Jeff Garcia, a beloved L.A. comic and outstanding Nickelodeon voice actor, has died. He was 50.
Garcia, a Giggle Manufacturing facility common, died Wednesday after a quick hospitalization, his son Joseph “JoJo” Garcia introduced on Instagram.
“My father was a singular soul. He taught me a lot and gave me recommendation that I reside by each single day. He was a Father, Son, Uncle, Cousin, Brother, however most of all, he was my finest pal,” JoJo wrote in his tribute.
JoJo, who has launched into a comedy profession of his personal, added that he referred to as his father daily and sometimes confided in him about his profession ambitions.
“He believed in me, in a method that no one else did,” he wrote. “I’m going to make you proud pops.”
Representatives for Garcia had been unable to be reached Wednesday for remark.
“Jeff Garcia was such a beloved member of our household, and such a expertise,” Erin von Schonfeldt, govt vice chairman of expertise on the Improv, mentioned in a press release to The Instances. “We’re all actually feeling this super loss.”
Garcia kicked off his profession by frequenting Southern California comedy golf equipment all through the Nineties. Later, he landed his most outstanding function: voicing goofy sidekick Sheen Estévez within the 2001 animated film “Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius.” He additionally voiced the character within the subsequent TV collection “The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius” for 3 seasons and his personal short-lived spinoff “Planet Sheen.”
The comedy veteran lent his voice to different animated movies and reveals, together with “Barnyard” and “Joyful Toes,” the latter of which he labored on with Robin Williams.
“He fell in love with my ass, man,” Garcia mentioned of his famed co-star in a 2021 interview with radio host Freddy Rivera.
“If there was a comedy Mount Rushmore, he’d be the primary [face],” he mentioned.
Garcia’s followers shared related reward following the information of his demise. In a touch upon JoJo’s Instagram put up, comic Eric Schwartz mentioned Jeff was “one of many first to imagine in me and was instrumental in my growth as a comic early on.”
“He generously gave me and plenty of different comedians a variety of alternatives to shine,” Schwartz mentioned.
Debi Derryberry, who voiced Jimmy Neutron, additionally shared a tribute on Instagram.
“I’m devastated to search out out that my pricey pal Jeff Garcia, who additionally performed Sheen on Jimmy Neutron, has handed away,” she wrote. “We had been all collectively only a few months in the past at a conference. He was all the time the funniest man within the room. We’re gonna miss you Sheen.”
