| Ross O'Donovan | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Born | Ross Kenry O'Donovan 17 June 1987 (age 33) Perth, Western Australia, Australia | ||
| Nationality | Australian | ||
| Residence | Los Angeles, California, U.S. | ||
| Occupation | |||
| Spouse(s) | (m. 2012; div. 2018) | ||
| YouTube information | |||
| Also known as | RubberNinja | ||
| Channel | |||
| Years active | 2004–present | ||
| Genre | |||
| Subscribers | 583,000+ | ||
| Total views | 27.45 million | ||
| Associated acts | |||
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| Updated: May 14, 2019 | |||
Ross Kenry O'Donovan (born 17 June 1987), also known as RubberNinja, is an Australian animator, voice actor, and Internet personality. He is known for his solo work as a Twitch streamer, as well as his YouTube and Newgrounds cartoons and animations. He co-hosted the internet show Steam Train, a spin-off of YouTube Let's Play webseries Game Grumps.
Ross Kenry O'Donovan (born 17 June 1987), also known as RubberNinja, is an Australian animator, voice actor, and Internet personality. He is known for his solo work as a Twitch streamer, as well as his YouTube and Newgrounds cartoons and animations. He co-hosted the internet show Steam Train, a spin-off of YouTube Let's PlaywebseriesGame Grumps.[1]
Career[edit]
Animation[edit]
After graduating from Corpus Christi, O'Donovan studied and instructed animation at the Film and Television Institute of Western Australia in Fremantle, Western Australia.[2] O'Donovan's best known work is the series Gamer Tonight, which is voiced and co-written by animator Arin Hanson, and was produced for the ABC2 video game-based program Good Game.[3] The series features a fictitious talk show called Gamer Tonight with Richard Farkas, whose host would interview various types of gamers.[4] He also created the show Gameoverse, which featured Hanson in every speaking role. Gameoverse has since been put on hiatus, though O'Donovan has confirmed the series will return.[5]O'Donovan started animating on Newgrounds, under the name 'RubberNinja.' He then moved his animations to YouTube, but as a result of not being able to keep the username RubberNinja, he went under the name 'RubberRoss.' In January 2014, he received possession of the name RubberNinja, and uploaded a video on his old channel telling subscribers to transfer over to his new one. This video has since been removed.
In 2016, O'Donovan and Holly Conrad were invited to Conrad's alma mater, UC Santa Barbara, to discuss their careers on YouTube at the Graphic Voices conference hosted by student organizations at the university.[6]
Game Grumps[edit]
Did Ross Leave Game Grumps
After Jon Jafari's departure from Game Grumps in 2013, Hanson launched a second show on the Game Grumps platform, originally conceptualized by O'Donovan,[7] called Steam Train. This would replace a then-empty timeslot. Ninja Sex Party vocalist Dan Avidan joined O'Donovan as co-host of the show, where both play PC games (the title references the retailer Steam). This broadened the channel's output to three videos a day: on average, two standard Game Grumps episodes, and a single Steam Train episode. With the introduction of the show's second season, the parameters of Steam Train were expanded, allowing for O'Donovan and any member of Game Grumps to co-host (as opposed to only Avidan).
In addition to this, O'Donovan has acted as a co-host of other shows from the Game Grumps platform, including Grumpcade, Steam Rolled, and Hunting Monsters. O'Donovan was also a frequent guest on Table Flip. He has also authored multiple content-related animations for Game Grumps Animated.
Personal life[edit]
Ross Kenry O'Donovan was born on 17 June 1987 in Perth, Western Australia to Irish parents. He graduated from Corpus Christi College.[8] His sister Rebecca is a journalist in Australia, and is married to Australian cricketer Shaun Marsh. On September 29, 2012, O'Donovan married Holly Conrad (born May 22, 1986), a cosplayer, propmaker, and special effects artist who was featured in Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope, as well as Heroes of Cosplay.[9][10] On September 19, 2018, Conrad and O'Donovan announced on their respective Twitter pages that they would be splitting up amicably due to reasons connected with Conrad’s recent move to Seattle.
