Scott McNeil

Scott McNeil
McNeil at the 2009 Fan Expo Canada
Born
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
OccupationActor
Years active1987–present

Scott McNeil is a Canadian actor, 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 Vancouver, British Columbia, shortly after being born his parents briefly moved to Brisbane, Australia, before returning to Vancouver 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]

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 Judogwi English dub[4]
Adventures of MowgliShere Khan
1997 The Fearless Four Additional voices
Warriors of Virtue Yun [4]
1998 Camelot: The Legend Lancelot, Bruce
Once Upon a Tune Frankie, Beastly
2000Robin and the DreamweaversSass, Short Goon, Booth, Black-haired Punk
Lion of OzGloom[4]
Grandma Got Run Over by a ReindeerPoliceman
Casper's Haunted ChristmasStretch, Noel JollimoreDirect-to-video[4]
Help! I'm a FishSeabassEnglish dub
2001Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and the Island of Misfit ToysHermey, Yukon Cornelius, Comet[4]
2003G.I. Joe: Spy TroopsDestroDirect-to-video[4]
Barbie of Swan LakePeddler[4]
Ben HurJesus Christ, Number 59, Art Instructor
Bionicle: Mask of LightToa Tahu, Toa Onua, GraalokDirect-to-video[4]
Scary Godmother: Halloween SpooktakularSkully Pettibone, Count MaxTelevision film
Hot Wheels: World RaceRekkasDirect-to-video
Jester TillPickelhauber, Baker[4]
2004My Scene: Jammin' in JamaicaRussell Bostick, Fortune Star Guy
StellalunaHoratioDirect-to-video[4]
G.I. Joe: Valor vs. VenomDestro, Gung-Ho, B.A.T.
¡Mucha Lucha!: The Return of El MaléficoVegas Performer, Shoeshine Man, Sr. Hasbeena, Minotoro
In Search of SantaMortmottimes, Bubkus Bill, Timebomb Tom
2005Candy Land: The Great Lollipop AdventureKing CandyDirect-to-video[4]
Barbie: FairytopiaRuby
ArkQuinn[4]
Dragons II: The Metal AgesStendhal, GryndelTelevision film[4]
Scary Godmother: The Revenge of JimmySkully Pettibone, Count Max, Jimmy's DadTelevision film
Bionicle 3: Web of ShadowsKeetongu, Rahaga BomongaDirect-to-video[4]
Action Man: X Mission– The MovieGangrene, X-Robot 312, Commando 1Direct-to-video
Kong: King of AtlantisKing Kong, Tan, Minion
2006Kong: Return to the JungleKing Kong, Tan[4]
Hammer & TickleNikita Khrushchev
2007MosaicLandlord, Mr. BullwraithDirect-to-video[4]
The CondorDogg
Care Bears: Oopsy Does It!Grumpy Bear
The Ten CommandmentsSeti[4]
2008Barbie and the Diamond CastleTrollDirect-to-video[4]
Edison and LeoBatchelor
2010Strawberry Shortcake: The Berryfest Princess MoviePostmaster Bee
Barbie in A Mermaid TaleSyrenka's Pet FishDirect-to-video[4]
Care Bears: To the RescueGrumpy Bear
Care Bears: Share Bear Shines
2013The Princess Twins of LegendaleCassi, Lettam, Jibber, Henchman
2014Asterix and Obelix: Mansion of the GodsGoth[4]
2016Ghost PatrolColonel Geist, Pompous ArtisteTelevision film[4]
Red Sonja: Queen of Plagues Bazrat, Tiath [4]
Howard Lovecraft and the Frozen KingdomBarry, Govlins
2017Howard Lovecraft and the Undersea KingdomDagon, Barry
Woody WoodpeckerNate GrimesDirect-to-video
2018Howard Lovecraft and the Kingdom of MadnessHamish Rice, Govlins[4]
2021Panda vs. AliensDuke

Western animation roles

Live-action roles

Video games

Commercials

References

  1. ↑ "He's EVERYONE in Beast Wars! - Scott McNeil Interview".
  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 "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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