# Scott McCord
**Scott McCord** (William Scott McCord) is a Canadian actor, voice actor, and musician, born in 1971 in Sarnia, Ontario, whose screen work ranges from the sci-fi horror series *From*, in which he plays Victor, to voice roles as Owen and Trent in *Total Drama*, Dan Kuso in *[Bakugan Battle Brawlers](https://www.edgepedia.org/bakugan-battle-brawlers)*, and Jake in *PAW Patrol*.[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0566393/) • [2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0566393/bio/) His career has spanned more than three decades in theater, film, television, music, radio, and animation, and he is a Lifetime Member of The Actors Studio.[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0566393/)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Born | 1971, Sarnia, Ontario, Canada; birth name William Scott McCord[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0566393/) • [2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0566393/bio/) |
| Signature live-action role | Victor in the sci-fi horror series *From* (2022–2026, 40 episodes)[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0566393/) |
| Signature voice roles | Owen and Trent in *Total Drama* (2007–2013, 72 episodes); Dan Kuso in *Bakugan Battle Brawlers* (2007–2011); Jake in *PAW Patrol* (2013–2024, 36 episodes)[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0566393/) |
| Major award | Canadian Screen Award, Best Performance in an Animated Program or Series, 2015, for *Justin Time*[3](https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/scott-mccord/bio/3030177336/) • [4](https://static1.squarespace.com/static/582a4ade440243c12b2ac30b/t/5ba52a77e2c483f5ec122be5/1537550975906/SCOTT_MCCORD.pdf) |
| Music | Two albums, *Blues For Sunshine* and *Scott McCord and the Bonafide Truth*; the band was nominated Best Artist of the Year at the 2010 Maple Blues Awards[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0566393/) • [5](https://watch.plex.tv/en-GB/person/scott-mccord) |
| Affiliation | Lifetime Member of The Actors Studio (since 2018)[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0566393/) |
## Early life and training
McCord was born in 1971 in Sarnia, Ontario.[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0566393/) His full birth name is recorded as William Scott McCord.[2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0566393/bio/) He later became a Lifetime Member of The Actors Studio in New York, joining in 2018.[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0566393/)
## Screen acting
**From.** McCord plays Victor, one of the mysterious residents of a nightmarish town in middle America that traps everyone who enters, in the contemporary sci-fi horror series *From* (Epix/Netflix, 2022), produced by the [Russo brothers](https://www.edgepedia.org/russo-brothers) and the executive producing team behind *LOST*.[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0566393/) The role ran from 2022 through 2026 across 40 episodes, and the series has been renewed through a fifth season.[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0566393/) • [6](https://www.allocine.fr/personne/fichepersonne-162890/filmographie/)
**Other television.** He was a recurring guest in the fourth and final season of the anthology series *The Sinner* (USA/Netflix), playing the villain Verne Novak opposite [Bill Pullman](https://www.edgepedia.org/bill-pullman) in two episodes.[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0566393/) His guest and recurring credits include *The Blacklist*, *FBI*, *Jupiter's Legacy*, *The Deuce*, *Carter*, *Hemlock Grove*, *Lost Girl*, *Murdoch Mysteries*, and *Rookie Blue*.[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0566393/) • [6](https://www.allocine.fr/personne/fichepersonne-162890/filmographie/) He played researcher James Joy for three seasons in the CTV investigative journalism drama *The Eleventh Hour*, which won a Gemini Award.[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0566393/)
**Film.** McCord played the lead role of Bill, a small-time crook who harbors a criminal runaway, in the indie crime drama *East of Middle West* (2021).[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0566393/) • [7](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/scott-mccord) Earlier film work includes character roles in *Shoot 'Em Up* (New Line) opposite [Paul Giamatti](https://www.edgepedia.org/paul-giamatti) and *16 Blocks* (Warner Brothers) opposite [Bruce Willis](https://www.edgepedia.org/bruce-willis), the psychological horror *Blood Honey* (2017), and early credits such as *Motel* (1998) and *Jailbait* (2000).[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0566393/) • [7](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/scott-mccord)
## Voice acting
McCord is best known in animation for voicing Owen and Trent in the *Total Drama* franchise, Dan Kuso in *Bakugan Battle Brawlers*, and Jake in *PAW Patrol*.[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0566393/) Within the *Total Drama* franchise he has also voiced Jacques, Brody, and Owen in the spin-off *Total DramaRama* (2018–2022, 53 episodes), and he returned as Owen for a 2023 episode of *Total Drama Island: Reboot*.