Actor

Robert Ross

Acting

Career Snapshot

Explained

These indicators come from TMDB. They are relative signals, not review ratings.

Acting credits

Early stage

Smaller on-screen catalog so far.

TMDB popularity

0.1

Low visibility

TMDB internal trend index. Higher usually means more searches and page activity now.

Movies: 9Series: 1

TMDB ID: 33210

IMDb ID: nm4557783

Known for: Acting

Born: November 7, 1905

Died: April 3, 1972

Age: 66

Place of birth: USA

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1941 - 1971

Years active: 31

Wikidata: Q85865566

Also known as

Роберт Росс • Р. Росс

TMDB TMDB IMDb IMDb W Wikidata

Biography

Robert Ross was a Soviet film actor of African American descent. He emigrated from the USA to the Soviet Union in 1928. Ross was the first black man to become a citizen of the USSR. He was one of two African-American actors employed at Mosfilm (the other was Weiland Rodd). He played a number of roles in Soviet films between 1936 and 1971. In the 1930's he was an physical instructor at the The Russian State University of Physical Culture, Sports, Youth and Tourism at the Moscow Institute of Physical Culture in Moscow.