James Christian Rankin (October 4, 1951) is a Canadian film, television and voice actor, and puppeteer who has supplied voices and done puppetry work for many Canadian television series, including Franklin, Dog City, the Super Mario Bros cartoons, Puppets Who Kill, Groundling Marsh, and The Noddy Shop. His puppeteering credits also include Repo! The Genetic Opera, Scary Movie 3 and some uncredited work on Team America: World Police.
James Rankin's credits include:
- Ace Ventura: Pet Detective as Professor Redrum
- The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 as Larry "Cheatsy" Koopa
- Super Mario World (1991) as Larry "Cheatsy" Koopa
- An Angel for Christmas as Wilfred
- Arthur
- Atomic Betty as The Scribe
- Bad Dog
- B.R.A.T.S. of the Lost Nebula as High Commander Vigar
- Busytown Mysteries
- Camp Lakebottom
- Care Bears: Journey to Joke-A-Lot as Grand Duke Giggle
- The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! as Zappa, Leo, Bounce
- Cyberchase as PJ
- Deus Ex: Human Revolution as Chet Wagner
- Di-Gata Defenders as Brim
- Dog City as Frisky
- Elliot Moose
- Franklin as Mr. Owl, Mr. Wolverine
- Freaky Stories as Larry de Bug
- Groundling Marsh as Eco, Stacks
- Iggy Arbuckle as Catfish Stu
- Jacob Two-Two as X. Barnaby Dinglebat
- Kung Fu: The Legend Continues as Libowitz
- Magi-Nation as Guardian Hyren of Nar, Ust
- Mythic Warriors: Guardians of the Legend as Figgis
- The Neverending Story: The Animated Adventures of Bastian Balthazar Bux as Three Head
- Noddy's Toyland Adventures as Gobbo and Sammy Sailor
- The Noddy Shop as Johnny Crawfish, Sherman the Turtle Tank, Slim Pepper Shaker, Planet Pup
- The Nut Job as Fingers
- PAW Patrol as Uncle Otis Goodway (replaced with Joseph Motiki after Season 6)
- Pirates: Adventures in Art as Admiral Krank, Skelly
- Puppets Who Kill as Buttons the Bear, Dash Dagger
- Redwall as Wakka
- Rescue Heroes as Perry Chute
- Rocket Monkeys as McKraken
- Rusty Rivets as Mr. Higgins
- Skatoony as The Earl
- Time Warp Trio as Cesare Borgia, Hammonri
- Wish Kid as Frankie Dutweiler
- World of Quest as Lord Spite, Kalamity
- The Zack Files as Harry the Hose
