Jeffrey Garcia

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Jeffrey Garcia
Occupations
  • Actor
  • stand-up comedian
Years active1991–present
Spouse
Lisa Garcia
(m. 2002;div. 2013)
Children2

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 .

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Career

Garcia began his career as a stand-up comedian in 1991. [1] He continued his stand-up comedy through the '90s at comedy clubs in Southern California before getting into acting in 1995. [1]

He has also performed stand-up comedy at the Laugh Factory. [2]

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. [3]

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. [3]

Filmography

Live-action

YearTitleRoleNotes
1995Best of Comedy LiveHimself
Caroline in the City JeffEpisode: "Caroline and the Mugger"
Dangerous Minds Raoul2 episodes
1998LiteWeightOscar
2000Cursed Part 3Short film
2000 3 Strikes Valet
2003Latin Comedy Fiesta Volume 1HimselfHost
2007Payaso Comedy SlamHimselfComedy special
2010 Marmaduke Beach Dog #3Voice [4]
2012–2013 Mr. Box Office Freddy Lopez33 episodes

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2001 Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius Sheen Estevez [4]
2006 Barnyard Pip [4]
2006 Happy Feet Rinaldo [4]
2011 Rio Tipa, Bat [4]
2011 Happy Feet Two Rinaldo [4]
2014 Rio 2 Spoonbill, Peri (Auditioning blue Spix's macaw) [4]

Animation

YearTitleRoleNotes
2002 ChalkZone Jerry RiveraEpisode: "Indecent Exposure/My Big Fat Chalk Wedding/Rap-A-Present/Greetings from Greenland"
Clone High Jesús CristoEpisode: "A.D.D.: The Last 'D' Is for Disorder"
2002–2006 The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius Sheen EstevezSeries regular [4]
2003 Ozzy & Drix Ricardo AminoEpisode: "Tricky Ricardo" [4]
2004 The Jimmy Timmy Power Hour Sheen EstevezCrossover TV film
The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius: Win, Lose and Kaboom!TV movie
2005Jimmy Neutron: Attack of the TwonkiesTV special
2006The Jimmy Timmy Power Hour 2: When Nerds CollideCrossover TV film
The Jimmy Timmy Power Hour 3: The Jerkinators!
2007–2011 Back at the Barnyard Pip, Additional voices [4]
2010 Ben 10: Ultimate Alien Additional voices
2010–2013 Planet Sheen Sheen Estevez, Zennuan, Additional voices [4]

Video games

YearTitleRoleNotes
2001 Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius Sheen Estevez [4]
2002 Jimmy Neutron vs. Jimmy Negatron
2003 The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron Boy Genius: Jet Fusion Sheen Estevez, Racing Ninja, Pirate [4]
2003Nickelodeon Toon Twister 3DSheen Estevez
2004 The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron Boy Genius: Attack of the Twonkies
2005 Nicktoons Unite!
2006 Happy Feet Rinaldo [4]
2006 Barnyard Pip
2008 SpongeBob SquarePants featuring Nicktoons: Globs of Doom Sheen Estevez
2011 Nicktoons MLB [4]
2017Girls Mode 4: Suta sutairisutoAdditional voices

Awards and nominations

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References

  1. 1 2 "Comedian Jeff Garcia Spends Valentine's Day at Pechanga". Whatsuptemecula.com. February 11, 2015. Retrieved July 12, 2017.
  2. "The Jeff Garcia Channel | Laugh Factory Comedy Network".
  3. 1 2 Asbury, John. May 5, 2009, The Press-Enterprise, "Left for dead, Gracie has new family and guardian angels". Accessed May 7, 2009.
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