Ed O Ross

Ed O’Ross is an American film and television actor known for his roles in the 1990 film Dick Tracy, the Roland Emmerich-directed Universal Soldier, and Walter Hill’s Red Hills, among many others.

Originally known as Edward Oross, Ed was born in the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. O’Ross pursued his education at the Munhall High School, and later on, studied at the Point Park College, Pittsburgh. Before setting foot in cinema, O’ross was minor league baseball player and a boxer. O’ross began his movie career in 1982 with an appearance as Glen in the Joe Pesci Joe Pesci is an American comedian, actor, and musi >> Read More... starrer Dear Mr. Wonderful. In the year 1984, O’Ross featured as a bartender in Stuart Rosenberg’s The Pope of Greenwich Village, and as a monk in Francis Ford Coppola’s The Cotton Club. 1985 saw O’ross make an appearance in the Linda Feferman-directed Seven Minutes in Heaven. In 1987, O’Ross featured in the Mel Gibson Mel Gibson is an American multitalented filmmaker >> Read More... starrer Lethal Weapon, Stanley Kubrick’s Full Metal Jacket, the Jack Sholder-directed The Hidden, and the Rod Hewitt-directed The Verne Miller Story. The year of 1988 saw O’Ross cast in the Craig Baxley-directed Action Jackson Click to look into! >> Read More... and Walter Hill’s Red Heat. In 1990, O’Ross featured as Frank Cruise in Walter Hill’s Another 48 Hours and as Itchy in Warren Beatty’s Dick Tracy. The year of 1992 saw O’Ross as Colonel Perry in the Jean-Claude Van Damme starrer Universal Soldier and Play Nice.

In 1996, O’Ross featured in Art Camacho’s The Power Within, Joey Travolta’s Navajo Blues and Albert Magnoli’s Dark Planet. The late 90s also saw O’Ross in the Bill Duke-directed Hoodlum, as Warden Jack Kramer in Evasive Action, the Richard Pepin-directed Y2K, and the Oz Scott-directed Spanish Judges. The early 2000s featured O’Ross in movies such as the Burt Reynolds-directed The Last Producer, Richard Pepin’s Mindstorm, Getting Out, and The Gray in Between. Ed O’Ross has acted in television shows such as the Michael C. Hall starrer Six Feet Under Six Feet Under is an American comedy-drama televis >> Read More... and provided the voice-over for Agent Kay in Men in Black: The Series.