Terrence Scammell (Canadian actor)

Terrence Scammell
Terrence Scammell, 2006
Born	Terrence Frederick Scammell (1958-01-10) January 10, 1958 Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Nationality	Canadian
Other names	Terry Scammell Terrence Scammel
Occupation	Actor / Voice Artist / Voice Director/ Director
Spouse(s)	Sheila Singhal
Website	www.terrencescammell.com

Terrence Frederick Scammell (born January 10, 1958) is a Canadian voice director and voice actor living in Montreal, Quebec.

In a career that has spanned some 25 years, Scammell worked on hundreds of series, live-action films, documentaries and video games for PBS, the BBC, Syfy, Teletoon, Ubisoft and production companies around the world.

Scammell received an ACTRA award for voicing the iconic character of Darph Bobo^[1] on Tripping the Rift,^[2] and his directing work has been nominated for prestigious awards in North America,^[3] Europe^[4] and the U.K.^[5]

He is married to writer and blogger Sheila Singhal and divides his time between Montreal and Ottawa. He is a member of ACTRA and the Canadian Actors' Equity Association unions.^[6]

Voice directing

As an animation voice director, he has worked on over 50 television series in Montreal, Vancouver, New York and Los Angeles. In addition, he has directed more than a dozen television specials and feature films for production houses in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and Europe.

His directing work includes the popular animated series Tripping the Rift,^[7] starring Tony Shaloub, Stephen Root and Carmen Electra, for the Syfy Channel; the Emmy-winning children’s classic, Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat for PBS Kids;^[3] the BAFTA-nominated series Rotten Ralph for the BBC;^[5] and the animated feature Pinocchio 3000 starring Whoopi Goldberg, Howie Mandel, Malcolm McDowell, which won Spain’s Goya Award for Best Animated Feature in 2005.^[4]

In the documentary field, Scammell was the voice director^[8] for the 90-minute PBS feature Six Days in June, and the 10-part CBC series, Arctic Territory, among others. He is also a dubbing director, and has directed the dubbing of numerous foreign-language feature films and television series, both live action and animation.

Voice acting

Scammell is also an ACTRA-award-winning voice performer. He has provided principal character voices for over 200 animated series and feature films. In addition, Terrence has voiced hundreds of commercials for radio and television, along with voice-overs for numerous industrial videos and documentaries. Documentary narration includes work on The Killer Next Door (Court TV), Arctic Territory (CBC), and Six Days in June (PBS).

Video games

For nearly 20 years, Scammell provided voices for video games for all platforms. Beginning with Jagged Alliance for MS-DOS in 1994 to Assassin's Creed 3, he has performed a variety of roles from action heroes to evil wizards.

References

External links

• Official site