Whose voice was used for the character 'Musafa' in the film 'The Lion King'?
"The Lion King (2019 film) The Lion King is an upcoming American drama film directed by Jon Favreau and produced by Walt Disney Pictures. It is a photorealistic computer animated remake of Disney's traditionally animated 1994 film of the same name. The film features the voices of Donald Glover, Seth Rogen, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Billy Eichner, John Oliver, Keegan-Michael Key, Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, and James Earl Jones. Plans for a remake of ""The Lion King"" were confirmed in September 2016 following the success of Favreau's ""The Jungle Book"". Much of the main cast signed in early 2017 and principal photography began in"
"Jason Raize Jason Raize Rothenberg (July 20, 1975 – February 3, 2004), known professionally as Jason Raize, was an American actor, singer and former Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Environment Programme. He was best known for his roles as the adult Simba in the Broadway stage musical version of ""The Lion King"" and the voice of Denahi in the animated Disney film ""Brother Bear"". Born Jason Raize Rothenberg, in Oneonta, New York, he grew up in the Catskills in upstate New York and started acting as a teenager, when his stepmother enrolled him in a summer Shakespeare workshop. In"
"Jason Weaver Jason Michael Weaver (born July 18, 1979), also known by his stage name J-Weav, is an American actor and singer best known for his roles as Marcus Henderson on The WB sitcom ""Smart Guy,"" Jerome Turrell on the short-lived ABC sitcom ""Thea"" from 1993–1994, and the pre-teenaged Michael Jackson on the 1992 ABC miniseries "". Jason was also the singing voice of the young Simba in Walt Disney Feature Animation's 1994 film The Lion King.[1] One of Weaver's earliest acting roles was on Oprah Winfrey's 1990 television series ""Brewster Place"". He went on to portray a young Michael"
"and his role as Simba in the West End musical ""The Lion King"". Brian Temba Brian Temba (born Brian Themba Makiwane) is a South African performer, singer, songwriter and producer,he was born in the Eastern Cape province.He speaks four languages.Known for his recent role as Ranthumeng Mokoena in the South African soap opera Muvhango and his role as Simba in the West End musical ""The Lion King"". Brian's father and brother both died then he left with his sister and his mother. Brian Temba (born Brian Themba Makiwane) is a South African born performer, singer, songwriter and producer, known for"
"Nathaniel Stampley Nathaniel Stampley is an African-American actor. He has performed in the West End, on Broadway, on tours, and regionally. On Broadway, he was a replacement for Old Deuteronomy in the revival of ""CATS"", he played Mister in the revival of ""The Color Purple"", Mufasa in ""The Lion King"", and was in the opening night cast of original production of""The Color Purple"" as Buster, Chief, an ensemble member, and an understudy for Harpo. He also played Mufasa in ""The Lion King"" in the West End and on the national tour. He was in the national tour of Ragtime. Regionally,"
"Awards, including two in the same year in 1990. He is also known for his voice roles as Darth Vader in the ""Star Wars"" film series and Mufasa in Disney's ""The Lion King"", as well as many other film, stage and television roles. Jones has been said to possess ""one of the best-known voices in show business, a stirring basso profondo that has lent gravel and gravitas"" to his projects, including live-action acting, voice acting, and commercial voice-overs. In 1970, he won a Grammy Award for ""Great American Documents"". As a child, Jones had a stutter. In his episode of"
"Sea"", and ""Kiss the Girl"". He released a soul music record in 1973, ""There's Something Funny Going On"" b/w ""Three Hundred Pounds of Hungry"" on the Paramount label. Samuel E. Wright Samuel E. Wright (born November 20, 1946) is an American actor and singer. He is best known as the voice of Sebastian in Disney's ""The Little Mermaid"", for which he provided the main vocals to ""Under the Sea"", which won the Academy Award for Best Original Song. Wright also played the part of Mufasa in the original cast of ""The Lion King"" on Broadway and voiced Kron the Iguanodon"
"Brian Temba Brian Temba (born Brian Themba Makiwane) is a South African performer, singer, songwriter and producer,he was born in the Eastern Cape province.He speaks four languages.Known for his recent role as Ranthumeng Mokoena in the South African soap opera Muvhango and his role as Simba in the West End musical ""The Lion King"". Brian's father and brother both died then he left with his sister and his mother. Brian Temba (born Brian Themba Makiwane) is a South African born performer, singer, songwriter and producer, known for his recent role as Ranthumeng Mokoena in the South African soap opera Muvhango"
