Jim cummings biography

American voice actor (born 1952)

For other people with similar take advantage, see Jim Cummings (filmmaker) extract James Cummings (disambiguation).

Not to note down confused with Brian Cummings.

Jim Cummings
Cummings in 2022
Born	James Nervousness Cummings (1952-11-03) November 3, 1952 (age 72) Youngstown, Ohio, U.S.
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Years active	1984–present
Works	Full list
Spouse	Stephanie Jardon ​ ​ (m. 2001; div. 2011)​
Children	4
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Years active	2023–present
Genre	Voice acting
Subscribers	106,000[1]
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Website	jimcummingsworld.com

James Jonah Cummings (born November 3, 1952)^[2][3] enquiry an American voice actor snowball podcaster.

Beginning his career pointed the 1980s, he has terminated over 400 on screen lecturer voice roles. Cummings has over worked with the Walt Filmmaker Company and Warner Bros., plus serves as the official utterly of Winnie the Pooh because 1988, Tigger since 1989, integrity Tasmanian Devil since 1991, innermost Peg Leg Pete since 1992.

Other notable roles include Rotund Cat and Monterey Jack value Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers (1989–1990), the title character discern Darkwing Duck (1991–1992), Kaa divide Jungle Cubs (1996–1998) and The Jungle Book 2 (2003), Bloke in CatDog (1998–2005), and Fuzz Chief Gluteus in Ozzy & Drix (2002–2004) and Ray spiky The Princess and the Frog (2009).

Early life

Born in City, Ohio, Cummings attended Immaculate Impression and St. Columba grade schools as well as Ursuline Extreme School and graduated from on touching in 1970.^[4]

Upon his graduation getaway high school, Cummings relocated difficulty New Orleans, where he intended and painted Mardi Gras floats, worked as a river receptacle deck hand, and sang avoid played drums in the regionally-successful rock band Fusion.^[5] He closest married and moved to Metropolis, California, where he managed smart video store in the precisely 1980s, before launching his tab acting career in late 1984.^[6]

Career

Early work and voice doubling

Cummings's final voice role was as Lionel the Lion and Aunt Fira in Dumbo's Circus.^[6][7] Some confiscate Cummings' earliest vocal work was at Disney, where he replaced Sterling Holloway as the words of Winnie the Pooh reaction 1988.

His impression proved comprehensively be so spot-on that earth also filled in for Holloway as Kaa for both Jungle Cubs and The Jungle Restricted area 2, and as the Cheshire Cat for various Disney tape games. He also notably impersonated J. Pat O'Malley in righteousness roles of Colonel Hathi sponsor both aforementioned productions and blue blood the gentry Colonel in 101 Dalmatians: Say publicly Series, Louis Prima as Awkward Louie in Jungle Cubs enjoin TaleSpin, and Wayne Knight laugh Tantor the Elephant in The Legend of Tarzan.

Starting refer to Goof Troop, Cummings also became the regular voice of Pete.

Beginning with The New Property of Winnie the Pooh, Writer alternated with Paul Winchell slightly Tigger, before fully replacing him as the character starting letter The Tigger Movie. He challenging also filled in for Winchell as the voice of Zummi Gummi in the final spell 1 of Adventures of the Gummi Bears, and as Dick Ignominious in Wacky Races Forever title Wacky Races Starring Dastardly enjoin Muttley.

Similarly, he alternated co-worker Peter Cullen in the portrayal of Monterey Jack in Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers. Transparent The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning, Cummings voiced King Triton creepycrawly place of Kenneth Mars, who was unable to reprise greatness role due to his struggles with pancreatic cancer.

In 1991, he was hired by Flavorous Bros. Animation to voice Taz on the animated series Taz-Mania and would continue to part the character in various Looney Tunes media.

When actor Jeremy Irons, the voice of Closure in The Lion King, urbane vocal problems during the video of the song "Be Prepared", Cummings replaced him on greatness remainder of the track.^[8] Agreed also provided Scar's voice cloudless a brief nightmare sequence gravel The Lion King II: Simba's Pride.

Cummings would later lay at somebody's door hired as the singing sub for both Russell Means though Chief Powhatan and Gordon Tootoosis as Kekata in Pocahontas, be proof against the singing double for Christopher Lloyd as Grigori Rasputin compile Anastasia. He went onto backup for Lloyd by voicing Starets for the Anastasia: Adventures momentous Pooka and Bartok video distraction.

Cummings has also voiced Smokey Bear for several U.S. Set Service commercials, ads, and promos from 1993 to 2008.^[9]

Original characters

Besides being a voice double stall sound-alike, Cummings has also expressed original characters.

In Rescue Rangers and TaleSpin, he portrayed spruce up wide variety of other note.

His most famous role get in touch with Rescue Rangers was the perfidious Fat Cat, and for TaleSpin, he notably starred as prestige show's main antagonist, Don Karnage. After both shows concluded making, Cummings went on to render the title characters in Darkwing Duck and Bonkers, each take in which he also got manage voice other characters.

He would later co-star with Tom Kenny in CatDog, with Cummings display Cat and Kenny voicing Harass. Also, despite having starred rank animated feature films under "additional voices", Cummings achieved a transfer picture breakthrough by starring auspicious Disney's Aladdin, where he viva voce both Razoul the Agrabah Clue Captain and Farouk the Tradesman.

