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 Born James Jonah Cummings on November 3, 1952, he grew up in Youngstown, Ohio.Sooner or later, he moved to New Orleans. There, he designed Mardi Gras floats, was a singer, door-to-door salesman, and a Louisiana riverboat deckhand.Then Cummings moved to Anaheim, California, where he started his career playing Lionel from the program Dumbo's Circus (1985).
Bio:
Born James Jonah Cummings on November 3, 1952, he grew up in Youngstown, Ohio.Sooner or later, he moved to New Orleans. There, he designed Mardi Gras floats, was a singer, door-to-door salesman, and a Louisiana riverboat deckhand.Then Cummings moved to Anaheim, California, where he started his career playing Lionel from the program Dumbo's Circus (1985).
Tivia:
He had to fill in for Jeremy Irons during the song "Be Prepared" in The Lion King (1994). Irons threw out his voice after singing, "You won't get a sniff without me!".Has taken over two of Sterling Holloway's characters. He took over the as the voice of Winnie the Pooh after Holloway's death and took over for the voice of Kaa in The Jungle Book 2 (2003).Only actor to appear in every animated series produced by Disney during the '90s. These include Gargoyles (1994), Goof Troop (1992), Darkwing Duck (1991), Aladdin (1994) and Bonkers (1993).The family of the late Louis Prima (who voiced King Louie in The Jungle Book (1967)) sued Disney because Cummings did too good of a job impersonating Prima when he voiced the character in the TV series spin off, TaleSpin (1990). As a result, King Louie was completely absent from The Jungle Book 2 (2003) and was replaced by a knockoff named "King Larry" in the TV series House of Mouse (2001) who was also voiced by Cummings.In an interview with Disney comics he cited Darkwing Duck and Don Karnage as two of his favorite roles, stating "they're both probably the closest to me - I kinda improvise a lot of them, kinda ad-lib".Gave up an opportunity to meet Sterling Holloway. While in a restaurant he heard the veteran actor's signature voice request a bowl of clam chowder. Jim recognized it immediately but he didn't go up to him as he feared he would have been too excited and would have scared the elderly Holloway. He later said he kind of wished he had.Role as the voice-over actor in Mark Hamill's Comic Book: The Movie (2004) is his only full-bodied, live-action role to date.He was also the 1991 alternate of the Shredder for the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987) series, which is also the same show where he voiced Leatherhead the mutant alligator.Of all the direct to video and theatrical Winnie the Pooh films in which he voiced the titular character and Tigger, he considers The Tigger Movie (2000) to be his all time favorite.Distinguishes himself from Paul Winchell by giving Tigger a slight lisp.Father of actress Raleigh West.Is currently dating rocket scientist Margaret Judge.He has appeared in three films that have been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), The Lion King (1994), & Shrek (2001).His favorite Disney roles are Pete (main favorite role), Winnie the Pooh, Tigger, Darkwing Duck, Ray, and Hondo Ohnaka.Good friends with Pat Fraley, Jess Harnell, Rob Paulsen, and Bill Farmer.He was a fan of Davy Crockett growing up and still has his coonskin cap.Is not related to Brian Cummings.A fan of Sonic the Hedgehog (1993) got Jim Cummings to say "Snooping as usual I see" in his Robotnik voice because of how popular the quote became on the internet also known as "Snoo-Pingas usual I see". |
| Name: |
Jim Cummings |
Type: |
Actor,Soundtrack,Additional Crew (IMDB) |
| Area: |
All World |
Platform: |
IMDB |
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Business scope: |
Actor,Soundtrack,Additional Crew |
| Products for sale: |
Actor,Soundtrack,Additional Crew |
| Model rank: |
385 |
| Last update: |
2024-07-01 03:54:46 |
| Height: |
5' 8' (1.73 m) |
| Biography: |
Born James Jonah Cummings on November 3, 1952, he grew up in Youngstown, Ohio.Sooner or later, he moved to New Orleans. There, he designed Mardi Gras floats, was a singer, door-to-door salesman, and a Louisiana riverboat deckhand.Then Cummings moved |
| Trivia: |
