Jim Cummings
Disney's multi-talented man of a hundred and one voices.
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Five reasons to love Jim Cummings:
- NegaDuck
- Darkwing Duck
- Dr. Robotnic
- Tigger
- Black Pete
Jim Cummings at a Glance
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.
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 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time. The 2007 movie will be 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 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/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 Ys 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 gem "Toonstruck."
In addition, Cummings narrates the current Epcot fireworks show, 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, Billy West and Mark Hamill.
James Jonah "Jim" Cummings (born November 3, 1952)State of California. Lists James J. Cummings on 3 November 1952. No James J. Cummings born in 1953. 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's 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 his replacement for the animated feature, Winnie th...
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Negaduck
Another Darkwing Duck Clip, featuring everyone's favourite psychotic villain, Negaduck :D Clip is from 'Just us Justice Ducks [2]'. Again, please note that this is hosted here without permission in a low-quality format for entertainment purposes only. If you want to see more, go and buy the episodes on video or dvd. I do not own Negaduck (sadly), nor any of the other characters portrayed here. If this needs to be taken down, please just ask me and I will be more than happy to remove it instantaneously.
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Jim Cummings as Black Pete
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Jim Cummings as Dr. Robotnik
Robotnik
Dr. Ivo Robotnik (aka; Dr. Eggman), is the greatest villain of all time, fictional or non-fictional. He is better than Lex Luthor. He is better than Bowser. He is better than the Joker. He is better than Darth Vader. He is better than Hitler. He is better than Dick Dastardly. In fact, he's better than just about every character ever that ever existed.
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Which Character Is Jim's Best?
Here are a list of some of the popular characters whom Jim Cummings is the voice of.
Filmography
All of the Shows Jim Cummings Has Stared as a Voice Actor In!
* 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
* The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius - 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
* 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
* 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
* Codename: Kids Next Door - 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)
* 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
* 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: Ariel's Beginning - King Triton
* Marsupilami - Maurice, Norman
* My Friends Tigger & Pooh - Winnie the Pooh, Tigger, Beaver
* The Mask - 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
* Pocahontas - Chief Powhatan (singing vocals), Wise Man
* Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World - King James
* 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
* 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
* Small Soldiers - Ocula
* Sonic the Hedgehog (SATAM) - Doctor Ivo Robotnik, SWATbots, Nasty Hyena member (Fed Up With Antoine)
* Spider-Man - Shocker
* SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron - 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
* Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time - 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
* 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? (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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