Career

After studying acting in New York at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute and privately with Marcia Haufrecht, Buchanan's first major daytime role came in 1986, when he joined the cast of General Hospital in the role of Duke Lavery, whom he portrayed until 1989. After leaving the role of Lavery, Buchanan appeared in roles on prime-time series including It's Garry Shandling's Show as Ian McFyfer from 1988 to 1990, and Twin Peaks as Dick Tremayne from 1990 to 1991.

In 1990, he played a wealthy Playboy-style magazine publisher in the Columbo television series episode Columbo Cries Wolf. He also guest-starred in episode 4 of the 1990 series The Flash as the main villain, Stan Kovacs. He appeared in a 1993 episode of Quantum Leap, titled "Blood Moon."

In 1993, Buchanan returned to daytime and was cast on The Bold and the Beautiful in his second most recognized daytime role as Dr. James Warwick, which he portrayed until 1999. Buchanan has since reprised his role as Warwick in several guest appearances from 2004 to 2011. Following the end of his regular appearance as Warwick, Buchanan made a short appearance on Days of Our Lives in 2001 as Lord Sheraton.

In 2002, he joined the cast of Port Charles portraying the sinister Joshua Temple until the show's end in 2003.

In 2005, Buchanan joined the cast of All My Children, in the role of Dr. Greg Madden, a fertility specialist involved in the controversial "un-abortion" storyline involving Erica Kane (Susan Lucci), as well as the abduction of the daughter of Dixie Martin (Cady McClain) and Tad Martin (Michael E. Knight). Buchanan's role as Madden came to an end on 5 July 2006, when his character died as the result of being buried alive.

In 2012, Buchanan joined Days of Our Lives in the newly created contract role of Ian McAllister, who is the husband of Madison James (Sarah Brown) and a former lover of Kate Roberts DiMera, (Lauren Koslow), but was let go in August, as the result of a shift in the direction of the series.

On 27 August 2012, Buchanan returned to General Hospital as Duke Lavery after a 23-year absence. On 12 November, it was revealed that Buchanan was playing a dual role. "Duke Lavery" was actually Cesar Faison in disguise, and Faison was holding the real Duke hostage at a clinic in Lucerne, Switzerland.

Filmography

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Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	ref
2000-	Lying In Wait	George
2002	Panic Room	Evan Kurlander
2009	Make The Yuletide Gay	Peter Stanford	Premiered at the Inside Out Toronto LGBT Film and Video Festival on 17 May 2009

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	ref
1986	General Hospital	Duke Lavery	1986-89 (contract); 2012-15 (recurring)
1989-90	It's Garry Shandling's Show	Ian McFryer
1990	Columbo	Sean Brantley	Episode: "Columbo Cries Wolf" (S 9:Ep 2)
	The Flash	Stan Kovacs	Episode: "Honor Among Thieves" (S 1:Ep 3)
1990-91	Twin Peaks	Dick Tremayne
1992	On the Air	Lester Guy
	The Larry Sanders Show	Johnathan Litman	Episode: "The New Producer" (S 1:Ep5)
1993	Quantum Leap	Victor	Episode: "Blood Moon" (S 5:Ep 15)
1993-99	The Bold and the Beautiful	Dr. James Warwick
1995	The Nanny	Julius Kimble	Episode: "Dope Diamond" (S 3:Ep 3)
	Gargoyles	Constantine	Episode: "Avalon, Part One" (S 2:Ep 21)
1996	NYPD Blue	Prince Laszlo Forsmann	Episode: "Where'd the Van Gogh?" (S 4: Ep 5)
1999	Batman Beyond	Dr. Able Cuvier	Episode: " Splicers" (S 2:Ep 1)
2000	Norm	Jack/Fernando	Episode: "Norm vs. the Sacrifice" (S 1: Ep 3)
2001	Days of Our Lives	Lord Sheraton	4 episodes
	Nash Bridges	Franz Planck	Episode: "The Partner" (S 6:Ep 16)
	Charmed	Raynor	Episodes: "The Demon Who Came In from the Cold" (S 3:Ep 19) "Exit Strategy" (S 3:Ep 20)
2002	Raising Dad	Dr. Fields	Episode: "Daughter Nose Best" (S 1:Ep 21)
2002-03	Port Charles	Joshua Temple	Recurring
	Justice League Unlimited	Ultra-Humanite	Episodes: "Injustice For All, Part 1" (S 1:Ep 18) "Injustice For All, Part 2" (S 1:Ep 19) "Comfort and Joy" (S 2:Ep 23)
2003	Stargate SG-1	First	Episode: "Unnatural Selection, Part 2" (S 6:Ep 12"
2004	Alias	Johannes Gathird	Episode: "After Six" (S 3:Ep 13)
	Hope & Faith	Himself	Episodes: "Daytime Emmys, Part 1" (S 1:Ep 24) "Daytime Emmys, Part 2" {S 1:Ep 25)
2005	Yes, Dear	Paul	Episode: "The Radford Reshuffle" (S 6: Ep1)
2005-06	All My Children	Dr. Greg Madden
2007	Nip/Tuck	Damien Sands	Episode: "Damien Sands" (S 5:Ep 6)
2009	Batman: The Brave and the Bold	Sherlock Holmes	Episode: " Trials of the Demon!" (S 1:Ep 15)
2012	Days of Our Lives	Ian McAllister
	General Hospital	Cesar Faison	Faison using a mask.

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result
1988	4th Soap Opera Digest Awards	Outstanding Newcomer: Daytime	General Hospital	Won
1988	4th Soap Opera Digest Awards	Favorite Super Couple: Daytime - shared with Finola Hughes	General Hospital	Nominated
1989	5th Soap Opera Digest Awards	Favorite Super Couple: Daytime - shared with Finola Hughes	General Hospital	Nominated
1989	5th Soap Opera Digest Awards	Outstanding Hero: Daytime	General Hospital	Nominated
1997	24th Daytime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series	The Bold and the Beautiful	Won
1998	25th Daytime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series	The Bold and the Beautiful	Nominated
1999	15th Soap Opera Digest Awards	Outstanding Actor in a Supporting Role	The Bold and the Beautiful	Nominated

[ Source: Wikipedia ]