idris elba played shere khan in the jungle book.
idris elba played shere khan in the jungle book.
who played shere khan in the jungle book?
idris elba
idris elba voices shere khan in the 2016 live-action film "the jungle book". in this incarnation, shere khan has several noticeable scars (sustained from fights with humans) including a blinded left eye. he also hates humans and views them all as a threat, much as his previous disney incarnation does. when interviewed regarding the character, elba described shere khan as a creature "that reigns with fear" and that he "terrorizes everyone he encounters because he comes from a place of fear."
shere khan
shere khan returned (and had more on-screen time) in "the jungle book 2". humiliated by the ordeal of his tail being tied to a burning branch in the original film, the tiger has sworn to kill mowgli for revenge. he first searches the man village and is chased off by the villagers. he then searches the jungle for mowgli and is lied to by kaa, who tells him that mowgli is at the swamp out of fear, and being pestered by lucky, a new but dim-witted member of the vultures, who accidentally reveals mowgli's whereabouts before shere khan violently attacks him for his jokes, causing the other 4 vultures to fly away in fear. shere khan and mowgli ultimately meet again as mowgli tries to reconcile with shanti and ranjan, who, unbeknownst to him, were cornered by the tiger at that very moment. barely escaping, mowgli hides in an abandoned temple surrounded by lava. shanti, ranjan, baloo, and bagheera hurry to save mowgli. after baloo and shanti team up, they, along with mowgli, confuse shere khan by banging 3 different gongs. eventually, shanti's gong collapses, giving away her hiding place. shere khan threatens to kill shanti instead unless mowgli comes out of hiding, forcing mowgli to reveal himself. shere khan then chases the 2 of them, despite baloo's efforts to slow him down. mowgli and shanti jump over a pit of molten lava and grab onto the head of a tiger statue. shere khan leaps across and corners the children. before he can kill them, his weight causes the statue to fall with the 3 of them on it. shanti and mowgli are saved by baloo while shere khan falls onto a stone slab in the lava pit, and the statue lands on top of him, trapping him inside its mouth. he is last seen being taunted by lucky. in "the jungle book 2", shere khan was voiced by tony jay, who reprised his role from the disney afternoon series "talespin".
shere khan