--- name: "Neil Ross" canonical: "https://film.one/person/neil-ross" fi1m_id: "neil-ross" imdb_id: "nm0743719" tmdb_id: 64951 wikidata_id: "Q3053268" roles: [] born: "31 December 1944" reviewed_on_fi1m: 5 average_fi1m_score: 76 average_over: 5 updated: "2026-10-04T20:47:12.026652+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Neil Ross ## Identity Neil Ross - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/neil-ross - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** neil-ross - **IMDb ID:** nm0743719 - **TMDB ID:** 64951 - **Wikidata ID:** Q3053268 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Ross, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3053268, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0743719/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/64951 Actor. Born 31 December 1944 in London, England, UK. ## Details - **Born:** 31 December 1944, London, England, UK - **Active:** 1986–1999 - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 72 (2), 1990s 78 (3) - **Fi1m against the critics:** 79 to 72 across 4 titles - **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60 - **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second - **Genres:** Adventure 3, Animation 3, Comedy 3, Drama 2, Family 2, Fantasy 2 - **Screen time:** 8 hours of reviewed films - **Box office:** $479m across 5 films with figures - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Ross, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3053268, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0743719/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/64951 ## Biography Neil Ross is a British-American voice actor and announcer. Born in London, he later moved to the United States and works in Los Angeles. He began voice work in 1978 with Hanna-Barbera productions after a career in radio. Ross is credited as Honest John in the 1986 film *An American Tail*. His other film voice roles include the Museum Narrator in *Back to the Future Part II* (1989), the Cyclops in *The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie* (2004), and characters in *Babe* (1995) and *Gremlins 2: The New Batch* (1990). He has also voiced roles in animated series such as *Batman: The Animated Series* (1992) and *Transformers*. Ross has been married to Jeanne Jackson since 1977. *Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.* ## On Fi1m (5) - *Being John Malkovich* (1999), Fi1m 89, as Featured Character Voice (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/being-john-malkovich.md) - *Batman: Mask of the Phantasm* (1993), Fi1m 82, as Additional Voices (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/batman-mask-of-the-phantasm.md) - *FernGully: The Last Rainforest* (1992), Fi1m 64, as Elder (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/ferngully-the-last-rainforest.md) - *Back to the Future Part II* (1989), Fi1m 74, as Museum Narrator (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/back-to-the-future-part-ii.md) - *An American Tail* (1986), Fi1m 71, as Honest John (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/an-american-tail.md) ## Complete filmography (153) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Animaniacs* (2020), series, as Narrator (voice) - *'Til All Are One: Looking Back at Transformers - The Movie* (2016), Actor - *Be Cool, Scooby-Doo!* (2015), series, as Scrooge / Symposium Head (voice) - *Mom* (2013), series, as Announcer (voice) - *The Outback* (2012), as Monty (voice) - *The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes* (2010), series, as Crossfire / Thug 1 / Security Guard (voice) - *Garfield's Pet Force* (2009), as Wally / Professor Wally / Charles (voice) - *Batgirl: Year One* (2009), as Additional Voices - *Batgirl: Year One* (2009), series, as Additional Voices - *Dragonlance: Dragons of Autumn Twilight* (2008), as Fizban The Fabulous (voice) - *Garfield Gets Real* (2007), as Wally / Charles (voice) - *Codename: Kids Next Door: Operation Z.E.R.O.