John Cygan

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John Cygan
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Born(1954-04-27)April 27, 1954[1]
New York City, New York, U.S.[1]
DiedMay 13, 2017(2017-05-13) (aged 63)[1]
Woodland Hills, California, U.S.
Occupation
  • Actor
  • comedian
Years active1990–2017
Children2

John Cygan (April 27, 1954 – May 13, 2017)[2] was an American actor and comedian.

Early life[]

Cygan was born in New York City to a large family of thirteen children, six of them being half-siblings. His parents never married.[3]

He attended West Babylon High School on Long Island and was active in the church and school theatre while in high school, including a star performance as the insane brother in Arsenic and Old Lace and the lead performance in a high school production of Bye Bye Birdie, as the ever faithful agent Albert Peterson.[citation needed]

Career[]

Cygan was notable for his television work (The Commish, The X-Files) and his voice work (Star Wars games, Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Fireteam Bravo games).[4]

Death[]

Cygan died at his home in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles on May 13, 2017 at the age of 63 from cancer.[5] He is survived by his wife and two children, Annie and Jack.[6][1]

Filmography[]

Film[]

Year Title Role Notes
1992 Crow's Nest Mike Corsetti
2002 Treasure Planet Hedley Voice[4]
2006 Cars Richard Clayton Kensington Voice[4]
Happily N'Ever After Additional Voices Voice[4]
2007 Surf's Up Additional Voices Voice[4]
2008 Horton Hears a Who! Who Voice[4]
WALL-E Axiom Passenger #3 Voice[4]
Ponyo Additional Voices Voice, English Dub
2009 Up Additional Voices Voice[4]
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs Macaroni Head Man Voice[4]
2010 Toy Story 3 Twitch Voice[4]
Superman/Batman: Apocalypse Male Radio Caller / Gus Direct-to-video Voice[4]
2011 Small Fry Additional Voice Talent Voice, Short
2012 The Lorax Additional Voices Voice[4]
Partysaurus Rex Additional Voices Voice, Short
2013 Monsters University Big Red (JTC Leader) Voice[4]
Despicable Me 2 Additional Voices Voice[4]
2015 Inside Out Additional Voices Voice[4]
Minions Additional Voices Voice[4]
2017 Despicable Me 3 Additional Voices Voice, Final film role; posthumous release[4]

Television[]

Year Title Role Notes
1990 Babes Episode: "Everything But Love"
1992-1993 Bob Harlan Stone 25 episodes
1994 The X-Files Sheriff Spencer Episode: "Blood"
1992-1996 The Commish Detective Paulie "Pants" Pantangeli 35 episodes
1996 Frasier Doug Harvey Episode: "High Crane Drifter"
1997 Nothing Sacred Episode: "Roman Catholic Holiday"
1998 Diagnosis: Murder Dr. Adam Embry Episode: "Baby Boom"
1998 The Hughleys Officer Episode: "Keeping Romance Alive"
2001 Becker Detective Cross Episode: "Breakfast of Chumpions"
2002 NYPD Blue Tommy Dwyer 2 episodes
2003 Judging Amy Jeremy Cools Episode: "Sixteen Going on Seventeen"
2004 The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy TV Announcer / Man at Police Station (voice) Episode: "Bearded Billy"
2006 The Shield LAPD Chief of Police Johnson Episode: "Of Mice and Lem"
2007 Ben 10 Kangaroo Commando / Abel and Kane North (voice) Episode: "Super Alien Hero Buddy Adventures"[4]
2010 A Good Knight's Quest Charles 2 episodes
2011 Mater’s Tall Tales additional voices (voice) 6 episodes
2011 The Don of the Flies Husband / Junior / The Don (voice) Also writer and director.
2013 Modern Family Admissions Dean Episode: "The Future Dunphys"
2014 Tales form Radiator Springs Idle Threat (voice) Episode: "The Radiator Springs 500 ½"
2012-2016 Regular Show Main Bear / Roger / Archie the Archivist / various voices 27 episodes[4]

