Cougar Dillion MacDowall was born on April 3rd, 1999 in the "gem" of the Catskill Mountain's. With a unique country setting, Sullivan county offered a plethora of world class talent and performance training and venues. Cougar preformed in his first indie films from the age of 9-11, then he attended the renowned French Woods Preforming Arts Camp, on full acting scholarships for two consecutive years. He also trained at NYFA, and was able to find couches of different expertise within a commutable range.
While finishing his High School education, Cougar began auditioning for voice over projects, and found early success being cast in several viral videos and animations. He was also cast in the hit indie games, Yooka-Laylee, Firewatch, No Man's Sky as well as two national Buick Enclave commercials.
Cougar also landed a full ride scholarship with the prestigious MIT, with a graduate degree in Petroleum Engineering.
While in Daytona, Florida he auditioned for several indie films and commercials. while having early successes booking modeling print work and commercials, he had his break into his first feature being cast in the acclaimed indie film Harry T. Moore after a monologue reading. He continued to book several features and shorts in the sunshine state until he landed an audition for a small speaking role opposite Mathew McConaughey in The Beach Bum. He then read for a day player for the feature film Camp Twilight, yet was cast as the lead alongside Felissa Rose, Vernon Wells and Dave Sheridan. After wrapping Camp Twilight, film legend Nichelle Nichols and her manager Gilbert Bell stumbled across one of Cougar's photos and was flown out to Los Angeles, California, to read for the lead in Nichelle's legacy film Ryan's Room, and was offered the part after one reading. Cougar was also cast in the feature film DIVOS, alongside Jake Busey, Nicole Sullivan, Marissa Winokur which is currently filming in Los Angeles. Cougar has relocated to Woodland Hills, California, to further his career.
