Riley Finn was born and raised in Huxley, a small farm town in Iowa. Not a whole lot is known about his history yet, but he's a Psychology graduate student at UC Sunnydale, a (former) teacher's assistant to the late Professor Maggie Walsh, and Special Agent 75329 in the Initiative, a mysterious military operation which captures and experiments on demons. Riley is as sweet and affable as they come, but can also take charge and hold his own in a fight, due to his Initiative training. He likes to take long drives, can't dance, and likes cheese. And, of course, he's Buffy's new boyfriend, dealing with the fact that his girlfriend is stronger than him and has a bigger and better demon-killing track record than him.

Riley Finn is played by Marc Blucas.