Biografia
Scott McCord is a dynamic actor celebrated for his extensive character work across more than thirty years in theatre, film, television, music, radio, and animation. He holds the distinction of being a Lifetime Member of The Actors Studio.
This year, Scott stars in one of the most anticipated television events—the contemporary sci-fi horror series From (Epix/Netflix 2022), produced by The Russo brothers and the executive producers of LOST. Set in a nightmarish Midwestern town that traps all who enter, Scott portrays Victor, one of the town’s enigmatic inhabitants. He also appears as villain Verne Novak in a recurring role on the fourth and final season of the acclaimed anthology series The Sinner (USA/Netflix 2022), alongside Bill Pullman.
His previous television appearances include roles on The Blacklist, FBI, Jupiter’s Legacy, The Deuce, Carter, Hemlock Grove, Lost Girl, and Murdoch Mysteries. He is known for playing researcher James Joy in the CTV Gemini Award-winning investigative journalism drama The Eleventh Hour for three seasons.
In film, Scott will next lead in the acclaimed indie crime drama East of Middle West (2022), portraying Bill, a petty criminal who takes a runaway under his wing. His past film credits feature the psychological horror Blood Honey, notable character parts in Shoot 'Em Up (New Line) opposite Paul Giamatti, and 16 Blocks (Warner Brothers) with Bruce Willis.
An award-winning voice actor (Canada Screens Award for Best Performance in an Animated Series), Scott is widely recognized for voicing Owen and Trent in the popular Total Drama Island series, Dan Kuso in Bakugan Battle Brawlers, and Jake in Paw Patrol. His other animation work includes Ruby Gloom, Yin! Yang! Yo!, Camp Lakebottom, Mother Up!, Inspector Gadget, and Hotel Transylvania the Series. He has lent voices to characters in animated films such as The Nut Job and the upcoming Charlotte, and portrayed Mike Pence in the award-winning podcast series The Oval Office Tapes, directed by R.J. Cutler (Billie Eilish - The World’s A Little Blurry). Scott has been a featured guest at Armegeddon Expo in Australia and New Zealand, as well as Toronto’s Fan Expo and Comicon.
Recent theatre work includes The Private Theatre’s Rocco Chelsea Adriana..., directed by John Gold Rubin; Capture Bound Escape with Collective Theatre NY; and the two-person play The Head Hunter, for which he received two New York Independent Theatre Award nominations and won one.
A talented singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, Scott has released two albums: Blues For Sunshine and Scott McCord and the Bonafide Truth. Both albums garnered excellent reviews and received significant international radio airplay.
Now based in Brooklyn, NY, Scott continues to study, perform, and collaborate across theatre, film, and television. In spring 2018, he co-created and performed in the workshop production of The Final Reel with Parallel Exit, a Drama Desk-nominated physical theatre company in New York. He is co-producing and starring in the short film Passing (2022) and is writing and developing We Might Fall Apart, an original play about a group of aging musicians reuniting in their hometown after the death of one of their original members.
Scott was honored with Lifetime Membership in The Actors Studio in 2018.
