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James Jonah "Jim" Cummings (born November 3, 1952 in Youngstown, Ohio) is an American voice actor.

Early Years

Born in Youngstown, Ohio, Cummings relocated to New Orleans, where he worked on the assembly of Mardi Gras floats. He later moved to Anaheim, California, where he worked "odd jobs" until the early 1980s. 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. 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. 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. 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". He also duplicated the voice of actor Christopher Lloyd for the song, "In the Dark of the Night" in the animated film, Anastasia. While Cummings provided a rendition of Louis Prima's voice for "King Louie" in Talespin, this provoked a controversy with Prima's widow.
   Cummings is the only original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles voice actor to return for the 2007 movie. His first three TMNT appearances were Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue, and . The 2007 movie was Cummings' sixth computer-animated movie appearance. His first five computer-animated movie appearances included Antz, The Nuttiest Nutcracker, Shrek,, and Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas; and his latest CG movie appearance is Bee Movie.
   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. 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"). Cummings also voiced the non-speaking role of Ed the laughing hyena in 1994's The Lion King.
   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. 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 . He also did some voices on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles such as Leatherhead the mutant alligator and some additional characters. He also did the voice of Don Karnage in Disney's TaleSpin. 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. Recently, he returned to his role as Taz on Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas.
   In the world of video games, Cummings has done the voice of Minsc (probably his most popular role) of Baldur's Gate/ and Drizzt Do'Urden in the first game. He is also prominently displayed in the credits of Kingdom Hearts as Pooh, Tigger, and Pete. Cummings provided the voices for "Bad Mr. Frosty", "Hougan", and "Sumo Santa" in Clay Fighter 63 1/3. 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's 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."
   In addition, Cummings narrates the current Epcot fireworks show, .
   Cummings has a notable cameo in as an inebriated party-goer. This is his only live-action appearance. The movie stars many other voice actors, including Tom Kenny, Billy West and Mark Hamill.
Voice Work

