Nick Palatas

Nicholas Edward Palatas (born January 22, 1988) is an American actor. Palatas has appeared in short films including The Erogenous Zone, Love, and Air We Breathe and has been in several ads. In 2009, he played Norville "Shaggy" Rogers in the film Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins and reprised the role in Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster which aired in October 2010. A newcomer to the Scooby-Doo series, Palatas took over for Matthew Lillard.^[1] Palatas is of Slovakian, English and German descent.

Nick Palatas
Born	Nicholas Edward Palatas (1988-01-22) January 22, 1988 (age 37) Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2007–2013, 2023–present
Spouses	Marissa Denig ​ ​ (m. 2012; div. 2019)​ Mary Armstrong ​ (m. 2025)​
Children	1
Relatives	Cameron Palatas (brother)

Personal life

Palatas married his wife Marissa Denig in 2012. Denig filled for divorce from Palatas in 2017; the divorce was finalized in 2019. ^[2] Palatas began dating Mary Armstrong of Columbus, Ohio in 2024. The couple married at St. John Lutheran Church in Dublin, Ohio in January 2025.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2007	The Erogenous Zone	Flip Fowler	Short Film
2008	Love	School Boy 1	Short Film
2009	Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins	Norville "Shaggy" Rogers	TV movie
2009	The Scooby-Doo Mystery Inc. Personality Quiz		Video Short
2009	Scooby-Doo: The Coolsville High Video Yearbook		Video Short
2010	Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster		TV movie
2010	Scooby-Doo: The Whole World Loves You!		Video Short
2010	True Jackson, VP	Skeet	TV series
2010	Destroy Build Destroy	Himself	TV series
2011	Air We Breathe	Dylan Avery	Short Film
2011	Searching For Phantosaurs	Himself	Video Short
2011	Scooby-Doo: Rock, Rap and Rollerskates	Himself	Video Short
2011	Jeepers! Jinkies! Zoinks! A Tribute to the Classic Gags of Scooby-Doo!	Himself	Video Short
2013	School of Thrones	Robb Stark	Web Series
2025	White Ladybug	The Agent	Independent Film

Theater

2023 : Ken Ludwig's Sherwood 2024 : See No Evil by Cory Skurdal