Jim Cummings

Jim Cummings

Background information

Fullname

James Jonah Cummings

Born

November 3,1952 (age 72)
Youngstown,Ohio,United States

Nationality

American

Alternate names

James J. Cummings
J. Jonah Cummings
James Cummings
Jimmy Cummings

Occupation

Voice actor, singer

Years active

1984–present

Background[]

Born in Youngstown,Ohio, Cummings moved toNew Orleans when he was young. It was there that he worked onMardi Gras floats and as a door-to-door salesman. He then moved toCalifornia, where he worked odd jobs before he became a voice actor.

He has voiced many characters in severalDisney productions, most notablyDarkwing Duck,Negaduck,Winnie the Pooh,Tigger,Pete,Ray,Bonkers D. Bobcat,Kaa,Ed,Big Bad Wolf, among others. He also provided the opening narration for thePhineas and Ferb special "Phineas and Ferb: Star Wars".

Roles[]

The Disney Wiki has a gallery of Disney roles related toJim Cummings.

Gallery[]

Jim Cummings behind the scenes ofThe Lion King.

Jim Cummings with his animated family of Disney characters.

Jim Cummings attending the premiere ofPiglet's Big Movie in March 2003.

Jim Cummings being interviewed forThe Princess and the Frog.

Jim Cummings with his ex-wife, Stephanie, and their daughters, Lulu and Grace, atThe Princess and the Frog premiere in November 2009.

Jim Cummings behind the scenes ofWinnie the Pooh.

Jim Cummings with his co-starTom Kenny during an interview forWinnie the Pooh.

Jim Cummings and Tom Kenny at the premiere ofWinnie the Pooh in July 2011.

Jim Cummings attending the 40th annual Annie Awards in February 2013.

Jim Cummings speaks at the Magic City Comic Con in Birmingham,Alabama in January 2015.

Jim Cummings attending the premiere ofChristopher Robin in July 2018.

Trivia[]

• Cummings' favorite Disney character voice roles arePete (his main favorite voice role),Winnie the Pooh,Tigger,Darkwing Duck,Ray, andHondo Ohnaka.^[1]
• He was a fan ofDavy Crockett growing up and still has his coonskin cap.^[1]
• Outside of Disney, Cummings is also well-known for voicing antagonistic characters, includingGeneral Parvo in theKids' WB animated seriesRoad Rovers,Skrawl in theNickelodeon animated seriesChalkZone,Dr. Robotnik in the SatAM version ofSonic the Hedgehog, andSteele in the1995Universal Pictures animated filmBalto.
• Jim Cummings had been paired up with fellow actorTom Kenny in several shows, such asThe Powerpuff Girls andCatDog. Thus, they were reunited in a way when Cummings voiced Pooh and Tigger and Kenny voicedRabbit in the2011Winnie the Pooh film.
• Cummings andBrad Garrett both reprised their roles as Pooh and Tigger (Cummings) along withEeyore (Garrett) in the2018 live-action filmChristopher Robin. This makes them the first two voice actors to reprise their respective voice roles in a live-action film.
• Along with voice acting, Jim also currently runs a YouTube channel called "Toon'd in with Jim Cummings", where he, along with his producer Chris, interviews voice actors not just from Disney but from other companies too.
  • On his 72nd birthday, Jim received the YouTube silver play button award for passing 100K subscribers on his channel.

References[]

External links[]

• Jim Cummings onWikipedia
• Jim Cummings onIMDb
• Official website
• Jim Cummings on𝕏
• Jim Cummings onInstagram
• Jim Cummings onTikTok
• Cameo
• Jim Cummings onBehind the Voice Actors
• Jim Cummings onEnglish Voice Over Wiki
• Jim Cummings onWookieepedia: The Star Wars Wiki
• Jim Cummings onMickey and Friends Wiki
• Jim Cummings onTaleSpin Wiki
• Jim Cummings onThe Disney Afternoon Wiki
• Jim Cummings onDarkwing Duck Wiki
• Jim Cummings onGargoyles Wiki

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