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Jim Meskimen

Jim Meskimen

American actor (born 1959)

James Ross Meskimen (born September 10, 1959) is an American actor, comedian and impressionist, who is best known for his voice-over work in video games.

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Early life

James Ross Meskimen was born in Santa Monica, California on September 10, 1959, the son of Marion Ross and Freeman Meskimen.[1]

Career

In the 1980s, Meskimen worked at Rankin/Bass as a character designer for ThunderCats.[2]

In the 1990s, Meskimen played 5 inch tall "Little Guy" in commercials for TGIFridays.[3]

In the 2000s, Meskimen portrayed the father of Mary-Kate Olsen and Ashley Olsen's characters in Our Lips Are Sealed, and Officer Wholihan in How the Grinch Stole Christmas.

For voiceover, he provided the voices of Thom Cat, Neighbor John, and Stumpy in the Thom Cat short film on Random! Cartoons, Genie in the Aladdin franchise (which started with Disney Think Fast in 2008 and even before Robin Williams's suicide in 2014), several different characters in Lego The Lord of the Rings, George W. Bush and other politicians for the Jib Jab animated shorts, David Petraeus in Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 (which he also motion-captured), and Ultron (as well as other characters) in various Marvel projects.

Meskimen was a contestant on season eight of America's Got Talent. He has also toured various U.S. cities performing a one-man act, entitled "Jimpressions", of celebrity impersonations and original characters.[4]

Personal life

In 1987, Meskimen married Tamra Shockley.[5] They have a daughter named Taylor (b. 1990).[5] He is a Scientologist.[6]

Filmography

Film

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Television

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Video games

Internet

Music

References

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    Ross, Marion (2018). My Days Happy and Otherwise. Kensington Books. p. 100. ISBN 9781496715173. I gave birth to a baby boy at Providence Saint John's Health Center in Santa Monica on September 10, 1959... James Ross Meskimen.
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    Blogs, Jo (13 October 2010). ""Thunder, Thunder, THUNDER..."". Jim Meskimen. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
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    Elliott, Stuart (5 April 1995). "THE MEDIA BUSINESS: Advertising; New campaigns invite consumers to surrender to the surreal". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
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    "Jimpressions".
  5. [5]
    "'Happy Days' Mom Marion Ross' Look-Alike Son Jim is an Actor and Impressionist". 11 November 2019.
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    SCIENTOLOGY: What I like about it. Jim Ross Meskimen's Blog.
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    "Jim Meskimen (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 12 June 2021. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its opening and/or closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
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    Justice League: Gods and Monsters (film). 2015.
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    "Thanos Triumphant". Avengers Assemble. Season 2. Episode 13. 1 March 2015. Disney XD.
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    "The Arsenal". Avengers Assemble. Season 2. Episode 1. 28 September 2014. Disney XD.
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    "Avengers Disassembled". Avengers Assemble. Season 2. Episode 15. 19 April 2015. Disney XD.
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    "The Ultron Outbreak". Avengers Assemble. Season 2. Episode 18. 17 May 2015. Disney XD.
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    "Adapting to Change". Avengers Assemble. Season 3. Episode 1. 13 March 2016. Disney XD.
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    "A Friend in Need". Avengers Assemble. Season 3. Episode 15. 11 September 2016. Disney XD.
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    "Lego Marvel Super Heroes: Avengers Reassembled". Lego Marvel Super Heroes. 16 November 2015.
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    "Constantine: City of Demons – The Movie". Archived from the original on 17 January 2019. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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    https://www.imdb.com/character/ch0173901/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t11 [dead link] [user-generated source]
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    Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "Whose Line UK 4x11 (1/3)". YouTube.
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    "Armored Core V – PS3 Manual". Namco. p. 20. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 6, 2015.
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    Rocksteady Studios. Batman: Arkham Knight. Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. Scene: Credits, 13:05 in, Voiceover & Mocap Talent.
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    "Destroy All Humans! 2: Make War Not Love (2006 Video Game)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 25 September 2021. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its opening and/or closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
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    Blizzard Entertainment. Diablo III. Scene: Closing credits, 4:10 in, Voice Over, Additional Voices.
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    Blizzard Entertainment. Diablo III: Reaper of Souls. Scene: Closing credits, 5:23 in, Voice Over, Additional Voices.
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    Square Enix. Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII. Scene: Closing credits, 5 minutes in, Voice Actors, Additional Voices.
  25. [25]
    Toys for Bob. Skylanders: Trap Team. Scene: Closing credits, 8:40 in Voice Actors.
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