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

John Cygan
Born	(1954-04-27)April 27, 1954[1] New York City, U.S.[1]
Died	May 13, 2017(2017-05-13) (aged 63)[1] Woodland Hills, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor comedian
Years active	1990–2017
Children	2

Early life

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

He attended West Babylon High School on Long Island and was active in 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 of cancer at his home in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, on May 13, 2017, at the age of 63.[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	Ice Age: The Meltdown	Male Molehog	Voice
	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	Diary of a Wimpy Kid	Voice Cast
	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]
	Fantastic Four	Voice Cast
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" Pentangeli	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"
2015	Pickle & Peanut	Badger	Ep: Busted Arm
2012-2016	Regular Show	Main Bear / Roger / Archie the Archivist / various voices	27 episodes[4]

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997	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|
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, Cop 2	[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

External links

• John Cygan at IMDb
• John Cygan at the TCM Movie Database
• John Cygan at Find a Grave

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