Jim Cummings Biography

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James Jonah Cummings (born November 3, 1952State of California. Lists James J. Cummings on 3 November 1952. No James J. Cummings born in 1953. in Youngstown, Ohio) is a prolific American voice actor and has often been considered to be a successor to the voice acting legend Mel Blanc.

Biography

After moving to New Orleans and working as a constructor of Mardi Gras floats, Cummings eventually found himself in Anaheim, California working odd jobs. In 1983, the increasing illness of longtime Winnie the Pooh voice actor Sterling Holloway led to an open call to replace him for the movie Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore. Cummings offered an uncanny substitute, and was hired for his first voice actor job.

Over the next 20 years, Cummings' role in voice acting evolved from bit characters to leading roles in major series at a number of studios, including Nickelodeon, Warner Bros., Hanna-Barbera, Dreamworks, and 20th Century Fox studios. However, his most famous and long-lasting roles have occurred at Walt Disney Studios, where has provided voices for any number of television series, including leading roles in Gummi Bears, 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 roles for Cummings 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!.

Cummings is well-known for being a superb voice imitator. He imitates Sterling Holloway's voicework as Winnie the Pooh and Kaa extremely well, and was even able to imitate Paul Winchell's the voice of Tigger when Winchell retired. When Jeremy Irons's vocal cords blew out during production of The Lion King, Cummings was chosen to imitate Irons's voice in the last part of the song "Be Prepared".

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 his voice for Bad Mr. Frosty, Hougan, and Sumo Santa in Clay Fighter 63 1/3. He 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 also did some side characters' voices for Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers.

Cummings also narrates the current Epcot fireworks show, IllumiNations: Reflections of Earth.

Cummings recently guest starred on The Replacements as the original lifegaurd later replaced by Davey Hunkerhoff on the episode Davey Hunkerhoff / Ratted Out alongside High School Musical star Zac Efron.

Voiceography

• 101 Dalmatians: The Series - Colonel, Mayor Ed Pig
  
• 2 Stupid Dogs - Super Secret Secret Squirrel's Morroco Mole
  
• The Addams Family - Lurch
  
• Adventures of the Gummi Bears - Zummi Gummi, Chummi Gummi
  
• The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron - Mayor Quadar, Ultra Lord
  
• Aladdin - Razoul, also in the TV Series
  
• Anastasia - Rasputin (singing voice)
  
• Animaniacs - Narrator and several one-shot characters
  
• The Batman - Temblor
  
• Balto - Steele
  
• Bonkers - Bonkers D. Bobcat, Lucky Piquel
  
• The Book of Pooh - Winnie the Pooh, Tigger
  
• Bump in the Night - Mr. Bumpy, Destructo, Closet Monster
  
• Captain Planet and the Planeteers - Sly Sludge (Hanna-Barbera episodes)
  
• CatDog - Cat
  
• ChalkZone - Skrawl
  
• Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers - Montery Jack, Fat Cat, Professor Nimnul
  
• Codename: Kids Next Door - Vin Moosk
  
• Cro - Phil, Ogg, Murray
  
• Darkwing Duck - Drake Mallard/Darkwing Duck, NegaDuck, Herb Muddlefoot, Professor Moliarty
  
• Earthworm Jim - Psycrow, Bob the Killer Goldfish, and other various voices.
  
• Gargoyles - Dingo
  
• Goof Troop - Pete
  
• House of Mouse - Pete, King Louie, Big Bad Wolf, Censor Monkeys, Ed the Hyena, Gorilla, Kaa, Razoul, Tiki Masks, Weasels, Zeke
  
• Invasion America - Major Lomack
  
• Jackie Chan Adventures - Hak Foo (Season 1)
  
• Kingdom Hearts and Kingdom Hearts II - Pete, Winnie the Pooh, Tigger, Ed
  
• The Land Before Time VII: The Stone of Cold Fire - Sierra
  
• 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
  
• Marsupilami - Maurice, Norman
  
• My Friends Tigger & Pooh - Winnie the Pooh, Tigger,
  
• The Mask - Doyle, Kablamis (Cartoon Series)
  
• 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 - Ioz
  
• The Powerpuff Girls - Fuzzy Lumpkins
  
• The Road to El Dorado- Hernán Cortés
  
• Road Rovers - General Parvo
  
• The Secret Files of the Spy Dogs - Bald Spokesperson, Flea Leader, Von Rabie, Catastrophe
  
• Sonic the Hedgehog(SATAM) - Dr. Robotnik
  
• Spider-Man - Shocker
  
• SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron - Mayor Manx, Feral's Sergeant
  
• TaleSpin - Don Karnage, Louie, Trader Moe
  
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Shredder (1991 Alternate), Leatherhead, Genghis Frog
  
• Teen Titans - Master of Games ("Winner Take All")
  
• Taz-Mania - Taz, Buddy Boar, Bushwhacker Bob, Wendell T. Wolf
  
• The Tick - Thrakkorzog, Barry Hubris, Stalingrad, Captain Decency, Mr. Mental, Multiple Santa, Leonardo Da Vinci
  
