---
name: "Ian Buchanan"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ian-buchanan"
fi1m_id: "ian-buchanan"
imdb_id: "nm0118011"
tmdb_id: 15865
wikidata_id: "Q673434"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "16 June 1957"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 83
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-07T19:18:40.783705+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Ian Buchanan

## Identity

Ian Buchanan

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ian-buchanan
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ian-buchanan
- **IMDb ID:** nm0118011
- **TMDB ID:** 15865
- **Wikidata ID:** Q673434
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Buchanan, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q673434, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0118011/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/15865

Actor. Born 16 June 1957 in Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 16 June 1957, Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
- **Active:** 1990–2002
- **Average Fi1m score:** 83, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 88 (2), 2000s 73 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 83 to 82 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 2, Comedy 1, Crime 1, Mystery 1, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 2 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $197m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Buchanan, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q673434, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0118011/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/15865

## Biography

Ian Buchanan is a Scottish actor born on 16 June 1957 in Hamilton, Lanarkshire. He trained at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute in New York and with Marcia Haufrecht.

He began his career in American daytime television, playing Duke Lavery on General Hospital from 1986 to 1989, with later returns to the role. He portrayed Dr James Warwick on The Bold and the Beautiful from 1993 to 1999, appearing again in subsequent years. Buchanan is also known for playing Dick Tremayne in the second season of Twin Peaks (1990–1991) and Evan Kurlander in the 2002 film Panic Room.

He received a Daytime Emmy Award for outstanding supporting actor in a drama series in 1997 for his work on The Bold and the Beautiful.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Panic Room* (2002), Fi1m 73, as Evan Kurlander — [page](https://film.one/film/panic-room.md)
- *The Larry Sanders Show* (1992), Fi1m 91, as Jonathan Litman — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-larry-sanders-show.md)
- *Twin Peaks* (1990), Fi1m 86, as Dick Tremayne — [page](https://film.one/tv/twin-peaks.md)

## Complete filmography (36)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *A Mermaid for Christmas* (2019), as Narrator (voice)
- *Always* (2015), as Oliver
- *Old Dogs & New Tricks* (2011), series, as Christoph
- *Make the Yuletide Gay* (2009), as Peter Stanford
- *Batman: The Brave and the Bold* (2008), series, as Sherlock Holmes (voice)
- *American Loser* (2007), as Terry
- *Nip/Tuck* (2003), series, as Damien Sands — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/nip-tuck.md)
- *Panic Room* (2002), as Evan Kurlander — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/panic-room.md)
- *Justice League* (2001), series, as Ultra-Humanite (voice)
- *Raising Dad* (2001), series, as Dr. Fields
- *Alias* (2001), series, as Johannes Gathrid — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/alias.md)
- *Lying in Wait* (2001), as George
- *Yes, Dear* (2000), series, as Paul
- *Batman Beyond* (1999), series, as Dr. Abel Cuvier (voice)
- *Charmed* (1998), series, as Raynor
- *Ivory Tower* (1998), as Andy Pallack
- *The New Batman Adventures* (1997), series, as Connor (voice)
- *Stargate SG-1* (1997), series, as First
- *Nash Bridges* (1996), series, as Franz Planck
- *Gargoyles* (1994), series, as Constantine (voice)
- *Double Exposure* (1994), as Roger Putnam
- *The Cool Surface* (1994), as Terrence
- *Blue Flame* (1993), as Wax
- *The Nanny* (1993), series, as Jules Kimball
- *NYPD Blue* (1993), series, as Laszlo Forsmann — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/nypd-blue.md)
- *The Larry Sanders Show* (1992), series, as Jonathan Litman — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-larry-sanders-show.md)
- *On the Air* (1992), series, as Lester Guy
- *Sibs* (1991), series, as Mack
- *The Flash* (1990), series, as Stan Kovacs
- *Twin Peaks* (1990), series, as Dick Tremayne — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/twin-peaks.md)
- *Quantum Leap* (1989), series, as Victor Drake
- *The Seventh Sign* (1988), as Mr. Huberty
- *It's Garry Shandling's Show* (1986), series, as Ian McFyfer
- *The Equalizer* (1985), series, as Harried Man
- *Columbo* (1971), series, as Sean Brantley — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/columbo.md)
- *Byrd and the Bees*, as Ned

## Gallery

- ![Ian Buchanan](https://film.one/media/person/361311/gallery-eed1bcff254a.jpg) Ian Buchanan — Chic Incumbent, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ac/Ian_Buchanan_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Ian Buchanan](https://film.one/media/person/361311/gallery-7a2daff68c7c.jpg) Ian Buchanan — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series 1997: Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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