Neil Ross

Neil David Ross is a British–born American 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

• 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)

Movies

• Lifepod (1981) – Main Cerebral (voice)
• The 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)
• The Little Engine That Could (1991, Short) – Doc / Control Tower / Handy Pandy (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) – Pansy (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 assistant
• Scooby-Doo! and the Witch's Ghost (1999) – Mayor Corey (voice)
• Scooby-Doo and the Alien Invaders (2000) – Sergio (voice)
• It's the Pied Piper, Charlie Brown (2000, TV Movie) – Interviewer (voice)
• The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004) – Cyclops Diver (voice)
• Son of the Mask (2005) – Deep Alvey Voice (voice)
• Tom and Jerry: The Fast and the Furry (2005) – Dr. Professor (voice)
• The Ant Bully (2006) – Wasp #1 / Wasp #5 (voice)
• Garfield Gets Real (2007) – Wally / Charles (voice)
• Dragonlance: Dragons of Autumn Twilight (2008) – Fizban / Paladine (voice)
• Garfield's Pet Force (2009) – Wally / Charles (voice)
• The Outback (2012) – Monty (voice)
• The Reef 2: High Tide (2012) – Schliemann (voice)

Video and computer games

• Command & Conquer: Renegade – Additional Voices
• Command & Conquer: Generals – Additional Voices
• Disney Universe – VIC
• Doom 3 – Sergeant Kelly
• Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem – Dr. Edwin Lindsey
• Final Fantasy VII Remake – Mayor Domino
• Legacy of Kain – Malek the Paladin, King Ottmar, Elzevir the Dollmaker, Rahab
• 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
• Onimusha Blade Warriors – Guildenstern
• RAGE 2 – Dr. Kvasir, Wellspring Guard
• Return to Monkey Island – Wally B. Feed
• Revenant – Sardok, Verhoevan, Townsmen
• Rosewater - Doc Sedgwick, Oberlin, Quentin Ellis, Perry Cloud Smith, Buford, Roderick Nethersole
• Spyro: Year of the Dragon – Moneybags, Bentley
• Spyro: Enter the Dragonfly – Moneybags
• Spider-Man 3 – Luke Carlyle
• Star Wars: Rogue Squadron – Han Solo, General Rieekan
• 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
• The Bard's Tale – Additional voices
• Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines – Gary Golden

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