Personal Info
Birth date
1949-01-07 (76 Years)
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Also known as
-George Buza
Biography
George Buza, an actor of American-Canadian descent, has made a name for himself in the entertainment industry. Although he hails from Cleveland, he spent his formative years in Canada and eventually became a proud Canadian citizen in 1998. Buza's most notable role is lending his voice to the character of Beast in the beloved 90's X-Men cartoon. Additionally, he made a memorable appearance as a truck driver in the first live-action movie adaptation. Not limited to these roles, Buza also took on the role of Santa in the chilling film, "A Christmas Horror Story."
Filmography
Ginny & Georgia
8.072
Overview:
Free-spirited Georgia and her two kids, Ginny and Austin, move north in search of a fresh start but find that the road to new beginnings can be bumpy.The Red Green Show
7.304
Overview:
The Red Green Show is a Canadian television comedy that aired on various channels in Canada, with its ultimate home at CBC Television, and on Public Broadcasting Service stations in the United States, from 1991 until the series finale April 7, 2006, on CBC. The Red Green Show is essentially a cross between a sitcom and a sketch comedy series, and is a parody of home improvement, do-it-yourself, fishing, and other outdoors shows.Spider-Man
8.286
Overview:
Bitten by a neogenetic spider, Peter Parker develops spider-like superpowers. He uses these to fight crime while trying to balance it with the struggles of his personal life.The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
7.2
Overview:
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents is an American anthology series that aired on NBC from 1985 to 1986, and on the USA Network from 1987 to 1989. The series is an updated re-imagining of the classic 1955 series Alfred Hitchcock Presents.X-Men
8.175
Overview:
The X-Men are an elite team of mutants, genetically gifted human beings with superpowers, sworn to fight for mutant rights against hostile Government agencies, whilst at the same time protecting mankind from mutant supremacist Magneto who seeks to destroy the human race in return for the atrocities committed against mutant kind.The Adventures of Sinbad
7
Overview:
The Adventures of Sinbad is a Canadian television series which aired from 1996 to 1998. It follows on the story from the pilot of the same name, and revolves around the series' protagonist, Sinbad. The series is a re-telling of the adventures of Sinbad from The Arabian Nights.The Strain
7.478
Overview:
A high concept thriller that tells the story of Dr. Ephraim Goodweather, the head of the Center for Disease Control Canary Team in New York City. He and his team are called upon to investigate a mysterious viral outbreak with hallmarks of an ancient and evil strain of vampirism. As the strain spreads, Eph, his team, and an assembly of everyday New Yorkers, wage war for the fate of humanity itself.Mutant X
6.565
Overview:
Mutant X is a science fiction television series that debuted on October 6, 2001. The show was created by Avi Arad, and it centers around Mutant X, a team of "New Mutants" who possess extraordinary powers as a result of genetic engineering. The members of Mutant X were used as test subjects in a series of covert government experiments. The mission of Mutant X is to seek out and protect their fellow New Mutants. The series was filmed in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Even though the series had high ratings and was meant to be renewed for a fourth season, it was abruptly canceled in 2004 after the dismantling of Fireworks Entertainment, one of the show's production companies, ending the show on a cliffhanger.X-Men '97
8.548
Overview:
The X-Men, a band of mutants who use their uncanny gifts to protect a world that hates and fears them, are challenged like never before, forced to face a dangerous and unexpected new future.Due South
7.547
Overview:
Constable Benton Fraser, an officer of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, is attached to the Canadian consulate but works with Chicago Police Department to solve crimes.Ewoks
5.744
Overview:
The Ewok Wicket and his friends from the Bright Tree Village go on many magical adventures.Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show
5.6
Overview:
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show is an American syndicated science fiction sitcom based on the 1989 film, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids. It expands upon the original film's concept of a shrinking experiment gone wrong to include a myriad of experiments gone awry. It debuted in first-run syndication on September 1, 1997 and ran for three consecutive seasons, concluding with the 66th episode on May 20, 2000. Peter Scolari took over the role as Wayne Szalinski, the wacky inventor in the original film, played by Rick Moranis. Each episode incorporates new technologies and digital effects to feature the family in various new adventures. The series was filmed in Calgary, Alberta, with its main studios located in Currie Barracks, a decommissioned Canadian Forces dormitory.Fear Itself
