Ross Anderson is a Scottish actor. He was born in Paisley but grew up in Bo'ness, West Lothian, Scotland.

He studied at Drama Centre London, England in 2008, leaving a year early in 2010 after being cast in the National Theatre of Scotland's Olivier Award winning "Black Watch". He first appeared on television as Lomax in the BBC One series "Privates" (2012). Then, after impressing Bond producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G.Wilson, he made his big screen breakthrough when he was cast opposite Andrea Riseborough and Damian Lewis in the Eon produced "The Silent Storm" (2014) which screened at the 2014 BFI London Film Festival. He was then cast in Angelina Jolie's "Unbroken" (2014) opposite Jack O'Connell and Justin Kurzel's "Macbeth" (2015) alongside Michael Fassbender.