Scott McCord

William Scott McCord (born April 19, 1971) is a Canadian actor, voice actor, musician, and composer currently based in Brooklyn. He is also Co-Artistic Director of Criminal Theatre. A versatile performer, he has appeared in the films 16 Blocks, Shoot 'Em Up and the animated feature The Nut Job. On television, he is best known for his voice over work in popular animated series. He plays Dan Kuso in Bakugan Battle Brawlers, Tetsuya Watarigani in Beyblade Metal Fusion, Owen and Trent in Fresh Animation's Total Drama series, Skull Boy in Ruby Gloom and most recently, Jake in the animated TVOKids/Nickelodeon television series, PAW Patrol. In 2016, he won the Canada Screens Award for Best Performance in an Animated Series for his role as Squidgy on Guru's Justin Time. In 2002 he was nominated for a Dora Mavor Moore Award with Best Performance by a Male in Independent Theatre for his performance in Jacob Richmond's The Qualities of Zero. He has released two albums, the solo effort Blues For Sunshine (2009) and Scott McCord and the Bonafide Truth (2012). The latter is also the name of the soul/jazz/blues/rock eight piece band that was created for touring the first album. Scott McCord and the Bonafide Truth were nominated for Best Artist of the Year at the 2010 Maple Blues Awards.