His first career was as a visual artist, doing illustrations and commercial art in New York City. There he designed cartoon characters for Rankin/Bass for their original hit series Thundercats.
While working in animation, Jim realized that being a voice actor was his true calling, and he began to pursue work in radio and TV voiceovers.
Jim performed improv with several improv companies and did hundreds of live shows. On the invitation of producers, he guest starred several times on Britain’s Whose Line Is It, Anyway?
In 1993, Jim moved home to LA with his family to pursued a career in TV and film, beginning with Fresh Prince of Bel Air and a role in director Ron Howard’s Oscar-nominated Apollo 13.
Jim has appeared on major television programs; Friends, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, This is Us, SWAT, NCIS, Parks & Recreation, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, to name but a few.
His character voices have been heard on innumerable video games and animated shows including Marvel Avengers Assemble, Batman: Arkham Asylum,Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Pinky & The Brain, Phineas & Ferb, The Legend of Korra, Avatar the Last Airbender, and two reboots of Thundercats.
His viral hit, Shakespeare in Celebrity Voices brought him global attention on YouTube and lead to many opportunities, including performing on America’s Got Talent in 2013, where his improvised celebrity impressions at Radio City Music Hall earned him a standing ovation.
Currently, Jim provides the voice of iconic Colonel Harland Sanders for the KFC brand on radio, web and television ads. He appears in GASLIT on Starz with Sean Penn and Julia Roberts later this year, as well as HUNTERS on HBO with Al Pacino.
Colonel Sanders voices all the original Thundercats: https://youtu.be/2hAfq86y3EU
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