Jim Cummings

James Jonah Cummings (born November 3, 1952) is an American voice actor and singer, who has appeared in almost 400 roles, including Winnie the Pooh, Tigger, and the Tasmanian Devil.

Early life
Born in Youngstown, Ohio, Cummings relocated to New Orleans, where he designed and painted Mardi Gras floats, worked as a river boat deck hand and sang and played drums in the regionally-successful rock band Fusion. He attended Immaculate Conception and St. Columba grade schools as well as Ursuline High School and graduated from there in 1970.

He later married and moved to Anaheim, California, where he managed a video store in the early 1980s, before launching his voice-acting career in late 1984.

Career
Cummings's first voice role was as Lionel the Lion and Aunt Fira in Dumbo's Circus. Some of Cummings' earliest vocal work was at Disney, where he replaced Hal Smith as the voice of Winnie the Pooh in 1988. He began replacing partially Paul Winchell as Tigger, before fully replacing him as the character in 2000's The Tigger Movie. In 1991, he ventured to Warner Bros. Animation and began voicing Tasmanian Devil on the animated series Taz-Mania (he would voice the character on other Warner Brothers shows, such as Animaniacs, and reprise the voice in 2006 in Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas).

When actor Jeremy Irons, the voice of Scar in The Lion King, developed vocal problems during recording of the song "Be Prepared", Cummings replaced him on the remainder of the track. He also provided Scar's voice in a brief dream sequence in The Lion King II: Simba's Pride. Cummings would later be hired as the singing double for Russell Means in Pocahontas and Christopher Lloyd in Anastasia.

In 2018, he became the first voice performer of animation to reprise his role(s) for a live-action Disney film, reprising the roles of Winnie the Pooh and Tigger for the film Christopher Robin. His performance as Pooh was particularly praised by Richard Lawson of Vanity Fair, who felt it was "Oscar-worthy" and said that "[a]s Winnie the Pooh … the veteran voice actor gives such sweet, rumpled, affable life to the wistful bear of literary renown that it routinely breaks the heart."

Personal life
Cummings has two daughters with Stephanie Cummings, as well as two older children from a previous marriage. Cummings and Stephanie divorced in 2011, after ten years of marriage.

