Ross O'Donovan

Ross Kenry O'Donovan, also known as RubberRoss or RubberNinja, is an Australian animator, voice actor, and internet personality. He is known for his YouTube and Newgrounds cartoons. He co-hosts the internet show Steam Train, a spin-off of YouTube Let's Play webseries Game Grumps.

Early life

Ross Kenry O'Donovan was born on 17 June 1987 in Perth, Western Australia to Irish parents. He graduated from Corpus Christi College.^[1]

Career

Animation

After graduating from Corpus Christi, O'Donovan studied animation at 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 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.

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