Neil Ross

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Neil David Ross is a British–born voice actor. Noted for his Trans-Atlantic accent, he has provided voices in many American cartoons, most notably G.I. Joe, Spider-Man, My Life as a Teenage Robot, Voltron, and Transformers, as well as video games. Ross has also provided voice roles (such as radio announcers) for many movies, including Back to the Future Part II, Babe, and Quiz Show. He currently serves as the announcer for the primetime version of Press Your Luck on ABC.

Neil Ross
Ross in 2011
Born	Neil David Ross
Occupations	Voice actor announcer
Years active	1978–present
Children	1
Website	neilross.com

Ross was the announcer for the 75th Annual Academy Awards Telecast in 2003, and the Emmy Awards Telecast in 2004. He has also narrated numerous episodes of A&E's Biography, and many editions of NOVA on PBS (including Mars – Dead or Alive, which was nominated for an Emmy Award in 2004).

Career

He started working in radio when he finished school. His first station was KMUR in Salt Lake City, Utah. Following this, he moved on to KORL, KGMB and KKUA in Honolulu, Hawaii, before moving to KCBQ in San Diego in 1969. He stayed in California, working on KYA San Francisco and KMPC Los Angeles. He made his last broadcast in 1985.

He began his voice-over work in 1978 when he moved to Los Angeles. His first role was as a salesman in an episode of Richie Rich for Hanna-Barbera. Ross has voiced radio and television commercials for companies including Wal-Mart, AT&T, Volkswagen, Coca-Cola, Mattel, Goodyear, Disney, Hoover, Anheuser-Busch, Southwest Airlines, and Kelloggs, and has done promo works for CBS, NBC, ABC, TBS and Fox Kids, using an American accent in all of his performances. His best-known work in that field was as the promotional announcer for Game Show Network through the late 90s into the mid-2000s.

Filmography

Animation

Year	Title	Role	Notes	References
1982–1984	Pac-Man	Clyde	19 Episodes	[1]
1983–1986	G.I. Joe	"Buzzer", "Dusty", "Heavy Metal", "Monkeywrench", "Shipwreck", "Thunder"	Unknown episodes
1984–1985	Voltron	Keith / Jeff / Pidge / Chip / Prince Bandor	Unknown episodes	[2]
1984–1987	The Transformers	Bonecrusher, Hook, Springer, Slag, Sixshot, Pointblank, Fracas	Unknown episodes	[3][4]
1985–1992	Cap'n O. G. Readmore	Cap'n O. G. Readmore	others (Animated specials only)
1985–1986	Jem	Howard Sands, Hector Ramirez	Unknown episodes
	Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling	Mean Gene Okerlund	26 episodes
1985–1988	Kissyfur	Duane the Pig	26 episodes
1985–1995	Robotix	Jerrok / Flexor / Gaxon / Steggor	Unknown episodes	[2]
1986	Galaxy High	Rotten Roland	13 episodes
	Inhumanoids	Herc Armstrong, Tank, Ssslither, Sabre Jet, Ronald Reagan, Hector Ramirez	Unknown episodes
	Rambo: The Force of Freedom	John J. Rambo	65 episodes
	The Centurions	Ace McCloud	Unknown episodes
1987	Bionic Six	F.L.U.F.F.I.	Unknown episodes
	The Little Troll Prince	Prag No. 1	Television special	[2]
	Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light	Leoric	Unknown episodes
	Spiral Zone	Overlord, Wolfgang 'Tank' Schmidt	Unknown episodes
1988–1994	Garfield and Friends	Jon's cousin, Paco, announcer		[2]
1989	X-Men: Pryde of the X-Men	Nightcrawler	Television pilot
1990–1991	Attack of the Killer Tomatoes: The Animated Series	Whitley White	Unknown episodes	[2]
	Zazoo U	Logan Chomper	Unknown episodes
1991–1993	The Legend of Prince Valiant	Duncan Draconarius	Unknown episodes	[2]
1991–1999	Little Dracula	Maggot	Unknown episodes	[2]
1991	Yo Yogi!	Baba Looey	Unknown episodes	[2]
1991–2004	Rugrats	Professor, Scientist, Santa Claus, Announcer, Clerk, Clown, Mr. Namby, Reporter, President, Dr. Ventnor, The Changeling, F. Lee Barnum, Judge, Press, Various TV Announcers, Fisherman, Policeman, Prince	11 episodes	[2]
1992–1993	Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa	Bat Blastagun	Unknown episodes	[2]
1992–1994	Batman: The Animated Series	Dealer, Ratso, Jake	Unknown episodes	[2]
1993	Secret Squirrel	Morocco Mole	Unknown episodes	[2]
1993–1994	SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron	Mac Mange	5 episodes
1994	Fantastic Four	Puppet Master, Super-Skrull (Season 1)	Unknown episodes	[2]
1994–1996	Iron Man	Fin Fang Foom, Wellington Yinsen, Blizzard	Unknown episodes	[2]
1995–1997	The Mask: The Animated Series	Lt. Kellaway, Sly Eastenegger	Unknown episodes
1995	Freakazoid!	Board Member	Episode: "The Chip: Part 1"	[2]
1995–1998	Spider-Man	Green Goblin/Norman Osborn	Unknown episodes	[2]
	Pinky and the Brain	Marvin the Martian	Unknown episodes	[2]
1995–1996	The Adventures of Hyperman	Narrator	13 episodes
1996	Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm	Shang Tsung
2000	Oh Yeah! Cartoons	Al, Pirate	Ep. Sick 'n' Tired in Bug Bite!	[2]
2000–2007	Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law	Vulturo	Unknown episodes	[2]
2003–2009	My Life as a Teenage Robot	Dr. Phineas Mogg, Redneck, Barber, Monitor Voice, Special Agent #1	Unknown episodes	[2]
2003–2005	Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks	Mr. McGandry, Mr. O'Hopper	Unknown episodes
2004	The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius	Announcer	Episode: "The Junkman Cometh"	[2]
2007	Ben 10	Wainwright, Guard #2, Radio Chatter #1	Ep. "Ben 4 Good Buddy"	[2]
2010–2013	Planet Sheen	Helmb		[2]
2012	The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes	William Cross / Crossfire, Thug 1, Security Guard	Ep. "To Steal an Ant-Man"	[2]
2012–2013	Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness	Constable Hu	7 episodes	[2]
2017	Be Cool, Scooby-Doo!	Scrooge, Symposium Head	Ep. "Scroogey Doo"	[5]

