Nicholas Brendon, best known for playing Xander Harris in Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Kevin Lynch in Criminal Minds, has an identical twin brother, Kelly Donovan.
Born three minutes before him on April 12, 1971, to Robert and Kathleen Schultz, Donovan famously starred alongside his brother in Buffy as Xander’s “double” in season 5, episode 3, The Replacement. He acted in season 5, episode 18, "The Intervention," filling in for Brendon, who had fallen ill.
“Most twins I can usually tell apart, but these ones look soooo much alike,” one fan wrote about the swap. “Very hard to tell.”
Donovan has also acted in City Guys, Undressed, and Coherence.
In August 2021, Brendon was arrested after confessing to the police about using his brother’s prescription to purchase amphetamines. Authorities in Indiana stopped him after he was spotted driving erratically, according to The Daily Beast.
Upon searching, the cops found a prescription for amphetamine salts under Donovan’s name, along with small bags with crystalline residue.
Brendon said he and his brother “have the same prescription and they fill each other’s prescription,” according to the arrest affidavit.
The actor has been arrested on multiple other occasions for a variety of offenses, including domestic violence and battery against police officers. He has also suffered from substance issues and depression, and has been in and out of rehab.
Born three minutes before him on April 12, 1971, to Robert and Kathleen Schultz, Donovan famously starred alongside his brother in Buffy as Xander’s “double” in season 5, episode 3, The Replacement. He acted in season 5, episode 18, "The Intervention," filling in for Brendon, who had fallen ill.
“Most twins I can usually tell apart, but these ones look soooo much alike,” one fan wrote about the swap. “Very hard to tell.”
Donovan has also acted in City Guys, Undressed, and Coherence.
In August 2021, Brendon was arrested after confessing to the police about using his brother’s prescription to purchase amphetamines. Authorities in Indiana stopped him after he was spotted driving erratically, according to The Daily Beast.
Upon searching, the cops found a prescription for amphetamine salts under Donovan’s name, along with small bags with crystalline residue.
Brendon said he and his brother “have the same prescription and they fill each other’s prescription,” according to the arrest affidavit.
The actor has been arrested on multiple other occasions for a variety of offenses, including domestic violence and battery against police officers. He has also suffered from substance issues and depression, and has been in and out of rehab.