James Carter Cathcart
Jimmy Zoppi (born James Carter Cathcart) is a voice actor for the English-language dub of the Pokémon anime.
Biography
Cathcart was born March 8, 1954 in West Long Branch, New Jersey.
Cathcart currently lives in Westwood, New Jersey with two of his children. Besides voice acting, he is also a musician. He plays bass, electric guitar, keyboards and drums.
Pokémon roles
Zoppi is one of the original actors on the anime. Aside from his role as Gary Oak, he mainly played characters of the day until Pokémon: Battle Frontier, when The Pokémon Company International (then known as Pokémon USA) took over the dub. He was also credited under the pseudonym of Billy Beach in Seasons 9-14 and provides the voices of James and Meowth from Team Rocket and also Professor Oak. As of In the Shadow of Zekrom, he is credited as Carter Cathcart. Since season 5 he has been responsible for the script adaptation of various episodes, a role which he still performs on the show. As script adapter, in 4Kids-dubbed episodes he was credited as Carter Cathcart, and in TPCi-dubbed episodes he is credited as James Carter Cathcart.
He remains one of the longest running voice actors for the English dub next to Kayzie Rogers. He is the only English voice actor in the series to work on the dub of every season of the anime so far, either as a voice actor or script adapter, and also the only other voice actor than Kayzie Rogers to not be affected by the Pokémon USA recasting.
Humans
Major
- Gary Oak
- James (AG146-present)
- Professor Oak (AG146-present)
- Mr. Sukizo (DP171-present)
- Butch (AG176-present)
- Pryce
- Tommy (AG146-present)
- Steven Stone
Minor
- Samurai
- Tommy/Tomo
- Todd Snap
- Fergus
- Charles Goodshow
- Infernando
- Jack Pollockson
- Gan Gogh
- Captain Marius
- Dr. Namba
- Wings Alexander
- Sigourney
- Evian
- Mayor of Trovitopolis
- Cleavon Schpielbunk
- Gym Badge thief
- Godey
- Carny
- Zeus
- Timothy (Johto)
Pokémon
Major
- Meowth (AG146-present)
- Ash's Swellow (AG146-present)
- Ash's Torkoal (AG146-present)
- Ash's Turtwig/Grotle/Torterra
- Ash's Snorlax (DP182-present)
- Ash's Palpitoad
- May's Munchlax (AG146-present)
- James's Carnivine
- Harley's Banette (AG146-AG187)
- Harley's Cacturne (AG146-AG187)
- Paul's Torterra
- Gardenia's Turtwig
- Khoury's Croconaw
- Gengar (Team Meanies)
Minor
- Ash's Raticate
- Austin's Dustox
- Shieldon
- Rattata
- Spearow
- Muk
- Grimer
- Quagsire
- Shellder
- Croconaw
- Ninjask
- Aggron
- Palpitoad
- Foongus
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Famous non-Pokémon roles
- Philionel El Di Saillune (Slayers, from episode 24)
- Dilgear (Slayers)
- Vrumugun (Slayers)
- Miki Kaoru (Revolutionary Girl Utena)
- Weevil Underwood (Yu-Gi-Oh!)
- Masaki Maruo (The World of Narue)
- Tarb (Mew Mew Power)
- Vector the Crocodile (Sonic X & Shadow the Hedgehog)
External links
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