Live action

• Press Your Luck – Announcer / Whammy (voice)^[6]
• Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad – Skorn ("His Master's Voice", "An Un-Helping Hand", "Loose Lips Sink Microchips"), Stupid Virus ("Cheater, Cheater, Megabyte Eater") (voices)^[2]

Movies

• Lifepod (1981) – Main Cerebral (voice)
• The Transformers: The Movie^[3] (1986) – Bonecrusher / Hook / Springer / Slag (voice)^[2]
• An American Tail (1986) – Honest John (voice)^[2]
• G.I. Joe: The Movie (1987) – Buzzer / Dusty / Monkeywrench / Shipwreck (voice)^[2]
• Innerspace (1987) – Pod Computer (voice) ^[7]
• Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland (1989) – Oompa (voice)^[2]
• Back to the Future Part II (1989) – Biff Tannen Museum Narrator (voice)^[2]
• Dick Tracy (1990) – Radio Announcer #3 (voice)
• Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990) – Announcer (voice)^[2]
• The Little Engine That Could (1991, Short) – Doc / Control Tower / Handy Pandy (voice)^[2]
• FernGully: The Last Rainforest (1992) – Elder (voice)^[2]
• The Town Santa Forgot (1993) – Pout the Elf (voice)
• Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993) – (voice)
• Thumbelina (1994) – Mr. Bear / Mr. Fox (voice)^[2]
• A Troll in Central Park (1994) – Pansy (voice)^[2]
• Quiz Show (1994) – Twenty-One Announcer
• The Pebble and the Penguin (1995) – Scrawny (voice)^[2]
• Babe (1995) – (voice)
• The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue (1998) – Doctor Valentine's assistant
• Scooby-Doo! and the Witch's Ghost (1999) – Mayor Corey (voice)^[2]
• Scooby-Doo and the Alien Invaders (2000) – Sergio (voice)^[2]
• It's the Pied Piper, Charlie Brown (2000, TV Movie) – Interviewer (voice)^[2]
• The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004) – Cyclops Diver (voice)^[2]
• Son of the Mask (2005) – Deep Alvey Voice (voice)^[2]
• Tom and Jerry: The Fast and the Furry (2005) – Dr. Professor (voice)^[2]
• The Ant Bully (2006) – Wasp #1 / Wasp #5 (voice)^[2]
• Garfield Gets Real (2007) – Wally / Charles (voice)^[2]
• Dragonlance: Dragons of Autumn Twilight (2008) – Fizban / Paladine (voice)^[2]
• Garfield's Pet Force (2009) – Wally / Charles (voice)^[2]
• The Outback (2012) – Monty (voice)^[2]
• The Reef 2: High Tide (2012) – Schliemann (voice)^[2]

