Band of Brothers Actor on Role that Changed his Life | Easy Company's Joseph Liebgott by Ross McCall

Ross McCall is a Scottish actor best known for his roles as T-5 Joseph Liebgott in the HBO miniseries 'Band of Brothers' and as Matthew Keller in the hit series 'White Collar'.

McCall began his acting career at a young age and landed his first notable screen role at age 13 portraying Queen lead singer Freddie Mercury in the 1989 music video for the song 'The Miracle'.

In 2001 McCall would join an ensemble cast and portray Easy Company veteran Joseph Liebgott in HBO's epic miniseries 'Band of Brothers'. The series found immediate success and has stood the test of time as one of most pivotal and influential creative works surrounding World War II.

Interview recorded on November 4, 2023

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Video Credits:
Interviewer - Greg Corombos
Director of Photography - Jon Hambacker
Editor - Daniel Taksas

[krisfrederick]

When actors have reunions of their own after portraying legends that did the same. That speaks volumes. Easy Company will never never die thanks to this. God Bless them all.

[misspeacchy]

My FIL was a WWII combat vet. He served in Patton's 3rd Army and was awarded a bronze star by taking out German pillbox alone. Like most heroes he didn't talk about the war

[neilbowers]

Ross Mcall's finest moment as Joseph Liebgott was during the concentration camp scenes. Some tremendous acting by Ross. Such a great actor.

[zach_hewitt]

The reverence Mr. McCall shows towards Joseph Liebgott and the other Band Of Brothers is undeniable. I've watched the series proabably a dozen times, it never gets old.

[peterkallend]

His comment regarding David making himself available to answer questions about the faith speaks volumes about how supportive and wonderful of a person David Schwimmer really is. Ross also sends the same vibe.

[redwatch]

I've heard vets say Band of Bros was the greatest and most accurate depiction of what it was really like.

[atamagashock]

Band of Brothers and The Pacific are two of the greatest pieces in cinema history. Spielberg and Hanks really did an amazing job. Over 20 years now and it hasn’t aged a bit and I’ll continue to watch them every single year.

[AnonYmous-kfuu]

BoB is in my opinion the best mini-series ever made. I watch it every year around Memorial day.

[johnguilfoyle]

David Schwimmer was kept away from the rest of the actors during their Boot Camp so there would be no personal bonds formed and the resentment of Captain Sobel would be real. It is good to hear that Schwimmer offered his assistance to get the character of Liebgott as accurate as possible.

[trekfortruth]

His voice is amazing...and his reverence for these men is clear.

[jscho]

We just finished watching Band of Brothers with my 14 year old twins about a week ago. They're in awe of these amazing men, and both asked for Stephen Ambrose books, and the biographies of the men featured in BOB for Christmas. Not electronics. WW2 books. Amazing. Watching their thirst for history take off like that moved me in a way I cannot explain. Thank you Ross, for your incredible portrayal, and thank you to all of the actors involved for their extraordinary work. God bless our greatest generation.

[kelvinsmith]

One of my favorite tv series ever. We need more series like this of different World War 2 Units & even Korean War & Vietnam War units as well.

[Tango_Mike]

Can you imagine being the actor playing these men's friend and end up being treated by them as they did when he was alive. Man, the honor and respect. =')

[johnnyrocko]

All these guys got way more out of this than just another acting job. It’s obvious in all of their voices in these interviews. RIP to all those brave men they portrayed.

[rockstarJDP]

When I was in high school in RE I approached the teacher and said I had this box set on VHS that would be helpful as we were studying the Hollocaust at that time. Everyone was laughing at the bonking scene at the beginning cause bewbs. But when it got to the scene of Joe telling the prisoners they weren't allowed to leave yet for their own good in order for proper medical intervention and breaks down, the entire room was deathly silent. Such a powerfully well done scene that it silenced a room full of teenagers and made many of them sob. It still gets me to this day ❤ You did a fantastic job Ross of truly capturing the horror of it ❤

[hattorihanzo]

BoB holds up. I watch the entire series every few years. One of the best achievements in television history. A WWII themed trip to Europe remains on my bucket list. My grandfather survived D-Day. I do not take for granted that I am fortunate to exist.

[timmerjoy]

You can hear Leibgott in his voice even now when he says certain things. My girlfriend who recently passed was Jewish and the scene of him talking about what he was going to do after the war with Webster gets to me now in a different way. And the scene of the camps. Just heartbreaking and gut wrenching how hard that would have been to deal with. Thank you for your portrayal of Mr Leibgott. It was one of the highlights of an amazing show

[robertprice]

My grandfather was with the 101st during WWII. He died in 1980. I hate he never saw BoB. Watching the series made me feel closer to him. My Dad was 101st in Vietnam, I was with 75th and 1st sfg. It’s not explainable, but being a paratrooper is the most unique experience in the world. There really nothing like it. We often say, “there’s us, and there’s those not like us.”

[taejae]

I can’t get enough of these actors, this show, this story, and everyone involved with it. Love them all.

[banditrider]

Wow, what a brilliant interview, such a great delivery and respect by Ross McAll, really pleased to have found this .