Neil Ross

Theodoric Neilson "Neil" Ross (born 31 December 1944) is an English voice actor and announcer, born in London, England and now resident and working in Los Angeles, in the United States. He has provided voices for (mainly minor characters) in many American cartoons, particularly those based on Hasbro products and Marvel Comics, and numerous video games. Ross has also provided voice roles (such as radio announcers) for many movies, including Back to the Future II, Babe, Quiz Show, and Being John Malkovich.

Neil Ross has announced many Emmy Award ceremonies, and started announcing at the Academy Award ceremonies, beginning with the 75th Annual Academy Awards, in 2003. 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). He is presently the voice of the cable TV show Game Show Network.

Background[]

Neil Ross was born in London, England, and subsequently raised in Montreal, Canada. His family moved to Long Beach, California when he was 12 years old. When they moved to San Diego, a young Ross started listening to KFWB, and became obsessed with becoming a disc-jockey. 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. He is able to perform almost any accent, but states that his New England accent 'hangs on by a thread', and South African always defeats him. Ross has voiced radio and television commercials for companies including Wal-Mart, AT&T, Volkswagen, Coca-Cola, Mattel, Goodyear, Lexus, Disney, Hoover, Anheuser-Busch, Southwest Airlines, and Kelloggs, and has done promos for CBS, NBC, ABC, TBS and Fox Kids.

As of 2005, Neil Ross lives in Los Angeles with his wife and daughter. He is a keen diver.

Selected voice work[]

Cartoons[]

Batman: The Animated Series – Ratso
The Centurions – Ace McCloud
Donkey Kong Country - Klump (Season 2)
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes: The Animated Series – Whitley White
G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero – Shipwreck / Dusty / Heavy Metal / Buzzer / Monkeywrench
Galaxy High – Rotten Roland
Garfield and Friends - Jon's cousin, Paco, announcer
Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law – Vulturo / Dr. Benton Quest / Ding-A-Ling Wolf
Inhumanoids – Herc Armstrong / Tank / Ssslither / Sabre Jet /Ronald Reagan
Iron Man - Fin Fang Foom, Wellington Yinsen, Howard Stark (Season 1), Blizzard ("The Beast Within") only
Jem – Howard Sands
The Little Troll Prince – Prag #1
Pryde of the X-Men – Wolverine / Nightcrawler
Robotix – Jerrok / Flexor / Gaxon / Steggor
Secret Squirrel – Morocco Mole
Spider-Man – Green Goblin/Norman Osborn
SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron – Mac Mange
The Mask: The Animated Series – Lt. Kellaway
Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends – Norman Osborn, Wolverine, Cyclops (in "The X-Men Adventure")
Spiral Zone - Overlord / Wolfgang 'Tank' Schmidt
The Transformers – Bonecrusher / Hook / Springer / Slag / Sixshot / Pointblank / Fracas
Voltron – Keith / Jeff / Pidge / Chip
Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light – Leoric
Wake, Rattle and Roll – Axel / Baba Looey
Yo Yogi! – Morocco Mole
Pac-Man – Clyde
Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm – Shang Tsung
Rambo and the Forces of Freedom – John Rambo
Planet Sheen - Helmb
Zazoo U - Logan Chomper

Live action[]

Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad - Skorn, Stupid Virus (voice)
The Suite Life on Deck - Narrator (I Brake for Whales)

Movies[]

An American Tail - Honest John (voice)
The Transformers: The Movie - Bonecrusher / Hook / Springer / Slag - (voices) (1986)
Babe - Additional Voices
Back to the Future Part II - Biff Tannen Museum Narrator (voice)
Being John Malkovich - Narrator of Malkovich biography show
Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey - voice of Station Twin #2
Dick Tracy - Radio Announcer (voice)
Dragonlance: Dragons of Autumn Twilight - Fizban/Paladine (voices)
FernGully: The Last Rainforest - Elder (voice)
Garfield Gets Real - Wally, Charles (voices)
Garfield's Pet Force - Charles (a freakishly deerlike character that persistently shouts "Betty?!") (voice)
Gremlins 2: The New Batch - Announcer
Innerspace - Pod computer voice
Operation: Z.E.R.O. - Grandfather
Quiz Show - Twenty-One Announcer
Scooby-Doo and the Witch's Ghost - Mayor Corey (voice)
Scooby-Doo and the Alien Invaders - Sergio (voice)
The Little Engine That Could - Doc/Control Tower/Panda (voices)
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie - Cyclops (voice)
Thumbelina- Mr. Bear

Video and computer games[]

Baldur's Gate - Eldoth
Doom 3 - Sergeant Kelly
Enemy Territory: Quake Wars - Stogg Nexus - AI Fax Anchor
Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem - Dr. Edwin Lindsey
Freddy Pharkas Frontier Pharmacist - Narrator
Legacy of Kain - Rahab, Malek the Sarafan, King Ottmar, Elzivir the Dollmaker
Leisure Suit Larry series - Narrator
Mass Effect - Codex Narrator
Mass Effect 2 - Codex Narrator
Mass Effect 3- Codex Narrator
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty - Navy SEAL
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater - Colonel Volgin
Monkey Island 2 Special Edition: LeChuck's Revenge - Wally B. Feed
The Curse of Monkey Island - Wally B. Feed
Ninja Gaiden - Murai
Onimusha 3 - Guildenstern
Return to Castle Wolfenstein - Higgs / Nazi Soldier #2
Spyro the Dragon series - Moneybags (Year Of The Dragon) / Bentley
Spider-Man 3 - Luke Carlyle/Mad Bomber
Star Trek: Elite Force II - Stemmons
Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds - Han Solo
Star Wars: X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter
Star Wars: Rogue Squadron - Narrator, Han Solo, General Rieekan, Moff Kohl Seerdon, Narrator
Star Wars: Masters of Teräs Käsi - Han Solo, Jodo Kast
Star Wars: Rebellion - Han Solo, Stormtrooper, Imperial Command Center Communications Officer
Star Wars: X-Wing Alliance - Admiral Nammo, Concourse PA Announcer, Imperial Officer, Rebel Pilot
Star Wars: Force Commander - Han Solo, TR-SD Driver, Ruulian Computer Worker
Star Wars: Starfighter - Trade Federation Officer, Rescue 3, Wingman
Star Wars: Jedi Starfighter - Wingmate 2
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic - Additional Voices
Summoner 2 - Krobelus, Pirate Medevan Leader, Sharangir
Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines - Gorgeous Gary Golden, Male Sire
Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory - as Axis Commander