British actor
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.
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
Live action
Movies
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
- ^ "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 opening and/or closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link) - ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo "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 opening and/or closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link) - ^ a b 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
- ^ "The TCC Presents: Screamers Retro-Views – G1 Interview with Neil Ross". Transformers Collectors Club Magazine. 1 (37): 3.
- ^ "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) - ^ "'Press Your Luck' Season 4 on ABC: Release Date, cast, plot and the latest buzz around game show".
- ^ "Neil Ross | Actor, Additional Crew, Soundtrack". IMDb.
- ^ Command & Conquer: Renegade Game Manual
- ^ Command & Conquer: Generals Game Manual
- ^ Capcom (27 April 2004). Onimusha 3: Demon Siege. Scene: Closing credits, 0:45 in, cast.
- ^ "Ron Gilbert (Twitter)".
- ^ "Neil Ross (Visual voices guide)".
- ^ "Francisco Gonzalez (Twitter)".
- ^ InXile Entertainment. The Bard's Tale. InXile Entertainment. Scene: Ending credits, 2:10:22 in, More Great Talent.
- ^ Troika Games. Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines. Activision. Scene: Ending credits, 2:21 in, Voice Over Actors.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Neil Ross.
- Neil Ross Voiceovers – 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
