Jim Cummings

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

Career
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 The 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 the recording of the song "Be Prepared", Cummings replaced him on the remainder of the track. 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."

Animated Series

 * The Legend of Calamity Jane (1997-1998) - Additional Voices
 * Winx Club (2004-present) - Ice Spirit (ep. 55), Taboc (ep. 65) (Nickelodeon Dub)

Anime

 * Thundercats (2011-2012) - Ancient Spirits of Evil (ep. 17), Caspin (ep. 17) , Additional Voices

Anime Films

 * Castle in the Sky (1986) - General Shogun Muoro (Buena Vista Dub)

Video Game Dubbing

 * Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep (2010) - Pete
 * Kingdom Hearts III (2019) - Pete, Winnie the Pooh, Tigger