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James Ross Meskimen (born September 10, 1959) is an American comedian, impressionist, and actor, known for his work on the improvisation show ''Series/WhoseLineIsItAnyway'' and as the voice of President UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush and other politicians for the internet Website/JibJab animated shorts. He voices Thom Cat, Neighbor John, and Stumpy in ''Random! Cartoons''.

Meskimen was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of actors Marion Ross and Freeman Meskimen. Meskimen portrayed the father of Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen's characters in the 2000 direct-to-video film ''Our Lips Are Sealed''. He is a [[ChurchOfHappyology Scientologist]]. He appeared in multiple roles on the sitcom ''Series/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir'' from 1993-96, and he played Officer Wholihan in the 2000 live-action adaptation of ''Film/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas''. He was also a contestant on Season 8 of ''Series/AmericasGotTalent''. Since the death of Creator/RobinWilliams (and even in a few years before that), he's been the voice of the [[WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}} Genie]] in some of Creator/{{Disney}}'s crossover works. (Meskimen is incredibly skilled at replicating Williams's voice.)

Meskimen has a one-man show entitled ''Jimpressions'' that he performs once a month at the Acting Center in Los Angeles, featuring him doing various impressions of actors, presidents, singers, and other celebrities.

His mother is none other than Creator/MarionRoss.
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!!Notable roles include:

* ''WesternAnimation/AgentElvis''
* ''WesternAnimation/AlvinAndTheChipmunksMeetFrankenstein'': Mr. Yesman
* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' - General How, Lieutenant Jee, Avatar Kuruk
* ''WesternAnimation/AvengersAssemble'': Arsenal and ComicBook/{{Ultron}}
* ''Franchise/BaldursGate'': Khalid, Edwin Odesseiron
* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanGothamKnight'': Lt. Jim Gordon and Deadshot.
* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheDarkKnightReturns'': General Briggs and UsefulNotes/RonaldReagan
* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanVsTheTeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' - Jim Gordon, Scarecrow
* ''WesternAnimation/TheBoondocks'': Ronald Reagan
* ''WesternAnimation/BigTopScoobyDoo'': Phil Flaxman, Detective
* ''WesternAnimation/ConstantineCityOfDemons'': Beroul
* ''WebVideo/CrittersANewBinge'': Crite voices
* ''VideoGame/DisneySpeedstorm'': [[Franchise/{{Aladdin}} Genie]]
* ''Series/FBIMostWanted'': Doug Sandwood
* ''Series/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir'': Prof. Jeremy Mansfield, Werner
* ''Film/{{Gordy}}'': UsefulNotes/BillClinton
* ''Film/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas'': Officer Wholihan
* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueCrisisOnTwoEarths'': [[ComicBook/GreenArrow Archer]], [[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Captain Super]]
* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueDoom'': King of the Royal Flush Gang
* ''[[ComicBook/DCTheNewFrontier Justice League: The New Frontier]]'': Slam Bradley
* ''VideoGame/KinectDisneylandAdventures'': [[Franchise/{{Aladdin}} Genie]]
* ''[[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsCoded Kingdom Hearts Re:coded]]'': [[Franchise/{{Aladdin}} Genie]] (in ''Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 [=ReMIX=]'')
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'': Baatar
* ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcomInfinite'': ComicBook/{{Ultron}} (again) as well as the Ultron voice of the BigBad [[FusionDance Ultron-Sigma]].
* ''VideoGame/NickelodeonAllStarBrawl'': [[WesternAnimation/TheWildThornberrys Nigel Thornberry]] ([[TheOtherDarrin filling in]] for Creator/TimCurry)
* ''[[WesternAnimation/RockPaperScissorsNickelodeon Rock, Paper, Scissors]]'': Abraham Lincoln Head
* ''WesternAnimation/ThunderCats2011'': Aburn
* ''WesternAnimation/ThunderCatsRoar'': Monkian
* ''WesternAnimation/TimeSquad'': UsefulNotes/GeorgeHWBush, UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush