Neil Ross (born 31 December 1944) is an English-born voice actor and announcer, now resident in the United States, working in Los Angeles. He has provided voices in many American cartoons, most notably Voltron, G.I. Joe and Transformers. He has also done voice work in numerous video games, including Mass 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.
Neil 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).
Neil Ross was born in London, England, on 31 December 1944 and subsequently raised in Montreal, Quebec, 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. 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 promos for CBS, NBC, ABC, TBS and Fox Kids, using an American accent in all performances.
From 1989–1990, he was the announcer for Signal Research's (later Signal/ABC Research, as a result of a merger between Signal Research and the ABC Television Network) Game Player's Gametape VHS series, which was a home video counterpart of the defunct magazine publication of the same name.
Neil Ross lives in Los Angeles with his wife and daughter.
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes: The Animated Series – Whitley White
The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes – Crossfire
Batman: The Animated Series – Ratso
Bionic Six – F.L.U.F.F.I
The Centurions – Ace McCloud
G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero – Shipwreck / Dusty / Heavy Metal / Buzzer /Thunder / 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 Walter Stark (Season 1), Blizzard ("The Beast Within" only)
Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness – Constable Hu
Jem – Howard Sands
The Little Troll Prince – Prag No. 1
Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm – Shang Tsung
My Life as a Teenage Robot – Dr. Phineas Mogg
Pac-Man – Clyde
Pinky and the Brain – Marvin the Martian
Planet Sheen – Helmb
Pryde of the X-Men – Nightcrawler
Rambo and the Forces of Freedom – John Rambo
Robotix – Jerrok / Flexor / Gaxon / Steggor
Rugrats – Judge
Scooby-Doo and the Witch's Ghost – Mayor Corey
Secret Squirrel – Morocco Mole
Spider-Man (1981) – Norman Osborn
Spider-Man (1994) – Green Goblin
SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron – Mac Mange
The Legend of Prince Valiant – Duncan Draconarius
The Mask: The Animated Series – Lt. Kellaway
Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends – Norman Osborn, Wolverine, Cyclops ("The X-Men Adventure")
Spiral Zone – Overlord / Wolfgang 'Tank' Schmidt
The Transformers – Bonecrusher / Hook / Springer / Slag / Sixshot / Pointblank / Fracas
Voltron – Keith / Jeff / Pidge / Chip/ Prince Bandor
Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light – Leoric
Wake, Rattle and Roll – Axel / Baba Looey
Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa - Bat Blastagun
Yo Yogi! – Morocco Mole
Zazoo U – Logan Chomper
Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad – Skorn, Stupid Virus
The Suite Life on Deck – Narrator (I Brake for Whales)
An American Tail – Honest John (voice)
Asterix and the Big Fight – Franksinatrix (voice)
Babe – Additional Voices
Back to the Future Part II – Biff Tannen Museum Narrator (voice)
Being John Malkovich – Narrator of Malkovich biography show
Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey – voice of Station Twin No. 2
Dick Tracy – Radio Announcer (voice)
Dragonlance: Dragons of Autumn Twilight – Fizban/Paladine (voices)
It's the Pied Piper, Charlie Brown (TV Special) – (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
Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland – Oompa (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)
Son of the Mask – Deep Alvey Voice (voice)
The Little Engine That Could – Doc/Control Tower/Handy Pandy (voices)
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie – Cyclops (voice)
Thumbelina – Mr. Bear and Mr. Fox
Tom and Jerry: The Fast and the Furry – Doctor Professor, Director
Transformers: The Movie – Bonecrusher / Hook / Springer / Slag – (voices) (1986)
A Troll in Central Park – Pancy
Video and computer games
Baldur's Gate – Eldoth
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
Kinetica – Crank
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 No. 2
Spyro: Year of the Dragon – Moneybags (Spyro: Year of the Dragon only), 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 Teras Kasi – 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 – Axis Commander