John Cygan
John Cygan was an American actor and comedian.
Early life
Cygan was born in New York City to a large family of thirteen children, six of whom were his half-siblings. His parents never married.He attended West Babylon High School on Long Island, and was active in church and school theatre while in high school. Highlights include his star performance as the insane brother in Arsenic and [Old Lace |Arsenic and Old Lace] and his lead performance in a high school production of Bye Bye Birdie, as the ever faithful agent Albert Peterson.
Career
Cygan started acting on television in 1990, his notable work included Harlan Stone on Bob and Detective Paulie "Pants" Pentangeli on The Commish, as well as guest appearances on The X-Files and Modern Family.He was also notable for his voice work on video games such as Dash Rendar on the Star Wars games, List of characters in the [Metal Gear series#Solidus Snake|Solidus Snake] on Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty and Sandman on SOCOM U.S. Navy SEALs: Fireteam Bravo, as well as in animation such as List of [Toy Story characters#Twitch|Twitch] on Toy Story 3, Who on Horton Hears a Who!, Big Red on Monsters University, and various voices on Regular Show, Cars, Up |Surf's Up], WALL-E, Up, The Lorax, Despicable Me 2, Inside Out, and posthumously on Despicable Me 3.