Christian Distefano

Christian Distefano (born January 11, 2005) is the current voice actor of James MacDonald since Season 18, replacing John Flemming. He was also the voice actor of D.W. Read from Season 20 to Season 21, replacing Andrew Dayton.

Bio
Christian Distefano was born in Niagara Falls, Ontario.

Christian has starred in commercials, TV series and films. Christian first caught the attention of the industry with his leading series as Ronnie Realist for the Teletoon cartoon network at the age of 6. Among his biggest projects is the upcoming horror film Clown, produced by Eli Roth. Christian also co-starred in the soon-to-be released thriller Cut Bank, starring Liam Hemsworth, Teresa Palmer, John Malkovich, and Bruce Dern. This experience was amazing for a young actor to work with such an wonderful cast. Christian also has been guest starred on several episodic such as Murdoch Mysteries and Satisfaction.

Christian's voice over roles include leading as Arty for Creative Galaxy with Co Stars Jason Priestly, Brooke Shields, and more, Christian also voices Alex on the Nick Jr. hit show PAW Patrol & Richard on the PBS Kids show Peg + Cat, and his most recent role as Hockey Kid for Oreo's NHL animated "Wonderfilled" commercial.

Christian has also recorded and released a cover version of Justin Bieber's Pray, as a charity fundraiser for Project Share (his local food bank). Christian is very active with industry training, including vocal lessons and on-camera training.

Christian earned three nominations for the 2014 Young Artist Awards that will be handed out May 3, 2014 in Los Angeles. Christian was nominated for his roles as Ben McQueen on Murdoch Mysteries along with his Hallmark Movie Finding Christmas and his voice role of Richard from Peg + Cat.

Most recently, he received many nominations for a young actors awards called the Joey's. He won 2 awards, one of them for PAW Patrol.

Christian also enjoys riding his bike, playing soccer, basketball, swimming, and hanging out with his friends.

Other Roles
Alex Porter in PAW Patrol for the first 5 seasons.

Characters voiced

 * D.W. Read (season 20-21)
 * James MacDonald (season 18-25)