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.[3] He attended Immaculate Conception and St. Columba grade schools as well as Ursuline High School and graduated from there in 1970.[4]
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.[5]
Cummings's first voice role was as Lionel the Lion and Aunt Fira in Dumbo's Circus.[5][6] Some of Cummings' earliest vocal work was at Disney, where he replaced Sterling Holloway as the voice of Winnie the Pooh in 1988. He was the understudy for Paul Winchell as Tigger, before fully replacing him as the character in 2000's The Tigger Movie. In 1991, he was hired by Warner Bros. Animation to voice Taz on the animated series Taz-Mania and would continue to voice the character in various Looney Tunes media.
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 along with providing the voice for Ed the hyena.[7] He also provided Scar's voice in a brief nightmare sequence in The Lion King II: Simba's Pride. Cummings would later be hired as the singing double for Russell Means in Pocahontas, the speaking voice of Kekata in Pocahontas, and the singing voice of Grigori Rasputin in Anastasia.
In commercials, he voiced Smokey Bear in several commercials, ads, and promos from 1993 to 2006.[8]
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.[9][10] 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."[11]
Personal life
Cummings has two daughters with his former wife Stephanie Jardon. The two were married from 2001 to 2011, when they divorced. In 2019, they became involved in an acrimonious custody dispute.[12][13] Cummings also has two older daughters from a previous marriage.[14]
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For other people with similar names see Jim Cummings filmmaker and James Cummings disambiguation James Jonah Cummings born November 3 1952 1 2 is an American voice actor Since beginning his career in the 1980s he has appeared in almost 400 roles Cummings has frequently worked with The Walt Disney Company and Warner Bros including as the official voice of Winnie the Pooh since 1988 Tigger since 1989 the Tasmanian Devil since 1991 and Pete since 1992 Other notable roles include Fat Cat and Monterey Jack on Chip n Dale Rescue Rangers 1989 1990 the title character of Darkwing Duck 1991 1992 Dr Robotnik on the Sonic the Hedgehog animated series 1993 1994 Kaa on Jungle Cubs 1996 1998 and Cat on CatDog 1998 2005 Jim CummingsCummings in 2018BornJames Jonah Cummings 1952 11 03 November 3 1952 age 70 Youngstown Ohio U S OccupationVoice actorYears active1984 presentWorksFull listSpouseStephanie Jardon m 2001 div 2011 wbr Children4Websitejimcummingsworld wbr com Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Personal life 4 Filmography 5 Accolades 6 References 7 External linksEarly life EditBorn 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 3 He attended Immaculate Conception and St Columba grade schools as well as Ursuline High School and graduated from there in 1970 4 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 5 Career Edit Jim Cummings middle with Loren Lester right and Alan Oppenheimer left in 2015 Cummings s first voice role was as Lionel the Lion and Aunt Fira in Dumbo s Circus 5 6 Some of Cummings earliest vocal work was at Disney where he replaced Sterling Holloway as the voice of Winnie the Pooh in 1988 He was the understudy for Paul Winchell as Tigger before fully replacing him as the character in 2000 s The Tigger Movie In 1991 he was hired by Warner Bros Animation to voice Taz on the animated series Taz Mania and would continue to voice the character in various Looney Tunes media 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 along with providing the voice for Ed the hyena 7 He also provided Scar s voice in a brief nightmare sequence in The Lion King II Simba s Pride Cummings would later be hired as the singing double for Russell Means in Pocahontas the speaking voice of Kekata in Pocahontas and the singing voice of Grigori Rasputin in Anastasia In commercials he voiced Smokey Bear in several commercials ads and promos from 1993 to 2006 8 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 9 10 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 11 Personal life EditCummings has two daughters with his former wife Stephanie Jardon The two were married from 2001 to 2011 when they divorced In 2019 they became involved in an acrimonious custody dispute 12 13 Cummings also has two older daughters from a previous marriage 14 Filmography EditMain article Jim Cummings filmographyAccolades EditYear Award Category Subject Result Ref 1992 Annie Awards Best Voice Acting for Television Darkwing Duck Won 15 16 1993 Goof Troop Won 17 1995 Bump in the Night Nominated2003 Best Voice Acting in a Feature Production The Jungle Book 2 Nominated2011 Gnomeo amp Juliet Nominated2012 Zambezia Nominated2009 Daytime Emmy Awards Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program My Friends Tigger amp Pooh Nominated2013 Star Wars The Clone Wars NominatedReferences Edit Cummings Jim Library of Congress Archived from the original on December 1 2021 Retrieved March 17 2021 Jim Cummings behindthevoiceactors com Archived from the original on April 26 2017 Retrieved January 4 2017 Episode 17 with Guest Jim Cummings Rob Paulsen Live October 14 2011 Archived from the original on April 19 2012 Retrieved February 25 2012 Heard but not seen Catholic voice actor leads an animated life The Catholic Review July 24 2009 Archived from the original on November 7 2017 Retrieved November 2 2017 a b Davis Sandi February 11 2005 The voice of Pooh and Tigger too Disney keeps Jim Cummings busy with voice work The Oklahoman Archived from the original on September 22 2019 Retrieved April 5 2020 Becoming a character An interview with Jim Cummings WCYB October 12 2019 Archived from the original on July 3 2022 Retrieved April 5 2020 Has Disney Been Lion About Jeremy Irons Singing Voice Huffington Post September 19 2011 Archived from the original on September 25 2014 Retrieved March 5 2015 Knowling Doug 2016 Ecological Restoration Wildfire Ecology Reference Manual Knowling ISBN 9780786486946 Archived from the original on September 25 2021 Retrieved March 4 2021 Mescobar Aaron May 27 2018 Chris O Dowd Replaced As Tigger In Christopher Robin By Original Voice Actor Jim Cummings We are Geeks of Color Archived from the original on June 12 2018 Retrieved June 19 2018 Schaefer Sandy August 14 2017 Christopher Robin Winnie the Pooh Eeyore amp More Possibly Cast Screen Rant Archived from the original on September 17 2017 Retrieved September 17 2017 Lawson Richard August 2 2018 There s an Oscar Worthy Performance in Disney s Christopher Robin Vanity Fair New York City Conde Nast Archived from the original on October 25 2020 Retrieved August 21 2018 Barcella Laura May 3 2019 Winnie the Pooh Voice Actor and Ex Wife Accuse Each Other of Abuse People Archived from the original on May 16 2019 Retrieved July 29 2019 Cummings Jim May 3 2022 Good News Great News jimcummingsworld Archived from the original on May 3 2022 Retrieved June 25 2022 Lindell Karen August 23 2009 At work Jim Cummings is quite the characters VC Star Archived from the original on January 4 2018 Retrieved June 13 2017 20th Annual Annie Awards annieawards org Archived from the original on October 26 2020 Retrieved October 21 2020 Annie Awards 1992 IMDb Archived from the original on April 21 2022 Retrieved October 21 2020 Annie Awards 1993 IMDb Archived from the original on July 3 2022 Retrieved October 21 2020 External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Jim Cummings Official website Jim Cummings at IMDb Jim Cummings at Behind The Voice Actors Jim Cummings Archived December 11 2016 at the Wayback Machine at Voice Chasers Jim Cummings Interview at Toon Zone Jim Cummings at Anime News Network s encyclopedia Jim Cummings feature article and photos at Voice Actors in the News Jim Cummings Archived March 1 2012 at 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