Filmography

Film
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! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
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| rowspan=1 | 1986
| Castle in the Sky
| General Muoro 
| Disney 2003 dub
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| rowspan=2 | 1988
| Scooby-Doo! and the Reluctant Werewolf
| Frankenstein, Skull Head and Gengis Ko
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| Who Framed Roger Rabbit
| Bullet #2
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| rowspan=1 | 1989
| Stanley and the Dinosaurs
| Caveman Stanley
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| rowspan=1 | 1990
| Raisins: Sold Out!: The California Raisins II
| Narrator
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| rowspan=1 | 1991
| Dragon and Slippers 
| Sir Kay
| English dub
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| rowspan=2 | 1992
| Aladdin
| Razoul and Farouk
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| Pinocchio
| Geppetto
|rowspan=2|Direct-to-video
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| rowspan=4 | 1994
| 
| Razoul
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| 
| Ed 
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| 
| Long John Silver
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| Mortal Kombat: The Journey Begins
| Shang Tsung and Sub-Zero
|Direct-to-video
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| rowspan=5 | 1995
| 
| Pete
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| Runaway Brain
| Julius
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| Pocahontas
| Chief Powhatan, Kekata (Singing Voices)
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| Toy Story
| Announcer
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| Balto
| Steele
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| rowspan=6 | 1996
| Siegfried & Roy: Masters of the Impossible
| Additional Voices
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| Aladdin and the King of Thieves
| Razoul
| Direct-to-video
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| Ed's Next Move
| Lee's Boyfriend and Raphael
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| All Dogs Go to Heaven 2
| Jingles
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| 
| Mr. Minch
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| 
| Frollo's Soldiers and Gypsies
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| rowspan=6 | 1997
| Cats Don't Dance
| Man #1
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| Hercules
| Nessus the River Centaur, Tall Thebian, Elderly Thebian and Lava Titan
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| Redux Riding Hood
| Thompkins
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| Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin
| Winnie-the-Pooh, Skullasaurus, Tigger (singing voice)
| rowspan=2 | Direct-to-video
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| Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas
| Additional Voices
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| Anastasia
| Rasputin (singing voice)
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|-
| rowspan="10" | 1998
| Belle's Magical World
| Webster
| rowspan="5" | Direct-to-video
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| 
| Singer
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| 
|Ed Et Kamari
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| Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World
| King James
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| Rusty: A Dog's Tale
| Additional Voices
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| Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island
| Jacques and Morgan Moonscar
| Direct-to-video
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| Antz
| Soldier Ants and One Worker Ant
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| A Bug's Life
| The Fly Brothers
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| Buster & Chauncey's Silent Night
| Buster
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| rowspan=8 | 1999
| Tarzan
| Dennis
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| The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue
| Singer
| Direct-to-video
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| 
| Uncle Drosselmeier and Gramps
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| Winnie the Pooh: Seasons of Giving
| Winnie-the-Pooh and Tigger
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| 
| Kent Mansley's screaming voice
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| Toy Story 2
| Clerk
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| Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas
| Pete
| Direct-to-video
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| Bartok the Magnificent
| Additional voices
| Uncredited  Direct-to-video
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| rowspan=10 | 2000
| The Tigger Movie
| Tigger and Winnie-the-Pooh
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| 
| Pete
| Direct-to-video
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| 
| Hernán Cortés and Additional voices
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| Aladdin and the Adventure of All Time
| Additional voices
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| Titan A.E.
| Chowquin
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| Chicken Run
| Dogs
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| Tweety's High-Flying Adventure
| Taz, Rocky, Yosemite Sam, Cool Cat, Shropshire Slasher, Casino Cat, Policeman and Additional Voices
| Direct-to-video
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| 
| Santa Claus
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| CatDog and the Great Parent Mystery
| Cat
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| 
| Sierra
| rowspan=2 | Direct-to-video
