Terry McGurrin

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Terry McGurrin
Born
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
OccupationVoice actor, comedian, writer
Years active1988–present
Spouse(s)
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(m. 2005)​

Terry McGurrin is a Canadian voice actor, comedian,[1] and writer from Ottawa, Ontario. He was the story editor for the 2011 YTV show Scaredy Squirrel. He has most recently been story editing Total Drama: All-Stars, Total Drama: Pahkitew Island and The Ridonculous Race (in which he also voices the role of the host, Don). He has recently been writing episodes of The ZhuZhus, and voices Drew and Travis in Norman Picklestripes.

McGurrin has also toured extensively as a stand-up comedian and has entertained the Canadian Forces stationed overseas nine times to date. He participated in the Canadian Improv Games.[2] He has taped three comedy specials that were featured on CTV, has received seven Gemini and Canadian Screen Award nominations, five nominations at the Canadian Comedy Awards, and one nomination at the WGC Screenwriting Awards. In 2014 he won an ACTRA Award for his voice work as Scaredy Squirrel.[3] McGurrin is also the current voice actor of Snoopy starting from 2019's Snoopy in Space.

Life and career[]

McGurrin was born and raised in Ottawa, Ontario. He started his acting career in 1988 in an episode of CBS Summer Playhouse. McGurrin was the voice of Squidguts and Coach Mountain for the first two seasons of Medabots, as well as various voices. In 6teen, McGurrin voiced Jonesy Garcia in the series from 2004 to 2010. Earlier, in 2006, he voiced Yubby and Max in Pandalian and Kianu Kole in Stoked.

He later voiced Bolts and the Black Knight in Bolts and Blip, Scaredy Squirrel in the television series of the same name, Dilweed in Numb Chucks, and as Don in Total Drama Presents: The Ridonculous Race, in which he also served as the co-developer and the series' producer. In Dot., he voiced Dad. He also voiced Lex Hatcher in the Abby Hatcher series. He also voiced Drew and Travis in Norman Picklestripes and Glen in one episode of Cyberchase. Starting from 2019's Snoopy in Space, McGurrin has been the current voice actor for Snoopy from the Peanuts comic strips created by Charles M. Schulz. McGurrin also reprised his role for Snoopy in The Snoopy Show.

As of 2005, McGurrin has been married to Elizabeth Whitmere. Terry had also done radio commercials for Vonage phone service.

Filmography[]

Television[]

Year Title Role Notes
2001-2002 Gutterball Alley Sketch performer
2001–2003 Medabots Squidguts, Coach Mountain (seasons 1–2), various voices Dubbed English ver.
2004–2010 6teen Jonesy Garcia[4]
2006 Pandalian Yubby, Max
2009 Stoked Kianu Kole
2010–2011 Bolts and Blip Bolts/Black Knight
2011–2013 Scaredy Squirrel [5] Scaredy
2014–2016 Numb Chucks Dilweed
2015 Total Drama Presents: The Ridonculous Race Don Also co-developer, producer
2016–present Dot. Dad
2019–present Abby Hatcher Lex Hatcher
2019 Snoopy in Space Snoopy
2019–present Norman Picklestripes Drew and Travis
2020 Cyberchase Glen (1 episode)
2021 The Snoopy Show Snoopy
Snoopy Presents: For Auld Lang Syne Snoopy

Video games[]

Year Title Role Notes
2001 Heavy Metal: Geomatrix Lance [6]

References[]

  1. ^ Endemann, Kirstin E. (December 24, 2015). "New Year's Eve: What to do in Ottawa". Ottawa Citizen. the Shenkman Arts Centre 5th Annual NYE Comedy Night features three Canadian funny folk, including award-winning Terry McGurrin (The Debaters)
  2. ^ Peters, Diane (October 30, 2014). "Improv Games co-founder Willie Wyllie a champion for teens". The Globe and Mail. Terry McGurrin, a writer and actor who played the games and performed skit comedies as a teen under Mr. Wyllie's direction.
  3. ^ "Winners Announced: ACTRA Awards in Toronto 2014". Newswire.ca. February 22, 2014. Outstanding Performance - Voice .. Terry McGurrin (Scaredy Orville Squirrel in Scaredy Orville Squirrel, "The Trophy Catastrophe")
  4. ^ Terrace, Vincent (November 6, 2008). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010. McFarland & Company. p. 976. Terry McGurrin (Jonesy)
  5. ^ Burke, Jessica (December 30, 2015). "Ring in the New Year in Ottawa". Orléans Star. Archived from the original on September 27, 2016. Terry McGurrin has been nominated for numerous awards and is known as the voice of "Scaredy Squirrel" on the hit YTV series.
  6. ^ "Terry McGurrin (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved July 1, 2021. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its opening and/or closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)

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