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Jim Cummings
Birth name James Jonah Cummings
Born November 3, 1952 (1952-11-03) (age 55)
Flag of the United States Youngstown, Ohio
Occupation(s) Voice actor

James Jonah "Jim" Cummings (born November 3, 1952[1] in Youngstown, Ohio) is an American voice actor. Events 644 - Umar ibn al-Khattab, the second Muslim Caliph, is killed by a Persian slave in Medina. Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Youngstown is a city in the US state of Ohio and the County seat of Mahoning County. Voice acting is the art of providing voices for animated characters (including those in feature films television series animated shorts and Video games) and Events 644 - Umar ibn al-Khattab, the second Muslim Caliph, is killed by a Persian slave in Medina. Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Youngstown is a city in the US state of Ohio and the County seat of Mahoning County. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Voice acting is the art of providing voices for animated characters (including those in feature films television series animated shorts and Video games) and

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Early Years

Born in Youngstown, Ohio, Cummings relocated to New Orleans, where he worked on the assembly of Mardi Gras floats. Youngstown is a city in the US state of Ohio and the County seat of Mahoning County. New Orleans (nʲuːˈɔrliənz nʲuːˈɔrlənz French: La Nouvelle-Orléans) is a major United States port city and the largest city in Louisiana " Mardi Gras " ( French for Fat Tuesday) is the day before Ash Wednesday. He later moved to Anaheim, California, where he worked "odd jobs" until the early 1980s. The 1980s was the decade spanning from January 1 1980 to December 31 1989. Cummings' first opportunity as a voice actor came in 1983, when the failing health of longtime Winnie the Pooh voice actor Sterling Holloway prompted an open call for Holloway's replacement for the animated feature, Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Winnie-the-Pooh, commonly shortened to Pooh Bear and once referred to as Edward Bear, is a fictional Bear created by A Sterling Price Holloway Jr (January 4 1905 – November 22 1992 was largely a character actor appearing in 150 films and television shows and a long-standing voice actor for the Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore is a Disney Winnie-the-Pooh animated featurette based on two chapters from the books Winnie the Pooh While Hal Smith (best known as "Otis" in The Andy Griffith Show) took over for that particular project, Cummings proved to be an uncanny substitute for Holloway in a subsequent feature, New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh. The Andy Griffith Show is an American sitcom first televised by CBS between October 3 1960 and April 1 The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh is an American Animated Television series made by The Walt Disney Company, and inspired by He also changed Pooh's voice by giving him more depth and an English accent.

Career

Cummings is among the most celebrated voice-over actors in movie history. His skills as a mimic have earned him scores of opportunities at Walt Disney Productions, in particular. At Disney, Cummings not only replaced the ailing Holloway as the voice of both "Winnie the Pooh" and "Kaa", but also took over as the voice of "Tigger", when well-known ventriloquist and voice actor Paul Winchell retired. Winnie-the-Pooh, commonly shortened to Pooh Bear and once referred to as Edward Bear, is a fictional Bear created by A Kaa was not a poison snake--in fact he rather despised the poison snakes as cowards--but his strength lay in his hug and when he had once lapped his huge coils round anybody there was no more to Tigger is a fictional Tiger character originally introduced in A Paul Winchell ( December 21, 1922 – June 24, 2005) born Pinkus Wilchinski (the family later shortened it to Wilchin) Then, when British actor Jeremy Irons experienced problems with his vocal cords during production of The Lion King, Cummings was hired to imitate Irons's voice for the last few lines of the song, "Be Prepared". Jeremy John Irons (born September 19 1948) is an English film television and stage Actor. The Lion King is a 1994 American animated feature film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation, released in theaters on June 15 1994 He also duplicated the voice of actor Christopher Lloyd for the song, "In the Dark of the Night" in the animated film, Anastasia. Christopher Allen Lloyd (born October 22, 1938) is a three-time Emmy Award -winning American Actor. Anastasia is an Academy Award nominated American animated feature Musical film produced and directed by Don Bluth and While Cummings provided a rendition of Louis Prima's voice for "King Louie" in Talespin, this provoked a controversy with Prima's widow. Louis Prima ( December 7, 1910 Legacy The Prima-Butera arrangements and recordings continued to be copied by younger musicians including David TaleSpin is a half-hour American animated television series that first aired in 1990 as part of The Disney Afternoon, with characters

