Ross McCall

Ross McCall (born 13 January 1976, Port Glasgow, Scotland) is a Scottish actor known for his role as Cpl. Joseph Liebgott in the 2001 HBO miniseries *Band of Brothers*. His first notable screen appearance was at age 13, when he portrayed Freddie Mercury in the 1989 promotional video for Queen's song "The Miracle," a role selected from a large pool of applicants. In 1993, McCall appeared in the BBC children's series *The Return of the Borrowers*. In 2005, he co-starred in the independent drama film *Green Street*. He played Kenny Battaglia in the Starz television series *Crash*. He reprised his role as Dave in the 2009 straight-to-video sequel *Green Street 2: Stand Your Ground*. In 2008, he co-starred in the After Dark Horrorfest film *Autopsy*. McCall was raised Roman Catholic. He was engaged to actress Jennifer Love Hewitt, with whom he guest starred in an episode of *Ghost Whisperer*. On 5 January 2009, *People Magazine* reported that Hewitt had called off their engagement in late 2008. He is a supporter of Celtic F.C., and trained at Redroofs Theatre School in Maidenhead. On 23 February 2010, he appeared as a guest star on *White Collar* in the episode "Bottlenecked," portraying Matthew Keller. He reprised the role in episode 14 of *White Collar* season 2. On 6 March 2010, in an interview with *The Mail on Sunday*, Sheridan Smith revealed that she and McCall had begun dating after a 10-year friendship. On 1 June 2010, he appeared as a guest star on *Luther*. He began production on the feature film *The Guest Room*, shooting at the Sunset Gower studios in Los Angeles in July 2010.