John Cygan

Cygan was born in New York City to a large family of thirteen children, six of whom were his half-siblings. His parents never married.{{cite web|url=http://www.thegamingliberty.com/2011/08/solidus-snake-speaks-an-interview-with-john-cygan|title=An Interview With John Cygan|date=August 23, 2011|website=The Gaming Liberty|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130630102017/http://www.thegamingliberty.com/2011/08/solidus-snake-speaks-an-interview-with-john-cygan|archive-date=June 30, 2013|url-status=dead|access-date=September 2, 2013}}

He attended West Babylon High School on Long Island, and was active in church and school theatre while in high school. Highlights include his star performance as the insane brother in Arsenic and Old Lace and his lead performance in a high school production of Bye Bye Birdie, as the ever faithful agent Albert Peterson.{{citation needed|date=June 2017}}

Cygan started acting on television in 1990, his notable work included Harlan Stone on Bob and Detective Paulie "Pants" Pentangeli on The Commish, as well as guest appearances on The X-Files and Modern Family.

He was also notable for his voice work on video games such as Dash Rendar on the Star Wars games, Solidus Snake on Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty and Sandman on SOCOM U.S. Navy SEALs: Fireteam Bravo, as well as in animation such as Twitch on Toy Story 3, Who on Horton Hears a Who!, Big Red (JTC Leader) on Monsters University, and various voices on Regular Show, Cars, Surf's Up, WALL-E, Up, The Lorax, Despicable Me 2, Inside Out, and posthumously on Despicable Me 3.{{cite web|url=http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/John-Cygan/|title=John Cygan (visual voices guide)|website=Behind The Voice Actors|access-date=May 15, 2017|type= A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information}}

Cygan died of cancer at his home in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, on May 13, 2017, at the age of 63.{{Cite news|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/john-cygan-dead-commish-actor-was-63-1003999|title=John Cygan, Actor on 'The Commish,' Dies at 63|last=Barnes|first=Mike|date=May 15, 2017|work=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=May 15, 2017|language=en}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/metal-gears-solidus-snake-voice-actor-passes-away-/1100-6450053/|title=Metal Gear's Solidus Snake Voice Actor Passes Away At 63|last=Pereira|first=Chris|date=May 15, 2017|work=GameSpot|access-date=May 15, 2017}}

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