* (2006), as Grandfather (voice) - *The Ant Bully* (2006), as Wasp #1 / Wasp #5 (voice) - *Voyage to the Mystery Moon* (2006), as Narrator（Voice） - *Nova: Volcano Under the City* (2006), as Narrator (voice) - *The Batman vs. Dracula* (2005), as Additional Voices (voice) - *Tom and Jerry: The Fast and the Furry* (2005), as Dr. Professor / Director (voice) - *Son of the Mask* (2005), as Deep Alvey Voice (voice) — Fi1m 20, [page](https://film.one/film/son-of-the-mask.md) - *The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie* (2004), as Cyclops (voice) - *The Batman* (2004), series, as Sprang (voice) - *Mars, Dead or Alive* (2004), as Narrator - *Evil Con Carne* (2003), series, as Ranger (voice) - *Daredevil vs. Spider-Man* (2003), as Norman Osborn (voice) - *Spider-Man: The Return of the Green Goblin* (2002), as Norman Osborn / Green Goblin (voice) - *My Life as a Teenage Robot* (2002), series, as Monitor (voice) - *Ozzy & Drix* (2002), series, as Cop (voice) - *The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius* (2002), series, as Announcer (voice) - *Spider-Man: The Ultimate Villain Showdown* (2002), as Norman Osborn / Green Goblin (voice) - *Da Mob* (2001), series, Actor - *The Zeta Project* (2001), series, Actor - *Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law* (2000), series, as Dr. Benton C. Quest / Vulturo (voice) - *Scooby-Doo and the Alien Invaders* (2000), as Sergio / Buck (voice) - *It's the Pied Piper, Charlie Brown* (2000), as Interviewer (voice) - *Jackie Chan Adventures* (2000), series, as Lead Magister (voice) - *Sugihara: Conspiracy of Kindness* (2000), as Narrator (voice) - *Being John Malkovich* (1999), as Featured Character Voice (voice) — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/film/being-john-malkovich.md) - *Scooby-Doo! and the Witch's Ghost* (1999), as Mayor (voice) - *Speedway Junky* (1999), as Sports Announcer #1 - *Voltron: The Third Dimension* (1998), series, as Keith / Amalgamus (voice) - *Donkey Kong Country* (1998), series, Actor - *Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero* (1998), as Additional Voices (voice) - *Playboy: The Best of Jenny McCarthy* (1998), as Narrator (voice) - *The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue* (1997), as Security Camera / Police Man (voice) - *Channel Umptee-3* (1997), series, as Ed (voice) - *Playboy Video Playmate Calendar 1998* (1997), as Playboy Announcer (voice) - *The New Batman Adventures* (1997), series, as Henshaw (voice) - *Bad Baby* (1997), as (voice) - *Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm* (1996), series, as Shang Tsung / Motaro (voice), Shang Tsung (voice) - *Superman: The Animated Series* (1996), series, as Male Anchor / Ralph (voice), Captain (voice) - *Siegfried & Roy: Masters of the Impossible* (1996), Actor - *The Adventures of Hyperman* (1995), series, Actor - *Dumb and Dumber* (1995), series, as TV Anchor (voice), Mayor / Kid (voice) - *The Savage Dragon* (1995), series, as (voice) - *Pinky and the Brain* (1995), series, as Marvin Martian (voice) - *Freakazoid!* (1995), series, as Board Member (voice) - *The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries* (1995), series, as Ned (voice) - *The Mask: Animated Series* (1995), series, as Lieutenant Kellaway (voice) - *Babe* (1995), as Other Character Voices (voice) — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/babe.md) - *The Pebble and the Penguin* (1995), as Scrawny (voice) - *Precious Moments: Who's Who at the Zoo?* (1995), Actor - *Precious Moments: Little Sparrow* (1995), Actor - *Spider-Man* (1994), series, as Norman Osborn / Green Goblin (voice), Norman Osborn (voice), Green Goblin (voice) - *A Troll in Central Park* (1994), as Generic Pansy (voice) - *Iron Man* (1994), series, as Fin Fang Foom (voice), Anchorman (voice) - *Fantastic Four* (1994), series, as Dr. Doom/Narrator/First Businessman (voice), General Krang(voice), Hauptmann (voice), Dr. Doom (voice), Dr. Doom/Sarkaan (voice), Super Skrull (voice), The Puppet Master (voice) - *Movie Magic* (1994), series, as Narrator - *Thumbelina* (1994), as Mr. Fox / Mr. Bear (voice) - *Aladdin* (1994), series, as King Pector (voice) - *The Good Life* (1994), series, as Policeman (voice) - *The Fantastic Four: A Legend Begins* (1994), as Doctor Doom / Puppet Master (voice) (archive footage) - *Batman: Mask of the Phantasm* (1993), as Additional Voices (voice) — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/batman-mask-of-the-phantasm.md) - *The Town Santa Forgot* (1993), as Pout the Elf - *Bubsy* (1993), series, as Bozwell Buzzard / News Anchor (voice) - *Bubsy: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?