Ricco Ross

Ricco Ross
Ross in 2016
Born	Chicago, Illinois, United States
Alma mater	Florida Atlantic University University of California, Los Angeles
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1982–present
Spouse	Julie Shannon
Children	2
Parent(s)	Clarence Ross Christine Ross

Ricco Ross is an American actor. He is best known for his portrayal of private Frost in the 1986 science fiction action film Aliens.

Early life

Born at Cook County Hospital in Chicago, Illinois, he is the fifth of eight children, and in addition has three step sisters and another brother from his father's first marriage. He first acted in a high school production, majored in theater at a local community college, and entered Florida Atlantic University (FAU), where he was awarded a BA in Theater. He earned a fellowship to UCLA, where his career started to develop.

Career

Ross' first television role was as an extra on The Young and the Restless, which was followed by a small part in Hill Street Blues and the male lead in the music video for Whitney Houston's 1985 hit song "Saving All My Love for You". He later played Private Ricco Frost in the film Aliens (1986), and also appeared in the films Death Wish 3 (1985), Spies Like Us (1985), The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission (1985 TV film), "Displaced Person" (1985 episode of American Playhouse), Gulliver's Travels (1996), Mission Impossible (1996), Fierce Creatures (1997), Nate and the Colonel (2003) and Hydra (2009).

From the late 1980s to the early 1990s, he lived and worked in the United Kingdom. While there, he made guest appearances in Doctor Who (in the 1988 serial The Greatest Show in the Galaxy) and Jeeves and Wooster, and played a supporting role as CIA agent Karl Richfield in the 1991 mini-series Sleepers.

Ross now appears in various commercials as well as TV shows aired throughout the United States.

Aliens

Ricco Ross originally read for the part of Corporal Hicks. He was then offered the role of Private Drake, but he turned it down in favour of appearing in Full Metal Jacket. However, James Cameron was so impressed with Ross' audition that he wrote the character of Frost specifically for him, and as a result Ross left Kubrick's production to appear in Aliens. In a 2014 interview for the podcast "I Was There Too", Ross stated that Private Frost's first name is actually Robert.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1983	Scarred	-
1985	The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission	Arlen Dregors	TV movie
	Death Wish 3	The Cuban
	Spies Like Us	WAMP Guard
1986	Aliens	Private Frost
1987	The Return of Sherlock Holmes	Matthew	TV movie
	Body Contact	Smiley
1988	Crusoe	2nd Victim
1989	Slipstream	1st Man at Table
	Murder on the Moon	Alvarado	TV movie
	The Return of Sam McCloud	Rifkin	TV movie
1992	Project Shadowchaser	Jackson
1993	Passport to Murder	Dealer	TV movie
1995	Project Shadowchaser 3000	Lennox	Video
	Hackers	Second Reporter
	Proteus	Buckley
1996	Mission: Impossible	Denied Area Security Guard
	Timelock	Tibuck
1997	Fierce Creatures	TV Journalist
	Wishmaster	Lt. Nathanson
2000	Octopus	Brickman
2002	The Tower of Babble	Clint	Short
2003	Nate and the Colonel	Nate Washington
2007	Alls Well That Ends Well	Billy Shakes	Short
	Santa Croce	Crazed Proclaimer	Short
2009	The Least Among You	Marvin Kelly
	Hydra	Broughton	TV movie
2011	Apocalypse According to Doris	Bauer
2012	Hayabusa: Harukanaru Kikan	Dr. Daniel Clark
	Celestial Guard	Torno	Short
	An Average American Marriage	Jerome	TV movie
	Potluck	Mike	TV movie
2013	Marriage of Inconvenience	Pastor	Short
	Foreclosed	Deputy Drews	Video
	Trane and Miles	John Coltrane	Short
	You & Me	Doctor	Short
2014	Bermuda Tentacles	Captain Phillips	TV movie
	Whipping Boy	Napalm's Father	Short
	The New Jersey Americans	Player Ricco	Short
	Hidden in the Woods	Ricco
2015	Story of Eva	Detective Grind
	A Gifted Amateur	Detective Savino	Short
	Batgirl Rises	The Riddler	Short
	Family Times	Jasmine's Dad	Short
	In Between the Gutter and the Stars	Tourist in Love	Short
	Stormageddon	Agent Travers	TV movie
2016	Opening Night	Mr. Robertson
	A Husband for Christmas	Roger Burkett	TV movie'
	The Hidden Toll	Community Director	Short
2017	Capture	Drew	Short
	Fat Camp	Fred
	The Possessed	Louis Laveau
	Bobbi Kristina	Uncle Ray	TV movie
	The Sandman	Detective Price
	My Christmas Grandpa	Jim	Short
2018	Where Branches Break	Abraham	Short
2019	Night Walk	Saud
	The Wrong Boy Next Door	Principal Perkins	TV movie
	A Brother's Honor	Sheppard Granger
	The Shinjuku Five	Ronny Hayes
2020	She's in Portland	Paul
	TALIENS: Last Stand	Sergeant John Davis	Short
	A Christmas for Mary	David	TV movie
2021	Do Something	Detective Dillon

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1982	Hill Street Blues	Tyler Bragg	Recurring cast: season 2
1985	American Playhouse	Jackson	Episode: "Displaced Person"
	C.A.T.S. Eyes	Edsom	Episode: "Love Byte"
1988	The Play on One	Larry	Episode: "Airbase"
1988-89	Doctor Who	Ringmaster	Episode: "The Greatest Show in the Galaxy Part 1-4"
1989	The Bill	Maxi Silver	Episode: "Duty Elsewhere"
	CBS Summer Playhouse	Alvin	Episode: "American Nuclear"
1991	Sleepers	Karl Richfield	Recurring cast
	Murder Most Horrid	Gary	Episode: "Mrs Hat and Mrs Red"
1992	Jeeves and Wooster	Liftman Coneybear	Recurring cast: season 3
	The Tomorrow People	Sergeant Young	Episode: "The Origin Story: Part 5"
1993	Westbeach	Greg Dacosta	Main cast
	Sitting Pretty	Cliff Monahann	Episode: "Wills of Fire"
1996	Gulliver's Travels	Brobdingnag Scientist	Episode: "Episode #1.1"
	Highlander: The Series	Kassim	Episode: "Promises"
1997	JAG	Secret Service #2	Episode: "Washington Holiday"
	Babylon 5	Captain Frank	Episode: "The Face of the Enemy"
	The Pretender	Larron	Episode: "Back from the Dead Again"
	The Practice	Reporter	Episode: "Reasonable Doubts" & "Hide and Seek"
1999	Beverly Hills, 90210	Miles Caufield	Episode: "Agony"
2000	Days of Our Lives	Reggie Morris	Episode: "Episode #1.8729"
2006	ER	Barnard	Episode: "Scoop and Run"
2012	Bite Me	Barnard	Main cast: season 2
2014	Caper	Psycho	Recurring cast
	Family Time	-	Episode: "Powering Down"
	Match	Detective Purcell	Episode: "Secret Lives"
2015	Escorts	Charles Stone Sr.	Recurring cast
2016	K.C. Undercover	Preacher	Episode: "The Love Jinx"
2019	No Good Nick	Walter Strickland	Episode: "The Pigeon Drop"
2020-22	P-Valley	Pastor R. J. Gilfield	Recurring cast: season 1, guest: season 2
TBA	Beauty in Black	Horace	Series regular

Music Video

Year	Title	Artist	Role
1985	Saving All My Love for You	Whitney Houston	Producer / Lover

External links

• Ricco Ross at IMDb