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| rowspan=6 | 2001
| Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure
| Tony
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| Shrek
| Captain of Guards
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| Atlantis: The Lost Empire
| Helmsman, Smithsonian Board Member #1, Atlantean Ketak Warrior and Atlantean Photographer
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| The Book of Pooh: Stories from the Heart
| Winnie-the-Pooh and Tigger
| Direct-to-video
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| Monsters, Inc.
| Light Green Monster
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| Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
| Ultra Lord, Mission Control and General
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| rowspan=8 | 2002
| Return to Never Land
| Turk
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| Tom and Jerry: The Magic Ring
| Butch
| Direct-to-video
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| Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
| Colonel's Soldiers
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| Tarzan & Jane
| Tantor
| rowspan=3 | Direct-to-video
|-
| Mickey's House of Villains
| Pete, Big Bad Wolf, Kaa and Ed
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| Winnie the Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Year
| Winnie-the-Pooh and Tigger
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| Treasure Planet
| Male Alien
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| The Wild Thornberrys Movie
| Ranger Arresting Sloan Blackburn
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| rowspan=4 | 2003
| 101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure
| Dirty Dawson
| Direct-to-video
|-
| | Kaa, Colonel Hathi and M.C. Monkey
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| Piglet's Big Movie| Winnie-the-Pooh and Tigger
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| Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas| Luca and Additional voices
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|-
| rowspan=7 | 2004
| Comic Book: The Movie| Dr. Cedric Perview
| Live Action  Direct-to-video
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| | Ed
| Direct-to-video
|-
| Winnie the Pooh: Springtime with Roo| Winnie-the-Pooh and Tigger
| Direct-to-video
|-
| Jimmy Neutron: Win, Lose and Kaboom| Gen. Abercrombie, Brain #2 and Mayor Quadar
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|-
| Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers| Pete
| Direct-to-video
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| The Incredibles| News Reporter
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| Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas| Blitzen
| Direct-to-video
|-
| rowspan=3 | 2005
| Pooh's Heffalump Movie| rowspan=2 | Winnie-the-Pooh and Tigger
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| Pooh's Heffalump Halloween Movie| Direct-to-video
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| Chicken Little| Student
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|-
| rowspan=4 | 2006
| Disaster!| Harry Bottoms, Guy Kirk and Narrator
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| Brother Bear 2| Chilkoot and Bering
| rowspan=4 | Direct-to-video
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| Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas| Taz and Gossamer
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| | Waylon/Floyd and Additional voices
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| rowspan=4 | 2007
| Hellboy: Blood and Iron| Tom Manning
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| TMNT| Additional voices
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| Bee Movie| Title Narrator and Graduation Announcer
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| Super Sleuth Christmas Movie| Winnie-the-Pooh and Tigger
|rowspan=2|Direct-to-video
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| rowspan=4 | 2008
| | King Triton and Shelbow
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| Dead Space: Downfall| Captain Mathius and Farum
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| | Fuzzy Lumpkins
|Direct-to-video
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| Turok: Son of Stone| Caveman
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|-
| rowspan=3 | 2009
| My Friends Tigger & Pooh: Tigger & Pooh and a Musical Too| Winnie-the-Pooh, Tigger and Beaver
|
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| Bionicle: The Legend Reborn| Ackar
| Direct-to-video
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| | Ray
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|-
| rowspan=2 | 2010
| Despicable Me| Man #2
|
|-
| My Friends Tigger & Pooh: Super Duper Super Sleuths| Winnie-the-Pooh and Tigger
| Direct-to-video
|-
| rowspan=3 | 2011
| Gnomeo and Juliet| Featherstone
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|-
| | Rusty
| Direct-to-video
|-
| Winnie the Pooh| Winnie-the-Pooh and Tigger
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|-
| rowspan=3 | 2012
| Zambezia| Budzo
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|-
| Wreck-It Ralph| Additional voices
|
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| Sofia the First: Once Upon a Princess| Wormwood
|
|-
| 2013
| I Know That Voice| Himself
| Documentary
|-
| rowspan=2 | 2014
| The Pirate Fairy| Oppenheimer and Port
| rowspan=2 | Direct-to-video
|-
| Tom and Jerry: The Lost Dragon| Kaldorf
|- 
| 2015
| Minions| rowspan=2 | Additional voices
| Credited as James J. Cummings
|-
| rowspan=3 | 2016
| The Secret Life of Pets|
|-
| Sheep and Wolves| Magra, Klif and Baron
| English dub
|-
| Sing| Additional voices
| Credited as James J. Cummings
|-
| 2018
| Scooby-Doo! and the Gourmet Ghost| Jeremiah Noseworthy and the Red Ghost
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|}