"Kip King Kip King (born Jerome Charles Kattan; August 11, 1937 – July 15, 2010) was an American film, television and voice actor. He was the father of American television sketch comedian Chris Kattan. King was born Jerome Charles Kattan in Chicago, Illinois, the son of an Iraqi Jewish father and a Polish Jewish mother. King was probably best known for voicing Tailor Smurf in the 1980s television cartoon series The Smurfs. Long associated with Hanna-Barbera, King provided the voice of Shecky in ""The Biskitts"" (1983). He was also in the voice casts of ""The Little Rascals"", ""Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo"""
"""a fantastic villain and easily the most fully realized of the film's characters, thanks both to Jeremy Irons's marvelously wicked vocal performance and some clever character flourishes on behalf of the animators."" David Denby of ""New York"", who otherwise criticized the film, felt that ""Irons ... sounds like he's having a better time than he's ever had in movies before."" In a rare lukewarm review, Anthony Quinn of ""The Independent"" felt that Irons's performance was too campy: ""more Liberace than George Sanders."" According to IGN, Scar, Simba and Mufasa have since become ""household names thanks to the [film's] enormous popularity"
"in California and in Florida, were responsible for establishing the personalities and setting the tone for the film's main characters. The animation leads for the main characters included Mark Henn on young Simba, Ruben A. Aquino on adult Simba, Andreas Deja on Scar, Aaron Blaise on young Nala, Anthony DeRosa on adult Nala, and Tony Fucile on Mufasa. Nearly 20 minutes of the film, including the ""I Just Can't Wait to Be King"" sequence, were animated at the Disney-MGM Studios facility. More than 600 artists, animators, and technicians contributed to ""The Lion King"". Weeks before the film was to be"
"Ernie Sabella Ernest ""Ernie"" Sabella (born September 19, 1949) is an American actor and voice actor, who is best known for his role as the voice of Pumbaa from ""The Lion King"" franchise. He is also known for his work in Broadway theatre, including starring roles in ""Guys and Dolls"" and ""Man of La Mancha"". Born in Westchester, New York, Sabella graduated from Westlake High School in Thornwood, New York and from the University of Miami, where he studied at the Department of Theatre Arts and performed at the university's Jerry Herman Ring Theatre. His stage credits include ""The Robber"
"Hossein Erfani Hossein Erfani Parsaei (Farsi: حسین عرفانی پارسایی) was an Iranian voice actor who is known for Persian voice-dubbing foreign films. Hossein Erfani started his career as a voice actor at the Moulin Rouge Studio in Tehran in 1961. He is known for dubbing over Humphrey Bogart roles in Maltese Falcon or Casablanca and Clark Gable role as Rhett Butler From Gone with the Wind. He has also dubbed over some of Orson Welles, Marlon Brando, Charlton Heston, Gene Hackman, Toshiro Mifune, William Holden, Morgan freeman and Arnold Schwarzenegger's voice roles in films they starred in. He has also"
"Mig Macario Mig Macario is a Filipino-Canadian actor. He plays the iconic role of Bashful of the 7 dwarfs on the hit ABC series ""Once Upon A Time"", the role of George Amahit on the comedy TV series ""Less Than Kind"" and has recurring roles on ""Sanctuary"" & ""The Troop"". Born in the Philippines and named after the Filipino revolutionary, general, and actor Macario Sakay, Mig is the youngest of six children and grew up in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Macario a practicing Nichiren Buddhist with the Soka Gakkai. Early in his career, Macario played petty criminal characters in shows"
"Jesse Corti Jesse Corti (born July 3, 1955) is a Venezuelan-American actor and voice actor. He is best known for voicing Le Fou in ""Beauty and the Beast"" and playing Courfeyrac in the original Broadway show ""Les Misérables"". He also voiced the Spanish Dignitary in ""Frozen"" and Mr. Manchas in ""Zootopia"". He has appeared in numerous feature films, and in several popular TV series such as ""24"", ""Heroes"", ""Desperate Housewives"", ""The West Wing"", ""Judging Amy"", ""Law & Order"" and many more. In 1990, he received a Clio Award for his Drug Free America commercial. He is originally from Venezuela, but"
"Matthew Broderick Matthew Broderick (born March 21, 1962) is an American actor and singer. His roles include the title character in ""Ferris Bueller's Day Off"" (1986), the voice of the adult Simba in Disney's ""The Lion King"" trilogy (1994–2004), David Lightman in the Cold War thriller ""WarGames"" (1983), and Leo Bloom in the Broadway production of ""The Producers"" (2005), and John Brown in Inspector Gadget (1999). Broderick has won two Tony Awards, one for Best Featured Actor in a Play for ""Brighton Beach Memoirs"" (1983), and one for Best Actor in a Musical for ""How to Succeed in Business Without"
