Without a doubt, Ross O’Donovan is a quintessential online celebrity. During his career as a host, comedian, YouTube personality, and comedian, he has gone by many nicknames – the most popular are RubberNinja, RubberRoss, and CondomRoss.
O’Donovan is best known for his role as the main host of the internet series. Steam Train, a project inspired by the Let’s Play YouTube series, Game Grumps. He is also popular for his Youtube channel and Newgrounds animation.
Ross O’Donovan’ Biography, Age
The Australian was born on June 17, 1987 in Perth, Western Australia. For his education, the young Irishman attended Corpus Christi College. At this point in his life, he began to develop a real flair for entertainment in the form of acting, acting, and comedy. These interests prompted him to become involved in theater productions and plays in school, while in Corpus Christi he took acting classes to hone his craft.
After high school, Ross O’Donovan took up his studies at the FTI (Film and Television Institute of Western Australia) to study animation. While at the institute, he made a short film called Shaolin Sausage in 2006. The animator’s best work is the Gamer Tonight series which he worked on with his friend and fellow animator Arin Hanson.
After his affiliation with Gamer Tonight, Ross created a profile on social media and Newgrounds and began posting his animations under the moniker “RubberNinja”. After a while, he decided to transfer his business to Youtube, but it forced him to choose a different name as RubberNinja was chosen by another user. He continued to create animation under the RubberRoss name until he was granted the rights to the RubberNinja name in 2014.
In 2013, Ross O’Donovan created a new show for the Game Grumps platform and co-hosted the show with Dan Avidan where they played computer games from video game retailer Steam. This has increased the number of video content Game Grumps channel broadcast daily. Eventually, the series expanded to make the co-hosting slot available to other Game Grumps members besides Avidan.
Ross’ collaboration with the channel has extended to other shows besides Steam Train. These include Steam Rolled , Grumpcade, Table Flip and Grumps Animated Game among others.
In addition to that, O’Donovan has acted as a co-host on other shows on the Game Grumps platform, including Grumpcade, Steamrolled, and Monsters Hunting. He also appeared as a frequent guest on Table Flip. He is also the author of several content-related animations for Game Grumps Animated
O’Donovan started the Guild Grumps miniseries in 2015 on the Game Grumps channel. The series was created to raise money for charity. Guild Grumps was a World of Warcraft gaming contest and had 4 other participants from the game Family Grumps beside Ross. He was the sole winner of the contest and won the $5,000 prize. He donated the money to cancer research. In 2015, Ross and Game Grumps also successfully performed this model on Twitch, raising over $70,000 for charity.
His family: parents and sister
The identity of Ross O’Donovan’s parents is unknown except for the fact that they are Irish. They lived and worked in Australia, where Ross was born. Through his parents, the host also has a sister, Rebecca O’Donovan. Ross has worked with her sister on several projects and can be seen in many videos on her YouTube channel.
Ross O’Donovan’s wife and divorce
The Youtuber cum voice actor has tried his luck at marriage before. It is unclear exactly when Ross met Holly Conrad, however, he married her on September 29, 2012. Their union lasted six years and did not produce a child. They called it quits in 2018 because they both wanted to live in different states and couldn’t reach a compromise. They announced the dissolution of their union via Twitter on September 19, 2018.
Holly is originally from Los Angeles and is best known for her work as a special effects and cosplay artist. She has her own YouTube channel CommanderHolly but has collaborated with Ross a few times, including some episodes of JonTron. They also attended the Graphic Voices conference hosted by students at Holly’s alma mater, University of California, Santa Barbara in 2016 to talk about their YouTube careers.
Other Facts About Ross O’Donovan
1. Although Ross is an Australian of Irish descent, his accent has never been either. He revealed he may have unknowingly muffled his Australian accent after moving to the United States.
2. While he was with Holly, they had two cats, Mojo and Doctor Orpheus (Orph). After their divorce, Holly went with Mojo while Ross babysat Orph.
3. Ross O’Donovan and his cat Orph should be playable characters in the PC game Hex Heroes.
4. Ross has a weird sense of taste. For example, he likes to eat a recipe for buttered tomatoes. A delicacy he calls “Lubbery Flumpkins.”
5. O’Donovan admitted to being petrified by horror movies and can’t bring himself to play horror games.
6. His cousin tried to teach him Irish when he was little, but was unsuccessful. The only sentence he remembers how to translate into Irish is: “Kiss my ass, are you gay?”