John Cygan

John Cygan
John Cygan
Born	April 27, 1954; New York City, New York, U.S.
Died	May 13, 2017 (aged 63); Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor, voice artist, comedian
Years active	1990–2017
Children	2

John Cygan (April 27, 1954 – May 13, 2017) was an American actor, voice artist[1] 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.[2]

He attended West Babylon High School in 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.

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).

Death

Cygan died at his home in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles on May 13, 2017 at the age of 63 from cancer.[3] He is survived by his wife and two children, Annie and Jack.[4][5]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1992	Crow's Nest	Mike Corsetti
2002	Treasure Planet	Hedley	Voice[1]
2006	Cars		Voice[1]
	Ice Age: The Meltdown		Voice[1]
	Happily N'Ever After		Voice[1]
2007	Surf's Up		Voice[1]
2008	Horton Hears a Who!	Who	[1]
	WALL-E	Axiom Passenger #3	Voice[1]
	Ponyo		Voice, English Dub
2009	Up		Voice[1]
2009	Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs	Macaroni Head Man	Voice[1]
2010	Toy Story 3	Twitch	Voice[1]
2010	Superman/Batman: Apocalypse	Male Radio Caller / Gus	Direct-to-video Voice[1]
2011	Small Fry		Voice, Short
2012	The Lorax		Voice[1]
2012	Partysaurus Rex		Voice, Short
2013	Monsters University	Big Red (JTC Leader)	Voice[1]
2013	Despicable Me 2		Voice[1]
2015	Inside Out		Voice[1]
2015	Minions		Voice[1]
2017	Despicable Me 3		Voice, Final film role; posthumous release[1]

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"[1]
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	various voices	23 episodes[1]

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	[1]
2000	Grandia II	Melfice, Client, Brother 1	[1]
2001	Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty	Solidus Snake	English Dub[1]
2002	Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds	Dash Rendar, General Rand Talor, Quarren Thug
2002	Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance	Solidus Snake
2003	Arc the Lad: Twilight of the Spirits	Droguza	[1]
	Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic	Canderous Ordo	[1][6]
	Robin Hood: Defender of the Crown	Little John
2004	Painkiller	Sammael
	The Punisher	Tony Stark / Iron Man / Carlo Duka, Gnuccu
	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	[1]
2005	Destroy All Humans!	General Armquist	[1]
	X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse	Iron Man, Ka-Zar	[1]
	SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Fireteam Bravo	Sandman
2006	Marvel: Ultimate Alliance	Iron Man, Warstar	[1]
	The Sopranos: Road to Respect	Additional Voices
	SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Fireteam Bravo 2	Sandman
2007	Medal of Honor: Vanguard	Sgt. John Magnuson
2007	Lair	Koba Kai
2008	Rise of the Argonauts	Additional voices
	Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa	Makunga	[1]
	Endwar	Additional voices
	Too Human	Neilssen, Engineer, Pilot #2
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	[1]
	Toy Story 3: The Video Game	Twitch
	Mafia II	Pepé	[1]
2011	Call of Juarez: The Cartel	Michael Duke, Additional Voices	[1]
	Dead Island	Dr. West, Additional Voices	[1]
	The Lord of the Rings: War in the North	Farin	[1]
2012	The Darkness II	Leo, Additional Voices	[1]
	Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning	Agarth
	Ninja Gaiden 3	Captain Heinlein	[1]
	Spec Ops: The Line	Officers, Damned Officer	[1]
	Halo 4	Additional Voices
2013	Call of Juarez: Gunslinger	Silas Greaves	[1]
2013	Grand Theft Auto V	The Local Population
2014	Broken Age	Dad / Conductor / Spoon	[1][7]
2016	World of Warcraft: Legion	Additional Voices
	Mafia III
	Final Fantasy XV
2018	Red Dead Redemption 2	The Local Pedestrian Population	Posthumous release

References

"Behind The Voice Actors - John Cygan". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved May 15, 2017.
"An Interview With John Cygan". The Gaming Liberty. August 23, 2011. Archived from the original on 2013-06-30. Retrieved September 2, 2013.
Barnes, Mike (May 15, 2017). "John Cygan, Actor on 'The Commish,' Dies at 63". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved May 15, 2017.
Pereira, Chris (May 15, 2017). "Metal Gear's Solidus Snake Voice Actor Passes Away At 63". GameSpot. Retrieved May 15, 2017.
Staff (May 15, 2017). "John Cygan (1954 - 2017)". Legacy.com. Retrieved May 15, 2017.
"Nostalgia: 'Knights of the Old Republic' still enjoyable". The Daily Campus. November 30, 2015. Archived from the original on April 21, 2017.
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.

External links

John Cygan on IMDb
John Cygan at the TCM Movie Database

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[btva-1] "Behind The Voice Actors - John Cygan". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved May 15, 2017.

[TGL-2] "An Interview With John Cygan". The Gaming Liberty. August 23, 2011. Archived from the original on 2013-06-30. Retrieved September 2, 2013.

[3] Barnes, Mike (May 15, 2017). "John Cygan, Actor on 'The Commish,' Dies at 63". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved May 15, 2017.

[4] Pereira, Chris (May 15, 2017). "Metal Gear's Solidus Snake Voice Actor Passes Away At 63". GameSpot. Retrieved May 15, 2017.

[5] Staff (May 15, 2017). "John Cygan (1954 - 2017)". Legacy.com. Retrieved May 15, 2017.

[6] "Nostalgia: 'Knights of the Old Republic' still enjoyable". The Daily Campus. November 30, 2015. Archived from the original on April 21, 2017.

[CinemaBlend-7] 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.