Schmactors

Schmactors

Are actors just vapid, self-involved schmucks? James Marsters (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) and Mark Devine (Sex and the City) reunite to give their warped take on questions of the day, pull back the curtain on the life of acting for stage and screen, and attempt to disprove the idea that all actors ar...

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June 6, 2025

17 - Stage Fright, Buffy Reboot Buzz, and Velveeta Confessions

In this wildly emotional and hilariously revealing episode, James Marsters returns from the convention circuit with juicy Buffy reboot rumors (which he can't actually talk about). Meanwhile, Mark Devine contemplates the delic...
May 30, 2025

16 - Adrenochrome, Hollywood Hell Parties, and The Beatles

This week on Schmactors, it’s time to zap into the void with a cattle prod, question your Beatle loyalty, and wonder aloud if David Caruso is still standing under that same damn porch light. Mark recounts the surreal politics...
May 23, 2025

15 - Stage Kisses, Broken Noses, and the Ophthalmologist Conundrum

In this episode of Schmactors , James and Mark go from superhero vision exams to existential midlife meltdowns in under 40 minutes. First up: can Clark Kent’s ophthalmologist really be fooled by a pair of glasses? The guys sp...
May 16, 2025

14 – Method Madness, Brass Knuckles, and Time Machines

This week on Schmactors, James and Mark dive into the psychological side effects of method acting, accidental hate-symbol cosplay, and the crushing guilt of being slightly less generous than your saint-like friends. From dial...
May 9, 2025

13 - Deathbed Lies, Piano Dreams, and Climate Crimes

In this wildly unpredictable episode of Schmactors, James Marsters and Mark Devine dive headfirst into the philosophical, the musical, and the deeply absurd. From pondering whether Patrick Mahomes is the Mozart of football or...
May 2, 2025

12 - Galaxies, Groupies, and the $30 Sandwich

In this episode of Schmactors, James Marsters and Mark Devine catch up on travel tales, revisit brushes with fame, and plunge headfirst into the black hole of existential curiosity. From James’ sticker-shock in Australia (tur...

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James Marsters

Host

James Marsters is an L.A. actor best known for playing Spike in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Marvel’s Runaways, Smallville, P.S. I Love You, Torchwood, Dragonball Super, and about 100 plays.

He and Mark Devine produced and starred in ViDiOTS, a madcap online travelogue show about two friends seeing the world, understanding nothing, and deciding to play video games in their hotel room instead.

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Mark Devine

Host

Mark Devine is an actor and producer most notably known for Sex and the City, Six Feet Under, Big Love, CSI Miami, and The Master of Disguise. He played opposite Gordon Jump for seven years as the Lonely Maytag Men. In 2010, he teamed up with his friend, James Marsters, to create ViDiOTS. Devine claims to be the original founder of GoFundMe, founded in his mind by himself in a bar in 2003. Having never actually written anything down, he eventually forgot about it. Also, electric cars.

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Jason DeFillippo

Producer

Jason DeFillippo is an award-winning full-time podcast producer, host, and editor who has been podcasting professionally for over eleven years. He is the co-host of Grumpy Old Geeks and has worked on podcasts, including The Tim Ferriss Show, The Jordan Harbinger Show, The Kevin Rose Show, The Kara Goldin Show, Follow Your Different & Lochhead on Marketing with Christopher Lochhead, Build with Rob with Rob Dyrdek, and Noah Kagan Presents. Jason was an award-winning web developer for 22 years but wanted to be a photographer when he grew up.