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Neal McDonough – The Pursuit of High Standards

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Release Date: 05/20/2025

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Multi-talented and award-winning actor Neal McDonough has been blessed to have an incredible career in the film industry. He is now producing films alongside his wife Ruvé for the McDonough company. Films such as THE WARRANT, BREAKERS LAW, REDSTONE, BOON, BLACK SPARTANS ,and most recently the hit film THE SHIFT for Angel Studios. Soon, they will be going into production on their next western that he has written called THE WICKED AND THE RIGHTEOUS .

McDonough is well known for performances in productions, such as BAND OF BROTHERS, MINORITY REPORT, WALKING TALL and STAR-TREK FIRST CONTACT. He also started in many stage productions, and most recently playing Whitey Bulger on stage in FINDING WHITEY at the Wilbur theater in Boston. He also recently played Daddy Warbucks in ANNIE and numerous other stage productions as well.

His voice over career is what really started him. The voice of many cartoons, including Bruce Banner in the INCREDIBLE HULK and in many video games such as CALL OF DUTY ZOMBIES. He has also been the long-term voice of FIDELITY AND CADILLAC. But he's most proud of his relationship with God, his wife, Ruvé, and their five children. McDonough trained at Syracuse University and studied at LAMDA in London.

The Last Rodeo Synopsis: A retired rodeo legend risks it all to save his grandson. Facing his own painful past and the fears of his family, he enters a high-stakes bull-riding competition as the oldest contestant ever. Along the way, he reconciles old wounds with his estranged daughter and proves that true courage is found in the fight for family. 
Neal McDonough, Writer/Producer/Lead Actor (Ian Ross).

Takeaways:

  1. First, we all need to go see The Last Rodeo.  It comes out on Memorial Day, so go get your tickets and go with your whole family.  A movie that’s described as Rocky on a bull, that comes with great messages, truly made for the whole family, with the icing on the cake of having Neal’s wife Ruve join him – how can it get any better than that? 
  2. Neal’s genuine and humble nature – the manner with which he handled the entire interview from the minute he sat down to chat.  Neal gets a million requests for interviews, and he spoke on this show as if he’s been friends with all of us forever.  This guy’s the real deal and confirmed why he’s such a great model of the phrase that is the title and main theme of this show. 
  3. Neal’s Pursuit of Complete.

    a. First, it hasn’t been easy – we mentioned his having to go through great loss from being black balled in Hollywood for choosing to stand by his standards, then having to quit alcohol as he mentioned – he’s clearly fought some battles along the way. 

    b. Second, and along those lines – he’s a great example of TRULY committing to your pursuit and the standards that drive it.  How much are we willing to sacrifice to maintain our standards?  How many battles would we be willing to fight to stay true to them?

    c. Third, we talk a lot about strong priorities and a strong foundation – Neal clearly has both.   With FAITH and FAMILY as his main driving factors, he was able to handle all the adversity and battles that went along with his pursuit…and…he was going to WIN…it was just a matter of time.

    d. Fourth, like we’ve said, and Neal confirmed by saying as well..that the PURSUIT of COMPLETE is ongoing.  As he said, we’ll never get there - we’re always in PURSUIT and we just have to keep driving.

    e. Finally, listen to the RESULT of Neal’s PURSUIT – though it is ongoing as we just mentioned, there is that sense of genuine fulfillment that will come at some point when you know you’re on the right path that is directly in line with who you are at your core.  When that happens, LIMITLESS IMPACT becomes possible.  And Neal is clearly on that path…

Please follow Neal, Angel Studios, and PBR where Neal and his wife Ruve are part of the ownership team of PBR’s Austin Gamblers: 

 

Links: 

The Last Rodeo Website:  www.angel.com/movies/last-rodeo

Neal McDonough IG: @neal_mcdonough                         

Angel Instagram: @angelstudios_inc

Angel website: www.angel.com

PBR website: www.pbr.com

PBR IG: @pbr