Tuesday 3 November 2015

3rd NOVEMBER 1952 JIM CUMMINGS BORN AMERICAN VOICE/SINGER

Jim Cummings

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Jim Cummings
Jim Cummings January 2015.jpg
Cummings at MagicCity ComicCon 2015
BornJames Jonah Cummings
November 3, 1952 (age 62)
Youngstown, Ohio, U.S.
OccupationVoice actor, singer
Years active1984–present
AgentAtlas Talent Agency
Spouse(s)Stephanie Cummings (m. 2001)
Children4
AwardsDaytime Emmy Award (2009)
James Jonah "Jim" Cummings (born November 3, 1952) is an American voice actor and singer, who has appeared in almost 400 roles. He is known for voicing Darkwing Duck, Dr. Eggman from Sonic the Hedgehog, and Pete, as well as being the current voice of both Winnie the Pooh and Tigger, and the Tasmanian Devil. He has performed in numerous animated Disney and DreamWorks movies including Aladdin, Lion King, Balto,Antz, The Road to El Dorado, Shrek, and The Princess and the Frog. He has also provided voice-over work for video games, such as Icewind Dale, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Baldur's Gate, Mass Effect 2, Star Wars: The Old Republic, World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria, and Splatterhouse.

Personal life[edit]

Born in Youngstown, Ohio, Cummings relocated to New Orleans, where he designed and painted Mardi Gras floats, worked as a river boat deck hand and sang and played drums in the regionally successful rock band, "FUSION".[1]
He later married and moved to Anaheim, California, where he managed a video store in the early 1980s, before launching his voice-acting career in late 1984. Cummings and his wife Stephanie have two daughters as well as two older children from a previous marriage.[citation needed]

Career[edit]

Some of Cummings' earliest vocal work was at Disney, where he replaced Hal Smith as the voice of Winnie-the-Pooh in 1988 (Smith had taken over the role from longtime actor Sterling Holloway in 1981). He began voicing Tigger in 1990, taking over for Paul Winchell (though Winchell voiced Tigger four more times, the last time being in February 1999) after Winchell died in 2005. In 1991, he ventured to Warner Bros. Animation and began voicing Tasmanian Devil on the animated series Taz-Mania (he would voice the character on other Warner Brothers shows, such as Animaniacs, and reprise the voice in 2006 in Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas).
At Walt Disney Studios, he contributed to many of their televised animated shows: 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 (as the lead character), TaleSpin (as Don Karnage and Louie), Goof Troop (as Pete, a role that would carry him into many other Disney shows), Bonkers, Aladdin, Gargoyles, Timon & Pumbaa, The Legend of Tarzan and House of Mouse, and animated films such as Hercules, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Pocahontas. He voiced Bering and Chilkoot in the 2006 direct-to-DVD film Brother Bear 2 and "Razoul" in the 1994 Aladdin direct-to-video sequel The Return of Jafar.
When actor Jeremy Irons, the voice of Scar in The Lion King, developed vocal problems during recording of the song "Be Prepared", Cummings was chosen to replace him for the rest of the song.[2]
Cummings was the only original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles voice actor to return for the 2007 film, having previously appeared in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (as Leatherhead), Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time. In 1995 he voiced the main villain Steele in Universal and Amblin Entertainment's Balto. He also had vocal roles in The Nuttiest Nutcracker, Shrek and Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius.
Cummings has provided voices for video games, television commercials, and movie trailers, and was one of the official announcers for Kids' WB!, promo announcer for Xena: Warrior Princess and Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, as well as the official spokesperson for the current Cheez-It commercials and some current Weather Channel commercials (most notably the Wake Up With Al ones). He did vocal work in a Charmin Ultra toilet paper commercial, echoing his role as Winnie the Pooh. He has done the voice of Minsc of Baldur's Gate/Baldur's Gate 2: Shadows of Amn and Drizzt Do'Urden in the first Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance game. He is 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 ClayFighter 63⅓.
Cummings has made some vocal performances using his voice at normal pitch for some younger looking characters like Witterquick from Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light and Glatorian Ackar in Bionicle: The Legend Reborn.
He also voiced Papa Smurf and Gargamel on the TV Funhouse sketch "The Smurfette Show" on Saturday Night Live's season 28's premiere episode.

Voice work[edit]

Television series[edit]

Film[edit]

