# Daniel Ross (actor)

Daniel Ross is an American actor and producer. He won the inaugural Children's and Family Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice Performance in a Preschool Animated Program for his role as Donald Duck in Mickey and Minnie Wish Upon a Christmas.

## Early life and career

Ross started learning impressions when his mother taught him how to speak like Donald Duck, often speaking to him in her impression. Ross studied Musical Theatre in college and became a background actor and standin in the Washington metropolitan area. Eventually he and his friend Justin Tifane started making indie films including Ninjas vs. Zombies. Prior to becoming a voice actor, Ross was living in Frederick, Maryland and worked at Target. He would often network in the mornings and work at night. He later moved to Los Angeles to pursue his voice acting career.

## Career

Ross is best known as the third person to have ever officially voiced Donald Duck, beginning with Mickey and the Roadster Racers/Mickey Mouse Mixed-Up Adventures and other specials and shorts. He has also portrayed the voices of Lucky the Leprechaun for Lucky Charms Cereal, Starscream, Hound, and Mixmaster in Transformers: The Game. He additionally voices Gizmo and Stripe from the Gremlins franchise for the game MultiVersus.
He can be seen in the films Ninjas vs. Zombies, Ninjas vs. Vampires, Ninjas vs. Monsters, as well as Eduardo Sanchez's Lovely Molly.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role(s) | Notes |
| 2003 | Head of State | Blue Collar Worker | |
| 2003 | Smithlee's Lecture | Tom | |
| 2004 | Vampire Sisters | Josh Sommers | Direct-to-video |
| 2004 | Crawler | Ronny "Dipper" Kanowski | Direct-to-video |
| 2005 | Evenfall | Ben | Short film |
| 2005 | Pessimistic Mindset | Moral, Evil Thought, Interviewer | Voice, short film |
| 2006 | The Milkman | Mick Stewart | Direct-to-video |
| 2006 | The Sentinel | Capitol Hill Businessman | Uncredited |
| 2007 | Mrs. Amworth | Jed Stokely | Direct-to-video |
| 2008 | Ninjas vs. Zombies | Kyle | |
| 2008 | Pendragon: Sword of His Father | Caydern | Voice |
| 2009 | Kamikazes: A Deathography | Rod Heckles | Direct-to-video |
| 2010 | Ninjas vs. Vampires | Kyle | |
| 2011 | Lovely Molly | Victor | |
| 2011 | All in the Game | Nicki Caprisci | |
| 2011 | Garden of Hedon | Gambler, Servant | Voice |
| 2012 | SoulMate: True Evil Never Dies | Jack | |
| 2012 | Ninjas vs. Monsters | Kyle | |
| 2012 | Last Case Scenario | Price | Video short |
| 2013 | Sparks | News Reporter | Voice |
| 2016 | You're F@#K'n Dead! | Seth |
| 2023 | Onyx the Fortuitous and the Talisman of Souls | Beefy Bad Boy | Voice |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role(s) | Notes |
| 2003–2004 | The Wire | Camera Assistant, Movie Patron, Drug Dealer | 3 episodes |
| 2005 | Commander in Chief | White House Cameraman | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 2017 | Chip 'N Dale's Nutty Tales | Donald Duck | Voice, 6 episodes |
| 2017–2021 | Mickey Mouse Mixed-Up Adventures | Donald Duck, Bean Danowitz, Additional voices | Voice, main role |
| 2017 | Bunsen Is a Beast | Lollipop Larry, Bald Man, Trent | Voice, 3 episodes |
| 2018 | The Adventures of Kid Danger | Distressed Man, High Ranking Volcaniac #3 | Voice, episode: "OctoCharlotte/Trouble in Tropikini" |
| 2018 | The Loud House | Truck Driver, Man in Car | Voice, episode: "Tripped!" |
| 2018 | We Bare Bears | Larkatoo | Voice, episode: "Wingmen" |
| 2019 | The Tom and Jerry Show | Rutger, Dave, Fritz | Voice, 9 episodes |
| 2020 | Vulgar Fantastico | Drakavus Finn | Voice, 3 episodes (miniseries) |

### Video games

| Year | Title | Role(s) |
| 2006 | Runaway 2: The Dream of the Turtle | Knife, Leslie |
| 2007 | Transformers: The Game | Starscream, Hound, Mixmaster |
| 2007 | Transformers Decepticons | Starscream |
| 2007 | Transformers Autobots | Starscream |
| 2010 | Star Trek Online | Damar Kahn, Tamav, Gerry Lifeson |
| 2012 | Neverwinter | Alihan Duskflight, Harper Sudbury, Drijm Stoneaxe, Evil Gnom |
| 2016 | StarCraft II: Nova Covert Ops | Additional voices |
| 2022 | MultiVersus | Uncle Shagworthy, Gizmo, Stripe, The Brain |

## Crew work

| Year | Title | Position |
| 2008 | Ninjas vs. Zombies | Executive producer and writer |
| 2010 | Ninjas vs. Vampires | Executive producer and writer |
| 2011 | All in the Game | Executive producer |
| 2011 | Garden of Hedon | Associate producer |
| 2012 | SoulMate: True Evil Never Dies | Associate producer |
| 2012 | Ninjas vs. Monsters | Executive producer |
| 2012 | Last Case Scenario | Associate producer |
| 2016 | You're F@#K'n Dead! | Producer |
| 2016 | Terkoff: The Motion Picture | Executive producer |
| 2016 | Auradrone: Weapon of Choice | Associate producer |
| 2017 | Drakul | Associate producer |
| 2020 | Outpost | Associate producer |
| 2020 | Cancellation | Executive producer |