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==Voice cast== {{Main|List of The Lion King (franchise) characters|l1=List of ''The Lion King'' characters}} [[File:LionKingCharacters.jpg|right|thumb|300px|A promotional image of the characters from the film. From left to right: Shenzi, Scar, Ed, Banzai, Rafiki, Young Simba, Mufasa, Young Nala, Sarabi, Zazu, Sarafina, Timon, and Pumbaa.]] * [[Matthew Broderick]] as [[Simba]], a young lion prince, the son of Mufasa and Sarabi, who grows up to become the king of the Pride Lands. Rock singer [[Joseph Williams (musician)|Joseph Williams]] provided adult Simba's singing voice.{{efn|[[Mark Henn]] and [[Ruben A. Aquino]] respectively served as the supervising animators for young and adult Simba.<ref name="LionKingProduction">{{cite press release|url=https://www.lionking.org/text/FilmNotes.html|title=The Lion King: Production Notes|access-date=August 5, 2008|publisher=Walt Disney Pictures|date=May 25, 1994|via=LionKing.org|archive-date=October 26, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081026100715/http://www.lionking.org/text/FilmNotes.html|url-status=live}}</ref>}} ** [[Jonathan Taylor Thomas]] voiced young Simba, while [[Jason Weaver]] provided the cub's singing voice and Evan Saucedo also provided the cub's singing voice in "The Morning Report", a newly animated song which was added to the 2003 DVD Special Edition of ''The Lion King''.<ref name="LionKingProduction"/> * [[Jeremy Irons]] as [[Scar (The Lion King)|Scar]], Mufasa's younger brother and rival, and Simba's uncle, who plots to seize the throne of the Pride Lands. [[Jim Cummings]] partially provided Scar's singing voice for the song "[[Be Prepared (Disney song)|Be Prepared]]".<ref name=":4" />{{efn|[[Andreas Deja]] served as the supervising animator for Scar.<ref name="LionKingProduction"/>}} * [[James Earl Jones]] as [[Mufasa]], Simba's father, Scar's older brother, Sarabi's mate, and the king of the Pride Lands at the beginning of the film.{{efn|Tony Fucile served as the supervising animator for Mufasa.<ref name="LionKingProduction"/>}} * [[Moira Kelly]] as [[Nala (The Lion King)|Nala]], Simba's childhood best friend, who later becomes his mate and the queen of the Pride Lands. [[Sally Dworsky]] provided her singing voice.{{efn|[[Aaron Blaise]] and [[Anthony de Rosa]] respectively served as the supervising animators for young and adult Nala.<ref name="LionKingProduction"/>}} ** Niketa Calame provided the voice of young Nala while Laura Williams provided her singing voice.<ref name="LionKingProduction"/> * [[Nathan Lane]] as [[Timon and Pumbaa|Timon]], a wise-cracking [[meerkat]] who becomes one of Simba's best friends.{{efn|Michael Surrey served as his supervising animator.<ref name="LionKingProduction"/>}} * [[Ernie Sabella]] as [[Timon and Pumbaa|Pumbaa]], a naïve [[Common warthog|warthog]] who is Timon's best friend. He also becomes one of Simba's best friends.{{efn|[[Tony Bancroft]] served as his supervising animator.<ref name="LionKingProduction"/>}} * [[Robert Guillaume]] as [[List of characters in The Lion King#Rafiki|Rafiki]], an old [[mandrill]] who serves as the [[shaman]] of the Pride Lands and ceremonially presents the newborn cubs of the King and Queen to the gathered animals.{{efn|[[James Baxter (animator)|James Baxter]] served as the supervising animator for Rafiki.<ref name="LionKingProduction"/>}} * [[Rowan Atkinson]] as [[List of characters in The Lion King#Zazu|Zazu]], an uptight [[Southern red-billed hornbill|hornbill]] who serves as the [[majordomo]] to the King of the Pride Lands. [[Jeff Bennett]] provided Zazu's singing voice in "The Morning Report", a newly animated song sequence which was added to the 2003 DVD Special Edition of ''The Lion King''.{{efn|[[Ellen Woodbury]] served as the supervising animator for Zazu.<ref name="LionKingProduction"/>}} * [[Madge Sinclair]] as [[List of characters in The Lion King#Sarabi|Sarabi]], Mufasa's mate, Simba's mother, and leader of the lioness hunting party, as well as the queen of the Pride Lands at the beginning of the film.{{efn|[[Russ Edmonds]] served as the supervising animator for Sarabi.<ref name="LionKingProduction"/>}} * [[Whoopi Goldberg]], [[Cheech Marin]], and [[Jim Cummings]] as the three leaders of a clan of [[spotted hyena]]s, and allies of Scar who participate in his plot in the death of Mufasa.{{efn|Animated by Alex Kupershmidt and David Burgess.<ref name="LionKingProduction"/>}} ** Goldberg voices [[List of The Lion King characters#Shenzi, Banzai, and Ed|Shenzi]], the sassy and short-tempered female leader of the trio. ** Marin voices [[List of The Lion King characters#Shenzi, Banzai, and Ed|Banzai]], an aggressive and hot-headed hyena prone to complaining and acting on impulse. ** Cummings voices [[List of The Lion King characters#Shenzi, Banzai, and Ed|Ed]], a dimwitted hyena who does not talk, only communicating through [[Spotted hyena#Vocalizations|laughter]]. *** Cummings also voiced a [[Mole (animal)|mole]] that talks with Zazu.<ref name=":4">{{Cite book | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=0cEAOsLJad8C&pg=PA141 | title = The Magic Behind the Voices: A Who's Who of Cartoon Voice Actors | isbn = 978-1-57806-696-4 | last1 = Lawson | first1 = Tim | last2 = Persons | first2 = Alisa | date = December 9, 2004 | publisher = Univ. Press of Mississippi | access-date = March 13, 2016 | archive-date = June 27, 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140627190244/http://books.google.com/books?id=0cEAOsLJad8C&pg=PA141 | url-status = live }}</ref> * Zoe Leader as Sarafina, Nala's mother, who is briefly shown talking to Simba's mother, Sarabi.
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