Jim Meskimen
Biography
Jim Meskimen is an American actor and comedian who started out in visual art and animation. Born in Santa Monica, California, he studied at the University of California, Santa Cruz and trained in animation at Hanna-Barbera. He worked as an assistant storyboard artist on Jana of the Jungle and designed characters for ThunderCats before moving into voice work. In New York he recorded hundreds of radio and television commercials and performed improv at the National Improvisational Theatre. His first film role came in Ron Howard's The Paper, and Howard cast him in several features, among them Apollo 13, How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) and Frost/Nixon (2008). Since 2008 he has provided the voice of the Genie for the Aladdin franchise. His voice credits include Avatar: The Last Airbender and Phineas and Ferb. He wrote and starred in the short Son to Son, narrates audiobooks, directed an Audie Award-winning production. He plays Cary Hubbard in The Big Door Prize.
67years old
Turns 68 on September 10in 332 days
- Born Santa Monica
- Star sign: VirgoThe sign runs August 23 to September 22
- James Ross Meskimen (birth name)Also credited as Jim Ross Meskimen, James Meskimen, Jim R. Meskimen and James R. Meskimen
Movie Career
- Films
- 22
- Career span
- 27 years1999 to 2026
Genres
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Behind the camera
Meskimen wrote the screenplay for the short film Son to Son, starred in it with Nick Lane under director Taron Lexton, and it won festival awards.
Jim Meskimen movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
- Constantine: City of Demons - The Movie2018as Beroul / Cheleb / Quedbasvoice
IMDb rating 7.311K votes
Most often with
Paul Thomas Anderson directed two of these films, Ron Howard two and Sam Liu two. Two actors appear in three of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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All films by Paul Thomas Anderson
All films by Ron Howard
Sam LiuDirector, 2 films, 2010 to 2020
All films by Sam Liu
Also two films together5 more actors
- Michael BellRugrats: Tales from the Crib: Snow White (2005) and Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein (1999)
- Brian GeorgeBatman vs. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2019) and Batman: Gotham Knight (2008)
- Hynden WalchBig Top Scooby-Doo! (2012) and Batman: Gotham Knight (2008)
- Vanessa MarshallSuperman: Red Son (2020) and Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths (2010)
- Andrea RomanoJustice League: Crisis on Two Earths (2010) and Batman: Gotham Knight (2008)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Jim Meskimen's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$507 million
5 of the 22 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 22 films: 5 worldwide figure; 2 us gross only; 7 never in cinemas; 1 streaming, short cinema run; 6 figure not found; 1 too new to count.
- 5Worldwide figure
- 2US gross only
- 7Never in cinemas
- 1Streaming, short cinema run
- 6Figure not found
- 1Too new to count
Highest grossing
The five biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$346M68.2% of the total
- 2$77M15.2% of the total
- 3$48M9.6% of the total
- 4$27M5.4% of the total
- 5$8.1M1.6% of the total
