Evan Buliung

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Evan Buliung is a Canadian actor. [1] He has played roles on stage and in musical theatre, including the role of Aragorn in the Toronto production of Lord of the Rings , [2] Khashoggi in We Will Rock You , [1] William Burke in Bloodless: The Trial of Burke and Hare [3] and Pericles in the Stratford Festival's 2015 production of The Adventures of Pericles . [4] He won a Dora Award for his portrayal of Bruce Bechdel in Fun Home in 2018.

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Career

Buliung played the lead role of Joe Schofield in the Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre/Canadian Stage production of Chimerica in 2016. [5]

He has also had occasional supporting roles in film and television, most notably as Professor Warren in The Best Years , Michael Braxton in Bitten and Robert Hobbie in Holly Hobbie . Evan also gave his voice to various video game characters, his most famous work is portrayal of Holden Cross and his multiplayer counterpart Lawbringer in For Honor in 2017. He later reprised his role as a stand-alone DLC character, Gryphon, in 2020.

He was a Dora Mavor Moore Award nominee for Best Actor in a Musical in 2013 for Bloodless, [6] and was a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Lead Actor in a Television Film or Miniseries at the 5th Canadian Screen Awards in 2017 for CBC Television's film of Pericles. [7]

In 2018, he won a Dora Mavor Moore Award for his performance as Bruce Bechdel in Fun Home at the Panasonic Theatre (2018).

In 2019, he played Larry Murphy in the Canada premiere of Dear Evan Hansen , and in 2023, he starred as Pierre Bezukhov in the Canada premiere of Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 . [8]

Other roles he's played include Sky Masterson in Guys and Dolls at the Stratford Festival (2017) and Georges Seurat in Sunday in the Park with George with the Eclipse Theatre Company (2020). [9]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2013Skating to New YorkDr. David Janeau
2015 King Lear Edgar
2016Stratford Festival: The Adventures of Pericles Pericles
2018Romeo and Juliet Mercutio
2021 The Wolf and the Lion Allan
2024 We Forgot to Break Up Gary

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2004Elizabeth RexMattTelevision film
2007 The Best Years Professor Warren4 episodes
2012 Warehouse 13 Johann SteinbrückEpisode: "We All Fall Down"
2012 Nikita Davis KellogEpisode: "3.0"
2012 Copper Edwin Booth 2 episodes
2012 Haven ChazEpisode: "Reunion"
2013Dangerous PersuasionsJim EllisonEpisode: "Highway to Hate"
2013 The Listener Mark Douglas / Mike SextonEpisode: "Cold Storage"
2014 Bitten Michael Braxton4 episodes
2014 Reign Maurice Bisset Episode: "Royal Blood"
2016 Saving Hope RussEpisode: "Not Fade Away"
2016 Gangland Undercover Casey2 episodes
2017 Damnation ColbyEpisode: "Sam Riley's Body"
2018–2021 Holly Hobbie Robert / Peter Hobbie29 episodes
2019 Suits Simon Lowe2 episodes
2019A Very Country WeddingMikeTelevision film
2019 Departure Derek3 episodes
2020 Transplant AdamEpisode: "Relapse"
2021 Hudson & Rex Randy SherEpisode: "All in the Litter"
2022 Ruby and the Well Doug ByrneEpisode: "I Wish They Would Just Listen"

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References

  1. 1 2 "Evan Buliung says goodbye to We Will Rock You". Toronto Star , January 19, 2008.
  2. Coulbourn, John (March 19, 2006). "Meet the LOTR cast: Evan Buliung"". Toronto Sun . Archived from the original on February 3, 2017.
  3. "Evan Buliung and Eddie Glen Star in Theatre 20's "Bloodless: The Trial of Burke and Hare; Full Cast Announced!" Broadway World, September 13, 2012.
  4. "The Adventures of Pericles brings a Stratford production to the screen". The Globe and Mail , May 6, 2016.
  5. Maga, Carly (April 1, 2016). "Chimerica has stimulating ideas but underwhelming dialogue: review". Toronto Star. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
  6. "‘Wizard of Oz’ among big Dora nominees". Global News, June 3, 2013.
  7. "Orphan Black, Schitt's Creek, Kim's Convenience up for Canadian Screen Awards". CBC News, January 17, 2017.
  8. ANNOUNCING THE CAST OF NATASHA, PIERRE & THE GREAT COMET OF 1812
  9. Evan Buliung credits