Jim Cummings

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Jim Cummings
Born	James Jonah Cummings November 3, 1952 (1952-11-03) (age 56) Youngstown, Ohio, U.S.
Occupation	Voice actor
Spouse(s)	Stevie Cummings

James Jonah "Jim" Cummings (born November 3, 1952)^[1] is an American voice actor.

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 Campbell" in The Andy Griffith Show) took over for that particular project, Cummings would substitute for Holloway in the subsequent TV show, The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh.

Contents 1 Career 2 Voice Work 3 Notes 4 External links

[edit] Career

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Cummings is among the most celebrated voice-over actors in movie history and widely considered to be the successor of the late Mel Blanc.^{[opinion needs balancing]} He speaks in a deep, gravelly voice for most roles, but can do many variations of it. 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 Winnie-the-Pooh, 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.^{[citation needed]} He was also a series regular on Darkwing Duck, portraying 5 characters.

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 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time. 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 animated movie appearances are Bee Movie and the upcoming The Princess and the Frog.

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.^{[dubious – discuss]} 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 roles of Ed the laughing hyena in 1994's The Lion King and Duncan the horse for one episode of The Simpsons.

Other notable roles include "Mr. Bumpy" in the cult Claymation show Bump in the Night, Dr. Robotnik on Sonic The Hedgehog, Mayor Manx on SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron, 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, Humphrey the Bear, 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 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 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 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 "Toonstruck."

In addition, Cummings narrates the current Epcot fireworks show at Walt Disney World, IllumiNations: Reflections of Earth.

Cummings has a notable cameo in Comic Book: The Movie as an inebriated party-goer. This is his only live-action appearance. The movie stars many other voice actors, including Tom Kenny, Maurice LaMarche, Billy West and Mark Hamill.

Cummings even did make some vocal performances using his voice at normal pitch for some younger looking characters like Witterquick from Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light and Buddy Boar from Taz-Mania. Cummings voices the character Ackar in the upcoming film Bionicle: The Legend Reborn.

[edit] Voice Work

• 101 Dalmatians: The Series – Colonel, Mayor Ed Pig, Jasper
• 2 Stupid Dogs – Super Secret Secret Squirrel's Morroco Mole
• The Addams Family (animated series) – Lurch
• Adventures in Odyssey – Larry Walker
• Adventures from the Book of Virtues - Aristotle
• Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears – Zummi Gummi (Originally Paul Winchell), Chummi Gummi
• The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius – Mayor Quadar, Ultra Lord, Cap'n Betty, Atilla The Hun
• Aladdin, The Return of Jafar and Aladdin and the King of Thieves - Razoul
• Aladdin (TV series) - Razoul
• All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 – Jingles
• Anastasia – Rasputin (singing voice)
• Animalia - Dagmont Dragon
• Animaniacs – Narrator and several one-shot characters
• Atlantis: The Lost Empire – 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
• Bionicle: The Legend Reborn - Ackar
• Bonkers – Bonkers D. Bobcat, Lucky Piquel and other characters
• The Book of Pooh – Winnie the Pooh, Tigger
• Bee Movie - Title Narrator and Graduation Announcer
• The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars - Supreme Commander (singing)
• 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
• Codename: Kids Next Door – Vin Moosk
• Courage the Cowardly Dog – The Great Fusilli, Cajun Fox, Boss of the Eggplants
• Cro – Phil, Ogg, Murray
• Curious George – Chef Pisghetti; Jumpy Squirrel; Mister Quint
• Cyberchase - Mr. Zero ("A World Without Zero")
• Darkwing Duck – Drake Mallard/Darkwing Duck, DarkWarrior Duck, NegaDuck, Warden Waddlesworth, Herb Muddlefoot, Professor Moliarty
• Dead Space: Downfall - Captain Mathius, Farum
• 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
• The Fox and the Hound 2 - Waylon & Floyd
• Freakazoid -Senator Janos Ivnovels
• Gargoyles – Dingo and other characters
• Goof Troop – Pete
• The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy – Additional Voices
• Hellboy: Blood and Iron - Tom Manning
• Hercules – Nessus, Additional Voices
• The Hot Rod Dogs and Cool Car Cats – Scarhood.
• House of Mouse – Pete, Humphrey the Bear, 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
• The Hunchback of Notre Dame - Captain of the Knights
• Icewind Dale - Arundel, Hrothgar, additional voices
• Invasion America – Major Lomack
• Iron Man – MODOK, Whirlwind, Dreadknight, Backlash and President Bill Clinton.
• Jackie Chan Adventures – Hak Foo (Season 1)
• The Jungle Book 2 - Kaa, Colonel Hathi, M.C. Monkey
• Jungle Cubs - Fred
• Kingdom Hearts and Kingdom Hearts II – Pete, Winnie the Pooh, Tigger, Ed
• The Land Before Time VII: The Stone of Cold Fire – Sierra
• Laputa: Castle in the Sky – General
• The Legend of Tarzan – Tantor
• The Lion King – Ed, Scar (singing voice in last part of "Be Prepared")
• The Lion King II: Simba's Pride – Scar, additional voices
• The Lion King 1 1/2 – Ed
• The Little Mermaid TV series - Ebb the Male Crocodile
• The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning - King Triton and Shelbow
• Marsupilami – Maurice, Norman
• My Friends Tigger & Pooh – Winnie the Pooh, Tigger, Beaver
• The Mask – Doyle (Lieutenant Kellaway's partner), Kablamus, various one-shot characters
• Mickey's Speedway USA – Pete
• The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh – Winnie the Pooh, Tigger
• Ozzy & Drix – Chief Gluteus
• The Pagemaster – Long John Silver
• Perfect Strangers- Additional characters (1986-1993)
• 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
• Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World – King James and Chief Powathan
• The Princess and the Frog - Ray
• Project G.e.e.K.e.R. - Mister Moloch and Will Dragonn
• The Powerpuff Girls – Fuzzy Lumpkins
• Quest for Glory IV: Shadows of Darkness – Boris, Hans
• The Replacements (Disney Channel series) – Various
• The Road to El Dorado – Hernán Cortés, additional voices
• Roger Rabbit's Car Toon Spin (Disneyland attraction)- Baby Herman
• Road Rovers – General Parvo
• Rude Dog and the Dweebs – Satch
• Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island - Jacques
• 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)
• Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas - Luca, Additional Voices
• Small Soldiers - Ocula
• Sonic the Hedgehog (SATAM) – Doctor Ivo Robotnik, SWATbots, Nasty Hyena member (Fed Up With Antoine)
• Spider-Man – Shocker, Chameleon
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars - Hondo Ohnaka
• SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron – Mayor Manx, Feral's Sergeant
• Tales from the Crypt - Judge Vic "Leave 'Em Hanging" Johnson
• TaleSpin – Don Karnage, Louie, Trader Moe, Covinton
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – Shredder (1991 and European Vacation Alternate), Leatherhead, Genghis Frog, Dirk Savage
• TMNT – Various voices
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time – Leatherhead and Shredder (Arcade version only)
• Teen Titans – Master of Games ("Winner Take All")
• The Spectacular Spider-Man - Crusher Hogan
• 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
• Tom and Jerry: The Magic Ring - Butch
• The Transformers – Afterburner, Rippersnapper
• Tweety's High-Flying Adventure - Taz, Yosemite Sam
• Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light – Witterquick & the Bearer of Knowledge
• Where's Waldo? (TV series) – Narrator
• What's New, Scooby-Doo? - Cyrus T. Buford, Crawdad Mike, Broderick Bosepheus
• 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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[edit] External links

