Neil Ross
Biography
Neil Ross is a British actor who built a career largely behind the microphone, known for voicing characters in American cartoons with a Trans-Atlantic accent. Born in London and raised in Montreal, he started in radio after finishing school, working at stations in Salt Lake City, Honolulu and San Diego before his last broadcast in 1985. His voice-over work began in 1978, with an early role as a salesman on Richie Rich for Hanna-Barbera. He went on to voice the Green Goblin, also known as Norman Osborn, in Spider-Man: The Animated Series, Commander Keith and Pidge in Voltron, and several characters in The Transformers, reprising those parts in The Transformers: The Movie (1986). He also served as an announcer on the 2003 Academy Awards and the 2004 Prime Time Emmy Awards telecasts and narrated episodes of A&E's Biography and PBS's NOVA, and from 2019 to 2023 he announced Press Your Luck and voiced its Whammy.
81years old
Turns 82 on December 31in 60 days
- Born London, England, UK
- Star sign: CapricornThe sign runs December 22 to January 19
- Neil David Ross (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 20
- Career span
- 26 years1986 to 2012
Genres
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First role
Neil Ross moved to Los Angeles and started doing voice-over work in 1978. For Hanna-Barbera, he played a salesman in one episode of Richie Rich, which was his first role.
A change of course
Before voice acting, Neil Ross worked in radio, starting at KMUR in Salt Lake City and later moving to stations in Honolulu and San Diego, with his last broadcast in 1985.
Neil Ross movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
- Scooby-Doo and the Alien Invaders2000 Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family, Mystery, Sci-Fias Sergio / Buckvoice
IMDb rating 6.99.4K votes
Most often with
Don Bluth directed four of these films, Mark A.Z. Dippé four and Gary Goldman three. Frank Welker appears in nine of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Frank Welker's page
Fred Tatasciore's page
Audrey Wasilewski's page
Jeff Bennett's page
Tim Curry's page
Jennifer Hale's page
Don BluthDirector, 4 films, 1986 to 1995
All films by Don Bluth
All films by Mark A.Z. Dippé
Gary GoldmanDirector, 3 films, 1994 to 1995
All films by Gary Goldman
Also four films together5 more actors
- Jason MarsdenGarfield's Pet Force (2009), Dragonlance: Dragons of Autumn Twilight (2008), Garfield's Fun Fest (2008) and Garfield Gets Real (2007)
- Gregg BergerGarfield's Pet Force (2009), Garfield's Fun Fest (2008), Garfield Gets Real (2007) and Transformers: Five Faces of Darkness (1986)
- Pat MusickThe Pebble and the Penguin (1995), A Troll in Central Park (1994), Thumbelina (1994) and An American Tail (1986)
- Stephen StantonThe Reef 2: High Tide (2012), Garfield's Pet Force (2009), Garfield's Fun Fest (2008) and Garfield Gets Real (2007)
- Will RyanThe Pebble and the Penguin (1995), A Troll in Central Park (1994), Thumbelina (1994) and An American Tail (1986)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Neil Ross's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$149 million
8 of the 20 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 20 films: 8 worldwide figure; 6 never in cinemas; 6 figure not found.
- 8Worldwide figure
- 6Never in cinemas
- 6Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$85M56.8% of the total
- 2$33M22.0% of the total
- 3$11M7.7% of the total
- 4$11M7.6% of the total
- 5$4.0M2.7% of the total
- 6$3.1M2.1% of the total
- 7$1.7M1.2% of the total
- 8$71K0.0% of the total
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.