Marcus Paul Blucas is an American actor known for playing Riley Finn in Buffy the Vampire Slayer Matthew Donnelly in Necessary Roughness and abolitionist John Hawkes in Underground Prior to his acting career he was known for playing college basketball with the Wake Forest Demon Deacons Blucas first television role was in the television movie Inflammable made in 1995 From there he found roles in both television and film He starred as the Basketball Hero in Gary Rosss Pleasantville 1998 However Blucas landed his first major role in 1999 as Agent Riley Finn in Buffy the Vampire Slayer Initially Blucas was certain that he had blown his audition and had left apologizing for having wasted creator Joss Whedons time Whedon asked him to audition again and he received the part two weeks later He played Buffys love interest until 2000 This page is based on a Wikipedia article written by contributors Text is available under the CC BYSA 40 license additional terms may apply