Jeffrey Garcia is an American actor and stand-up comedian, who is best known for voicing

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spin-off television show series ''

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'', as well as Pip the Mouse in ''

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'' and its spin-off television show series ''

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''.

Career

Garcia began his career as a stand-up comedian in 1991. He continued his stand-up comedy through the '90s at comedy clubs in Southern California before getting into acting in 1995. He has also performed stand-up comedy at the

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. Garcia is known for portraying

in '' Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius'' and its spin-off series ''

'' and ''

'' on

. He also guest starred on the animated series ''

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''. He was also the leader of the KMRK-FM 96.1 Wild Wake-Up crew. He also voices "Tyler Nelson" in '' The Maw'' franchises, "Pip" the mouse in the 2006 film ''

'', and he continued to provide the voice of the same character for the television show ''

''. He voiced "Rinaldo" the penguin in the 2006 film ''

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''. He has appeared on one of the half-hour comedy special ''

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'' in May 2006. He was a contestant in the

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series '' Reality Bites Back'', but quit after the first day. He also voiced Tipa, one of the smugglers and the bat in the 2011 animated comedy film, ''

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''. In the 2nd film ''

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'', he voices a

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and an auditioning

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named Peri.

Personal life

Garcia was married to Lisa Garcia from 2002 to 2013; together they had two children: Savannah and Joseph Garcia.Asbury, John. May 5, 2009, ''The Press-Enterprise'',
Left for dead, Gracie has new family and guardian angels
. Accessed May 7, 2009. Garcia has been actively involved with Gracie's Fund, a charity set up to help a young woman brutally shot by her mother. He has been promoting the fund by performing comedy shows and donating a portion of the proceeds of his online DVD and CD sales.

Filmography

Live-action

Film

Television

Voice roles

Film

Animation

Video games

Awards and nominations

* 2004 -

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for Outstanding Voice Acting in an Animated Television Production - Won

References

External links

* American male video game actors American male voice actors 1977 births Living people Annie Award winners Male actors from California People from La Puente, California American male actors of Mexican descent Hispanic and Latino American male actors American stand-up comedians Comedians from California American male comedians Hispanic and Latino American male comedians Hispanic and Latino American stand-up comedians {{US-voice-actor-1970s-stub