FanX: The Many Voices

Winnie the Pooh

FanX: The Many Voices

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Some of the most iconic characters being represented at this year’s FanX may not be easy to recognize by their faces. That’s because you know them from their voiceover work in animation. These talented performers may not make for the best photo op to make your friends jealous on Facebook, but when you hear them speak in the voice of one of your all time favorite cartoon characters, prepare to be transported back to childhood.

Jim Cummings

An American voice actor and singer, Cummings is truly a living legend in the business. He has voiced many characters for Disney, including Ray, the Cajun firefly in “The Princess and The Frog”, Darkwing Duck and Ed The Hyena in “The Lion King.”
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But perhaps most significantly, Cummings has been the voice of Winnie The Pooh since 1988, and Tigger since 1990. He’s also the guy that made you think some of your favorite actors could sing. Cummings did singing for Christopher Lloyd as Rasputin in “Anastasia,” Russell Means as Chief Powhatan in “Pocahontas” and even Jeremy Irons in “The Lion King.” Your kids will know his “Pete: from “Mickey Mouse Clubhouse,” and he is the current voice of the Tasmanian Devil.

Rob Paulsen

Paulsen is began his career in 1982 be doing voices for “G.I. JOE,” but is best remembered for such larger than life characters as Raphael and Donatello from the 1987 cartoon of “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles”. and Yakko Warner, Dr. Scratchansiff and Pinky on “Anamaniacs.” He is known to “Transformers” fans as the voices Autobots Air Raid, Chase, Haywire, Fastlane and Slingshot.
He continues to play parts in dozens of cartoons as well as feature films.

Jess Harnell

Best known as Wakko Warner in “Animaniacs” and Ironhide in the “Transformers” film series, Jess Harnell has been voicing animated characters since 1989. If you have small children you probably hear him every day as the voice of Chilly The Snowman on Disney’s Doc McStuffins.

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