Jeff Garcia, L.A. comedian and 'Jimmy Neutron' voice actor, dies at 50

Jeff Garcia, a beloved L.A. comedian and salient Nickelodeon dependable actor, has died. He was 50.

Garcia, a Laugh Factory regular, died Wednesday aft a little hospitalization, his lad Joseph “JoJo” Garcia announced connected Instagram.

“My begetter was a unsocial soul. He taught maine truthful overmuch and gave maine proposal that I unrecorded by each azygous day. He was a Father, Son, Uncle, Cousin, Brother, but astir of all, helium was my champion friend,” JoJo wrote successful his tribute.

JoJo, who has embarked connected a drama vocation of his own, added that helium called his begetter each time and often confided successful him astir his vocation ambitions.

“He believed successful me, successful a mode that cipher other did,” helium wrote. “I’m going to marque you arrogant pops.”

Representatives for Garcia were incapable to beryllium reached Wednesday for comment.

“Jeff Garcia was specified a beloved subordinate of our family, and specified a talent,” Erin von Schonfeldt, enforcement vice president of endowment astatine the Improv, said successful a connection to The Times. “We are each truly feeling this tremendous loss.”

Garcia kicked disconnected his vocation by frequenting Southern California drama clubs passim the 1990s. Later, helium landed his astir salient role: voicing goofy sidekick Sheen Estévez successful the 2001 animated movie “Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius.” He besides voiced the quality successful the consequent TV bid “The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius” for 3 seasons and his ain short-lived spinoff “Planet Sheen.”

The drama seasoned lent his dependable to different animated films and shows, including “Barnyard” and “Happy Feet,” the second of which helium worked connected with Robin Williams.

“He fell successful emotion with my ass, man,” Garcia said of his famed co-star successful a 2021 interrogation with vigor big Freddy Rivera.

“If determination was a drama Mount Rushmore, he’d beryllium the archetypal [face],” helium said.

Garcia’s fans shared akin praise pursuing the quality of his death. In a remark connected JoJo’s Instagram post, comedian Eric Schwartz said Jeff was “one of the archetypal to judge successful maine and was instrumental successful my improvement arsenic a comedian aboriginal on.”

“He generously gave maine and galore different comedians a batch of opportunities to shine,” Schwartz said.

Debi Derryberry, who voiced Jimmy Neutron, besides shared a tribute connected Instagram.

“I’m devastated to find retired that my beloved person Jeff Garcia, who besides played Sheen connected Jimmy Neutron, has passed away,” she wrote. “We were each unneurotic conscionable a fewer months agone astatine a convention. He was ever the funniest antheral successful the room. We’re gonna miss you Sheen.”