ernie sabella played pumbaa in the 2019 lion king movie.
ernie sabella played pumbaa in the 2019 lion king movie.
who played pumbaa in the 2019 lion king movie?
ernie sabella
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 traditionally animated speaking appearances), and was portrayed by tom alan robbins in the original cast of the broadway musical. in the cgi remake, the characters are portrayed by billy eichner and seth rogen respectively. nathan lane and ernie sabella first came to audition for the roles of the hyenas, but when the producers saw how well they worked together they decided to cast them as timon and pumbaa. lyricist tim rice however was pulling for rik mayall (for timon) and adrian edmondson (for pumbaa) to play the roles, as he got the idea for the lyrics to "hakuna matata" by watching their show "bottom".
timon and pumbaa
zazu (voiced by rowan atkinson in "the lion king"; jim piddock in "timon and pumbaa's jungle games" and "the lion king simba's mighty adventure"; michael gough in "timon & pumbaa"; edward hibbert in "the lion king ii: simba's pride" and "the lion king 1½"; jeff bennett in "the lion guard"; and john oliver in the live action film) is a red-billed hornbill and majordomo to mufasa and later simba. after mufasa's death, zazu becomes a prisoner of scar before pumbaa breaks the bone cage releasing him when simba returns to the pride lands. he eventually acts as a scout and advises simba on royal protocol.
list of the lion king characters