YearTitleRole
1986Castle in the SkyGeneral
1987The Garbage Pail Kids MovieGreaser Greg, Nat Nerd
The Brave Little ToasterEvil Clown
1988Scooby-Doo and the Reluctant WerewolfFrankenstein, Skull Head, Gengis Kong
Who Framed Roger RabbitBullet #2, Lion from Tom and Jerry
1989Stanley and the DinosaursCaveman Stanley
Asterix and the Big Fight (film)Additional Voices
1992AladdinRazoul, Farouk
1994Cabin BoyCupcake
The Return of JafarRazoul
The Lion KingEd, Gopher, Scar (Singing voice, second half of Be Prepared), Additional Voices
The PagemasterLong John Silver
1995Mortal Kombat: The Journey BeginsShang Tsung, Sub-Zero
A Goofy MoviePete
Runaway BrainJulius
PocahontasChief Powhatan, Kekata (Singing Voices)
BaltoSteele
1996Siegfried & Roy: Masters of the ImpossibleAdditional Voices
Aladdin and the King of ThievesRazoul
Ed's Next MoveLee's Boyfriend, Raphael[3]
All Dogs Go to Heaven 2Jingles
The Story of Santa ClausMr. Minch
The Hunchback of Notre DameGuards, Gypsies
1997HerculesNessus the River Centaur, Tall Thebian, Elderly Thebian, Lava Titan
Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher RobinWinnie-the-Pooh, Skullasaurus
A Christmas CarolGhost of Christmas Yet-To-Come
Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted ChristmasAdditional Voices
AnastasiaRasputin (singing voice)
1998Belle's Magical WorldWebster
The Brave Little Toaster Goes to MarsSinger
Quest for CamelotAdditional Voices
MulanHayabusa (Shan Yu's falcon)
The Mighty KongAdditional Voices
The Lion King II: Simba's PrideScar
Small SoldiersOcula
Pocahontas II: Journey to a New WorldKing James, Chief Powhatan
Rusty: A Dog's TaleAdditional Voices
Scooby-Doo on Zombie IslandJacques, Morgan Moonscar
AntzAdditional Voices
Babe: Pig in the CityPelican
Buster & Chauncey's Silent NightBuster[4]
1999TarzanAdditional Voices
The Brave Little Toaster to the RescueSinger
The Legend of the TitanicSharks
The Nuttiest NutcrackerUncle Drosselmeier, Gramps
Winnie the Pooh: Seasons of GivingWinnie-the-Pooh, Tigger
Mickey's Once Upon a ChristmasPete/Postman
Bartok the MagnificentAdditional Voices
2000The Tigger MovieTigger, Winnie-the-Pooh
An Extremely Goofy MoviePete
The Road to El DoradoHernán Cortés, Additional Voices
Aladdin and the Adventure of All TimeAdditional Voices
Titan A.E.Chowquin
Tweety's High-Flying AdventureTaz, Rocky, Yosemite Sam, Cool Cat, Shropshire Slasher, Casino Cat, Policeman
The Life & Adventures of Santa ClausOld Santa Claus
CatDog and the Great Parent MysteryCat
The Land Before Time VII: The Stone of Cold FireSierra
2001Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's AdventureTony
ShrekCaptain of Guards
Atlantis: The Lost EmpireAdditional Voices
Jimmy Neutron: Boy GeniusUltra Lord, Mission Control, General
2002Return to Never LandAdditional Voices
The Hunchback of Notre Dame IIArchdeacon
Tom and Jerry: The Magic RingButch
Tarzan & JaneTantor
Mickey's House of VillainsPete, Big Bad Wolf, Kaa, Ed
Winnie the Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh YearWinnie-the-Pooh, Tigger
2003101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London AdventureAdditional Voices
The Jungle Book 2Kaa, Colonel Hathi, M.C. Monkey
Charlotte's Web 2: Wilbur's Great AdventureUncle the pig
Piglet's Big MovieWinnie-the-Pooh, Tigger
Sinbad: Legend of the Seven SeasLuca, Additional Voices
2004Comic Book: The MovieDr. Cedric Perview
The Lion King 1½Ed
Winnie the Pooh: Springtime with RooWinnie-the-Pooh, Tigger
Jimmy Neutron: Win, Lose and KaboomGen. Abercrombie, Brain #2, Mayor Quadar
Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three MusketeersPete
Mickey's Twice Upon a ChristmasBlitzen
2005Pooh's Heffalump MovieWinnie-the-Pooh, Tigger
Pooh's Heffalump Halloween MovieWinnie-the-Pooh, Tigger
2006Disaster!Harry Bottoms, Guy Kirk, Narrator
Brother Bear 2Chilkoot, Bering
Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes ChristmasTaz, Gossamer
The Fox and the Hound 2Waylon/Floyd, Additional Voices
2007Hellboy: Blood and IronTom Manning
TMNTAdditional Voices
Bee MovieTitle Narrator, Graduation Announcer
My Friends Tigger & Pooh: Super Sleuth Christmas MovieWinnie-the-Pooh, Tigger
2008The Little Mermaid: Ariel's BeginningKing Triton, Shelbow
Dead Space: DownfallCaptain Mathius, Farum
The Powerpuff Girls Rule!Fuzzy Lumpkins
2009My Friends Tigger & Pooh: Tigger & Pooh and a Musical TooWinnie-the-Pooh, Tigger, Beaver
Bionicle: The Legend RebornAckar
The Princess and the FrogRay
2010My Friends Tigger & Pooh: Super Duper Super SleuthsWinnie-the-Pooh, Tigger
2011Gnomeo and JulietFeatherstone
The Little Engine That CouldRusty
Winnie the PoohWinnie the Pooh, Tigger
Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Across the 2nd DimensionAdditional Voices
2012ZambeziaBudzo
Wreck-It RalphAdditional Voices
Sofia the First: Once Upon a PrincessWormwood
2014The Pirate FairyOppenheimer / Port
Tom and Jerry: The Lost DragonKaldorf
Mr. Peabody & ShermanAdditional Voices
Penguins of MadagascarAdditional Voices
2015Inside OutAdditional Voices
The Peanuts MovieWoodstock
2016The Land Before Time XIV: Journey of the HeartGrandpa Longneck

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