Jim has been with the venerable Dapper Dans of Disneyland for over 20 years. He has sung
with The Perfect Gentlemen quartet since 1998, having won the 2002 National A Cappella Championship with them, recording three albums and traveling on a number of overseas tours including England and Brazil and performing on numerous cruise lines. Jim also sings with a fabulous mixed vocal jazz quartet called Ready Willing & Mabel performing a cappella and
with big bands.
As a freelance studio singer in Los Angeles, Jim's film credits include Frozen, Wreck It Ralph, Oz the Great and Powerful, Despicable Me 2, Oblivion, The Rite, National Treasure 2, This Is The End, 2012, The Scorcerer's Apprentice and Disney's The Haunted Mansion . TV work includes The Simpsons ("The B Sharps"), The Tonight Show With Jay Leno, That '70s Show, Home Improvement, The View, The Carson Daly Show, Gilmore Girls, Ned & Stacey, Blossom, Hart of Dixie. Jim can also be heard singing on the soundtrack to
The Mystery Mine attraction at Dollywood in Tennessee.
As a choral singer Jim has sung in concert with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Pacific Symphony Pops, Santa Barbara Symphony, San Francisco Symphony, The Hollywood Bowl Orchestra and The Louisville Orchestra. Jim has sung with the Los Angeles Chamber Singers , Pacific Chorale , Angeles Chorale and The LA Choral Artists . He is bass soloist/section leader for Canterbury Choir at All Saints Church Pasadena and is a sought-after guest soloist with other churches in LA.
Jim began his professional career in regional musical theatre productions and opera in his hometown of Louisville, Kentucky, where he studied voice at Bellarmine University. His credits include Curly in Oklahoma! , Kenickie in Grease , Action in West Side Story and the barbershop quartet in The Music Man .