6.767
Overview:
A horror/suspense anthology series directed by the biggest horror directors working in feature films.Relic Hunter
6.7
Overview:
Sydney Fox is a professor and globe-trotting "relic hunter" who looks for ancient artifacts to return to museums and/or the descendants of the original owner. She is aided by her linguistic assistant Nigel and occasionally by her somewhat air-headed secretary Claudia. She often ends up battling rival hunters seeking out artifacts for the money.The Firm
5.759
Overview:
As a young associate, Mitchell McDeere brought down the prestigious Memphis law firm of Bendini, Lambert & Locke, which operated as a front for the Chicago mob—and his life was never the same. After a difficult decade, which included a stay in the Federal Witness Protection program, Mitch and his family now emerge from isolation to reclaim their lives and their future—only to find that past dangers are still lurking and new threats are everywhere.Tilt
6.3
Overview:
Young poker players must navigate their past along with the best players in the world to win.Hammerman
4.2
Overview:
Set before his pyrotechnic rise to stardom, (M.C.) Hammer is still Stanley Kirk Burrell, helping kids at the local community center and dreaming of making it big as a rap music star. When some "magic dancing shoes" step into his life, Stanley is transformed into HAMMERMAN - the first musical superhero!The Last Chapter
7.7
Overview:
The Triple Sixers are the largest biker gang in Canada, but they don't have one important territory—Ontario, to give them a monopoly on the illegal drug market. Bob Durelle has been chosen to expand The Triple Sixers into Ontario, but his life-long friend Ross balks at the move. Watched by police and the Mafia, a bloody turf war starts.Maniac Mansion
4.7
Overview:
Maniac Mansion was a Canadian sitcom created by Eugene Levy, which aired concurrently on YTV in Canada and The Family Channel in the United States for three seasons from September 17, 1990 to April 4, 1993. The series is very loosely based on the popular 1987 LucasArts video game of the same name. While LucasFilm served as co-producers on the series, the show thematically shares little in common with its source material. The series followed the adventures of the Edison family, who lived in a large mansion in an upper-class suburban neighborhood. Fred, the father of the family, was an eccentric scientist, and many of the plots revolved around his wacky experiments. One of these experiments caused his toddler son, Turner, to transform into a large adult man and his brother-in-law, Harry, to be turned into a fly with a human head! They both remained this way for the entire run of the series.Beyblade
7.737
Overview:
Thirteen-year-old Takao Kinomiya (Tyson Granger), along with his fellow teammates, Kai Hiwatari, Max Mizuhura (Max Tate), and Rei Kon (Ray Kon), strive to become the greatest Beybladers in the world. With the technical help of the team's resident genius, Kyoujyu (Kenny), and with the powerful strength of their BitBeasts, the Bladebreakers armed with their Beys attempt to reach their goal.Faerie Tale Theatre
8.1
Overview:
A live-action children's television anthology series retelling popular fairy tales.Franny's Feet
7.2
Overview:
Franny's Feet is a Canadian animated series for children. It is produced by DHX Media/Halifax Film in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and created by Cathy Moss and Susan Nielsen. The show follows the adventures of four-year-old Frances "Franny" Fantootsie as she tries on various pairs of shoes and travels to different places in the world. Its very first appearance was on Ask.com/television in September 2001; it later appeared on CBC Television on January 1, 2004, then began to air on Family the following September, and was introduced to PBS Kids Sprout in the U.S. beginning in June 2006. In the U.K., it has aired on Discovery Kids UK, Channel Five, Playhouse Disney UK and Tiny Pop. A fourth season began in September 2009.First Wave
7.169
Overview:
Framed for murder and on the run, a former thief struggles to expose the vanguard of an alien invasion with the help of a conspiracy theorist and newly discovered prophecies of Nostradamus.Monster Force
8.2
Overview:
Monster Force was a 13-episode animated television series created in 1994 by Universal Cartoon Studios and Canadian studio Lacewood Productions. The story is set in approx. 2020 and centers on a group of teenagers who, with help of high tech weaponry, fight off against classic Universal Monsters and spiritual beings threatening humanity. Some of the crew have personal vendettas, while others fight for Mankind out of a sense of altruism. Universal Studios Home Entertainment will release the first seven episodes to DVD on September 15, 2009.The Last Chapter: The War Continues
6
Overview:
