Scott McNeil

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Scott McNeil
Scott McNeil at Fan Expo 2009.jpg
McNeil at the 2009 Fan Expo Canada
Born
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Citizenship
  • Australia
  • Canada
OccupationActor
Years active1987–present

Scott McNeil is an Australian-born Canadian actor. One of the best-known voice actors of all time, McNeil has provided voices to many characters in animated shows, most notably Ace the Bat-Hound in Krypto the Superdog and Voltar from League of Super Evil . He also voiced various roles in shows such as Dragon Ball Z , Transformers: Armada , Beast Wars: Transformers , Beast Machines: Transformers , ReBoot , X-Men: Evolution , Mobile Suit Gundam Wing , Inuyasha and Fullmetal Alchemist , in addition to live action work.

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Early life

McNeil was born in Brisbane, Australia, but moved to Vancouver, Canada, when he was 4 years old in 1966.

He first appeared on stage at the age of three. [1]

He first learned that people were paid to do different voices after a trip to Disneyland at the age of 12. That was when he learned that Paul Frees, the person who provided the voice that greeted visitors entering the Haunted Mansion, was the same person who provided the voice of the Pillsbury Doughboy.

Even though he knew about voice acting, McNeil pursued the theatre. He studied at Studio 58. After leaving, he tried to find acting jobs and worked as an Elvis impersonator for a short time. It was in the late eighties when he found himself on his way into the world of voice acting. A casting director at the time told McNeil that he wished that he'd met him a week before when he was casting for the G.I. Joe cartoon. [2]

Professional career

McNeil states his first role was providing voices on The New Adventures of He-Man . His first anime role was for Project A-ko , where he provided the voices for three women. [2]

After appearing in a few films and two episodes of Highlander: The Series , [1] he provided voices for Beast Wars , as Waspinator, Dinobot, Rattrap, and Silverbolt. He has described this as the work he is most proud of. On another fan favourite show, Dragon Ball Z , he was cast as the original voice of Piccolo and various other characters. He then provided the voice of Duo Maxwell on Mobile Suit Gundam Wing and Principal Kuno on Ranma ½ . [2]

He eventually got the call stating he was cast as Wolverine on X-Men: Evolution . He continued to play the role of Logan/Wolverine for a total of four seasons from 2000 to 2003. McNeil was then cast in another fan favourite anime, Inuyasha as Kōga. He provided the voice of the Fullmetal Alchemist character Hohenheim of Light, Foghorn Leghorn on Baby Looney Tunes , Grumpy Bear on Care Bears: Adventures in Care-a-Lot , Amergan, Gregor and the lab director on Highlander: The Search for Vengeance , and Stork on Storm Hawks . He still appears in live action shows occasionally and was in Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed and The Green Chain. As of October 2007, he estimates that he has provided voices to 8,500 characters. [2]

McNeil is appreciative of fans because he knows what it is like to see your favourite voice actor talk as the character they provide the voice for. He says that he is inspired by Paul Frees, Maurice LaMarche, and Mel Blanc. If he had a chance to meet the late Mel Blanc, McNeil has said that he would "fan boy all over him." [2]

Filmography

Japanese and Korean animation dubbing

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1994 G.I. Joe: Sgt. Savage and His Screaming Eagles Sgt. Savage / Cobra Commander
1996 Adventures of Mowgli Shere Khan English Dub
2000 Robin and the Dreamweavers Sass / Short Goon / Booth / Black-haired Punk
2000 Lion of Oz Gloom
2000 Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer Policeman
2000 Casper's Haunted Christmas Stretch / Noel JollimoreDirect-to-video
2000 Help! I'm a Fish SeabassEnglish Dub
2001 Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and the Island of Misfit Toys Hermey / Yukon Cornelius / Coach Comet / Duck / Boomerang
2003 G.I. Joe: Spy Troops Destro Direct-to-video
2003 Barbie of Swan Lake Peddler
2003 Ben Hur Jesus Christ / Number 59 / Art Instructor
2003 Bionicle: Mask of Light Toa Tahu / Toa Onua / GraalokDirect-to-video
2003 Scary Godmother: Halloween Spooktakular Skully Pettibone / Count MaxTV movie
2003 Hot Wheels: World Race RekkasDirect-to-video
2003 Jester Till Pickelhauber / Baker
2004 My Scene: Jammin' in Jamaica Russell Bostick / Fortune Star Guy
2004 Stellaluna HoratioDirect-to-video
2004 G.I. Joe: Valor vs. Venom Destro /Gung-Ho / B.A.T.Direct-to-video
2004 ¡Mucha Lucha!: The Return of El Maléfico Vegas Performer / Shoeshine Man / Sr. Hasbeena / MinotoroDirect-to-video
2004 In Search of Santa Mortmottimes / Bubkus Bill / Timebomb Tom
2005 Candy Land: The Great Lollipop Adventure King Kandy and Head Licorice BiteDirect-to-video
2005 Barbie: Fairytopia RubyDirect-to-video
2005 Ark Quinn
2005 Dragons II: The Metal Ages Stendhal / GryndelTV movie
2005 Scary Godmother: The Revenge of Jimmy Skully Pettibone / Count Max / Jimmy's DadTV movie
2005 Bionicle 3: Web of Shadows Keetongu / Rahaga BomongaDirect-to-video
2005 Action Man: X Mission– The Movie Gangrene / X-Robot 312 / Commando 1Direct-to-video
2005 Kong: King of Atlantis Kong, Tan and Minion
2006 Kong: Return to the Jungle Kong / Tan / King Kong
2006 Hammer & Tickle Voice over talent/Nikita Khrushchev
2007 Mosaic Landlord and Mr. BullwraithDirect-to-video
2007 The Condor DoggDirect-to-video
2007 Care Bears: Oopsy Does It! Grumpy Bear
2007 The Ten Commandments Seti
2008 Barbie and the Diamond Castle Troll Direct-to-video
2008 Edison and Leo Batchelor
2010 Strawberry Shortcake: The Berryfest Princess Movie Postmaster Bee
2010 Barbie in A Mermaid Tale Syrenka's Pet FishDirect-to-video
2010 Care Bears: To the Rescue Grumpy Bear
2010 Care Bears: Share Bear Shines Grumpy Bear
2013 The Princess Twins of Legendale Cassi / Lettam / Jibber / Henchman
2014 Asterix and Obelix: Mansion of the Gods Goth
2016 Ghost Patrol Colonel Geist / Pompous ArtisteTV movie
2016 Howard Lovecraft and the Frozen Kingdom Ice Govlin 'Barry' / Govlins
2017 Howard Lovecraft and the Undersea Kingdom Dagon
2018 Howard Lovecraft and the Kingdom of Madness Hamish Rice / Govlins
2021 Panda vs. Aliens Duke

Western animation roles

Live-action roles

Video games

Commercials

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References

  1. 1 2 "Animerica: Animerica Feature: Gundam Wing Voice Actors". Archived from the original on 10 February 2001. Retrieved 23 June 2010.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Voiceprint with Trevor Devall & Guests episode 8 — Scott McNeil". 25 October 2007. Retrieved 10 April 2009.
  3. 1 2 3 "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 opening and/or closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
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