Nikita Hopkins
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Born | August 13, 1990 |
Occupation | Voice actor, singer, artist, screenwriter |
Years active | 1997–2006 |
Nikita Matthew Hopkins is an American screenwriter, visual artist, and former child voice actor and singer who had a career for seven years as the singing and speaking voice of young Roo in six movies and videos of Winnie the Pooh. Hopkins is one of the rare voice actors in entertainment media to begin as a child.
Career[]
He began his career at The Walt Disney Company. His first role was the voice of Roo for ', and he continued his voice work as Roo in The Tigger Movie, Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse, Piglet's Big Movie, Pooh's Heffalump Movie, and Pooh's Heffalump Halloween Movie along with Jimmy Bennett as Roo as well as in the television and video puppet series The Book of Pooh (2001–2003). He can also be heard as an additional voice for Lilo & Stitch: The Series, House of Mouse, Zeta Project, 101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure, and more.
Retirement and future[]
In 2006, Hopkins resigned from voice work and went on to study and work on motion pictures and television at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, California.[1]
Selected filmography[]
- Winnie the Pooh: Seasons of Giving (1999) (voice) "Roo"
- The Tigger Movie (2000) (voice) "Roo",[2] Nominated – Annie Award for Male Voice Acting in a Feature Production
- Clerks: The Animated Series (2000) (voice) "Kid/Campfire Kid"
- The Book of Pooh (2001–2003) (voice) "Roo"
- House of Mouse (2001) (voice) "Chip"
- The Zeta Project (2001) (voice) "Kid Rudy"
- Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse (2001) (voice) "Roo"
- 101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure (2003) (voice) "Hoesome Tommy"
- Piglet's Big Movie (2003) (voice) "Roo"
- Pooh's Heffalump Movie (2005) (voice) "Roo"[3]
Video games[]
- " (1998) (voice) "Roo"
- "" (1999) (voice) "Roo"
- "" (2000) (voice) "Chip"
- "The Emperor's New Groove (2000) (voice)
- "Tigger's Honey Hunt" (2000) (voice) "Roo"
- "" (2000) (voice) "Roo"
- "" (2001) (voice) "Roo"
- "Piglet's Big Game " (2003) (voice) "Roo"
Live-action[]
- Power Rangers Wild Force (2002) "Soccer Player"
External links[]
References[]
- ^ "NIKITA MATTHEW HOPKINS". Behind The Voices. Retrieved August 10, 2019.
- ^ "Nikita Hopkins". TV Guide. Retrieved August 10, 2019.
- ^ "Nikita Hopkins". Voice Chasers. Retrieved August 10, 2019.
- American male child actors
- American male film actors
- American male television actors
- American male voice actors
- 1990 births
- Living people
- Male actors from Santa Clarita, California
- American voice actor stubs