Master (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)

The Master is a fictional vampire that appears in the television series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and the spin-off "Angel". He was played by Mark Metcalf and is the first Big Bad of the Buffy series.
Fictional biography.
The Master is an elderly vampire who has been the head of a Hellmouth underneath Sunnydale High School. He killed Buffy but she was resurrected by Angel. Buffy later killed him, ending the Order of Arelius.
Reception.
The Master was seen as a good Big Bad for the show.