mbiri yake imanena kuti kumeneko anaphunzira kuyambira 1980 mpaka 1982. James akukhulupirira kuti inali nthawi ino yomwe anaphunzitsidwa zonse zomwe zinali zofunika kuti adziŵe kuti akhale woyimba bwino. Iye mobwerezabwereza anayamika aphunzitsi ake ndi mtima wake wonse kuti iwo amatha kumugulitsa mwa iye zofunikira kwambiri, ndipo, chofunikira kwambiri, anaphunzitsidwa molingana ndi dongosolo la Stanislavsky. Njirayi ikusonyeza kuti munthuyo akulimbana ndi ntchitoyo. Amamverera khalidwe lake, amaganiza ngati momwe amachitira ndikuchita monga iye pamasewera kapena pamasewera.
Atamaliza maphunziro awo, James amapita ku New York ndipo akupitiriza maphunziro ake pa Juilliard Conservatory. Koma, iye samayima pamenepo ngakhale zaka ziwiri. Monga James mwini adanenera, adaphunzitsidwa kumeneko malingaliro ochita, koma sanali ololedwa kuchita, kuyesera, ndi zina zotero. Ndipo ndi zomwe Yakobo anafunikira. Kuonjezera apo, sanazunzidwe ndi aphunzitsi okha, koma ndi nyumbayo yokha. Pamalo otsiriza munali maginja a Stradivarius, omwe ankafuna kutentha ndi nyengo. Chifukwa chaichi, nyumbayi inali ndi fungo lapadera. Izi, molingana ndi James, zinali fungo la ululu.
Chifukwa chake, mnyamatayo anasiya maphunziro ake, anayamba kuyesa kukhala ndi moyo. Kwa kanthawi ankakhala kutali ndi malo abwino kwambiri a New York - Queens, kumene adagwira ntchito nthawi yochuluka ngati woperekera chakudya, ndiye monga woyang'anira kuresitora. Pa nthawi imeneyo adalandira chilonda chake pamaso kwake kumanzere - chimodzi mwazosiyana ndi maonekedwe a Spike. Tsiku lina madzulo, pamene mnyamatayo anali kubwerera kuntchito, iye anagwidwa ndi zipolopolo zamkati. Panthawi imeneyo James ankakonda kumwa mowa ndipo sanali moyo wabwino mpaka atasamukira ku Chicago. Anamvetsetsa kuti amafunikira malo owonetsera masewera, mwinamwake amadzimira pansi. Ndiko komwe Marsters anakumana ndi anthu omwe ankafuna kuyesa pa siteji. Iwo adalenga gulu lawo ndipo gawo loyamba la James linakhala gawo la Ferdinando ku "Storm" ya Shakespeare. Tiyenera kuzindikira kuti masewerowa anali kuyesera, chifukwa muchithunzi chimodzi James adatengedwa kwa omvetsera wamaliseche, atamangiriridwa ku gudumu, chifukwa ankaimira munthu wabwino wa da Vinci. Ndiko komwe anakumana ndi mkazi wake Liana Davidson. James ankamukonda kwambiri, monga mwana wa Sullivan. Ndipo kwa nthawi yaitali sanazindikire kuti anali kumupereka. Monga James adanena, nthawi zonse ankakhulupirira kuti maubwenzi sangamangidwe pa kugonana limodzi, payenera kukhala chithandizo, kukhulupirika ndi kumvetsetsa. Choncho, atangobereka Sullivan, iye anasudzula mkazi wake. Koma, sindinaiwale za mwana wanga. M'malo mwake, iye anali yemwe iye James anapita ku Los Angeles. Ndalama zomwe anazipeza mnyumbayi sizinali zokwanira kuthandiza banja. Kotero, James anaganiza kuyesa kugulitsa, ngakhale zinali zosiyana ndi mfundo za moyo wake. Ndi momwe adakhalira pa "Buffy". Monga tonse tikudziwira, Spike adayenera kukhala wokhala ndi moyo kwa nthawi imodzi, ndipo adakhala wolimba pazochitika zonsezi. James akukumbukirabe mwachimwemwe kuwombera. Akuti akhala nthawi zonse banja. Ndipo banja, ichi ndi chinthu chofunikira kwambiri m'moyo, zilizonse zomwe ziri, zimakhalabe banja lanu. Ndipo ngati mumakana banja lanu, mumasiya.
Kawirikawiri, James ndi munthu wanzeru kwambiri. Amawerenga zambiri, amasangalala ndi zojambulajambula ndipo samadziyika yekha pamwamba pa ena. Iye sakonda kukambirana ndi omwe ali naye. Makamaka akazi. Iye, monga Msuli wake, ndi munthu weniweni wa Chingerezi, ngakhale kuti ndi Merika weniweni. Komabe, iye ndi wodzipatulira kwambiri komanso wachikondi. Mwina ndichifukwa chake, atatha kusudzulana ndi mkazi wake, James kwa nthawi yaitali adakumana ndi tsoka la moyo, sanakumane ndi aliyense kapena mabuku ake sanakhalepo nthawi yayitali. Koma, pamapeto pake, pa imodzi ya nyimbo za "The Ghost of Robot" James anakumana ndi Patricia. Mtsikanayo anali wokondedwa wake, ndipo atatha zaka zinayi, pa January 14 chaka chino iye anakhala mkazi. Tsopano James ndi wokondwa kwenikweni. Nthawi zina amachoka, amaseŵeranso mu gulu "The Ghost of the Robot", tsopano ndi mwana wake, chifukwa Mayi uyu anali khumi ndi zisanu. Komanso James anawamasulira mabuku angapo a Jim Butcher ponena za maulendo a wofufuza zamatsenga Harry Dresden.
James Marsters sanafune kuzindikiridwa padziko lonse lapansi. Mwinamwake ndi chifukwa chake ine ndinachipeza icho. Pambuyo pa kutha kwa "Buffy" zaka zisanu ndi zitatu zapita, koma amakumbukiridwa ndi kukondedwa. Amakonda khalidwe lake, malingaliro ake, kuseketsa, komanso olemekezeka komanso nzeru. James - uyu ndiye munthu amene ayenera kuphunzira kukhala mwamuna weniweni.