George Buza Jr. is an American-Canadian actor who is best known for voicing Beast (Dr. Hank McCoy) in ' and X-Men '97.
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.
Buza played Turner Edison on Maniac Mansion for the entirety of its 1991âÂÂ1993 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 '. 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.
Buza is known for voicing Beast in '. 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 ' and both ' games.
Buza has also provided character voices in many animated series. He voiced Grandpa Granger in the English dub of Beyblade, Chief Chirpa on ', and additional roles in ', The Busy World of Richard Scarry, ', The Neverending Story, Babar, Hammerman, Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors, Grossology, Iggy Arbuckle, Dog City, Pecola, Monster Force, Franny's Feet, ' 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.