Television

 Aaahh!!! Real Monsters: Additional Voices
 Adventures in Odyssey: Larry Walker, King Lawrence
 Back at the Barnyard: Captain Tom, Chef Big Bones Mignon
 The Batman: Temblor
 Ben 10: Omniverse: Vexx, Hulex Colonel (episode "Food Around the Corner")
 Boo to You Too! Winnie the Pooh: Winnie-the-Pooh, Tigger
 Bump in the Night: Mister Bumpy, Destructo, Closet Monster
 Captain Planet and the Planeteers: Sly Sludge (Hanna-Barbera episodes)
 Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue: Winnie-the-Pooh, Tigger
 The Casagrandes: Additional voices
 Clarence: Additional voices
 Class of 3000: Additional voices
 Codename: Kids Next Door: Vin Moosk (episode "Operation: K.N.O.T.")
 Courage the Cowardly Dog: The Great Fusilli
 Cro: Phil, Ogg, Murray
 Curious George: Chef Pisghetti, Jumpy Squirrel, Mister Quint
 Danny Phantom: Additional Voices
 Dead Space Downfall: Captain Mathius 	
 Dexter's Laboratory: Red-Eye (episode "Photo Finish"), Organ Grindor (Dial M for Monkey episode "Organ Grindor")
 Doug: Additional voices
 Dumbo's Circus: Lionel the Lion, Aunt Fira
 El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera: Additional voices
 Extreme Ghostbusters: Opening music
 Fanboy & Chum Chum: Professor Flan
 Fillmore!: Additional voices
 Fish Hooks: Scientist #2 (episode "Parasite Fright")
 Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends: Peanut Butter (episode "Room with a Feud")
 Generator Rex: Additional voices
 Goldie & Bear: Big Bad Wolf, Sir Dwight, Giant
 Gravity Falls: Additional voices
 The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy: Nasalmancer, Biker, additional voices
 Hey Arnold!: Additional voices
 Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi: Additional voices
 The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange: Tomato, Pineapple
 The Hot Rod Dogs and Cool Car Cats: Scarhood
 Invasion America: Major Lomack
 Jackie Chan Adventures: Hak Foo (Season 1)
 Johnny Bravo: Additional Voices
 Lilo & Stitch: The Series: Zach Mackillin, Rodeo Announcer
 Loonatics Unleashed: Additional voices
 The Loud House: Additional voices
 Marsupilami: Maurice, Norman
 The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack: Additional voices
 Megas XLR: Additional voices
 Merry Madagascar: Lead Reindeer
 Midnight Patrol: Adventures in the Dream Zone: Additional voices
 The Mighty B!: Additional voices
 Mighty Magiswords: Buford, Keeper of the Mask
 Motorcity: Dr. Hudson
 The Mummy: High Priest Imhotep
 The New Woody Woodpecker Show: Additional voices
 New Looney Tunes: Tasmanian Devil
 Niko and the Sword of Light: The Narrator, Mugwhump and Darkness
 OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes: Lord Boxman
 Ozzy & Drix: Ernst Strepfinger (Season 2), Chief Gluteus
 The Penguins of Madagascar: Ridiculously Deep Voice and Chrome Claw (episode "Dr. Blowhole's Revenge")
 Pepper Ann: Mr. Carter (Pepper Ann's science teacher) and Some One-Shot Characters
 Perfect Strangers: Additional Characters (1986–1993)
 Planet Sheen: Ultra Lord (episode "Cutting the Ultra-Cord")
 Project G.e.e.K.e.R.: Mister Moloch and Will Dragonn
 ProStars: Additional voices
 Quack Pack: Additional voices
 Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja: Catfish Booray
 Regular Show: Additional voices
 The Replacements: Additional voices
 Road Rovers: General Parvo
 Robot Chicken: The Spirit of the Ark, Lex Luthor, Doctor
 Rude Dog and the Dweebs: Satch
 Saturday Night Live: Papa Smurf, Gargamel (season 28 premiere)
 The Savage Dragon: Dragon
 Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated: Captain Caveman (episode "Mystery Solvers State Club Finals")
 The Secret Files of the Spy Dogs: Bald Spokesperson, Flea Leader, Von Rabie, Catastrophe
 The Shnookums and Meat Funny Cartoon Show: Narrator, Dr. Paul Bunion
 The Simpsons: Duncan the Horse (episode "Saddlesore Galactica")
 Skylanders Academy: Malefor
 Snorks: various characters
 Sofia the First: Wormwood the Raven, Goodwin the Great
 Sonic the Hedgehog (SatAM): Doctor Robotnik, SWATbots, Nasty Hyena member (episode "Fed Up With Antoine"), additional voices
 The Spectacular Spider-Man: Crusher Hogan
 Spider-Man: Hammerhead, Ghost, Vulture Force
 The Super Hero Squad Show: Thanos (Season 2), Super-Skrull (Season 2), Human Torch
 The Sylvester and Tweety Mysteries: Moo Goo Guy Pan, Sam Ficus, Rocky, Tasmanian Devil
 Tales from the Crypt: Judge Vic "Leave 'Em Hanging" Johnson ("The Third Pig")
 Teen Titans: Master of Games and Wildebeest (episode "Winner Take All")
 The Transformers: Afterburner, Rippersnapper
 Transformers: Rescue Bots: Colonel Quint Quarry
 Transformers: Robots in Disguise: Clampdown
 The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat Unfiltered: Narrator
 Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light: Witterquick & the Bearer of Knowledge
 We Bare Bears: Additional voices
 Where's Waldo?: Narrator
 What's New, Scooby-Doo?: Cyrus T. Buford, Crawdad Mike ("Big Scare in the Big Easy"), Broderick Bosepheus ("Wrestle Maniacs")
 Widget the World Watcher: Megabrain and Dr. Dante
 Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa: Dakota Dude, Saddle Sore, Skull Duggery, Jack
 Wild Discovery: Narrator
 Winx Club: Taboc the Wise
 W.I.T.C.H.: Tridart, Harold Hale, Zacharias