* (1993), as Bozwell Buzzard / News Anchor (voice) - *Animaniacs* (1993), series, as Crook / Announcer (voice) - *SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron* (1993), series, as Mac (voice) - *Mighty Max* (1993), series, Actor - *Batman: The Animated Series* (1992), series, as Auctioneer (voice), Soldier (voice), Dishwasher / Doctor / Criminal (voice), Chairman (voice), Jake (voice), Ratso (voice), Dealer (voice) - *Cap'n O.G. Readmore Meets Chicken Little* (1992), as Cap'n O.G. Readmore (voice) - *FernGully: The Last Rainforest* (1992), as Elder (voice) — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/ferngully-the-last-rainforest.md) - *Fish Police* (1992), series, as Additional Voices (voice) - *The Little Engine That Could* (1991), as Doc / Tower / Panda - *An American Tail: Fievel Goes West* (1991), as Art Direction - *Darkwing Duck* (1991), series, as Talking Refrigerator (voice), Wrestling Announcer / Dan Gander (voice), Dan Gander (voice), Nodoff (voice), Quack Mallardson / The Whitlin Kid (voice) - *The Legend of Prince Valiant* (1991), series, Actor - *Little Dracula* (1991), series, Actor - *Rugrats* (1991), series, as Scientist #1 / Radio Psychiatrist / Western Union Man (voice), Real Santa / Announcer / Clerk (voice), Mr. Namby / Reporter (voice), President / Dr. Ventnor (voice), Johnny / Narrator (voice), F. Lee Barnum / Judge / Press (voice), Announcer / Columnist / Fisherman (voice) - *Playboy: Sexy Lingerie III* (1991), Actor - *Playboy Video Playmate Calendar 1991* (1990), as Host (voice) - *Wake, Rattle, and Roll* (1990), series, Actor - *Fender Bender 500* (1990), series, as Baba Looey (voice) - *TaleSpin* (1990), series, as Reggie (voice) - *Tom & Jerry Kids Show* (1990), series, as Marvin (voice) - *Attack of the Killer Tomatoes* (1990), series, as Whitney White (voice) - *Gremlins 2: The New Batch* (1990), as Announcer (voice) - *Dick Tracy* (1990), as Radio Announcer (voice) - *Robotix* (1990), as Flexor / Gaxon / Jerrok (voices) - *Shadow Strikers* (1990), as (voice) - *Back to the Future Part II* (1989), as Museum Narrator (voice) — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/back-to-the-future-part-ii.md) - *Family Matters* (1989), series, as Andre (voice) - *X-Men: Pryde of the X-Men* (1989), series, as Nightcrawler (voice) - *Chip 'n' Dale Rescue Rangers* (1989), series, as Pirates (voice) - *Playboy Playmates of the Year: The 80's* (1989), Actor - *Vytor: The Starfire Champion* (1989), as Targil (voice) - *Garfield and Friends* (1988), series, Actor - *Cap'n O.G Readmore's Puss in Boots* (1988), as Cap'n O.G. Readmore (voice) - *Playboy Video Magazine, Volume 13* (1988), as Narrator - *Cap'n O.G. Readmore Meets Red Riding Hood* (1988), as Cap'n O.G. Readmore (voice) - *Kissyfur* (1988), series, Actor - *Playboy Video Playmate Calendar 1988* (1987), as Narrator - *The Little Troll Prince* (1987), as Prince Prag (Right Head) (voice) - *Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light* (1987), series, Actor - *Spiral Zone* (1987), series, Actor - *DuckTales* (1987), series, Actor - *Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs* (1987), series, as Buck / Grimmer (voice), Grimmer - *Innerspace* (1987), as Pod Computer (voice) - *G.I. Joe: The Movie* (1987), as Buzzer / Shipwreck / Hector Ramirez / Monkeywrench (voice) - *Bionic Six* (1987), series, as F.L.U.F.F.I. (voice) - *Playboy Video Playmate Calendar 1987* (1986), as Host - *An American Tail* (1986), as Honest John (voice) — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/an-american-tail.md) - *Inhumanoids* (1986), series, Actor - *G.I. Joe: Arise, Serpentor, Arise!