Ross McCall
Ross McCall (* 13. January 1976 in Port Glasgow ) is a Scottish actor , as well as animal and environmental protection - activist .
Life
At the age of 12, the then unknown McCall played singer Freddie Mercury in the music video The Miracle (1989) by the rock band Queen . In Germany, McCall achieved notoriety primarily through his impersonation of the Jewish GI Cpl Joseph Liebgott in the television series Band of Brothers - We were like brothers . He played minor supporting roles in Ghost Whisperer - Voices from the Beyond , CSI: NY , in Hooligans and the lead role in the sequel Hooligans 2 .
Since October 17, 2008 McCall has played the role of the police officer Kenny Battaglia in the American television series LA Crash . His German dubbing voice in this series is Felix Spieß . McCall lent his voice to characters in the original version of the film The Polar Express and the computer game Call of Duty 2 . In addition to acting, he also writes scripts .
From November 2007 until the end of 2008, McCall was in a relationship with fellow actor Jennifer Love Hewitt .
social commitment
In 2014, Ross McCall took part in a campaign by the marine conservation organization Sea Shepherd to prevent the killing of whales in the Faroe Islands . The following year McCall returned to the Faroe Islands, again accompanied by Sea Shepherd, to document the driven hunts there in a short film.
In 2014 McCall took part in a campaign by the animal rights organization PETA to ban wild animals in circuses. He was photographed with a " Sea World Kills" t-shirt.
In addition, the actor campaigns against trophy hunting.
McCall also supports the Performing Animal Welfare Society and the animal welfare organization The Humane Society of the United States .
Filmography (selection)
- 1992: Waterland
- 2001: Band of Brothers - We Were Like Brothers ( Band of Brothers )
- 2004: Fire - Caught in the Inferno ( Nature Unleashed: Fire )
- 2005: Hooligans ( Green Street Hooligans )
- 2005: CSI: NY (TV series, 1 episode)
- 2005: Bones ( Bones , TV series, 1 episode)
- 2005: Snake Man ( The Snake King )
- 2005: Submerged
- 2006: Ghost Whisperer - Voices from Beyond ( Ghost Whisperer , TV series, 1 episode)
- 2008–2009: LA Crash ( Crash , TV series)
- 2009: Hooligans 2 - Stand Your Ground (Green Street 2: Stand Your Ground)
- 2010–2012: White Collar (TV series)
- 2011: Autospy
- 2011: Castle (TV series, 1 episode)
- 2011: The Guest Room
- 2016: Lucifer (TV series, 1 episode)
- 2016: The Grind of the Faroe Islands
- 2017: Fear The Walking Dead (TV series, episode 3x01)
Web links
- Ross McCall in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Serien-load.de: "Crash: inFANity Interviews with Ross McCall and Jocko Sims" from October 26, 2009.
- ↑ Jennifer Love Hewitt is lovesick, tt.com, January 7, 2009.
- ^ Ross McCall, ContributorActor, screenwriter, filmmaker, activist: Bloodshed on the Faroe Isles: My Account of the Centuries Old Tradition of the Grind. June 22, 2016, accessed May 9, 2020 .
- ^ Ross McCall: For the Sake of Animals, the Show Most Certainly Must Not Go On. In: PETA UK. September 26, 2014, Retrieved May 9, 2020 (American English).
- ↑ Ross McCall: Again, if this geezer is a family member of yours, please crack him in the mouth and explain to him the extreme atrocity of this. In: @maccageezer. Twitter, May 3, 2018, accessed May 9, 2020 .
- ↑ Stars Align to pass Elephant Protection Law. Retrieved May 9, 2020 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | McCall, Ross |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Scottish actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 13, 1976 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Port Glasgow , Scotland |