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Terry McGurrin
Terry McGurrin
Born	Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Occupation(s)	Voice actor, comedian, writer, producer
Years active	1988–present
Spouse	Elizabeth Whitmere (m. 2005)

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Terry McGurrin is a Canadian comedian,^[1] writer, producer, and voice actor from Ottawa, Ontario. He was the story editor for the 2011 YTV show Scaredy Squirrel. He is best known the voice of Jonesy Garcia on the show 6teen. He has most recently been story editing and executive producer for the reboot of Total Drama Island (where he will also be voicing Chris McLean), Total DramaRama, 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 voiced Drew and Travis in Norman Picklestripes.

McGurrin has also toured extensively as a stand-up comedian and has entertained the Canadian Forces stationed overseas 12 times to date. He participated in the Canadian Improv Games.^[2] He has taped three comedy specials that were featured on CTV, has received eight 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 the English dub 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 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 as Snoopy in The Snoopy Show and the TV specials For Auld Lang Syne, It's The Small Things, Charlie Brown, To Mom (and Dad) With Love, Lucy’s School, and more.

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

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996-1998	Stickin' Around	Additional Voices
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
2012–2014	Detentionaire ^[6]	Stinky/Lou Black
2014–2016	Numb Chucks	Dilweed
2015	Total Drama Presents: The Ridonculous Race	Don	Also co-developer, producer
2016–present	Dot.	Dad
2019–2022	Abby Hatcher	Lex Hatcher
2019–present	Snoopy in Space	Snoopy
2019–present	Norman Picklestripes	Drew and Travis
2020-2024	Cyberchase	Glen (2 episodes)
2021–present	The Snoopy Show	Snoopy
2021	Who Are You, Charlie Brown
2021	Snoopy Presents: For Auld Lang Syne
2022	Snoopy Presents: It's The Small Things, Charlie Brown
	Snoopy Presents: To Mom (and Dad), With Love
	Snoopy Presents: Lucy’s School
2023	Snoopy Presents: One-of-a-Kind Marcie
2023	Camp Snoopy		^[7]
2023-2024	Total Drama Island	Chris McLean	Also writer and producer

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	Heavy Metal: Geomatrix	Lance	^[8]

References

^ 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)
^ 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.
^ "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")
^ Terrace, Vincent (November 6, 2008). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010. McFarland & Company. p. 976. ISBN 9780786486410. Terry McGurrin (Jonesy)
^ 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.
^ "detentionaire cast".
^ Lang, Jamie (May 19, 2023). "Apple TV+ Will Debut Two New Peanuts Specials And The New Series 'Camp Snoopy' This Summer". Cartoon Brew. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
^ "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)

External links

Terry McGurrin at IMDb
Terry McGurrin at Anime News Network's encyclopedia

[Debaters-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. ISBN 9780786486410. 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] "detentionaire cast".

[7] Lang, Jamie (May 19, 2023). "Apple TV+ Will Debut Two New Peanuts Specials And The New Series 'Camp Snoopy' This Summer". Cartoon Brew. Retrieved July 20, 2023.

[btva-8] "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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-'''Terry McGurrin''' is a Canadian comedian,<ref name=Debaters>{{cite news |url=https://ottawacitizen.com/entertainment/local-arts/new-years-eve-what-to-do-in-ottawa |work=[[Ottawa Citizen]] |title=New Year's Eve: What to do in Ottawa |date=December 24, 2015 |first=Kirstin E. |last=Endemann |quote=the Shenkman Arts Centre 5th Annual NYE Comedy Night features three Canadian funny folk, including award-winning Terry McGurrin (The Debaters)}}</ref> writer, producer, and voice actor from [[Ottawa]], [[Ontario]]. He was the story editor for the 2011 [[YTV (Canadian TV channel)|YTV]] show ''[[Scaredy Squirrel (TV series)|Scaredy Squirrel]]''. He is best known the voice of Jonesy Garcia on the show [[6teen]]. He has most recently been story editing and executive producer for the reboot of Total Drama Island (where he will also be voicing Chris McLean), ''[[Total DramaRama]]'', ''[[Total Drama All-Stars and Pahkitew Island|Total Drama: All-Stars]]'', ''[[Total Drama All-Stars and Pahkitew Island|Total Drama: Pahkitew Island]]'', and ''[[Total Drama Presents: The Ridonculous Race|The Ridonculous Race]]'' (in which he also voices the role of the host, Don). He has recently been writing episodes of ''[[The ZhuZhus]]'', and voiced Drew and Travis in ''[[Norman Picklestripes]]''.
+'''Terry McGurrin''' is a Canadian comedian,<ref name=Debaters>{{cite news |url=https://ottawacitizen.com/entertainment/local-arts/new-years-eve-what-to-do-in-ottawa |work=[[Ottawa Citizen]] |title=New Year's Eve: What to do in Ottawa |date=December 24, 2015 |first=Kirstin E. |last=Endemann |quote=the Shenkman Arts Centre 5th Annual NYE Comedy Night features three Canadian funny folk, including award-winning Terry McGurrin (The Debaters)}}</ref> writer, producer, and voice actor from [[Ottawa]], [[Ontario]]. He was the story editor for the 2011 [[YTV (Canadian TV channel)|YTV]] show ''[[Scaredy Squirrel (TV series)|Scaredy Squirrel]]''. He is best known the voice of Jonesy Garcia on the show [[6teen]]. He has most recently been story editing and executive producer for the reboot of [[Total Drama Island (2023)|Total Drama Island]] (where he will also be voicing Chris McLean), ''[[Total DramaRama]]'', ''[[Total Drama All-Stars and Pahkitew Island|Total Drama: All-Stars]]'', ''[[Total Drama All-Stars and Pahkitew Island|Total Drama: Pahkitew Island]]'', and ''[[Total Drama Presents: The Ridonculous Race|The Ridonculous Race]]'' (in which he also voices the role of the host, Don). He has recently been writing episodes of ''[[The ZhuZhus]]'', and voiced Drew and Travis in ''[[Norman Picklestripes]]''.
 McGurrin has also toured extensively as a stand-up comedian and has entertained the Canadian Forces stationed overseas 12 times to date. He participated in the [[Canadian Improv Games]].<ref>{{cite web |work=[[The Globe and Mail]] |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/improv-games-co-founder-willie-wyllie-a-champion-for-teens/article21394446/ |title=Improv Games co-founder Willie Wyllie a champion for teens |date=October 30, 2014 |first=Diane |last=Peters |quote=Terry McGurrin, a writer and actor who played the games and performed skit comedies as a teen under Mr. Wyllie's direction.}}</ref> He has taped three comedy specials that were featured on CTV, has received eight [[Gemini Awards|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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/winners-announced-actra-awards-in-toronto-2014-513794131.html |website=[[Newswire.ca]] |title=Winners Announced: ACTRA Awards in Toronto 2014 |date=February 22, 2014 |quote=Outstanding Performance - Voice .. Terry McGurrin (Scaredy Orville  Squirrel in Scaredy Orville  Squirrel, "The Trophy Catastrophe")}}</ref> McGurrin is also the current voice actor of [[Snoopy]] starting from 2019's ''[[Snoopy in Space]]''.