* (1986), as Buzzer / Dusty / Monkeywrench / Shipwreck (voice) - *Transformers: Five Faces of Darkness* (1986), as Springer - *The Real Ghostbusters* (1986), series, as Grendel / Tracy / Movie Goer #2 (voice) - *Galaxy High School* (1986), series, Actor - *Cap'n O.G. Readmore Meets Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde* (1986), as Cap'n O.G. Readmore (voice) - *Voltron: Fleet of Doom* (1986), as Keith / Jeff / Pidge / Chip - *The Transformers: The Movie* (1986), as Bonecrusher / Hook / Springer / Slag (voice) - *Transformers - Le cosmitron* (1986), as Springer - *Rambo: The Force of Freedom* (1986), series, as John Rambo (voice) - *The Centurions* (1986), series, as Ace McCloud (voice) - *Jem: Truly Outrageous!* (1986), as Howard Sands / Dirk Hayes / Malone (voice) - *Sectaurs* (1986), series, Actor - *Inhumanoids: The Movie* (1986), as Herc Armstrong (voice) - *Cap'n O.G. Readmore's Jack and the Beanstalk* (1985), as Cap'n O.G. Readmore (voice) - *Jem* (1985), series, as Howard Sands (voice) - *The Pyramid of Darkness: The Further Adventures of G.I. Joe* (1985), as Buzzer / Dusty / Shipwreck (voice) - *It's Punky Brewster* (1985), series, Actor - *Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling* (1985), series, as (voice) - *Sweet Sea* (1985), as (voice) - *Big Foot And The Muscle Machines* (1985), as Ravenscroft's Chauffeur (voice) - *Playboy Video Magazine, Volume 7* (1985), as Announcer - *Cabbage Patch Kids: First Christmas* (1984), as Beau Weasel / Fingers (voice) - *The Transformers* (1984), series, as Bonecrusher / Hook / Slag, Crosshairs (voice) - *Voltron: Defender of the Universe* (1984), series, as Keith / Pidge (voice) - *G.I. Joe: The Revenge of Cobra* (1984), as Shipwreck / Buzzer (voice) - *Poochie* (1984), as (voice) - *G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero* (1983), series, as Buzzer / Dusty / Shipwreck (voice) - *Christmas Comes to Pac-land* (1982), as Clyde (voice) - *Pac-Man* (1982), series, as Clyde (voice) - *Pandamonium* (1982), series, as Peter (voice) - *Lifepod* (1981), as Main Cerebral (voice) - *NOVA* (1974), series, as Narrator ## Gallery - ![Neil Ross](https://film.one/media/person/346892/gallery-c5b4c7d14c4e.jpg) Neil Ross — Kevin Paul, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Neil_Ross_at_Fan_Expo_Anaheim_2026.jpg/1280px-Neil_Ross_at_Fan_Expo_Anaheim_2026.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Neil Ross speaking at the 2018 WonderCon in Anaheim, California.](https://film.one/media/person/346892/gallery-4cac294be4ea.jpg) Neil Ross speaking at the 2018 WonderCon in Anaheim, California. — Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5f/Neil_Ross_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Cropped version of Neil Ross.jpg (2011)](https://film.one/media/person/346892/gallery-4ea15de3e23a.jpg) Cropped version of Neil Ross.jpg (2011) — Neil_Ross.jpg: Jeremy Dennis from Pittsburgh, USA derivative work: Electroguv (talk), CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Neil_Ross_%28crop%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Neil Ross speaking at the 2018 WonderCon at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsewhere.](https://film.one/media/person/346892/gallery-924df1ff02e5.jpg) Neil Ross speaking at the 2018 WonderCon at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsewhere. — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Neil_Ross_%2839279448260%29.jpg/1280px-Neil_Ross_%2839279448260%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Neil Ross speaking at the 2018 WonderCon at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsewhere.](https://film.one/media/person/346892/gallery-cdcbdfbc4b22.jpg) Neil Ross speaking at the 2018 WonderCon at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsewhere. — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Neil_Ross_%2841045004982%29.jpg/1280px-Neil_Ross_%2841045004982%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/neil-ross