– Colonel, Mayor Ed Pig, Jasper
2 Stupid Dogs – Super Secret Secret Squirrel's Morroco Mole
The Addams Family – Lurch
Adventures in Odyssey – Larry Walker
Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears – Zummi Gummi (Originally Paul Winchell), Chummi Gummi
– Mayor Quadar, Ultra Lord, Cap'n Betty, Atilla The Hun
Aladdin – Razoul, also in the TV Series
All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 – Jingles
Anastasia – Rasputin (singing voice)
Animaniacs – Narrator and several one-shot characters
– Additional voices
The Batman – Temblor
Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas – Taz, Gossamer
Baldur's Gate Series – Minsc, Firkraag, Gorion, Tazok, Abazigal, Gromnir Il-Khan, Demogorgon
Balto – Steele
Bonkers – Bonkers D. Bobcat, Lucky Piquel and other characters
The Book of Pooh – Winnie the Pooh, Tigger
Bee Movie - Title Narattor and Graduation Announcer
Brother Bear 2 – Nita's father, Lead Raccoon
Bump in the Night – Mister Bumpy, Destructo, Closet Monster
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command– Senator Aarrfvox
Cabin Boy – Floating Cupcake
Captain Planet and the Planeteers – Sly Sludge (Hanna-Barbera episodes)
Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue – Winnie-the-Pooh, Tigger
CatDog – Cat
ChalkZone – Skrawl
Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers – Monterey Jack, Fat Cat, Professor Nimnul, Wart the Lizard
Clive Barker's Jericho – Arnold Leach
– Vin Moosk
Courage the Cowardly Dog – The Great Fusilli, Cajun Fox
Cro – Phil, Ogg, Murray
Curious George – Chef Pisghetti; Jumpy Squirrel; Mister Quint
Darkwing Duck – Drake Mallard/Darkwing Duck, DarkWarrior Duck, NegaDuck, Warden Waddlesworth, Herb Muddlefoot, Professor Moliarty
Dexter's Laboratory - Red-Eye (in Photo Finish)
Duckman -- Big Jack Mcbastard
DuckTales - El Capitan
Earthworm Jim – Psycrow, Bob the Killer Goldfish, and other various voices.
Fallout – The Master, Set, Gizmo
Gargoyles – Dingo and other characters
Goof Troop – Pete
The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy – Nasalmancer (Wild Parts / The Problem With Billy)
Hercules – Nessus
The Hot Rod Dogs and Cool Car Cats – Scarhood.
House of Mouse – Pete, King Louie, Big Bad Wolf, Censor Monkeys, Ed the Hyena, Gorilla, Kaa, Razoul, Tiki Masks, Weasels, Zeke, Cheshire Cat, Roquefort, Mister Stork, Jasper, Colonel Hathi, Cyril Proudbottom, Otto, Shun Gun, Boomer, Porcupine, Sexton Mouse, Deacon Owl, Gideon
Icewind Dale - Arundel, Hrothgar, additional voices
Invasion America – Major Lomack
Jackie Chan Adventures – Hak Foo (Season 1)
The Jungle Book 2 - Kaa, Colonel Hathi, M.C. Monkey
Kingdom Hearts and Kingdom Hearts II – Pete, Winnie the Pooh, Tigger, Ed
– Sierra
– General
The Legend of Tarzan – Tantor
The Lion King – Ed, Scar (singing voice in last part of "Be Prepared")
– Scar, additional voices
The Lion King 1 1/2 – Ed
- King Triton
Marsupilami – Maurice, Norman
My Friends Tigger & Pooh – Winnie the Pooh, Tigger, Beaver
– Doyle, Kablamis (Cartoon Series)
Mickey's Speedway USA – Pete
The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh – Winnie the Pooh, Tigger
Ozzy & Drix – Chief Gluteus
Pepper Ann – Mr. Carter (Pepper Ann's science teacher) and some one-shot characters
The Pirates of Dark Water – Skorian, Ioz (season 2)
Pocahontas – Chief Powhatan (singing vocals), Wise Man
– King James
Project G.e.e.K.e.R. - Mister Moloch and Will Dragonn
The Powerpuff Girls – Fuzzy Lumpkins
– Boris, Hans
The Replacements (Disney Channel series) – Various
The Road to El Dorado– Hernán Cortés, additional voices
Road Rovers – General Parvo
Rude Dog and the Dweebs – Satch
The Secret Files of the Spy Dogs – Bald Spokesperson, Flea Leader, Von Rabie, Catastrophe
Shrek – Captain of the guards
Shrek the Third - Shrek (ADR work)
Small Soldiers - Ocula
Sonic the Hedgehog (SATAM) – Doctor Ivo Robotnik, SWATbots, Nasty Hyena member (Fed Up With Antoine)
– Shocker, Chameleon
– Mayor Manx, Feral's Sergeant
TaleSpin – Don Karnage, Louie, Trader Moe, Covinton
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – Shredder (1991 and European Vacation Alternate), Leatherhead, Genghis Frog
TMNT – Various voices
– Leatherhead and Shredder (Arcade version only)
Teen Titans – Master of Games, Wildebeest ("Winner Take All")
Taz-Mania – Taz, Buddy Boar, Bushwhacker Bob, Wendell T. Wolf
The Tick – Thrakkorzog, Barry Hubris, Stalingrad, Captain Decency, Mister Mental, Multiple Santa, Leonardo Da Vinci
Timon and Pumbaa – Ed, Additional Voices
The Transformers – Afterburner, Rippersnapper
Tweety's High-Flying Adventure - Taz, Yosemite Sam
– Witterquick & the Bearer of Knowledge
Wacky Races – Dick Dastardly, Private Meekly, Clyde(Originally Paul Winchell), Big Gruesome, Rock Slag, Gravel Slag (Originally Daws Butler)
Where's Waldo? (TV series) – Narrator
Widget the World Watcher – Megabrain
Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa – Dakota Dude
W.I.T.C.H. – Tridart, Harold Hale, Zacharias
Ys: Book I&II – Dalles

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