Jimmy Zoppi

Jimmy Zoppi (born March 8, 1954 in West Long Branch, New Jersey), sometimes credited as Billy Beach and James Carter Cathcart, is a retired American bassist, vocalist, and voice-over artist. He has been playing with bands since high school and has been a bassist and vocalist of the Carter Cathcart Band since 1981. Zoppi's first voiceover part was O.G. Readmore on the ABC Weekend Special. After that, he recorded voice overs for Kit Kat candy bars, Good Humor, Coors Light, and others. Jimmy Zoppi later auditioned and got several roles in the then-unknown Pokémon series and has since become known for a prolific amount of anime dub voice work for Central Park Media, Media Blasters, DuArt Film and Video, TAJ Productions, NYAV Post and once had multiple roles in many shows from 4Kids Entertainment. This included the role of Vector in Sonic X and Shadow the Hedgehog (utilizing a substantially different voice after his initial appearance in Sonic X, as well as being credited under a different name, led to being confused for a new actor; he was later actually replaced by Dan Green in Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games and Sonic Rivals 2.) After continuing on with TAJ's dub of Pokémon, he has not as of yet had another role in any 4Kids productions. He also appears to no longer be working for NYAV Post, as he did not reprise his role of Prince Philionel el de Seyruun for Slayers Revolution. He is also controversial in the Pokémon fandom, as he has been accused of ruining Team Rocket character development by replacing lines of friendship with bashing. Cathcart retired from voice acting in 2023 due to an advanced form of throat cancer.

Filmography

 * Alien 9 - Kumi's Borg
 * ''Art of Fighting - Lt. Toudou
 * Cubix - Mong, Hop2ix, Cerebrix
 * Mirmo! - Wachi
 * Mew Mew Power - Cyniclons Tarb
 * Ping Pong Club - Maeno
 * Pokémon - Gary Oak, James (after Ted Lewis & Eric Stuart), Butch, Meowth (after Nathan Price & Maddie Blaustein), Professor Oak (after Stuart Zagnit), Steven Stone, various Pokémon voices
 * Revolutionary Girl Utena - Miki Kaoru
 * Seven of Seven - Mayor
 * Slayers - Prince Philionel el de Saillune (after Matt Black), Vrumugun, Dilgear, Bandit Bosses, additional voices
 * Tama and Friends - Bengbu, Wocket
 * Twin Angels - Onimaro
 * Ultraman Tiga - Masami Horii
 * Valkyrie Profile - Kashell, Badrach
 * The World of Narue - Masaki Maruo
 * One Piece (4Kids dub) - Butchie, Chess, Satori and Pandaman (Pirates Carnival only)
 * Yu-Gi-Oh! - Weevil Underwood, Lumis
 * Sonic X - Vector the Crocodile
 * Rampage: Total Destruction - CEO of Scum Labs and Scum Soda
 * Ape Escape 2 (video game) - Monkey Yellow (credited as Carter Cathcart)