• Jim Cummings at the Internet Movie Database
• Jim Cummings at Voice Chasers

v • d • e Winnie-the-Pooh Books When We Were Very Young (1924) · Winnie-the-Pooh (1926) · Now We Are Six (1927) · The House at Pooh Corner (1928) · Lessons from the Hundred Acre Wood series Characters Eeyore · Gopher · Heffalump · Kanga · Kessie · Lumpy · Owl · Piglet · Rabbit · Christopher Robin · Roo · Tigger · Winnie-the-Pooh · Woozle · list Films Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree (1966) · Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day (1968) · Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too! (1974) · The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977) · Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore (1983) · Winnie the Pooh and Friends (1984) · Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin (1997) · The Tigger Movie (2000) · Piglet's Big Movie (2003) · Pooh's Heffalump Movie (2005) Songs "Winnie the Pooh" (1966) · "Up, Down and Touch the Ground" (1966) · "Mind Over Matter" (1966) · "Rumbly in My Tumbly" (1966) · "A Rather Blustery Day" (1968) · "When the Rain Rain Rain Came Down" (1968) · "Little Black Rain Cloud" (1968) · "Heffalumps and Woozles" (1968) · "Hip Hip Pooh-Ray!" (1968) · "The Wonderful Things About Tiggers" (1974) · "I Hum to Myself" (1983) · "Just Say, 'Yes I Can'" (1983) · "The Right Side" (1983) · "You're the Only You" (1983) · "Try a Little Something New" (1983) · "Ev'ry Season Has A Reason" (1999) · "Someone Like Me" (2000) · "Whoop-de-Dooper Bounce" (2000) · "Pooh's Lullabee" (2000) · "How To Be A Tigger" (2000) · "Round My Family Tree" (2000) · "Your Heart Will Lead You Home" (2000) Television Welcome to Pooh Corner (1983–1986) · The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1988–1991) · The Book of Pooh (2001–2002) · My Friends Tigger & Pooh (2007-2009) Specials Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue (1990) · Winnie the Pooh and Christmas Too (1991) · Boo to You Too! Winnie the Pooh (1996) · A Winnie the Pooh Thanksgiving (1998) · Winnie the Pooh, A Valentine for You (1999) · Winnie the Pooh: Seasons of Giving (1999) · Winnie the Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Year (2002) · Winnie the Pooh: Springtime with Roo (2004) · Pooh's Heffalump Halloween Movie (2005) · Video games Winnie the Pooh in the Hundred Acre Wood · Winnie the Pooh Adventures · Winnie the Pooh's Party Games: In Search of the Treasure · Tigger's Honey Hunt · Pooh & Tigger's Hunny Safari · Winnie the Pooh Pre-School · Winnie the Pooh Kindergarten · Piglet's Big Game · Winnie the Pooh's Rumbly Tumbly Adventure · Ready to Read with Pooh · Kingdom Hearts (series) People A. A. Milne · Christopher Robin Milne · Sherman Brothers · Jim Cummings · Peter Dennis · Walt Disney · Sterling Holloway · Yevgeny Leonov · E. H. Shepard Related articles Ashdown Forest · Bother! The Brain of Pooh · Hundred Acre Wood · Methuen & Co. Ltd. · More Songs from Pooh Corner · Poohsticks · Return to Pooh Corner · The Tao of Pooh · The Te of Piglet · Winnipeg the Bear Category ·  Wikiquote ·  Commons ·  Wikinews