james earl jones played the voice of mufasa in lion king.
james earl jones played the voice of mufasa in lion king.
who plays the voice of mufasa in lion king?
james earl jones
mufasa (voiced by james earl jones in the films and gary anthony williams in "the lion guard") is scar's older brother, sarabi's mate, simba's father and kiara and kion's paternal grandfather who is introduced as the king of the pride lands. the name "mufasa" has an unknown origin, previously attributed to a fictional language called manazoto. mufasa is depicted as a just, wise, and responsible leader, a gentle but firm father, and strong and fierce protector when sufficiently provoked. in "the lion king", he teaches simba on what a king is supposed to be, and how the king is responsible for protecting and maintaining the delicate balance of the ecosystem, and mediate problems between its creatures. however, mufasa later dies after being thrown into a wildebeest stampede by scar while rescuing simba. he returns years later as a ghostly apparition in the clouds to help an older simba return to the pride lands and remember who he truly is.
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the story is set in a kingdom of anthropomorphic animals in africa known as the pride lands, where a lion rules over the other animals as king. "the lion king" begins when rafiki, a mandrill, anoints simba, the newborn son of king mufasa and queen sarabi, presenting him to a gathering of animals at the pride rock. simba is next seen as a young cub, with mufasa teaching him about the "circle of life". simba's uncle and mufasa's brother scar plots to take the throne for himself and tells simba about an elephant graveyard, a place where mufasa has warned simba not to go. when simba and his best friend nala sneak off to the elephant graveyard, shenzi, banzai and ed, three hyenas aligned with scar, attack and try to kill the two cubs, but they are stopped by mufasa. scar's next plan is to lure simba into a gorge while the hyenas create a wildebeest stampede. alerted by scar, mufasa races to rescue simba from the stampede. he saves his son but is left clinging to the edge of a cliff, which results in scar flinging him into the stampede below and killing him. scar then tricks simba into thinking that he is responsible for his father's death and tells him to run away, only to later order the hyenas to kill simba, but they fail. scar informs the pride that both mufasa and simba were killed and that he is assuming the throne as the next in line. simba is later found unconscious by timon and pumbaa, who adopt and raise him. it is not until simba is a young adult lion that he meets nala again, and the two lions fall in love. along with rafiki and mufasa's ghost, nala convinces simba to return to the pride lands and claim the throne. simba, along with nala, timon, and pumbaa go to the pride rock, where simba confronts, fights, and defeats scar, who is later betrayed and killed by his own army of hyenas as a result of scar's blaming of the hyenas for mufasa's death. the film concludes with the pride lands turning green with life again and rafiki presenting simba and nala's newborn cub.
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