Blu Mankuma (born James Michael George, July 5, 1948 in Seattle, Washington) is an American actor. He has appeared in numerous Canadian and American productions filmed in Canada. Mankuma is also a stage actor, musician, singer, and songwriter. He and his family currently live in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Career Among Mankuma's film credits are The Stepfather, The Russia House, Cadence, Harmony Cats, Another Stakeout, Whale Music, Blacktop, Tin Man, 2012 and The Final Storm. Television credits include continuing roles on M.A.N.T.I.S., Forever Knight, Madison, Love on the Run (1994), Street Justice, Mom P.I., 21 Jump Street, Huckleberry Finn and His Friends, RoboCop and his role as host of the seven-part series Diversity. Individual television episodic credits include the series The X-Files, The Outer Limits, Supernatural, Kung Fu, North of 60, The Round Table, Hat Squad, Scene of The Crime, Booker, Wiseguy, MacGyver, Walt Disney's Davy Crockett, Blue's Folly, Stargate SG-1, Jack, and Fringe. Mankuma is widely known as the voice of Tigatron, Tigerhawk and one of the Vok in Beast Wars. Other notable roles include Gigabyte in ReBoot, Heavy Duty in G.I. Joe: Spy Troops and G.I. Joe: Valor vs. Venom, Gort in Halloweentown II: Kalabar's Revenge, and Anubis in the 1997 cartoon '. He has also performed voices on other animated films and television shows including Spider-Man Unlimited, Extreme Dinosaurs, Fat Dog Mendoza, RoboCop: Alpha Commando, NASCAR Racers, G.I. Joe Extreme, Captain N: The Game Master, Trollz, The Animated Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Transformers: Cybertron, Conan the Adventurer, Dragon Tales, ', Double Dragon, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, Madeline, Inspector Gadget's Last Case, Tayo the Little Bus, Space Strikers, Ultimate Book of Spells, Shadow Raiders, X-Men Evolution, Hot Wheels World Race, Sabrina, the Animated Series, Sonic Underground, The Littlest Angel, At Jesus's Side, Barbie: Mermaidia, Firehouse Tales, Groove Squad, Stellaluna, The League of Super Evil, G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century, Sabrina's Secret Life, Billy the Cat, Super Duper Sumos, Hurricanes, My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic and LeapFrog as well as singing the main theme song to Rainbow Fish. Filmography *The Stepfather (1987) *Malone (1987) *Body of Evidence (1988, TV movie) *Shoot to Kill (1988) *Watchers (1988) *Look Who's Talking (1989) *The Russia House (1990) *Bird on a Wire (1990) *Cadence (1990) *Knight Moves (1992) *Harmony Cats (1992) *Another Stakeout (1993) *Whale Music (1994) *Bone Daddy (1998) *Creature (1998, TV miniseries) *Atomic Train (1999, TV movie) *Blacktop (2000) *G-Saviour (2000) *The Santa Clause 2 (2002) *Fierce People (2005) *Tin Man (2007, TV miniseries) *2012 (2009) *The Final Storm (2010) *Girl in Progress (2012) *Upside Down (2012)
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