Jim Cummings
Jim Cummings (born 1953 in Youngstown, Ohio) is a prolific American voice actor.
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, Fred Wolf Films, 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 "Darkwing Duck", "Bonkers", "Gargoyles", and "Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers") and movies such as Hercules, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and Pocohontas. Ironically, his most famous role for Disney (outside of Winnie the Pooh) was his non-speaking turn as 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 SatAM", and Taz the Tazmanian Devil on "Taz-Mania" and a number of other projects. Over the years Cummings has become the official voice for a number of legendary cartoon characters, including Taz, Winnie the Pooh, Tigger, Dick Dastardly, the Slag Brothers, Big Gruesome, Pvt Meekly Clyde and Morocco Mole.
Cummings has also provided voices for video games, television commercials, and movie trailers, and is the current official announcer for Kids' WB.
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