He had to fill in for Jeremy Irons during the song "Be Prepared" in The Lion King (1994). Irons threw out his voice after singing, "You won't get a sniff without me!".Has taken over two of Sterling Holloway's characters. He took over the as the voice of Winnie the Pooh after Holloway's death and took over for the voice of Kaa in The Jungle Book 2 (2003).Only actor to appear in every animated series produced by Disney during the '90s. These include Gargoyles (1994), Goof Troop (1992), Darkwing Duck (1991), Aladdin (1994) and Bonkers (1993).The family of the late Louis Prima (who voiced King Louie in The Jungle Book (1967)) sued Disney because Cummings did too good of a job impersonating Prima when he voiced the character in the TV series spin off, TaleSpin (1990). As a result, King Louie was completely absent from The Jungle Book 2 (2003) and was replaced by a knockoff named "King Larry" in the TV series House of Mouse (2001) who was also voiced by Cummings.In an interview with Disney comics he cited Darkwing Duck and Don Karnage as two of his favorite roles, stating "they're both probably the closest to me - I kinda improvise a lot of them, kinda ad-lib".Gave up an opportunity to meet Sterling Holloway. While in a restaurant he heard the veteran actor's signature voice request a bowl of clam chowder. Jim recognized it immediately but he didn't go up to him as he feared he would have been too excited and would have scared the elderly Holloway. He later said he kind of wished he had.Role as the voice-over actor in Mark Hamill's Comic Book: The Movie (2004) is his only full-bodied, live-action role to date.He was also the 1991 alternate of the Shredder for the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987) series, which is also the same show where he voiced Leatherhead the mutant alligator.Of all the direct to video and theatrical Winnie the Pooh films in which he voiced the titular character and Tigger, he considers The Tigger Movie (2000) to be his all time favorite.Distinguishes himself from Paul Winchell by giving Tigger a slight lisp.Father of actress Raleigh West.Is currently dating rocket scientist Margaret Judge.He has appeared in three films that have been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), The Lion King (1994), & Shrek (2001).His favorite Disney roles are Pete (main favorite role), Winnie the Pooh, Tigger, Darkwing Duck, Ray, and Hondo Ohnaka.Good friends with Pat Fraley, Jess Harnell, Rob Paulsen, and Bill Farmer.He was a fan of Davy Crockett growing up and still has his coonskin cap.Is not related to Brian Cummings.A fan of Sonic the Hedgehog (1993) got Jim Cummings to say "Snooping as usual I see" in his Robotnik voice because of how popular the quote became on the internet also known as "Snoo-Pingas usual I see". |
| Trademarks: |
A deep voice that can be manipulated for different characters
Frequently provides the voice of Disney characters
Voice of Darkwing Duck |
| Quotes: |
There's not a lot of us but we're out there. (about voice actors)
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I'm kind of the token non-celebrity in everything I'm in.
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I much prefer being in a recording session with all the other cast. You can play off each other so much easier but, I mean, I've sung harmony with people who aren't there.
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About Christopher Robin (2018): I think it's just beautiful. It's perfect timing because the world can catch up with us and steal our magic and that childhood sense of wonder. It's really east to forget the truly important things in the world when you're doing the 9 to 5 and bringing home the paycheck. Next thing you know, you're out there in the world and you don't stop and smell the roses. So, Pooh makes sure that Christopher gets back to what's important in the world. I think we can all use some of that.
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It's amazing to just be a cog in a wheel for anything Star Wars. Hondo Ohnaka, from Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008), is definitely one of my favorites. He was originally just supposed to be in a two or three episode storyline arc in Star Wars: Clone Wars, years ago. He came in and people responded nicely to it, so he got written into a few more episodes. And then, in the next season, he got written into a few more. They kept adding him, which was great. He's one of my favorites. |
| Job title: |
Actor,Soundtrack,Additional Crew |
| Others works: |
TV commercials for _Double Jeopardy (1999)_ on video and DVD (voice) (2000).
TV commercials for Thomas and the Magic Railroad (2000) (voice) (Summer 2000)
TV commercial for The NBA Finals 2000 on NBC (voice) (2000)
TV commercial for Batman and Robi |
| Spouse: |
Margaret Cummings (May 3, 2020 - present) Stephanie Cummings (November 10, 2001 - August 31, 2011) (divorced, 2 children) |
| Children: |
Raleigh West |
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