Cummings is the only original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles voice actor to return for the 2007 movie. TMNT (also known as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in some countries is a 2007 film based on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles His first three TMNT appearances were Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (known as Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles in the United Kingdom, Ireland and some other European countries Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue is an animated drug prevention Television special starring many of the popular cartoon characters from American Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Turtles in Time is originally an Arcade game produced by Konami in 1991 The 2007 movie was Cummings' sixth computer-animated movie appearance. His first five computer-animated movie appearances included Antz, The Nuttiest Nutcracker, Shrek, Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, and Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas; and his latest CG movie appearance is Bee Movie. Antz is a 1998 computer-animated Film produced by DreamWorks. Shrek is a 2001 computer-animated American Comedy film, directed by Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson, and Jimmy Neutron Boy Genius is a 2001 computer-animated Film, based on a few five-minute animated shorts shown on Nickelodeon in 2000-2001 The Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas is a computer-animated Direct-to-video movie on VHS and DVD made by The Walt Disney Bee Movie is a 2007 Golden Globe -nominated CGI-animated Film starring Jerry Seinfeld, Renée Zellweger,

In the course of two decades, Cummings' career as a voice actor has taken him from bit parts to leading roles in major series at various studios, including Nickelodeon, Warner Bros., Hanna-Barbera, Dreamworks, and 20th Century Fox studios. Nickelodeon (commonly referred to as Nick) is an American Cable television network owned by Viacom International, founded in 1977 as Pinwheel Warner Bros Entertainment Inc (or Warner Bros, Warner Bros Pictures) is one of the world's largest producers of Film and DreamWorks LLC, also known as DreamWorks Pictures, DreamWorks SKG, or DreamWorks Studios, is a major American Film studio His most memorable roles, however, have been at Walt Disney Studios. There, he provided voices for a variety of television series, including leading roles in Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears, (taking over the character of Zummi Gummi after Paul Winchell's departure from the role), DuckTales, Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers, Darkwing Duck, Goof Troop, Bonkers, Gargoyles, and House of Mouse, and movies such as Hercules, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Pocahontas and the Disney special edition of Alice in Wonderland (as the Cheshire Cat singing "I'm Odd"). Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears is an American Animated television series that aired in the United States in the mid-1980s through the Paul Winchell ( December 21, 1922 – June 24, 2005) born Pinkus Wilchinski (the family later shortened it to Wilchin) DuckTales is an American Animated television series produced by Walt Disney Television Animation. Darkwing Duck is an Emmy -nominated American Animated television series produced by The Walt Disney Company that ran from 1991-1995 Goof Troop is an animated television series from the The Walt Disney Company featuring Goofy as a father figure and his bonding with his son Max For other uses of the term Bonkers, please see Bonkers (disambiguation. Gargoyles is an American Animated television series created by Greg Weisman. Disney's House of Mouse is an American Animated Television series, produced by Walt Disney Television, that originally aired from Hercules is a 1997 Animated feature, produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures on June The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Notre-Dame de Paris is an 1831 French novel written by Victor Hugo. Pocahontas is the thirty-third Animated feature in the Disney animated features canon. Alice in Wonderland is a 1951 Animated feature film produced by Walt Disney and originally premiered in London England on July 26 Cummings also voiced the non-speaking role of Ed the laughing hyena in 1994's The Lion King. Shenzi Banzai and Ed are a fictional trio of villainous Spotted hyenas who first appeared in the 1994 Disney Animated film The Lion The Hyaenidae is a Mammalian family of order Carnivora. The Hyaenidae family native to both African and Asian continents consists of four The Lion King is a 1994 American animated feature film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation, released in theaters on June 15 1994

