George Buza — Movies, TV Shows & Roles

Actor

1949-01-07 · Cleveland, Ohio, USA · Male

26 series in the catalog

George Buza Jr. is an American-Canadian-British actor who is best known for voicing Beast (Dr. Hank McCoy) in X-Men: The Animated Series and X-Men '97.
Early life
Buza was born in Cleveland, Ohio, United States to Ildiko (née Ormai), an opera singer and George Buza Sr.. He moved to Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 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.
Voiceover work
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. 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. 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.
Television
Read All About It! (1980) – Barry
The Littlest Hobo (1984) – Security Guard, Charlie Demerest
Star Wars: Droids (1985) – (voice)
Star Wars: Ewoks (1985) – Chief Chirpa (voice)
Maniac Mansion (1990–93) – Turner Edison
Raider of the South Seas (1991) – The Raider
X-Men Animated Series (1992–97) – Beast (Dr. Henry "Hank" McCoy) / Additional voices (voice)
Tales from the Cryptkeeper (1993–94) – William / Mr. Armstrong (voice)
Dog City (1994) – Steven (voice)
Spider-Man: The Animated Series (1995) – Beast (voice)
The Neverending Story (1995–96) – Ogre / East Wind
The Adventures of Sinbad (1996–98) – Doubar
Mythic Warriors: Guardians of the Legend (1998–99) – King Minos / Gorgus (voice)
Power Stone (1999) – Kraken (voice, English dub)
Monster by Mistake (1999) – Kragon (voice)
Noddy (2000) – Gus the Garbage Truck Driver
Beyblade (2001–05) – Grandpa Granger (voice, English dub)
Pecola (2001–02) – Rory (voice, English dub)
The Last Chapter (2002–03) – Lenny "The Brain" Lenpiski
Franny's Feet (2004–05) – Grandpa (voice)
Grossology (2006–07) – Sloppy Joe / Frankenbooger (voice)
Fear Itself (2009) - Crane Dougale (episode 9 titled "Something with Bite").
Sidekick (2010) – Sheriff Marshall (voice)
The Case for Christmas (2011) – Kris Kringle (Santa Claus)
Elinor Wonders Why (2020) – Grandpa Rabbit / Baba (voice)
X-Men '97 (2024–present) – Beast (Dr. Henry "Hank" McCoy) (voice)
Video games
X-Men: Children of the Atom (1994) – Announcer / Colossus / Juggernaut / Omega Red / Magneto
Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes (2000) – Colossus
X-Men: Mutant Academy 2 (2001) – Beast
Starlink: Battle for Atlas (2018) – Kharl Zeon
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.