Scott McNeil

{{short description|Australian actor}}

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| birth_place = Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

| occupation = Actor

| years_active = 1987–present

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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 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, and moved to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, when he was four years old.{{cite web | url=http://www.bwint.net/scottmcneilinterview.htm | title=Interview with Scott McNeil }} He first appeared on stage at the age of three.{{cite web |url=http://www.animerica-mag.com/features/gw_scottmcneil.html |title=Animerica: Animerica Feature: Gundam Wing Voice Actors |access-date=23 June 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010210210322/http://www.animerica-mag.com/features/gw_scottmcneil.html |archive-date=10 February 2001}}

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.{{cite web |url=http://trevordevall.com/?p=33 |title=Voiceprint with Trevor Devall & Guests episode 8 — Scott McNeil |date= 25 October 2007|access-date=10 April 2009}}

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.

After appearing in several films and two episodes of Highlander: The Series, 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.

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.

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.

Filmography

=Japanese and Korean animation dubbing=

=Film=

class="wikitable sortable"
YearTitleRoleclass="unsortable" | Notes
1994G.I. Joe: Sgt. Savage and His Screaming EaglesSgt. Savage, Cobra Commander
1996

|Super Kid

|Judogwi

|English dub

1996Adventures of MowgliShere KhanEnglish dub
1997

|The Fearless Four

|Additional voices

|English dub

1997

|Warriors of Virtue

|Yun

|

1998

|Camelot: The Legend

|Lancelot, Bruce

|

1998

|Once Upon a Tune

|Frankie, Beastly

|

2000Robin and the DreamweaversSass, Short Goon, Booth, Black-haired Punk
2000Lion of OzGloom
2000Grandma Got Run Over by a ReindeerPoliceman
2000Casper's Haunted ChristmasStretch, Noel JollimoreDirect-to-video
2000Help! I'm a FishSeabassEnglish dub
2001Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and the Island of Misfit ToysHermey, Yukon Cornelius, Comet
2003G.I. Joe: Spy TroopsDestroDirect-to-video
2003Barbie of Swan LakePeddler
2003Ben HurJesus Christ, Number 59, Art Instructor
2003Bionicle: Mask of LightToa Tahu, Toa Onua, GraalokDirect-to-video
2003Scary Godmother: Halloween SpooktakularSkully Pettibone, Count MaxTelevision film
2003Hot Wheels: World RaceRekkasDirect-to-video
2003Jester TillPickelhauber, Baker
2004My Scene: Jammin' in JamaicaRussell Bostick, Fortune Star Guy
2004StellalunaHoratioDirect-to-video
2004G.I. Joe: Valor vs. VenomDestro, Gung-Ho, B.A.T.Direct-to-video
2004data-sort-value="Mucha Lucha!: The Return of El Maléfico" | ¡Mucha Lucha!: The Return of El MaléficoVegas Performer, Shoeshine Man, Sr. Hasbeena, MinotoroDirect-to-video
2004In Search of SantaMortmottimes, Bubkus Bill, Timebomb Tom
2005Candy Land: The Great Lollipop AdventureKing CandyDirect-to-video
2005Barbie: FairytopiaRubyDirect-to-video
2005ArkQuinn
2005Dragons II: The Metal AgesStendhal, GryndelTelevision film
2005Scary Godmother: The Revenge of JimmySkully Pettibone, Count Max, Jimmy's DadTelevision film
2005Bionicle 3: Web of ShadowsKeetongu, Rahaga BomongaDirect-to-video
2005Action Man: X Mission– The MovieGangrene, X-Robot 312, Commando 1Direct-to-video
2005Kong: King of AtlantisKing Kong, Tan, Minion
2006Kong: Return to the JungleKing Kong, Tan
2006Hammer & TickleNikita Khrushchev
2007MosaicLandlord, Mr. BullwraithDirect-to-video
2007data-sort-value="Condor, The" | The CondorDoggDirect-to-video
2007Care Bears: Oopsy Does It!Grumpy Bear
2007data-sort-value="Ten Commandments, The" | The Ten CommandmentsSeti
2008Barbie and the Diamond CastleTrollDirect-to-video
2008Edison and LeoBatchelor
2010Strawberry Shortcake: The Berryfest Princess MoviePostmaster Bee
2010Barbie in A Mermaid TaleSyrenka's Pet FishDirect-to-video
2010Care Bears: To the RescueGrumpy Bear
2010Care Bears: Share Bear ShinesGrumpy Bear
2013data-sort-value="Princess Twins of Legendale, The" | The Princess Twins of LegendaleCassi, Lettam, Jibber, Henchman
2014Asterix and Obelix: Mansion of the GodsGoth
2016Ghost PatrolColonel Geist, Pompous ArtisteTelevision film
2016

|Red Sonja: Queen of Plagues

|Bazrat, Tiath

|

2016Howard Lovecraft and the Frozen KingdomBarry, Govlins
2017Howard Lovecraft and the Undersea KingdomDagon, Barry
2017Woody WoodpeckerNate GrimesDirect-to-video
2018Howard Lovecraft and the Kingdom of MadnessHamish Rice, Govlins
2021Panda vs. AliensDuke

=Western animation roles=

=Live-action roles=

=Video games=

=Commercials=

References

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