Video and computer games

• Command & Conquer: Renegade – Additional Voices^[8]
• Command & Conquer: Generals – Additional Voices^[9]
• Disney Universe – VIC^[2]
• Doom 3 – Sergeant Kelly^[2]
• Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem – Dr. Edwin Lindsey^[2]
• Final Fantasy VII Remake – Mayor Domino^[2]
• Legacy of Kain – Malek the Paladin, King Ottmar, Elzevir the Dollmaker, Rahab^[2]
• Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty – Navy SEAL^[2]
• Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater – Colonel Volgin^[2]
• Monkey Island 2 Special Edition: LeChuck's Revenge – Wally B. Feed^[2]
• The Curse of Monkey Island – Wally B. Feed^[2]
• Ninja Gaiden – Murai^[2]
• Onimusha 3 – Guildenstern^[10]
• Onimusha Blade Warriors – Guildenstern^[2]
• RAGE 2 – Dr. Kvasir, Wellspring Guard^[2]
• Return to Monkey Island – Wally B. Feed^[11]
• Revenant – Sardok, Verhoevan, Townsmen ^[12]
• Rosewater - Doc Sedgwick, Oberlin, Quentin Ellis, Perry Cloud Smith, Buford, Roderick Nethersole^[13]
• Spyro: Year of the Dragon – Moneybags, Bentley^[2]
• Spyro: Enter the Dragonfly – Moneybags^[2]
• Spider-Man 3 – Luke Carlyle^[2]
• Star Wars: Rogue Squadron – Han Solo, General Rieekan^[2]
• Star Wars: Rebellion – Han Solo, Stormtrooper, Imperial Command Center Communications Officer^[2]
• Star Wars: X-Wing Alliance – Admiral Nammo, Concourse PA Announcer, Imperial Officer, Rebel Pilot^[2]
• The Bard's Tale – Additional voices^[14]
• Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines – Gary Golden^[15]

References

1. "Pac-Man (1982 TV Show) - Behind The Voice Actors". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 21 October 2023. 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 credits or other reliable sources of information.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
2. "Neil Ross (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 21 June 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 credits or other reliable sources of information.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
3. Lawson, Tim; Persons, Alisa (2004), The magic behind the voices: a who's who of cartoon voice actors, Univ. Press of Mississippi, p. xxx, ISBN 978-1-57806-696-4
4. "The TCC Presents: Screamers Retro-Views – G1 Interview with Neil Ross". Transformers Collectors Club Magazine. 1 (37): 3.
5. "Voice Of Cyclops - X-Men franchise | Behind The Voice Actors". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 27 December 2018. Check marks indicates role has been confirmed using screenshots of closing credits and other reliable sources{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
6. "'Press Your Luck' Season 4 on ABC: Release Date, cast, plot and the latest buzz around game show".
7. "Neil Ross | Actor, Additional Crew, Soundtrack". IMDb.
8. Command & Conquer: Renegade Game Manual
9. Command & Conquer: Generals Game Manual
10. Capcom (27 April 2004). Onimusha 3: Demon Siege. Scene: Closing credits, 0:45 in, cast.
11. "Ron Gilbert (Twitter)".
12. "Neil Ross (Visual voices guide)".
13. "Francisco Gonzalez (Twitter)".
14. InXile Entertainment. The Bard's Tale. InXile Entertainment. Scene: Ending credits, 2:10:22 in, More Great Talent.
15. Troika Games. Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines. Activision. Scene: Ending credits, 2:21 in, Voice Over Actors.

External links

• Official website
• Voice demos
• Neil Ross at IMDb
• Neil Ross at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Neil Ross interview
• Neil Ross interview on Insomniac Mania