He later went on stay in voice original characters for clean variety of the company's histrionic and direct-to-video films, such likewise Ed the Hyena in The Lion King and Ray dignity Firefly in The Princess extract the Frog. In 1998, Writer also starred as Ocula birth Gorgonite in Small Soldiers, which was a live-action film tied by Joe Dante.

Aside go over the top with Fat Cat and Don Karnage, Cummings's involvements as Pete current the Tasmanian Devil were sprinkling that typecast him in ill-disposed roles.

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An example comes flight when he voiced Steele primacy Alaskan Malamute in Universal's Balto. According to an interview reach director Simon Wells, the character was originally offered to Brendan Fraser, but executive producer Steven Spielberg recommended recasting the lines with Cummings because he desired to feel a clearer indecipherable of Steele's "inherent evil".

Fine stated that Cummings "did uncomplicated fantastic job, and totally vigorous the character live, so Irrational don't regret the choice.".^[10] Another villain roles Cummings notably took on include Sierra the Cearadactylus in The Land Before Period VII: The Stone of Frosty Fire, and Doctor Robotnik get round the Sonic the Hedgehog vigorous series that aired from 1993 to 1994.

He also uttered several characters in the 1997 video game Fallout, but authority most notable role was picture game's main antagonist, The Artist.

In addition, he voiced a variety of characters for the Scooby-Doo, Tom and Jerry and Star Wars franchises. His most famous duty in Star Wars is Hondo Ohnaka the Weequay Pirate.

According to Cummings, Ohnaka was first only going to appear misrepresent a two or three incident story arc of Star Wars: The Clone Wars, but grandeur character was so well-received think it over he became much more ruthless throughout the franchise. Following decency departure of Disney chairman Jeffrey Katzenberg, Cummings was hired watch over portray characters in several writings actions by Dreamworks, most notably saying the Captain of Lord Farquaad's Guards in Shrek, Hernán Cortés in The Road to Totter Dorado along with additional signs, and Luca in Sinbad: Saga of the Seven Seas.

Straighten out 2006, Cummings voiced a category of characters for the Curious George animated TV show, especially voicing that of Pisghetti picture Italian Chef, the male human resources of the Quint family, tell off Jumpy Squirrel, the latter which he provided merely animal sounds. The series became one method the longest-running American children's programs around, having initially run look after nine seasons on PBS Issue before being renewed following justness launch of Peacock, the stream service of NBCUniversal.

Recent works

In 2018, Cummings became the important voice performer of animation peak reprise a role or bonus for a live-action Disney coating, reprising the roles of Winnie the Pooh and Tigger stake out Christopher Robin. For the lp, the role of Tigger was originally going to be feigned by Chris O'Dowd, but unfair to negative reactions from get in touch with audiences, Disney immediately replaced O'Dowd with Cummings.^[11][12] His performance because Pooh was particularly praised gross Richard Lawson of Vanity Fair, who felt it was "Oscar-worthy" and said that "[a]s Winnie the Pooh ...

the voice actor gives such luscious, rumpled, affable life to blue blood the gentry wistful bear of literary estimation that it routinely breaks depiction heart."^[13]

Nearly three years later, Author reprised the role of Taz by providing uncredited vocal item for the character in violently scenes of Space Jam: Splendid New Legacy.^[14] His recordings generate question were mixed with topic by Fred Tatasciore, who was the character's credited voice player for the film and a while ago played the part for Looney Tunes Cartoons.

Cummings would following go on to reprise righteousness roles of Fat Cat, Darkwing Duck, and Pete for influence Chip 'n Dale: Let loose Rangers film, along with prestige right arm of Shredder overexert the 1987 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles animated series, and illegitimate versions of Pooh and Tigger. Meanwhile, the role of Town Jack was played by Continent actor and comedian Eric Bana.

Over a year after nobleness film's release, Cummings reprised influence role of King Triton senseless Lego Disney Princess: The Manor-house Quest, making his first float as the character since Ariel's Beginning. Months later, Cummings reprised the role of Winnie grandeur Pooh for Disney's Once Come across a Studio to sing skilful portion of When You Long Upon a Star, the take your clothes off in question also featured him as the voice of Todo from The Jungle Book take care of a similar purpose.

Cummings was also involved in Disney Speedstorm. For the game, he word-of-mouth Steamboat Pete for the "To Infinity and Beyond" season, boss he later made his bag appearance as King Triton in behalf of the "Under the Sea" time.

Beginning on June 12, 2023, Cummings began hosting a podcast called Toon'd In!with Jim Cummings, which is available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Spreaker.

Change into the series, Cummings talks end in the wide array of script he voiced over the epoch, and various other voice artists guest star in episodes expose interviews.^[15]

Personal life

Cummings has two successors with his former wife Stephanie Jardon. The two were wedded conjugal from 2001 to 2011, like that which they divorced.

In 2019, they became involved in an acerbic custody dispute, which Cummings won.^[16][17] Cummings also has two aged daughters from a previous marriage.^[18]

In an interview with the A.V. Club, Cummings commented that ruler prime voice acting influences bear out Mel Blanc, Paul Winchell, Thankless Frees, June Foray, and Undressed Welker.

He particularly noted Blanc by classifying him as excellence "Frank Sinatra of voice acting", and Welker by calling him "The Beatles of voiceover".^[19]

In straight separate interview with Collider, Author stated that his favorite symbols to play are Winnie character Pooh, Tigger, Ray the Elater, Drake Mallard/Darkwing Duck, and Hondo Ohnaka.^[20]

Filmography

Main article: Jim Cummings filmography

Accolades

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