John Cygan (April 27, 1954 – May 13, 2017) was an American actor and comedian.
Early life John Cygan was born on April 27, 1954 in New York City to a large family of thirteen children, six of whom were his half-siblings. His parents never married.
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.
Career 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.
Death Cygan died of cancer at his home in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, on May 13, 2017, at the age of 63.
Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes1992 Crow's Nest Mike Corsetti 2002 Treasure Planet Hedley Voice2006 Ice Age: The Meltdown Male Molehog Cars Additional voices Happily N'Ever After Additional Voices 2007 Surf's Up 2008 Horton Hears a Who! Who Voice WALL-E Axiom Passenger #3 Ponyo Additional Voices English Dub2009 Up Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs Macaroni Head Man Voice2010 Diary of a Wimpy Kid Voice Cast Toy Story 3 Twitch Voice Superman/Batman: Apocalypse Male Radio Caller / Gus Direct-to-video Voice2011 Small Fry Additional Voice Talent Short2012 The Lorax Additional Voices Partysaurus Rex Short2013 Monsters University Big Red (JTC Leader) Voice Despicable Me 2 Additional Voices 2015 Inside Out Pizza Slices Voice Minions Additional Voices Fantastic Four Voice Cast 2017 Despicable Me 3 Additional Voices Final film role; posthumous release
Television Year Title Role Notes1990 Babes Episode: "Everything But Love"1992-1993 Bob Harlan Stone 25 episodes1994 The X-Files Sheriff Spencer Episode: "Blood"1992-1996 The Commish Detective Paulie "Pants" Pentangeli 35 episodes1996 Frasier Doug Harvey Episode: "High Crane Drifter"1997 Nothing Sacred Billy Riley Episode: "Roman Catholic Holiday"1998 Diagnosis: Murder Dr. Adam Embry Episode: "Baby Boom"1998 The Hughleys Officer Episode: "Keeping Romance Alive"2000-2003 Poochini Additional voices 26 episodes2001 Becker Detective Cross Episode: "Breakfast of Chumpions"2002 NYPD Blue Tommy Dwyer 2 episodes2003 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"2010 A Good Knight's Quest Charles 2 episodes2011 Mater's Tall Tales additional voices (voice) 6 episodes2011 The Don of the Flies Husband / Junior / The Don (voice) Also writer and director.2012-2016 Regular Show Main Bear / Roger / Archie the Archivist / various voices 27 episodes2013 Modern Family Admissions Dean Episode: "The Future Dunphys"2014 Tales from Radiator Springs Idle Threat (voice) Episode: "The Radiator Springs 500 ½"2015 Pickle and Peanut Badger (voice) Episode: "Busted Arm"
Video games Year Title Role Notes1997Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire Dash RendarPC version1999Star Wars: X-Wing Alliance Dash Rendar / Civilian Pilot2000Grandia II Melfice / Client / Brother 1English version2001Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty Solidus SnakeEnglish version2002Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds 2003Dark ChronicleMaster UtanArc the Lad: Twilight of the Spirits DroguzaEnglish versionStar Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Canderous OrdoRobin Hood: Defender of the Crown Little John 2004Painkiller 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 FieriStar Wars Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords Mandalore the Preserver2005Destroy All Humans! General Armquist, Cop 2X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse Iron Man, Ka-ZarSOCOM U.S. Navy SEALs: Fireteam Bravo Sandman2006Marvel: Ultimate Alliance Iron Man, WarstarThe Sopranos: Road to Respect Additional VoicesSOCOM U.S. Navy SEALs: Fireteam Bravo 2 Sandman2007Medal of Honor: Vanguard Sgt. John MagnusonLair Koba Kai2008Rise of the ArgonautsAdditional voicesMadagascar: Escape 2 Africa MakungaEndwarAdditional voicesToo Human Neilssen / Engineer / Pilot #2Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots Solidus Snake English version, archived recordings, uncredited2009Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood Col. Jeremy Barnsby2010Command & Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilight Additional VoicesPrince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands MalikToy Story 3: The Video Game TwitchMafia II Pepé2011Call of Juarez: The Cartel Michael Duke / Additional VoicesDead Island Dr. West / Additional VoicesThe Lord of the Rings: War in the North Farin2012The Darkness II Leo / Additional Voices Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning AgarthNinja Gaiden 3 Captain HeinleinEnglish versionSpec Ops: The Line Officers / Damned OfficerHalo 4 Additional Voices2013Call of Juarez: Gunslinger Silas GreavesGrand Theft Auto V The Local Pedestrian Population2014Broken Age Dad / Conductor / Spoon2016World of Warcraft: LegionAdditional Voices Mafia IIIFinal Fantasy XV English version 2018Red Dead Redemption 2The Local Pedestrian PopulationPosthumous release
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