British-American voice actorFor the English footballer, see Neil Ross (footballer).

Neil Ross is a British-American voice actor and announcer. Noted for his Trans-Atlantic accent, he has provided voices in many American cartoons, most notably Voltron, G.I. Joe, and Transformers, as well as video games, including M* Effect and Leisure Suit Larry 6 and 7. Ross has also provided voice roles (such as radio announcers) for many movies, including Back to the Future Part II, Babe, Quiz Show, and Being John Malkovich.

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).

Contents

• 1 Career
• 2 Filmography
  • 2.1 Animation
  • 2.2 Live action
  • 2.3 Movies
  • 2.4 Video and computer games
• 3 References
• 4 External links

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, Game Show Network and Fox Kids, using an American accent in all of his performances.

Filmography

Animation

Live action

• Press Your Luck – Announcer / Whammy (voice)
• Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad – Skorn ("His Master's Voice", "An Un-Helping Hand", "Loose Lips Sink Microchips"), Stupid Virus ("Cheater, Cheater, Megabyte Eater") (voices)
• The Suite Life on Deck – Narrator ("I Brake for Whales")

Movies

• Lifepod (1981) – Main Cerebral (voice)
• The Little Magician and the Big Bad Mark (1984) - (English version, voice) (as Neilson Ross)
• Cabbage Patch Kids: First Christmas (1984) - Beau Weasel / Fingers (voice)
• Explorers (1985) – (voice)
• Transformers: The Movie (1986) – Bonecrusher / Hook / Springer / Slag (voice)
• An American Tail (1986) – Honest John (voice)
• G.I. Joe: The Movie (1987) – Buzzer / Dusty / Monkeywrench / Shipwreck (voice)
• Innerspace (1987) – Pod Computer (voice)
• Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland (1989) – Oompa (voice)
• Back to the Future Part II (1989) – Biff Tannen Museum Narrator (voice)
• Dick Tracy (1990) – Radio Announcer #3 (voice)
• Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990) – Announcer (voice)
• Salute to Life (1990) – Doctor
• Dragon and Slippers (1991) – Jester (voice)
• The Little Engine That Could (1991, Short) – Doc / Control Tower / Handy Pandy (voice)
• Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (1991) – Station Twin No. 2 (voice)
• FernGully: The Last Rainforest (1992) – Elder (voice)
• The Town Santa Forgot (1993) - Pout the Elf (voice)
• Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993) – (voice)
• Thumbelina (1994) – Mr. Bear / Mr. Fox (voice)
• A Troll in Central Park (1994) – Pancy (voice)
• Quiz Show (1994) – Twenty-One Announcer
• The Pebble and the Penguin (1995) – Scrawny (voice)
• Babe (1995) – (voice)
• The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue (1998) - Doctor Valentine's *istant
• Speedway Junky (1999) – (voice)
• Scooby-Doo! and the Witch's Ghost (1999) – Mayor Corey (voice)
• Being John Malkovich (1999) – Narrator of Malkovich biography show (voice)
• Scooby-Doo and the Alien Invaders (2000) – Sergio (voice)
• It's the Pied Piper, Charlie Brown (2000, TV Movie) – Interviewer (voice)
• Red Planet (2000) – Space Suit (voice, uncredited)
• The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004) – Cyclops (voice)
• Son of the Mask (2005) – Deep Alvey Voice (voice)
• Tom and Jerry: The Fast and the Furry (2005) – Dr. Professor / Director (voice)
• The Ant Bully (2006) - Wasp #1 / Wasp #5 (voice)
• Operation: Z.E.R.O. (2006, TV Movie) – Grandfather
• Garfield Gets Real (2007) – Wally / Charles (voice)
• Dragonlance: Dragons of Autumn Twilight (2008) – Fizban / Paladine (voice)
• Garfield's Pet Force (2009) – Charles (a freakishly deerlike character that persistently shouts "Betty?!") (voice)
• The Outback (2012) – Monty (voice)
• The Reef 2: High Tide (2012) – Schliemann (voice)

Video and computer games

• Baldur's Gate – Eldoth Kron, Ogrillon, Scar
• Call of Duty - Ending Voice
• Disney Universe – VIC
• 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
• Final Fantasy VII Remake – Mayor Domino
• Grand Chase - Dungeon of Monsters
• Kinetica – Crank
• Legacy of Kain – Rahab, Malek the Sarafan, King Ottmar, Elzivir the Dollmaker
• Leisure Suit Larry series – Narrator
• M* Effect – Codex Narrator
• M* Effect 2 – Codex Narrator
• M* Effect 3 – Codex Narrator
• Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty – Navy SEAL
• Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater – Colonel Volgin
• Microshaft Winblows 98 - Celebrity and other voices
• 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
• Onimusha Blade Warriors – Guildenstern
• RAGE 2 – Dr. Kvasir, Legs, Wellspring Guard
• Return to Castle Wolfenstein – Higgs, National Socialist German Workers' Party Soldier No. 2
• Revenant (video game) – Sardok, Verhoevan, Townsmen
• Spyro: Year of the Dragon – Moneybags, Bentley
• Spyro: Enter the Dragonfly – Moneybags, Additional characters
• 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
• The Bard's Tale – Additional voices
• Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines – additional voices
• Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory – Axis Commander

References

External links

• 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