Other notable roles include "Mr. Bumpy" in the cult Claymation show Bump in the Night, Dr. Robotnik on Sonic The Hedgehog, Psy-Crow and Bob the Killer Goldfish on Earthworm Jim and Taz Tazmanian Devil on Taz-Mania and a number of other projects. Bump in the Night is an Animated series by Danger Productions that was filmed using stop-motion animation and aired on ABC from 1994 to also known by his alias, is a video game character and main Antagonist of the Sonic the Hedgehog series Sonic the Hedgehog is an American animated series created by DiC Entertainment with the partnership of Sega of America, and was loosely based The following is a list of major and minor characters from the Earthworm Jim video games and animated series. The following is a list of major and minor characters from the Earthworm Jim video games and animated series. This article is about the animated series For the video game series see Earthworm Jim; for the character see Earthworm Jim (character. The Tasmanian Devil, often referred to as "Taz", is an animated cartoon character featured in the Warner Bros This article refers to the cartoon For the Australian island see Tasmania Taz-Mania In addition to Taz and Pooh, Cummings has over the years become the official voice for a number of legendary cartoon characters, including Tigger, Pete, Dick Dastardly, the Slag Brothers, Big Gruesome, Private Meekly, Clyde, and Morocco Mole . Tigger is a fictional Tiger character originally introduced in A Black Pete could refer to one of the following characters in fiction Zwarte Piet, a character in Dutch folklore and companion of Sinterklaas. Dick Dastardly is a Fictional character and Antagonist who appeared in various Animated series by Hanna-Barbera Productions Secret Squirrel is a Cartoon Squirrel created by Hanna-Barbera. He also did some voices on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles such as Leatherhead the mutant alligator and some additional characters. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (known as Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles in the United Kingdom, Ireland and some other European countries Leatherhead is a Fictional character in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series for differences between alligators and crocodiles please see Crocodilia An Alligator is a Crocodilian in the Genus He also did the voice of Don Karnage in Disney's TaleSpin. TaleSpin is a half-hour American animated television series that first aired in 1990 as part of The Disney Afternoon, with characters Cummings has also provided voices for video games, television commercials, and movie trailers, and is the current official announcer for Kids' WB!, as well as the official spokesperson for the current Cheez-It commercials. Kids' WB is an online network that was launched on April 28, 2008. Cheez-It crackers are an American Snack food manufactured by the Kellogg Company. Recently, he returned to his role as Taz on Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas. Bah Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas is a 2006 animated Direct-to-video Film starring the Looney Tunes and directed by Charles

In the world of video games, Cummings has done the voice of Minsc (probably his most popular role) of Baldur's Gate/Baldur's Gate 2: Shadows of Amn and Drizzt Do'Urden in the first Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance game. Minsc (Pronounced "Minsk" is a prominent Fictional character in the Baldur's Gate series of Dungeons & Dragons Computer Baldur's Gate is a popular series of Computer role-playing games that take place on Faerûn, the main continent from Dungeons & Dragons Baldur's Gate II Shadows of Amn, developed by BioWare and released September 26, 2000, is the second computer Role-playing game Drizzt Do'urden (dʒrɪszt doʊˈɝdɪn is a character in the Dungeons & Dragons -based Forgotten Realms setting See Baldur's Gate Dark Alliance (series for the entire series Baldur's Gate Dark Alliance is an Action role-playing game He is also prominently displayed in the credits of Kingdom Hearts as Pooh, Tigger, and Pete. is an Action role-playing game developed and published by Squaresoft (now Square Enix) in 2002 for the PlayStation 2 Video game console Cummings provided the voices for "Bad Mr. Frosty", "Hougan", and "Sumo Santa" in Clay Fighter 63 1/3. ClayFighter 63⅓ is a Fighting game released for the Nintendo 64 by Interplay in 1997. He also voices "Sarge" and the other soldiers in the Army Men games. In Ys Book I and II for the Turbografx -16 CD system, he is credited as voicing "Dalles", and he provided voices for minor characters in Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers. He played several characters in the little-known gem "Toonstruck. Toonstruck is a 1996 Point-and-click adventure game in which although all the imagery is drawn and Scanned into the game the protagonist "

In addition, Cummings narrates the current Epcot fireworks show, IllumiNations: Reflections of Earth. Epcot is a Theme park at the Walt Disney World Resort. The park is dedicated to international Culture and technological Innovation. A firework is classified as a low explosive pyrotechnic device used primarily for aesthetic and entertainment purposes IllumiNations Reflections of Earth is a Fireworks show performed nightly at Epcot at the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida.

Cummings has a notable cameo in Comic Book: The Movie as an inebriated party-goer. Comic Book The Movie is a 2004 direct-to-DVD Mockumentary directed by and starring Mark Hamill. This is his only live-action appearance. The movie stars many other voice actors, including Tom Kenny, Billy West and Mark Hamill. Thomas James Kenny (born July 13, 1962, in East Syracuse New York) is an American Voice actor and Comedian perhaps best William Richard "Billy" West (born on April 16, 1952 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American voice actor, known Mark Richard Hamill (born September 25, 1951) is an American Actor, Comedian and Voice actor.

Voice Work

Workplace

Notes

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