Michael Buie

Michael Buie is a Canadian-born film and television actor, known primarily for portraying Fox News anchor Bret Baier in the 2019 film Bombshell, and his recurring role as Paul Dawson on the long-running ABC television series Grey's Anatomy.

Michael Buie
Michael Buie in 2013
Born	Kitchener, Ontario
Nationality	Canadian
Occupation	film and television actor
Years active	1994–present

Background and early years

Buie was born in Kitchener, Ontario, the eldest of six brothers. He graduated with a bachelor's degree from the University of Western Ontario before attending the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Pasadena, California.[1]

Acting career

Film

In 1999, Buie starred in Mystery, Alaska,[2] playing a Canadian ice hockey player named Connor Banks who is arrested for a shooting. Buie told a Los Angeles Times interviewer that the cast practiced hockey so much that many of the film's scenes on the ice rink were performed by the actors themselves rather than stand-ins. Saying he was "immensely proud of that", Buie described himself as "a mediocre hockey player who gets to live the dream in this film".[3]

In 2010, Buie appeared with co-stars Elizabeth Banks, Ty Simpkins, Russell Crowe, and Moran Atias at the New York premiere of The Next Three Days, a feature film in which he played the role of Mick Brennan.[2][4] In Blackbird, which won the Best Canadian First Feature Film Award at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival, Buie played the part of a gun-collector father whose troubled teenage son is accused of plotting a school shooting.[5][6]

Buie portrayed Fox News anchor Bret Baier in the 2019 film Bombshell, about the Roger Ailes scandal at the conservative network.[7] In a pictorial review, USA Today compared his appearance to Baier's, along with the other leading cast members to their Fox News characters.[8][9] In a wide-ranging, 24-minute interview by Adnan Virk on the Cinephile with Adnan Virk podcast in December 2019, Buie discussed various film roles he had had, as well as his thoughts on other recent films and their casts, and his long standing friendship with Russell Crowe. Questioned about his role playing Bret Baier in Bombshell, Buie said he practiced some of the Fox newsman's speech mannerisms prior to filming, but did not talk to Baier until after filming wrapped. When they did speak to each other, Buie said that Baier liked his portrayal and thought it was "good", joking that "he's never looked better".[10]

Buie's other film credits include Cedar Rapids and Ropewalk.[5]

Television

One of Buie's earliest roles was a character named Mike in the 1994 television film For the Love of Nancy, about an anorexic teenage girl played by Tracey Gold.[11][12] He also played the character Paul Dawson in the ninth season of the long-running ABC television series Grey's Anatomy, and King Agon in Marvel's Inhumans, also on ABC.[11][13] Buie had a leading role on the made-for-television film Hard Time in 1998, playing a detective opposite Charles Durning and Burt Reynolds, and its two sequels in the following year, Hard Time: The Premonition and Hard Time: Hostage Hotel.[2][11]

Buie's other television appearances include:

• Republic of Doyle[11]
• Hawaii Five-0 (2010 version)[14]
• Prime Suspect[11]
• Daughters (1997 version)[11]
• Millennium[11]
• Outer Limits (1995 version)[11]
• Madison[11]

Writing and directing

Buie wrote and directed a film short, The Lake, in 2015 based on his stepfather's terminal illness.[15][16] The film won the Jury Award for "Best Dramatic Short" at the Sonoma International Film Festival.[17] Previously, Buie wrote, directed, and appeared in a music video for The Trews entitled If You Wanna Start Again, from the Canadian rock group's 2011 hit album Hope & Ruin.[18]

References

1. "Riding Hollywood's rollercoaster". Waterloo Record. November 17, 2010. Retrieved October 20, 2019.
2. "Michael Buie – Filmography". British Film Institute. Retrieved October 22, 2019.
3. Sandell, Scott (October 11, 1999). "Finally, a Movie Gets Hockey (Almost) Right". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 20, 2019.
4. "About Town: The Next Three Days". The Hollywood Reporter. November 17, 2010. Retrieved October 22, 2019.
5. "Michael Buie – Filmography". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved October 22, 2019.
6. Nemetz, Andrea (September 17, 2012). "Chester filmmaker wins TIFF award for Blackbird". The Chronicle Herald. Archived from the original on March 11, 2014. Retrieved October 22, 2019.
7. Anderson, Erik (October 15, 2019). "New 'Bombshell' trailer has Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman and Margot Robbie taking on the "bad guy"". Awards Watch. Retrieved October 20, 2019.
8. "'Bombshell': How much do Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman resemble their Fox News figures?". USA Today. August 22, 2019. Retrieved October 20, 2019.
9. "Jay Roach's Roger Ailes Project Adds Brooke Smith & Michael Buie". Deadline. November 2018. Retrieved October 20, 2019.
10. Virk, Adnan (December 18, 2019). "Bombshell, Michael Buie, Knives Out, Best Whodunit Movies". Cinephile with Adnan Virk (Podcast). player.fm. Event occurs at 32:10. Retrieved December 19, 2019.
11. "Michael Buie". L.A. Theatre Works. 2017. Retrieved 2020-01-06.
12. "Michael Buie". IMDb. Retrieved 2020-01-07.
13. Erao, Matthew (June 1, 2017). "Inhumans Casts The 100's Henry Ian Cusick As New Character". Screenrant.com. Retrieved October 22, 2019.
14. "Alaheo Pau'ole–Cast and Crew". tv.com. CBS. Retrieved 2020-01-06.
15. Rubinoff, Joel (November 4, 2015). "The Lake tackles the tough choices terminal cancer patients face". Waterloo Record. Retrieved October 20, 2019.
16. "Grand River Film Festival wraps up with Michael Buie's 'The Lake'". Kitchener, Ontario: CKGL-AM. November 7, 2015. Retrieved October 20, 2019.
17. "Sonoma International Film Festival Jury and Audience Awards". Sonoma International Film Festival. Retrieved 2020-01-07.
18. "The Trews - If You Wanna Start Again". TV Japan. Retrieved 2020-01-07.

External links

Michael Buie on IMDb