Scott McNeil

Scott McNeil
McNeil at the 2009 Fan Expo Canada
OccupationActor
Years active1987–present

Scott McNeil is an Australian actor based in Canada, known for his live-action work as well as his roles in animation. His voice roles include: Ace the Bat-Hound in Krypto the Superdog, Voltar in League of Super Evil, Jetfire, Backstop, Strongarm, Snarl and Omega Surpreme in The Unicron Trilogy, Rattrap, Waspinator, Silverbolt and Dinobot in Beast Wars: Transformers and Beast Machines: Transformers, Hack in ReBoot, Wolverine in X-Men: Evolution, Duo Maxwell in Mobile Suit Gundam Wing, Kōga in Inuyasha and the Hohenheim of Light in Fullmetal Alchemist.

Early life

McNeil was born in Australia, and moved to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, when he was four years old.[1] He first appeared on stage at the age of three.[2]

McNeil first learned that people were paid to do different voices after a trip to Disneyland when he was twelve, when he learned that Paul Frees, who provided the voice greeting visitors to the Haunted Mansion, was also the voice of the Pillsbury Doughboy.

McNeil later pursued theatre, studying at Studio 58 before leaving to find acting jobs, working as an Elvis impersonator for some time. He began a career in voice acting in the late 1980s; a casting director at the time told McNeil that he wished he had met him a week before, when he was casting for G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero.[3]

Professional career

McNeil has stated that his first role was providing voices on The New Adventures of He-Man. His first anime role was in Project A-ko, where he provided the voices for three women.[3]

After appearing in several films and two episodes of Highlander: The Series,[2] he provided voices for Beast Wars as Waspinator, Dinobot, Rattrap, and Silverbolt, which he has described as the work he is most proud of. In Dragon Ball Z, he was cast as the original voice of Piccolo and various other characters before providing the voice of Duo Maxwell on Mobile Suit Gundam Wing and Principal Kuno on Ranma ½.[3]

He was later cast as Wolverine in X-Men: Evolution, a role which he voiced for four seasons from 2000 to 2003. McNeil was then cast in Inuyasha as Kōga, also providing the voice of Hohenheim of Light in Fullmetal Alchemist, Foghorn Leghorn in Baby Looney Tunes, Grumpy Bear in Care Bears: Adventures in Care-a-Lot, Ace the Bat-Hound and Ignatius in Krypto the Superdog, Amergan, Gregor, and the lab director in Highlander: The Search for Vengeance, and Stork in Storm Hawks. He also appears in live-action work, appearing in Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed and The Green Chain. In October 2007, McNeil estimated that he had voiced 8,500 characters.[3]

McNeil is appreciative of fans because he knows what it is like to see your favourite voice actor be a character. He says that he is inspired by Paul Frees, Maurice LaMarche and Mel Blanc, and that he would "fan boy all over him" if he had the opportunity to meet Blanc.[3]

Filmography

Japanese and Korean animation dubbing

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1994 G.I. Joe: Sgt. Savage and His Screaming Eagles Sgt. Savage, Cobra Commander [4]
1996 Super Kid Judogwi English dub[4]
Adventures of Mowgli Shere Khan
1997 The Fearless Four Additional voices
Warriors of Virtue Yun [4]
1998 Camelot: The Legend Lancelot, Bruce
Once Upon a Tune Frankie, Beastly
2000 Robin and the Dreamweavers Sass, Short Goon, Booth, Black-haired Punk
Lion of Oz Gloom [4]
Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer Policeman
Casper's Haunted Christmas Stretch, Noel Jollimore Direct-to-video[4]
Help! I'm a Fish Seabass English dub
2001 Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and the Island of Misfit Toys Hermey, Yukon Cornelius, Comet [4]
2003 G.I. Joe: Spy Troops Destro Direct-to-video[4]
Barbie of Swan Lake Peddler [4]
Ben Hur Jesus Christ, Number 59, Art Instructor
Bionicle: Mask of Light Toa Tahu, Toa Onua, Graalok Direct-to-video[4]
Scary Godmother: Halloween Spooktakular Skully Pettibone, Count Max Television film
Hot Wheels: World Race Rekkas Direct-to-video
Jester Till Pickelhauber, Baker [4]
2004 My Scene: Jammin' in Jamaica Russell Bostick, Fortune Star Guy
Stellaluna Horatio Direct-to-video[4]
G.I. Joe: Valor vs. Venom Destro, Gung-Ho, B.A.T.
¡Mucha Lucha!: The Return of El Maléfico Vegas Performer, Shoeshine Man, Sr. Hasbeena, Minotoro
In Search of Santa Mortmottimes, Bubkus Bill, Timebomb Tom
2005 Candy Land: The Great Lollipop Adventure King Candy Direct-to-video[4]
Barbie: Fairytopia Ruby
Ark Quinn [4]
Dragons II: The Metal Ages Stendhal, Gryndel Television film[4]
Scary Godmother: The Revenge of Jimmy Skully Pettibone, Count Max, Jimmy's Dad Television film
Bionicle 3: Web of Shadows Keetongu, Rahaga Bomonga Direct-to-video[4]
Action Man: X Mission– The Movie Gangrene, X-Robot 312, Commando 1 Direct-to-video
Kong: King of Atlantis King Kong, Tan, Minion
2006 Kong: Return to the Jungle King Kong, Tan [4]
Hammer & Tickle Nikita Khrushchev
2007 Mosaic Landlord, Mr. Bullwraith Direct-to-video[4]
The Condor Dogg
Care Bears: Oopsy Does It! Grumpy Bear
The Ten Commandments Seti [4]
2008 Barbie and the Diamond Castle Troll Direct-to-video[4]
Edison and Leo Batchelor
2010 Strawberry Shortcake: The Berryfest Princess Movie Postmaster Bee
Barbie in A Mermaid Tale Syrenka's Pet Fish Direct-to-video[4]
Care Bears: To the Rescue Grumpy Bear
Care Bears: Share Bear Shines
2013 The Princess Twins of Legendale Cassi, Lettam, Jibber, Henchman
2014 Asterix and Obelix: Mansion of the Gods Goth [4]
2016 Ghost Patrol Colonel Geist, Pompous Artiste Television film[4]
Red Sonja: Queen of Plagues Bazrat, Tiath [4]
Howard Lovecraft and the Frozen Kingdom Barry, Govlins
2017 Howard Lovecraft and the Undersea Kingdom Dagon, Barry
Woody Woodpecker Nate Grimes Direct-to-video
2018 Howard Lovecraft and the Kingdom of Madness Hamish Rice, Govlins [4]
2021 Panda vs. Aliens Duke

Western animation roles

Live-action roles

Video games

Commercials

References

  1. ^ "Interview with Scott McNeil".
  2. ^ a b "Animerica: Animerica Feature: Gundam Wing Voice Actors". Archived from the original on 10 February 2001. Retrieved 23 June 2010.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Voiceprint with Trevor Devall & Guests episode 8 — Scott McNeil". 25 October 2007. Retrieved 10 April 2009.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt bu bv bw bx by bz ca cb "Scott McNeil (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 10 December 2021. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information
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