In 2007, Ross appeared, along with Sean Astin and Charles S. Dutton, in an episode of My Name Is Earl that was a homage to the film Rudy. He played an appliance store manager whose relationship to Earl mirrors that of his relationship to Rudy.
In 2008, he played Beverly Weston in the National Theatre production of August: Osage County.
In 2012 he appeared in Boss (TV series) as the chief of the Chicago Police Department.