[5](https://watch.plex.tv/en-GB/person/scott-mccord) • [1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0566393/) Other series credits include *Ruby Gloom* (as Skull Boy), *Yin! Yang! Yo!*, *Camp Lakebottom* (as McGee), *Mother Up!*, *Inspector Gadget* (as Brain), *[Hotel Transylvania: The Series](https://www.edgepedia.org/hotel-transylvania-the-series)*, *[Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go](https://www.edgepedia.org/thomas-and-friends-all-engines-go)* (as Salty), and *Blue's Clues & You*.[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0566393/) • [5](https://watch.plex.tv/en-GB/person/scott-mccord) • [6](https://www.allocine.fr/personne/fichepersonne-162890/filmographie/) He also voiced characters in the animated features *[The Nut Job](https://www.edgepedia.org/the-nut-job)* and *Charlotte* (2021).[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0566393/)
His voice work has drawn award recognition: he won the 2015 Canadian Screen Award for Best Performance in an Animated Program or Series for *Justin Time*, was nominated for a 2008 Gemini Award for *Ruby Gloom*, and was nominated for the 2017 ACTRA Toronto Award for Outstanding Performance, Voice, for *Atomic Puppet*.[3](https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/scott-mccord/bio/3030177336/) • [8](https://www.nrmagazine.com/cinema/people/47942/scott-mccord)
## Music
McCord is a singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist who has released two albums, *Blues For Sunshine* and *Scott McCord and the Bonafide Truth*, the latter with his eight-piece rock/jazz/soul band of the same name.[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0566393/) • [9](https://www.weaudition.com/scottmccord) The band was nominated for Best Artist of the Year at the 2010 Maple Blues Awards, and its eponymous album received international radio play.[5](https://watch.plex.tv/en-GB/person/scott-mccord) • [9](https://www.weaudition.com/scottmccord) He has more recently performed with the New York-based band Fresh Horses.[10](https://www.podscan.fm/podcasts/the-sdr-show-w-ralph-sutton-and-aaron-berg/episodes/scott-mccord-actormusician-men-of-a-certain-age)
## Theatre
McCord's theater credits include The Private Theatre's *Rocco Chelsea Adriana...* directed by John Gold Rubin, *Capture Bound Escape* with the Collective Theatre NY, and the two-hander *The Head Hunter*, for which he received two New York independent theater award nominations and one win.[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0566393/) He has been nominated for a Dora Mavor Moore Award for theater work.[4](https://static1.squarespace.com/static/582a4ade440243c12b2ac30b/t/5ba52a77e2c483f5ec122be5/1537550975906/SCOTT_MCCORD.pdf) In 2018 he co-created and performed in the workshop production *The Final Reel* with Parallel Exit, a Drama Desk-nominated physical theater company in New York, and he is developing an original play, *We Might Fall Apart*, about a band of aging musicians reuniting after a member's suicide.[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0566393/)
## Awards summary
McCord's recorded awards and nominations include the 1999 B-Movie Award for Best B-Movie Actor for *Motel*, the 2008 Gemini nomination for *Ruby Gloom*, the 2015 Canadian Screen Award win for *Justin Time*, the 2017 ACTRA Toronto voice nomination for *Atomic Puppet*, and a 2024 ACTRA Toronto Award nomination for Outstanding Performance, Gender Non-Conforming or Male.[3](https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/scott-mccord/bio/3030177336/) He has been a featured guest at Armageddon Expo in Australia and New Zealand and at Toronto's Fan Expo and Comicon.[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0566393/)
## References
1. [Scott McCord, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0566393/)
2. [Scott McCord, Biography, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0566393/bio/)
3. [Scott McCord Biography, Celebrity Facts and Awards, TV Guide](https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/scott-mccord/bio/3030177336/)
4. [Scott McCord performer resume (PDF)](https://static1.squarespace.com/static/582a4ade440243c12b2ac30b/t/5ba52a77e2c483f5ec122be5/1537550975906/SCOTT_MCCORD.pdf)
5. [Scott McCord, Plex](https://watch.plex.tv/en-GB/person/scott-mccord)
6. [Scott McCord : Filmographie, AlloCiné](https://www.allocine.fr/personne/fichepersonne-162890/filmographie/)
7. [Scott McCord Movies & TV Shows List, Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/scott-mccord)
8. [Scott McCord : filmographie, rôles et photos, Nrmagazine](https://www.nrmagazine.com/cinema/people/47942/scott-mccord)
9. [Scott McCord, WeAudition](https://www.weaudition.com/scottmccord)
10. [Scott McCord (Actor/Musician), The SDR Show episode, Podscan](https://www.podscan.fm/podcasts/the-sdr-show-w-ralph-sutton-and-aaron-berg/episodes/scott-mccord-actormusician-men-of-a-certain-age)
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