Video games[]

Year Title Role Notes
1996 Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire Dash Rendar PC version
1999 Star Wars: X-Wing Alliance Dash Rendar / Civilian Pilot [4]
2000 Grandia II Melfice / Client / Brother 1 [4]
2001 Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty Solidus Snake [4]
2002 Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds Dash Rendar / General Rand Talor / Quarren Thug
Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance Solidus Snake
2003 Arc the Lad: Twilight of the Spirits Droguza [4]
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Canderous Ordo [4][7]
Robin Hood: Defender of the Crown Little John
2004 Painkiller Sammael
The Punisher Eddie Gnucci / Carlo Duka
EverQuest II Concordium (High Elf) / Apprentice Kalimar
Archivist Jindlefog / Neophyte Jhanov
Guard Rellin'thir / Wisp of Marr / Arqis the Mage
Biddy Bobick / Broker Algernon / Royal Accountant Fowler
Janus Fieri
Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords Mandalore the Preserver [4]
2005 Destroy All Humans! General Armquist [4]
X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse Iron Man / Kazar [4]
SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Fireteam Bravo Sandman
2006 Marvel: Ultimate Alliance Iron Man, Warstar [4]
The Sopranos: Road to Respect Additional Voices
SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Fireteam Bravo 2 Sandman
2007 Medal of Honor: Vanguard Sgt. John Magnuson
Lair Koba Kai
2008 Rise of the Argonauts Additional voices
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa Makunga [4]
Endwar Additional voices
Too Human Neilssen / Engineer / Pilot #2
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots Solidus Snake Archived recordings, uncredited
2009 Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood Col. Jeremy Barnsby
2010 Command & Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilight Additional Voices
Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands Malik [4]
Toy Story 3: The Video Game Twitch
Mafia II Pepé [4]
2011 Call of Juarez: The Cartel Michael Duke / Additional Voices [4]
Dead Island Dr. West / Additional Voices [4]
The Lord of the Rings: War in the North Farin [4]
2012 The Darkness II Leo / Additional Voices [4]
Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning Agarth
Ninja Gaiden 3 Captain Heinlein [4]
Spec Ops: The Line Officers / Damned Officer [4]
Halo 4 Additional Voices
2013 Call of Juarez: Gunslinger Silas Greaves [4]
Grand Theft Auto V The Local Pedestrian Population
2014 Broken Age Dad / Conductor / Spoon [4][8]
2016 World of Warcraft: Legion Additional Voices
Mafia III
Final Fantasy XV
2018 Red Dead Redemption 2 The Local Pedestrian Population Posthumous release

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Staff (May 15, 2017). "John Cygan (1954 - 2017)". Legacy.com. Retrieved May 15, 2017.
  2. ^ "Voice Actor John Cygan Passes Away at 63". Anime News Network. May 17, 2017. Retrieved May 22, 2021.
  3. ^ "An Interview With John Cygan". The Gaming Liberty. August 23, 2011. Archived from the original on 2013-06-30. Retrieved September 2, 2013.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am "John Cygan (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved May 15, 2017. 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.CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  5. ^ Barnes, Mike (May 15, 2017). "John Cygan, Actor on 'The Commish,' Dies at 63". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved May 15, 2017.
  6. ^ Pereira, Chris (May 15, 2017). "Metal Gear's Solidus Snake Voice Actor Passes Away At 63". GameSpot. Retrieved May 15, 2017.
  7. ^ "Nostalgia: 'Knights of the Old Republic' still enjoyable". The Daily Campus. November 30, 2015. Archived from the original on April 21, 2017.
  8. ^ Haas, Pete (September 1, 2013). "Double Fine's Broken Age Cast Includes Jack Black, Jennifer Hale". Cinema Blend. Archived from the original on September 4, 2013. Retrieved September 2, 2013.

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