Charity[edit]
In June 2015, O'Donovan launched a 5-episode miniseries, released on the Game Grumps channel, called Guild Grumps. O'Donovan mentored 4 members of the Game Grumps crew in a 5-day race to advance from Level 90 to Level 100 in the Warlords of Draenor expansion of World of Warcraft.[11] Each participant had $1,000 to donate to a charity of their choice, if they reached the goal. If they did not, their donation would be split between those who won. In the end, O'Donovan was the sole winner, and, combined with the participants' distributed funds, donated $5,000 to cancer research.
As of 2015, O'Donovan and Game Grumps have raised over $70,000 by hosting charity livestreams on Twitch.[12]
Filmography[edit]
Ross Game Grumps Wife Cheated Wife
Web series[edit]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | There Will Be Brawl | Excitebike Hooligan | Episode: 'Pandora's Box' |
| 2012-2013 | PeanutButterGamer's Hardcore Series | Himself | 7 episodes |
| 2013–present | Game Grumps | Himself (voice) | Co-host of Steam Train |
| 2015 | Did You Know Gaming? | Episode: 'Super Mario Maker' | |
| JonTron's StarCade | Ross Leader | 2 episodes | |
| 2015–2016 | Red vs. Blue | Ross/Deuce (voice) | |
| 2020 | Meta Runner | Announcer | Episode: 'One Shot' |
Video games[edit]
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Paradigm | Double Denim Bridge Troll[13] |
| Pinstripe | Mr. Dicky | |
| 2019 | River City Girls | Shinji[14] |
| 2020 | Shantae and the Seven Sirens | Bolo[15] |
| TBA | Hex Heroes | Himself[16] |
Music videos[edit]
| Year | Title | Artist | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 'Why I Cry' | Ninja Sex Party | |
| 'Peppermint Creams' | |||
| 2015 | 'Minecraft is for Everyone' | Starbomb | |
| 2016 | '6969' | Ninja Sex Party |
References[edit]
- ^Welcome to Steam Train!
- ^'FTI 2008 Annual Report'(PDF). 6 April 2009. Archived from the original(PDF) on 17 December 2014.
- ^'Newgrounds - Gamer Tonight'.
- ^'Good Game - Gamer Tonight'. ABC. 7 April 2008.
- ^'Gameoverse Reboot Confirmed'.
- ^'Graphic Voices Showcases New Media'. The Daily Nexus. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
- ^'A Personal Message From Ross'. reddit. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
- ^O'Donovan, Ross (12 August 2014). '@takingbackbeccy yeah I believe it was applecross. I didn't go there though, I was a Corpus Christi boy myself'.
- ^Cassandra. 'Holly + Ross' Space and Time Wedding - When Geeks Wed'. When Geeks Wed. Archived from the original on 30 March 2013. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
- ^'Ross O'Donovan'. IMDb.
- ^'Guild Grumps Trailer'. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
- ^'Guild Grumps: Episode 5'. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
- ^Jacob Janerka [@JacobJanerka] (17 March 2017). 'Super stoked to announce that @RubberNinja from @GameGrumps has a bit part in Paradigm voicing Double Denim Bridge Troll. #gamedev' (Tweet). Retrieved 16 March 2017 – via Twitter.
- ^O'Donovan, Ross (5 September 2019). 'I did the voice of Shinji in @WayForward's new game #RiverCityGirls!'. @RubberNinja. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
- ^O'Donovan, Ross (6 June 2019). 'I didn't get to post about this on release day, as it didn't feel like a good time to do so. But I gave voice to Bolo in Shantae and the Seven Sirens! I've done small voices for Wayforward before, but I was super honored they asked me to do him for the new game and it's cutscenes'. @RubberNinja. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- ^Long, Shawn (23 April 2014). 'Hex Heroes Attains Kickstarter Goal'. Nintendo Enthusiast. Enthusiast Gaming. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
External links[edit]
- Ross O'Donovan on IMDb
- Ross O'Donovan on Twitter