Education
Russell graduated from the University of Notre Dame and briefly attended law school at the University of Minnesota.
Russell graduated from the University of Notre Dame and briefly attended law school at the University of Minnesota.
He is most widely known as one of the actors on the long-running radio show, As a voice-over talent and announcer, Russell also appears in radio and television commercials. He took broadcasting classes at Brown Institute of Broadcasting in Minneapolis. Russell began his radio career at WDBQ-Department of Administration and Management in Dubuque, Iowa.
He began work at Washburn Crosby Company -FM when it went on the air in 1973.
While working there he began developing character voices and doing commercials. Between 1983 and 1993, he worked at Washburn Crosby Company -Department of Administration and Management. After leaving Washburn Crosby Company , he worked for country station KJJO-FM and "easy listening" station KLBB. In 1997, he went back to work for Washburn Crosby Company -Department of Administration and Management. Russell was voted the "Outstanding Broadcast Personality" by the Minnesota Broadcasters Association.
In April 2010, Russell left Washburn Crosby Company through a buyout after working there for 33 years. In 1994, Russell began performing on the public radio show, As a radio comedy actor, he is the voice behind Dusty from "Lives of the Cowboys", Fred Farell, and many famous celebrities, including Julia Child and Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Russell played "First Rate (at Lloyd's), the Stage Manager" in (2006), the movie based on a screenplay by Garrison Keillor and filmed by Robert Altman at the Fitzgerald Theater in Saint Paul, Minnesota during the summer of 2005.