Having consolidated his Ontario power base, Bob is using his profits from the drug business to expand into a whole range of more legitimate enterprises while looking for ways to gain a foothold in the corridors of political power. And it seems he will stop at nothing to be reunited with his estranged wife Karen. Little does he know that his old nemesis Ross – long presumed dead – is about to launch an all-out campaign to bring him to his knees.Dog City
6.3
Overview:
This animated-live action puppet series follows the adventures of Ace Hart, a canine PI, and Eliot Shag, his 'real-life' German Shepherd animator.Veritas: The Quest
6.5
Overview:
Veritas: The Quest is a television program that aired in 2003. It follows a rebellious but intelligent teenager, Nikko Zond, discovering that his father Solomon's profession is much more mystical and adventurous than he previously thought. Solomon and his team search for the answers to some of the world's mysteries, a quest began because of the mysterious disappearance of Nikko's mother during an archaeological dig. Thus begins Nikko's fantastical journey into an Indiana Jones-style adventure with his father and his colleagues in trying to follow in his mother's footsteps to discover what strange secrets she was uncovering.Quest for Fire
7
Overview:
In the prehistoric world, a Cro-Magnon tribe depends on an ever-burning source of fire, which eventually extinguishes. Lacking the knowledge to start a new fire, the tribe sends three warriors on a quest for more. With the tribe's future at stake, the warriors make their way across a treacherous landscape full of hostile tribes and monstrous beasts. On their journey, they encounter Ika, a woman who has the knowledge they seek.Acting
2024Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of X-Men '97 as Self - Beast
2024X-Men '97 (9 Episodes) as Beast (voice)
2021Ginny & Georgia (1 Episode) as Marty
2018Elliot: The Littlest Reindeer as Santa (voice)
2016Mean Dreams as Pawnshop Clerk
2015A Christmas Horror Story as Santa
2014The Christmas Switch as Burly Man
2014The Strain (1 Episode) as Buck Norris
2013Fish N Chips: The Movie as Chipsus Barbotus / The Admiral (voice)
2012A Little Bit Zombie as Capt'n Cletus
2012The Firm (1 Episode) as Randy Mack
2011The Case for Christmas as Kris Kringle
2011The Mountie as Kleus
2009You Might As Well Live as Bartender
2008Fear Itself (1 Episode) as Crane Dougdale
2008Camille as Motel Manager
2007Nature of the Beast as Rudy
2007Diary of the Dead as Tattooed Biker
2007Still Small Voices as Wife Beater Terrance Reed
2005Tilt (5 Episodes) as Henry 'Tropical Henry' Dufour
2003Franny's Feet (104 Episodes) as Unknown
2003X-Men: The Legend of Wolverine as Beast (voice) (archive footage)
2003The Last Chapter: The War Continues (6 Episodes) as Lenny Lenpiski
2003Veritas: The Quest (1 Episode) as Myrth
2002Men with Brooms as Stuckmore
2002Duct Tape Forever as Motel Manager
2002The Last Chapter (6 Episodes) as Lenny Lenpiski
2001Knockaround Guys as Earl at the Gun Shop
2001Mutant X (11, 1 Episode) as Dominion Contact, The Man
2001What Makes a Family as Reverend Greg Wasney
2001Beyblade (154 Episodes) as Unknown
2000X-Men as Trucker
1999Relic Hunter (1 Episode) as Biker
1999The Arrangement as Willy Morton
1998First Wave (1 Episode) as Zachary
1997Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show (66 Episodes) as Chief Jake McKenna
1997Star Wars: Ewoks - The Haunted Village as Chief Chirpa / Nahkee (voice)
1997Star Wars: Ewoks - Tales from the Endor Woods as Chief Chirpa (voice)
1996The Adventures of Sinbad (44 Episodes) as Doubar
1996Shoemaker as Jerry
1996The Michelle Apartments as Burt
1994Spider-Man (2 Episodes) as Beast (voice)
1994Due South (1, 1 Episode) as Welker, Pete
1994Monster Force (13 Episodes) as Unknown
1993Journey to the Planets as Navigator (voice)
1992X-Men (76 Episodes) as Beast (voice)
1992Dog City (8 Episodes) as Steven (voice)
1992Catwalk (1 Episode) as Casey
1991Hammerman (13 Episodes) as Unknown
1991The Red Green Show (304 Episodes) as Dwight Cardiff
1990Descending Angel as Stellian
1990Maniac Mansion (66 Episodes) as Turner Edison
1990Raider of the South Seas as The Raider
1990The Kissing Place as Vic
1990Destiny To Order as Burgundy Red
1990Stella as George
1989Straight Line as Big Boy
1989Glory! Glory! as Vincent
1988The Brain as Verna
1988Sticky Fingers as Policeman
1988Ewoks 1: Morag's Revenge as Chief Chirpa (voice)
1988Ewoks 2: The Gupins and the Jindas as Chief Chirpa (voice)
1988Ewoks 3: Wicket the Hero as Chief Chirpa (voice)
1987Heaven On Earth as Field Worker
1987The Liberators as Propriétaire du magasin
1987Oklahoma Smugglers as Hugo
1986Meatballs III: Summer Job as Mean Gene
1986Busted Up as Captain Hook
1986Loose Ends as Odd
1986Murder Sees the Light as George
1985The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1 Episode) as Cal
1985Ewoks (35 Episodes) as Chief Chirpa (voice)
1985The Pied Piper of Hamelin as Townsperson
1983The Sex and Violence Family Hour as Various Personalities
1982Faerie Tale Theatre (1, 1 Episode) as Townsman (uncredited), Townsperson
1982Highpoint as Alex
1981Quest for Fire as The Kzamm Tribe
1981The Amateur as Terrorist #4
1979Fast Company as Meatball
1978High-Ballin' as Warehouseman