History Creator / RossMcCall

* FakeBrit: As noted above, he's Scottish but has an English accent -- so he sometimes finds himself cast as English characters.

Ross [=McCall=] (born 13th January 1976) is a British actor. Born in Glasgow, Scotland but relocating to Kent in England, Ross began his acting career at a young age -- in various theatre productions. At the age of thirteen he was chosen to play the younger version of Freddie Mercury in the Music/{{Queen|Band}} video for "Music/TheMiracle". His StarMakingRole came about in 2001 where he portrayed Joe Liebgott in the Tom Hanks-Steven Spielberg produced miniseries ''Series/BandOfBrothers''.

->''"My dad used to say all the time, “You want something, you can do it.” If you want it, believe in it. Have the chops, persistence, and strength. It can be a rough ride but it can happen."''

Ross [=McCall=] (born 13th January 1976) is a British actor. Born in Glasgow, Scotland but relocating to Kent in England, Ross began his acting career at a young age - in various theatre productions. At the age of thirteen he was chosen to play the younger version of Freddie Mercury in the {{Music/Queen}} video for "Music/TheMiracle". His StarMakingRole came about in 2001 where he portrayed Joe Liebgott in the Tom Hanks-Steven Spielberg produced miniseries ''Series/BandOfBrothers''.

Ross has alternated between British and American productions for most of his career - notably being adept at pulling off a FakeAmerican accent on cue. His best known roles include Dave in the film ''Film/GreenStreet'', Matthew Keller in ''Series/WhiteCollar'', Kenny Battaglia in ''Crash'' and Ron Clark in ''24: Live Another Day''. Most of the time you'll see him in a nice suit too.

* ActorSharedBackground: Accidental example. He was raised Roman-Catholic. Although he portrayed Joe Liebgott as a Jew, the man was Catholic in real life - and had only been mistakenly assumed to be Jewish by his comrades. The real Liebgott was already deceased before the series started production, so this wasn't known until his son came forward after it had aired.

* FakeBrit: As noted above, he's Scottish but has an English accent - so he sometimes finds himself cast as English characters.

Ross [=McCall=] (born 13th January 1976) is a British actor. Born in Glasgow, Scotland but relocating to Kent in England, Ross began his acting career at a young age - in various theatre productions. At the age of thirteen he was chosen to play the younger version of Freddie Mercury in the {{Music/Queen}} video for "The Miracle". His StarMakingRole came about in 2001 where he portrayed Joe Liebgott in the Tom Hanks-Steven Spielberg produced miniseries ''Series/BandOfBrothers''.

* UsefulNotes/AmericanAccents: Pulled off the rather obscure San Francisco accent of Joe Liebgott convincingly to the point where people thought he actually was American.
* BadassInANiceSuit: Matthew Keller, Ron Clark, Kenny Battaglia (sort of), Det. Seth Carver, Dave from ''Green Street''. And Joe Liebgott when the occasion calls for it.

* FriendToAllLivingThings: He's very vocal about his dislike of whaling and campaigns against it.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With a few ''BOB'' cast members. He and Frank John Hughes (Bill Guarnere) pitched a TV show together that didn't get picked up. He also roomed with Matthew Settle (Ronald Speirs) while shooting ''Series/WhiteCollar''.

* OohMeAccentsSlipping: In real life. He's lived in America for some time and years of being a FakeAmerican has left his accent slightly faded.

* ScareEmStraight: Frequently posts pictures of horrific things done to whales to shed light on the practice.

** He also looks almost identical to the real-life Joe Liebgott.
* SharpDressedMan: He'll usually end up in a suit in whatever role he's in. Even his Twitter profile picture has him wearing a suit.
* TallDarkAndHandsome: 5 ft 9, dark haired (and usually wears black suits) and with plenty of fangirls.
* TypeCasting: He does a lot of action, where he's either a villain or an AntiHero. Nine times out of ten, [[OverusedRunningGag you'll see him wear a suit]].
* VocalEvolution: Claims he had a Scottish accent at a young age, but he lost it when his family moved to Kent. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FiEip0BO58 This clip]] from an early appearance on ''Series/TheBill'' should then be compared to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1wZAwCOguQ this interview]] after a few years of working in America.
* YouRemindMeOfX: Capt Dale Dye joked that Ross reminded him of another solider in his actual platoon who he nicknamed "Bolt". So that was his nickname on the set.

* ActorAllusion: A couple to ''Series/BandOfBrothers''. In ''Series/GhostWhisperer'' he played a survivor from a teen boot camp run by retired military personnel. And in ''Green Street'' he plays an RAF veteran.

* UsefulNotes/BritishAccents: He's actually Scottish but moved to Kent at a young age, leaving him with an English accent.

* MeanCharacterNiceActor: As mentioned below, frequently plays villains or GoodIsNotNice heroes. In interviews he's unbelievably nice and is an activist to prevent the hunting of whales.

--> ''"My dad used to say all the time, “You want something, you can do it.” If you want it, believe in it. Have the chops, persistence, and strength. It can be a rough ride but it can happen."''
---> '''Ross [=McCall=]'''

* UsefulNotes/AmericanAccents: Pulls off the rather obscure San Francisco accent of Joe Liebgott convincingly.