"Andre, Florence Kasumba, Keegan-Michael Key, JD McCrary and Shahadi Wright Joseph joining the cast as the voices of Azizi, Shenzi and Kamari, young Simba and young Nala, respectively while Hans Zimmer would return to score the film's music. On November 28, 2017, it was reported that Elton John had signed onto the project to rework his musical compositions from the original film. Production for the film began in May 2017. It is scheduled for release on July 19, 2019. Along with the film release, three different video games based on ""The Lion King"" were released by Virgin Interactive in December"
"programmer in their home town. Ernie Sabella Ernest ""Ernie"" Sabella (born September 19, 1949) is an American actor and voice actor, who is best known for his role as the voice of Pumbaa from ""The Lion King"" franchise. He is also known for his work in Broadway theatre, including starring roles in ""Guys and Dolls"" and ""Man of La Mancha"". Born in Westchester, New York, Sabella graduated from Westlake High School in Thornwood, New York and from the University of Miami, where he studied at the Department of Theatre Arts and performed at the university's Jerry Herman Ring Theatre. His"
"Jonathan Taylor Thomas Jonathan Taylor Thomas (born Jonathan Taylor Weiss; September 8, 1981) is an American actor, voice actor, and director. He is known for portraying Randy Taylor on ""Home Improvement"" and voicing young Simba in Disney's 1994 film ""The Lion King"". Thomas was born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, the son of Claudine (born Gonsalves), a personal manager and social worker, and Stephen Weiss, an industrial sales manager. The two divorced in 1991. His uncle is playwright and actor Jeff Weiss. Thomas has Pennsylvania Dutch (German) and Portuguese ancestry. In 2000, Thomas graduated with honors from Chaminade College Preparatory School in"
"Mufasa ""bores in comparison."" Janet Maslin of ""The New York Times ""called Scar a ""delectably wicked"" villain. Maslin went on to praise Irons's voice acting, writing that the actor ""slithers through the story in grandiose high style, with a green-eyed malevolence that is one of film's chief delights."" Leah Rozen of ""People"" described Scar as ""a flawless realization of Irons's special talent."" Gene Siskel of the ""Chicago Tribune"" lauded Scar as the film's ""best character,"" jokingly describing him as ""Irons' Claus von Bulow with fur."" Similarly, ComingSoon.net's Joshua Starnes hailed Scar as ""the best part of the film."" Praising both"
"to the characters—for instance, James Earl Jones was cast because the directors found his voice ""powerful"" and similar to a lion's roar. Jones commented that during the years of production, Mufasa ""became more and more of a dopey dad instead of [a] grand king"". Nathan Lane originally auditioned for Zazu, and Ernie Sabella for one of the hyenas. Upon meeting each other at the recording studio, the actors, who at the time both co-starred in ""Guys and Dolls"", were asked to record together as hyenas. The directors laughed at their performance and decided to cast them as Timon and Pumbaa."
"Madge Sinclair Madge Dorita Sinclair (née Walters; 28 April 1938 or 1940 – 20 December 1995) was a Jamaican actress, best known for her roles in ""Cornbread, Earl and Me"" (1975), ""Coming to America"" (1988), ""Trapper John, M.D."" (1980-1986), and the ABC TV miniseries ""Roots"" (1977). Sinclair also voiced the character of Sarabi, Mufasa's wife and Simba's mother, in the animated feature film ""The Lion King"". Sinclair won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress - Drama Series for her role as Empress Josephine in ""Gabriel's Fire"" in 1991. Born Madge Dorita Walters in Kingston, Jamaica to Jamaican parents"
"for his work in the television industry. Robert Guillaume Robert Guillaume (born Robert Peter Williams; November 30, 1927 – October 24, 2017) was an American actor, known for his role as Isaac Jaffe on ""Sports Night"" and as Benson in the television series ""Soap"" and the spin-off ""Benson"", as well as for voicing the mandrill Rafiki in ""The Lion King"". In a career that spanned more than 50 years he worked extensively on stage, television and film. For his efforts he was nominated for a Tony Award for his portrayal of Nathan Detroit in ""Guys and Dolls"", and twice won"
"Samuel E. Wright Samuel E. Wright (born November 20, 1946) is an American actor and singer. He is best known as the voice of Sebastian in Disney's ""The Little Mermaid"", for which he provided the main vocals to ""Under the Sea"", which won the Academy Award for Best Original Song. Wright also played the part of Mufasa in the original cast of ""The Lion King"" on Broadway and voiced Kron the Iguanodon in Disney's 2000 CGI film ""Dinosaur"". Wright was nominated for a Tony Award in 1984 for Best Featured Actor in a Musical for his performance in ""The Tap"
"with leukemia. She was cremated and her ashes were scattered in her hometown in Jamaica. Madge Sinclair Madge Dorita Sinclair (née Walters; 28 April 1938 or 1940 – 20 December 1995) was a Jamaican actress, best known for her roles in ""Cornbread, Earl and Me"" (1975), ""Coming to America"" (1988), ""Trapper John, M.D."" (1980-1986), and the ABC TV miniseries ""Roots"" (1977). Sinclair also voiced the character of Sarabi, Mufasa's wife and Simba's mother, in the animated feature film ""The Lion King"". Sinclair won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress - Drama Series for her role as Empress Josephine"
