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
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 .

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Early life

McNeil was born in Brisbane, Queensland, 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

YearTitleRoleNotes
1994G.I. Joe: Sgt. Savage and His Screaming EaglesSgt. Savage, Cobra Commander [4]
1996 Super Kid JudogwiEnglish dub [4]
1996 Adventures of Mowgli Shere Khan English dub [4]
1997 The Fearless Four Additional voicesEnglish dub [4]
1997 Warriors of Virtue Yun [4]
1998Camelot: The Legend Lancelot, Bruce [4]
1998Once Upon a TuneFrankie, Beastly [4]
2000Robin and the DreamweaversSass, Short Goon, Booth, Black-haired Punk
2000 Lion of Oz Gloom [4]
2000 Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer Policeman
2000 Casper's Haunted Christmas Stretch, Noel JollimoreDirect-to-video [4]
2000 Help! I'm a Fish SeabassEnglish 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]
2003 Barbie of Swan Lake Peddler [4]
2003 Ben Hur Jesus Christ, Number 59, Art Instructor [4]
2003 Bionicle: Mask of Light Toa Tahu, Toa Onua, GraalokDirect-to-video [4]
2003 Scary Godmother: Halloween Spooktakular Skully Pettibone, Count MaxTelevision film
2003 Hot Wheels: World Race RekkasDirect-to-video
2003Jester TillPickelhauber, Baker [4]
2004 My Scene: Jammin' in Jamaica Russell Bostick, Fortune Star Guy [4]
2004 Stellaluna HoratioDirect-to-video [4]
2004 G.I. Joe: Valor vs. Venom Destro, Gung-Ho, B.A.T.Direct-to-video [4]
2004 ¡Mucha Lucha!: The Return of El Maléfico Vegas Performer, Shoeshine Man, Sr. Hasbeena, MinotoroDirect-to-video [4]
2004 In Search of Santa Mortmottimes, Bubkus Bill, Timebomb Tom
2005 Candy Land: The Great Lollipop Adventure King CandyDirect-to-video [4]
2005 Barbie: Fairytopia RubyDirect-to-video [4]
2005 Ark Quinn [4]
2005Dragons II: The Metal AgesStendhal, GryndelTelevision film [4]
2005 Scary Godmother: The Revenge of Jimmy Skully Pettibone, Count Max, Jimmy's DadTelevision film
2005 Bionicle 3: Web of Shadows Keetongu, Rahaga BomongaDirect-to-video [4]
2005Action Man: X Mission– The MovieGangrene, X-Robot 312, Commando 1Direct-to-video
2005 Kong: King of Atlantis King Kong, Tan, Minion
2006 Kong: Return to the Jungle King Kong, Tan [4]
2006 Hammer & Tickle Nikita Khrushchev
2007 Mosaic Landlord, Mr. BullwraithDirect-to-video [4]
2007 The Condor DoggDirect-to-video [4]
2007 Care Bears: Oopsy Does It! Grumpy Bear
2007 The Ten Commandments Seti [4]
2008 Barbie and the Diamond Castle TrollDirect-to-video [4]
2008 Edison and Leo Batchelor
2010Strawberry Shortcake: The Berryfest Princess MoviePostmaster Bee
2010 Barbie in A Mermaid Tale Syrenka's Pet FishDirect-to-video [4]
2010 Care Bears: To the Rescue Grumpy Bear
2010 Care Bears: Share Bear Shines Grumpy Bear
2013The Princess Twins of LegendaleCassi, Lettam, Jibber, Henchman
2014 Asterix and Obelix: Mansion of the Gods Goth [4]
2016Ghost PatrolColonel Geist, Pompous ArtisteTelevision film [4]
2016 Red Sonja: Queen of Plagues Bazrat, Tiath [4]
2016 Howard Lovecraft and the Frozen Kingdom Barry, Govlins [4]
2017 Howard Lovecraft and the Undersea Kingdom Dagon, Barry [4]
2017 Woody Woodpecker Nate GrimesDirect-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. 1 2 "Animerica: Animerica Feature: Gundam Wing Voice Actors". Archived from the original on 10 February 2001. Retrieved 23 June 2010.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Voiceprint with Trevor Devall & Guests episode 8 — Scott McNeil". 25 October 2007. Retrieved 10 April 2009.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 "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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