 Video games 

 2000 - Disney's Aladdin in Nasira's Revenge: Razoul
 Alpha Protocol: Conrad Marburg
 Anastasia: Adventures with Pooka and Bartok: Grigori Rasputin
 Animaniacs: Himself, Radio News
 Army Men Series: All Voices (sans Females) 
 Baldur's Gate Series: Minsc, Firkraag, Gorion, Tazok, Abazigal, Gromnir Il-Khan, Demogorgon
 Blazing Dragons: King Allfire, ChancellorCartoon Network Universe: FusionFall CatDog: Quest for the Golden Hydrant: Cat
 ClayFighter 63⅓: Bad Mr. Frosty, Houngan, Sumo Santa
 Clive Barker's Jericho: Arnold Leach
 Crash Twinsanity: Skunk
 Disney's Dinosaur: Bruton
 Dr. Seuss Preschool: Fox
 Dragon Age: Origins: Additional voices
 Epic Mickey: Pete (as Small Pete, Big Bad Pete, Petetronic, & Pete Pan)
 Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two: Pete (as Small Pete, Big Bad Pete, Pete Pan, & Petetronic)
 Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion: Pete
 Fallout: The Master, Set, Gizmo
 Fallout 4: The Scribe, Institute Scientist
 Fisher Price: Castle: King Smudge
 Fisher Price: Pirate Ship:
 Grand Theft Auto V: The Local Population
 Guild Wars 2: Sadizi
 Hades Challenge: Additional voices
 Icewind Dale: Arundel, Hrothgar, additional voices
 Infinity Blade II: Additional voices
 Kinect Disneyland Adventures: Winnie the Pooh, Tigger, Cheshire Cat
 Kingdom Hearts series: Pete, Winnie the Pooh, Tigger, Ed, Julius
 Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning: Gadflow & Encel
 Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light: Totec, Lara's Partner, Xolotl
 Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII: Additional Voices
 The Lost Vikings 2: Olaf the Stout, Tomator.
 Looney Tunes: Acme Arsenal: Taz
 Looney Tunes: Cartoon Conductor: Taz
 Marvel Super Hero Squad: The Infinity Gauntlet: Thanos
 Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2: Thor, Scorpion 
 Mass Effect 2: Urdnot Wreav, Additional voices
 Mickey's Speedway USA: Pete
 Minecraft: Story Mode: Hadrian
 Nicktoons MLB: Ultra Lord
 Painkiller: Alastor
 Piglet's Big Game: Winnie the Pooh, Tigger
 Quest for Glory IV: Shadows of Darkness: Boris, Hans
 Reader Rabbit Preschool: Rex the Monster
 Scooby Doo and Looney Tunes: Cartoon Universe: Yosemite Sam, Tasmanian Devil
 Splatterhouse: The Terror Mask
 Spider-Man: Edge of Time: Additional voices
 Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions: Kraven the Hunter, Norman Osborn/Goblin, Tinkerer (Nintendo DS exclusive) 
 Star Wars: The Old Republic: Master Oteg, General Skylast
 1991 - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time: Leatherhead and Shredder (Arcade version only)
 The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim: Festus Krex, additional voices
 The Elder Scrolls Online: Additional Voices
 Tigger's Honey Hunt: Winnie the Pooh, Tigger
 Tom and Jerry in War of the Whiskers: Lion
 Toonstruck: Feedback, B.B. Wolf, Dough, Snout, Seedy, Warp
 Wacky Races: Starring Dastardly and Muttley: Dick Dastardly
 Walden, a game: Ralph Waldo Emerson
 WildStar : Victor Lazarin, The Sarge, Osiric, Taxi Cab, Commander Kriton, Jarak, Granok Male
 Winnie the Pooh Kindergarten: Winnie the Pooh, Tigger
 Winnie the Pooh Preschool : Winnie the Pooh, Tigger
 Winnie the Pooh's Rumbly Tumbly Adventure: Winnie the Pooh, Tigger
 World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria: Lorewalker Cho, introduction for Pandaren, Shen-zin Su
 World of Warcraft: Legion: Additional voices
 Ys: Book I&II: Dalles

Theme park attractions
 Terminator 2: 3-D Battle Across Time in Universal Studios Theme Parks: Opening Sequence Narrator
 IllumiNations: Reflections of Earth at EPCOT in Walt Disney World: Narrator
 Roger Rabbit's Car Toon Spin at Mickey's Toontown in Disneyland: Baby Herman, Stupid
 Smugglers Run at Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge in Disneyland : Hondo Ohnaka

Accolades

References

External links 

 
 Jim Cummings at Voice Chasers
 Jim Cummings Interview at Toon Zone
 
 Jim Cummings feature article and photos at Voice Actors in the News
 Jim Cummings' Imaginography at Imagine Casting
 

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Category:American male voice actors
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