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| Born | George Buza Jr. Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. |
| Other names | George Busa |
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| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1975–present |
George Buza Jr. is an American-Canadian actor who is best known for voicing Beast (Dr. Hank McCoy) in X-Men: The Animated Series and X-Men '97 .
Buza was born in Cleveland, Ohio, United States to Ildiko (née Ormai), an opera singer and George Buza Sr.. [1] He moved to Toronto, Ontario, Canada, as a young man and became a Canadian citizen in 1998.
Buza played Turner Edison on Maniac Mansion for the entirety of its 1991–1993 run on YTV and The Family Channel. He also had a recurring role on the Red Green Show as Dwight Cardiff, the extremely lazy marina operator. He appeared as Chief Jake McKenna several times in the TV series Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show . In addition, he portrayed Doubar, the older brother of Sinbad, in The Adventures of Sinbad syndicated TV series, as well as a recurring role on the syndicated Mutant X . Buza was also in episode 11 of TVOntario's Read All About It! , and played Buck Norris on The Strain . He was one of the Kzamm tribe in Quest for Fire .
He also makes a small appearance as a trucker in 2000's X-Men movie, and a biker in George Romero's Diary of the Dead . He played Stuckmore in 2002's Men with Brooms . Buza also played Lenny "The Brain" Lepinski in the Quebec-Ontario TV show called "The Last Chapter". He also played Santa, the character that fought Krampus in the horror movie A Christmas Horror Story . [2] [3]
Buza is known for voicing Beast in X-Men: The Animated Series . He was the only voice actor out of the main leads who was familiar with the comic prior to being cast. [4] He also reprised the role in the video games X-Men: Children of the Atom and both X-Men: Mutant Academy games.
Buza has also provided character voices in many animated series. [5] He voiced Grandpa Granger in the English dub of Beyblade , Chief Chirpa on Star Wars: Ewoks , and additional roles in Star Wars: Droids , The Busy World of Richard Scarry , Mythic Warriors: Guardians of the Legend , The Neverending Story , Babar , Hammerman , Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors , Grossology , Iggy Arbuckle , Dog City , Pecola , Monster Force , Franny's Feet , Starlink: Battle for Atlas and Tales from the Cryptkeeper .
He also provided his voice in the English dubs of the Medabots and Power Stone video games.
In 1992, he was nominated for a Gemini Award for Best Performance in a Comedy Program or Series (Individual or Ensemble) for Maniac Mansion . He was nominated again in 2001 for Best Ensemble Performance in a Comedy Program or Series for The Red Green Show . [6]
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