Jeff Garcia, Actor Behind Jimmy Neutron's Sheen, Dies at 50

Jeff Garcia, who played Sheen successful Jimmy Neutron and Pip successful Barnyard, has died astatine the property of 50.

The 2000s dependable actor’s passing was confirmed by his son, Joseph Garcia. TMZ reports that aggregate household members were capable to corroborate Garcia was taken disconnected of beingness enactment Tuesday night. He past passed surrounded by friends and household astatine a Southern California infirmary this morning.

Jeff Garcia. Photo by Michael Schwartz/WireImage.

TMZ says Garcia had been suffering from aesculapian complications successful the months starring up to his death, including a encephalon aneurysm successful the outpouring and a changeable conscionable a fewer weeks ago. The site’s sources accidental the actor, who was besides a comedian, was hospitalized November 20 with pneumonia but yet recovered and was discharged. Monday, helium returned to the infirmary with trouble breathing earlier suffering a collapsed lung Tuesday.

Garcia made a sanction for himself arsenic 1 of the astir acquainted voices moving successful animation for younger viewers of the 2000s. He’s apt champion known for his relation arsenic Sheen, 1 of 2 champion friends to titular lad genius Jimmy Neutron successful the classical Nickelodeon movie and the amusement that followed it. His relation arsenic the quality was truthful fashionable that a spinoff titled Planet Sheen yet arrived successful the 2010s.

Garcia’s acting credits day backmost to the ‘90s, but it wasn’t until the Jimmy Neutron movie arrived successful 2001 that helium started to go 1 of the astir recognizable voices of that time. The star’s clip with Nickelodeon besides saw him providing his talents to projects similar ChalkZone, Barnyard, and Back astatine the Barnyard, arsenic good arsenic a fistful of spinoff video games. Garcia tin besides beryllium heard successful Happy Feet 1 and 2, Rio 1 and 2, The Proud Family, and more.

His son, Joseph Garcia, posted a connection confirming the quality of his father's passing connected Instagram.

"From dependable acting to basal up comedy, helium shined with his speedy wit, brash humor, and charm," the connection says. "He has made specified an interaction connected people’s lives internationally, whether you grew up watching Jimmy Neutron, oregon shared a laughter with him astatine 1 of his shows. He was my hero… I idolized him. He whitethorn beryllium gone, but helium volition NEVER beryllium forgotten."

Most animation fans who saw and heard Garcia’s enactment tin nary uncertainty retrieve the dependable of his dependable arsenic Sheen, Pip, and others to this day. Many of these aforesaid fans person already taken to societal media to stock thoughts, clips, and their favourite moments from his career.

— StrangerOnTheInternet (@G515Random) December 10, 2025

Rest In Peace Jeff Garcia convey you for bringing to beingness 1 of the astir underrated comic characters of the 2000’s pic.twitter.com/rnq8HOwG85

— TheNCSmaster (@TheNCSmaster) December 10, 2025 — BarnyardNoContext (@BarnyardVids) December 10, 2025

Photo by Michael Schwartz/WireImage.

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