Jim Cummings

James Jonah "Jim" Cummings is an American voice actor and singer who has voiced many Disney characters in several Disney productions.

Jim was born in Youngstown, Ohio, and later moved to New Orleans where he worked on Mardi Gras floats and as a door-to-salesman, he then moved to California where he worked odd jobs before he got into voice acting. Cummings is known for his ability to mimic Sterling Holloway's high voice.

His most notable characters for Disney are Darkwing Duck, Winnie the Pooh, Tigger, Pete, Ray, Bonkers D. Bobcat, Kaa, and various other characters listed below.

In other film and television work, he voiced Steele, the main antagonist of ', provided additional voices for ', and voiced Malefor in Season 2 of ', a role that Mark Hamill originated in '.

Trivia

 * Cummings is the third person to voice Winnie the Pooh and Kaa, after Sterling Holloway and Hal Smith.
 * Not related to fellow voice actors Brian Cummings or Todd Cummings.
 * He will reprise his role as Winnie the Pooh in the upcoming live action film. This makes him the second actor to reprise his animated role in a live action film, the first being James Earl Jones as Mufasa in the live action remake of The Lion King.