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Ricco Ross

Acting

Born April 16, 1960 · Chicago, Illinois, United States

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Ricco Ross (born April 16, 1960) is an American actor. Ricco was born in Chicago, Il. at Cook County Hospital, is the 5th of 8 children with three additional step sisters and another brother from his father and with his first wife. He begin acting in a local high school production. He continued with this development of a new career going to a local Community College where he majored in Theater, moving forward to Florida Atlantic University (FAU) where he received is BA in Theatre, earning a scholarship to UCLA where his career begain to develop. His first TV role was as an extra on the "Young and the Restless", then a small part on the hit series "Hill Street Blues" opening the door for more TV and Movie Roles. He played Private Frost in Aliens, and also appeared in the films Mission Impossible and Fierce Creatures. During the late 1980s and early 1990s, he lived and worked in the United Kingdom, leading to guest appearances on Doctor Who ("The Greatest Show in the Galaxy") and Jeeves and Wooster. Ross also co-starred as Nate in the film "Nate and the Colonel". He also played in Charles Bronsons "Death Wish Three", "Spies Like Us" with Dan Akroyd and Chevy Chase, the "Dirty Dozen Next Mission" with Lee Marvin. "Displaced Person" and many more films. Ross is appearing in various commercials, as well as television shows shown throughout the United States. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ricco Ross, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography46 titles

Aliens Expanded

2024as Self

A Lover's Vow

2025as Sheppard Granger

S.W.A.T.

2017as Coach Harley

Babylon 5

1994as Captain Frank

Aliens

1986as Private Frost

Bosch: Legacy

2022as Jon

Doctor Who

1963as Ringmaster

Beauty in Black

2024as Horace

Bobbi Kristina

2017as Uncle Ray

The Practice

1997as Reporter

P-Valley

2020as Pastor Gilfield

Hill Street Blues

1981

The Pretender

1996as Larron

Highlander: The Series

1992as Kassim

The Movies That Made Us

2019as Self

JAG

1995as Injured Secret Service

Beverly Hills, 90210

1990as Miles Caufield

Opening Night

2016as Mr. Robertson

The Legend of Catclaws Mountain

2024as Martin Johnson

Mission: Impossible

1996as Denied Area Security Guard

Murder Most Horrid

1991as Gary

No Good Nick

2019as Walter Strickland

The Bill

1984

Unexpected Christmas

2025as Willie

A Brother's Honor

2019as Sheppard Granger

Hackers

1995as Second Reporter

A Man's Promise

2024as Sheppard Granger

Fierce Creatures

1997as TV Journalist

Spies Like Us

1985as WAMP Guard

Death Wish 3

1985as The Cuban

Stormageddon

2015as Agent Travers

Wishmaster

1997as Lt. Nathanson

Crusoe

1989as 2nd Victim

The Sandman

2017as Detective Price

Fat Camp

2017as Fred

She's in Portland

2020

A Husband for Christmas

2016as Roger Burke

The Wrong Boy Next Door

2019as Principal Perkins

Proteus

1995as Buckley

Hidden in the Woods

2014as Ricco

Octopus

2000as Brickman

Slipstream

1989as 1st Man at Table

Bermuda Tentacles

2014as Captain Phillips

Timelock

2000as Tibuck, New Prisoner

Story of Eva

2015as Detective Grind

I Left My Heart in Colombia

2024as Suga-Man