Jeffrey Garcia
{{short description|American actor and stand-up comedian}}
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{{BLP sources|date=May 2016}}
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Jeffrey Garcia is an American actor and stand-up comedian, who is best known for voicing Sheen Estevez in Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, and its two Nickelodeon spin-off television show series The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius and Planet Sheen, as well as Pip the Mouse in Barnyard and its spin-off television show series Back at the Barnyard.
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.{{cite web|url=http://whatsuptemecula.com/nightlife/comedian-jeff-garcia-spends-valentines-day-pechanga/ |title=Comedian Jeff Garcia Spends Valentine's Day at Pechanga |website=Whatsuptemecula.com |date= February 11, 2015|access-date=July 12, 2017}}
He has also performed stand-up comedy at the Laugh Factory.{{Cite web|url=http://www.laughfactory.com/JeffGarcia|title = The Jeff Garcia Channel | Laugh Factory Comedy Network}}
Garcia is known for portraying Sheen Estevez in Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius and its spin-off series The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius and Planet Sheen on Nickelodeon. He also guest starred on the animated series Clone High. 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 Barnyard, and he continued to provide the voice of the same character for the television show Back at the Barnyard. He voiced "Rinaldo" the penguin in the 2006 film Happy Feet.
He has appeared on one of the half-hour comedy special Comedy Central Presents in May 2006. He was a contestant in the Comedy Central 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, Rio. In the 2nd film Rio 2, he voices a spoonbill and an auditioning Spix's Macaw 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, "[http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_S_gracie06.395903e.html 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==
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| 1995
|Best of Comedy Live | Himself | |
| 1998
| LiteWeight | Oscar | |
| 2000
| Cursed Part 3 | | Short film |
| 2000
| Valet | |
| 2003
| Latin Comedy Fiesta Volume 1 | Himself | Host |
| 2007
| Payaso Comedy Slam | Himself | Comedy special |
| 2010
| Beach Dog #3 |
| 2024
| Holy Cash | Jeff Sinner |
==Television==
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| rowspan=2|1995
| Jeff | Episode: "Caroline and the Mugger" |
| Dangerous Minds
| Raoul | 2 episodes |
| 2012–2013
| Freddy Lopez | 33 episodes |
=Voice roles=
==Film==
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| 2001
| Sheen Estevez |
| 2006
| Barnyard | Pip |
| 2006
| Rinaldo |
| 2011
| Rio | Tipa, Bat |
| 2011
| Rinaldo |
| 2014
| Rio 2 | Spoonbill, Peri (Auditioning blue Spix's macaw) |
==Animation==
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| rowspan=2|2002
| Jerry Rivera | Episode: "Indecent Exposure/My Big Fat Chalk Wedding/Rap-A-Present/Greetings from Greenland" |
| Clone High
| Episode: "A.D.D.: The Last 'D' Is for Disorder" |
| 2002–2006
| The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius | Sheen Estevez |
| 2003
| Ricardo Amino |
| rowspan=2|2004
| rowspan=3|Sheen Estevez | Crossover TV film |
| The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius: Win, Lose and Kaboom!
| TV movie |
| 2005
|Jimmy Neutron: Attack of the Twonkies | TV special |
| rowspan=2| 2006
|The Jimmy Timmy Power Hour 2: When Nerds Collide |Sheen Estevez, Anti Fairy Walla | rowspan=2|Crossover TV film |
| The Jimmy Timmy Power Hour 3: The Jerkinators!
|Sheen Estevez |
| 2007–2011
| Pip, Additional voices |
| 2010
| Additional voices | |
| 2010–2013
| Sheen Estevez, Zennuan, Additional voices |
==Video games==
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| 2001
|rowspan=2|Sheen Estevez |
| 2002
|Jimmy Neutron vs. Jimmy Negatron | |
| 2003
|The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron Boy Genius: Jet Fusion |Sheen Estevez, Racing Ninja, Pirate |
| 2003
|Nickelodeon Toon Twister 3D |rowspan=3|Sheen Estevez | |
| 2004
|The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron Boy Genius: Attack of the Twonkies | |
| 2005
| |
| 2006
|Rinaldo |
| 2006
|Pip | |
| 2008
|SpongeBob SquarePants featuring Nicktoons: Globs of Doom |rowspan=2|Sheen Estevez | |
| 2011 |
| 2017
|Girls Mode 4: Suta sutairisuto |Additional voices | |
Awards and nominations
- 2004 - Annie Award for Outstanding Voice Acting in an Animated Television Production - Won
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|id=0305261|name=Jeff Garcia}}
{{Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement for Voice Acting in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production}}
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Category:American male video game actors
Category:American male voice actors
Category:Male actors from California
Category:People from La Puente, California
Category:American male actors of Mexican descent
Category:Hispanic and Latino American male actors
Category:American stand-up comedians
Category:Comedians from California
Category:American male comedians
Category:Hispanic and Latino American male comedians
Category:Hispanic and Latino American stand-up comedians
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