New York/New Jersey – based writer, producer, musician and voiceover artist James Carter Cathcart attended the Interlochen Arts Academy for his high school years, winning top honors as a classical and jazz pianist. As a teen member of the eclectic New Heavenly Blue, JCC performed on the Atlantic Records releases New Heavenly Blue, Truth is Fallen (Dave Brubeck’s oratorio), as well as Two Generations of Brubeck. As a founding member of The Laughing Dogs, Cathcart recorded two albums and toured nationally with the group, also opening up for and playing with Micky Dolenz and Davy Jones of the Monkees. Cathcart’s voiceover career began in the early 1990s when he became the voice of the ABC Weekend Special’s O.G. Readmore. JCC has been involved with many cartoon and anime series, including Philionel El Di Saillune, Dilgear and Vrumugun from Slayers, Miki Kaoru from Revolutionary Girl Utena, Weevil Underwood from Yu-Gi-Oh!, and Vector from Sonic X. Cathcart has been the voice of Pokémon’s Gary Oak since the very first episode, adding the Pokémon voices of James and Meowth from Team Rocket, Professor Oak and Butch, among others to his credits, as well as the voices of the Pokémon creatures themselves. Currently supporting his latest CD release on Wild Twin Records entitled I Was Missing You, Cathcart has also been the English scriptwriter for Pokémon since 2002.