---
name: "John Buchan"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/john-buchan-933333"
roles: ["Actor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 9
average_fi1m_score: 72
updated: "2026-09-17T05:17:37.851183+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."
---

# John Buchan

Actor.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Active:** 2000–present
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 83 (1), 2010s 69 (3), 2020s 72 (5)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0117956/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/933333

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Stories We Tell*](https://film.one/film/stories-we-tell.md) (77)

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## Biography

John Buchan is a Canadian casting director and producer. He has worked extensively in film and television casting, with credits including *Spotlight* (2015), *The Witch* (2016), *Kick-Ass 2* (2013), *Jumper* (2008) and *The Virgin Suicides* (2000).

Buchan also appears as one of the storytellers in Sarah Polley's documentary *Stories We Tell* (2012), on which he is credited as casting director alongside Jason Knight.

*Sources: watch.plex.tv, oak1.the-numbers.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (9)

- *Tuner* (2026), Fi1m 74, Casting — [page](https://film.one/film/tuner.md)
- *Vladimir* (2026), Fi1m 67, Casting — [page](https://film.one/tv/vladimir.md)
- *Dream Scenario* (2023), Fi1m 70, Casting — [page](https://film.one/film/dream-scenario.md)
- *Priscilla* (2023), Fi1m 74, Casting — [page](https://film.one/film/priscilla.md)
- *Women Talking* (2022), Fi1m 76, Casting Director — [page](https://film.one/film/women-talking.md)
- *Spotlight* (2015), Fi1m 85, Casting — [page](https://film.one/film/spotlight.md)
- *Kick-Ass 2* (2013), Fi1m 46, Casting — [page](https://film.one/film/kick-ass-2.md)
- *Stories We Tell* (2012), Fi1m 77, as Storyteller — [page](https://film.one/film/stories-we-tell.md)
- *The Virgin Suicides* (2000), Fi1m 83, Casting — [page](https://film.one/film/the-virgin-suicides.md)

## Also known for

- *The Witch* (2016), Casting
- *Jumper* (2008), Casting
- *See* (2019), Location Casting
- *Splice* (2010), Casting
- *In the Tall Grass* (2019), Casting
- *Flatliners* (2017), Local Casting
- *Code 8* (2019), Casting
- *Regression* (2015), Casting

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