Neil Ross

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

Neil David Ross is a British–born American voice actor and announcer. Noted for his Trans-Atlantic accent, he has provided voices in many American cartoons, most notably G.I. Joe 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

Year Title Role Notes References
1982–1984 Pac-Man Clyde 19 Episodes
1983–1986 G.I. Joe "Buzzer", "Dusty", "Heavy Metal", "Monkeywrench", "Shipwreck", "Thunder" Unknown episodes
1984–1987 The Transformers Bonecrusher, Hook, Springer, Slag, Sixshot, Pointblank, Fracas Unknown episodes
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
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
Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light Leoric Unknown episodes
Spiral Zone Overlord, Wolfgang 'Tank' Schmidt Unknown episodes
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
Zazoo U Logan Chomper Unknown episodes
1992–1994 Batman: The Animated Series Dealer, Ratso, Jake Unknown episodes
1993–1994 SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron Mac Mange 5 episodes
1994 Fantastic Four Puppet Master, Super-Skrull (Season 1) Unknown episodes
1994–1996 Iron Man Fin Fang Foom, Wellington Yinsen, Blizzard Unknown episodes
1995–1997 The Mask: The Animated Series Lt. Kellaway, Sly Eastenegger Unknown episodes
1995 Freakazoid! Board Member Episode: "The Chip: Part 1"
1995–1998 Spider-Man (1994) Green Goblin/Norman Osborn Unknown episodes
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!
2000–2007 Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law Vulturo Unknown episodes
2003–2009 My Life as a Teenage Robot Dr. Phineas Mogg, Redneck, Special Agent #1 Unknown episodes
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"
2007 Ben 10 Wainwright, Guard #2, Radio Chatter #1 Ep. "Ben 4 Good Buddy"
2012 The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes William Cross / Crossfire, Thug 1, Security Guard Ep. "To Steal an Ant-Man"
2012–2013 Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness Constable Hu 7 episodes
2017 Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! Scrooge, Symposium Head Ep. "Scroogey Doo"

Live action

Movies

Video and computer games