• Timon and Pumbaa - Ed, Additional Voices
  
• The Transformers - Afterburner, Rippersnapper
  
• Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light - 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? - Narrator
  
• Widget the World Watcher - Megabrain
  
• Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa-Dakota Dude
  
• W.I.T.C.H. - Tridart
  
• Ys: Book I&II - Dalles
  

Workplace

• International Creative Management
  

Notes

External links

• The Cult of Cummings The Jim Cummings fan club and the largest fansite devoted to this voice actor
  
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• 1. Banzai: Yeah, but... were still hungry.
  2. Scar: OUT!
  3. Ed: Hehehehehehhe!
  From The Lion King. Submitted by Lisa H (1 day ago)

• 1. Winnie the Pooh: Just a I suspected. Owl,we need more honey!
  From Winnie the Pooh. Submitted by Christina B (56 days ago)

• 1. Winnie the Pooh: Owl, we need more honey.
  From Winnie the Pooh. Submitted by scott b (2 months ago)

• 1. Featherstone: And where is this well everyone keeps falling into?
  From Gnomeo and Juliet. Submitted by Stephanie G (4 months ago)

• 1. Ray: Just follow the bouncing butt!
  From The Princess and the Frog. Submitted by Shelia H (5 months ago)

• 1. Owl: We need to issue an-
  2. Winnie the Pooh: Gesundheit.
  3. Owl: What?
  4. Winnie the Pooh: You sneezed.
  5. Owl: No, the word is 'issue' not 'achoo'!
  6. Winnie the Pooh: You must be catching a cold.
  7. Eeyore: I'll probably catch it too.
  From Winnie the Pooh. Submitted by Bryce O (6 months ago)

• 1. Winnie the Pooh: I am a bear of little brain, and long words bother me.
  From Winnie the Pooh. Submitted by Elizabeth H (6 months ago)

• 1. Featherstone: You cannot ever pull the wool over these beady eyes!
  From Gnomeo and Juliet. Submitted by Becca H (6 months ago)

• 1. Victor: As your friends and guardians, we insist you attend the festival!
  2. Quasimodo: Me?
  3. Misc. Guards and Gypsies: No, the pope. Of course, 'you!' [sticks Pope figurine in Quasimodo's mouth]
  From The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Submitted by Diego T (7 months ago)

• 1. Scar: Ahh, my friends.
  2. Shenzi: Friends? I thought he said that we are the enemy!
  3. Banzai: Yeah, that's what I heard. [with Shenzi] Ed?
  4. Ed: [laughing slowly and maniacally]
  5. Scar: No. Let... no. Let me explain. No, you don't understand! No, I didn't mean to... no. NO! [speaking his way out of this, then gets eaten by the hyenas]
  From The Lion King. Submitted by Derek K (8 months ago)

• 1. Winnie the Pooh: Ever have one of those days where you just can't win, Eeyore?
  2. Eeyore: Every day.
  From Winnie the Pooh. Submitted by Jessica C (10 months ago)

• 1. Winnie the Pooh: Oh, stuff and fluff.
  From Winnie the Pooh. Submitted by Collin O (10 months ago)

• 1. Winnie the Pooh: We need honey...
  From Winnie the Pooh. Submitted by Ravi S (10 months ago)

• 1. Winnie the Pooh: Oh, bother.
  From Winnie the Pooh. Submitted by Rania S (10 months ago)

• 1. Tigger: The 100 Arce Wood needs a hero Pooh Bear! And I'm the only one.
  From Winnie the Pooh. Submitted by Marija N (10 months ago)

• 1. Rabbit: No knot knot?
  2. Winnie the Pooh: Who's there?
  3. Rabbit: Pooh!
  4. Winnie the Pooh: Pooh who?
  5. Rabbit: Ugh!
  From Winnie the Pooh. Submitted by Ben R (10 months ago)

• 1. Owl: Well, the thing to do is issue a reward-
  2. Winnie the Pooh: Gesundheit.
  3. Owl: I beg your pardon?
  4. Winnie the Pooh: You sneezed.
  5. Owl: No I didn't, the word is 'issue' not 'hachew'
  6. Winnie the Pooh: You must be catching a cold.
  7. Eeyore: I'll probably catch it too.
  From Winnie the Pooh. Submitted by Jacob D (10 months ago)

• 1. Featherstone: I may not be a smart bird, but I know what love is!
  From Gnomeo and Juliet. Submitted by Madison S (11 months ago)

• 1. Featherstone: And I'm PINK! Who cares?!
  From Gnomeo and Juliet. Submitted by Madison S (11 months ago)

• 1. Ray: Don't make me light my butt.
  From The Princess and the Frog. Submitted by Charles C (11 months ago)

• 1. Winnie the Pooh: Since this is a book of Piglet's memories maybe it remembers where Piglet is.
  From Piglet's Big Movie. Submitted by Francis G (13 months ago)

• 1. Featherstone: A weed by any other name is still a weed.
  From Gnomeo and Juliet. Submitted by rob g (14 months ago)