Neil Ross | |
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Ross at BotCon in 2011
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Born |
London, England, United Kingdom |
31 December 1944
Residence | Los Angeles, California |
Occupation | Voice actor, announcer |
Years active | 1978–present |
Notable credit(s) |
G.I. Joe as Dusty/Shipwreck Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater as Colonel Volgin Transformers as Bonecrusher/Hook/Springer/Slag Voltron as Keith/Jeff/Pidge/Chip Swat Kats: The Radical Squadron as Mac Mange |
Children | 1 |
Website | neilross |
Neil Ross (born 31 December 1944) is an English-born American 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.