George Buza

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George Buza
Born
Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Other namesGeorge Busa
Citizenship
  • United States
  • Canada
OccupationActor
Years active1975–present

George Buza is an American and Canadian actor who is best known for voicing Beast (Dr. Hank McCoy) in X-Men: The Animated Series and X-Men '97 .

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Personal life

Born in Cleveland, Ohio, he moved to Toronto, Ontario, as a young man and became a Canadian citizen in 1998.

Career

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 . [1] [2]

Voiceover work

Buza is probably best known for voicing Beast in the X-Men Animated Series . He was the only voice actor out of the main leads that was familiar with the comic prior to being cast. [3] 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. [4] 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.

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

Awards and nominations

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 . [5]

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References

  1. ↑ Spiegel, Janel (October 15, 2015). "Interview: George Buza (A Christmas Horror Story)". Horrornews.net. Retrieved May 27, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Interview with George Buza". The Action Elite. September 30, 2015. Retrieved May 27, 2017.
  3. ↑ Cal Dodd Interview! Original Voice Of Wolverine In X-Men, And Slappy In Goosebumps! | Daniel Fee33. YouTube. Daniel Fee33. October 31, 2020. Retrieved October 5, 2023.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "George Buza". Behind the Voice Actors. Retrieved May 27, 2017.
  5. ↑ "16th Annual Gemini Awards: All Nominees". Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television. Archived from the original on September 19, 2001.
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