"Cornell John Cornell Solomon John is a British actor who has appeared in various film and television productions since 1999. He is most renowned for his role as Trife's uncle, Curtis, in the films ""Kidulthood"" (2006), ""Adulthood"" (2008) and ""Brotherhood"" in addition to later starring in the BBC soap opera ""EastEnders"" as Sam James, during 2013. He is also known for having originated the role of Mufasa in the West End production of the musical ""The Lion King"". John made his screen debut in two episodes of the television series ""The Knock"". Over the course of the next few years"
"2014. After the success of the Broadway show, the show opened in the United Kingdom in on October 19, 1999. The cast included Cornell John as Mufasa, Luke Youngblood as Young Simba, Dominique Moore as Young Nala, Martyn Ellis as Pumbaa, Simon Gregor as Timon, Rob Edwards as Scar, Paul J. Medford as Banzai and Josette Bushell-Mingo as Rafiki. As of October 2015, it has been playing at the Lyceum Theatre in London for 16 years. Taymor directed the British production of the show, with Melissa De Melo as the producer. The show also toured the UK from 2012 until"
"in ""The Lion King"" (1994) as the daughter of Sarafina and the best friend of Simba, who she often accompanies on his adventures throughout the Pride Lands. Simba invites Nala to visit the forbidden Elephant Graveyard with him, despite his father Mufasa's orders. The cubs are soon ambushed by Shenzi, Banzai and Ed, a trio of hyenas chosen by Simba's treacherous uncle Scar to kill Simba in order to improve his own chances of becoming king, but are ultimately rescued by Mufasa. The following day, however, Nala is devastated to learn from Scar that both Simba and Mufasa have perished"
"songs from the movie. The show debuted in Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom on July 8, 1994; taking place in the same theater that is currently being used for Mickey's PhilharMagic show in Fantasyland. The Legend of The Lion King replaced the 3-D movie ""Magic Journeys"", which was shown in the Fantasyland Theater for 6 years from December 1987 through December 1993. This show featured what Disney describes as “Disney Humanimals” which are “larger-than-life figures that look just like their animated film counterparts”. The Mufasa Disney Humanimal measured seven feet long from tail to tip, six feet tall, and was"
"Timon and Pumbaa Timon and Pumbaa are an animated meerkat and warthog duo introduced in Disney's 1994 animated film ""The Lion King"" and its franchise. Timon was portrayed through his many appearances by Nathan Lane (in all three films and early episodes of the show), Max Casella (the original actor in ""The Lion King"" Broadway musical), Kevin Schon (in certain episodes of the show), Quinton Flynn (in certain episodes of the show), Bruce Lanoil in the ""Wild About Safety"" shorts and ""Kingdom Hearts II"", and while Pumbaa is voiced by Ernie Sabella (in all of his animated speaking appearances), and"
"Robert Guillaume Robert Guillaume (born Robert Peter Williams; November 30, 1927 – October 24, 2017) was an American actor, known for his role as Isaac Jaffe on ""Sports Night"" and as Benson in the television series ""Soap"" and the spin-off ""Benson"", as well as for voicing the mandrill Rafiki in ""The Lion King"". In a career that spanned more than 50 years he worked extensively on stage, television and film. For his efforts he was nominated for a Tony Award for his portrayal of Nathan Detroit in ""Guys and Dolls"", and twice won an Emmy Award for his portrayal of"
"liberation struggle. As a librettist, Ngema has written the musical soundtrack for ""Sarafina - the movie"" and produced the movie's soundtrack alongside Quincy Jones. He has composed several music albums, including the famous and locally loved album ""Stimela SaseZola"". Ngema has written and arranged numerous songs as well as arranged music for artists such as Michael Bolton. He was also one of the vocal arrangers for ""The Lion King"", Disney’s animated film. For this, Ngema received a multi-platinum award for sales in excess of 6 million copies. He subsequently won a Grammy Award for the movie adaptation. ""Woza My Fohloza"","
"Jones told ""Newsday"": ""You'd have to ask Lucas about that. I don't know."" Jones reprised his voice role of Vader for the character's appearances in the animated TV series ""Star Wars Rebels"", and the live-action film ""Rogue One: A Star Wars Story"" (2016). His other voice roles include Mufasa in the 1994 Disney film ""The Lion King"" and its direct-to-video sequel, """". Archive recordings from the film would later be used for the English version of the 2006 video game ""Kingdom Hearts II"" since Jones himself did not reprise the role. He more recently voiced Mufasa in the 2015 TV"