Broadway Actors Voice-over Work for Animated Films

[swimmingzeppo]

Posted: 2/25/10 at 1:35pm

Hey guys, I'm trying to come up with a list of Broadway actors/actresses who have done voice-over work for animated films.

For example: Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick in "The Lion King" and Anika Noni Rose in "The Princess and the Frog."

I know there must be more...

[rmusic11322]

Posted: 2/25/10 at 1:38pm

Marissa Jaret Winoker (sp?) had a part in the Shrek The Halls holiday special.

[philly03]

Posted: 2/25/10 at 1:41pm

Judy Kuhn in Pochantas; Lea Salonga in Alladin & Mulan.

[latitudex1]

Posted: 2/25/10 at 1:42pm

And of course Kristen Chenoweth does tons and tons of voice-over work, most notably in featured roles in Disney's Tinker Bell movies and the Fox comedy "Sit Down, Shut Up."
Updated On: 2/25/10 at 01:42 PM

[lull89]

Posted: 2/25/10 at 1:58pm

Jen Cody was in Princess and the Frog as well. Won an Annie for her performance, too!

Susan Egan (Belle in BatB) was the voice of Meg in Hercules.

[JBSinger]

Posted: 2/25/10 at 2:04pm

Little Mermaid:
Jodi Benson (Ariel), Samuel Wright (Sebastian), Pat Carroll (Ursula)

Beauty & the Beast:
Paige O'Hara (Belle), Jerry Orbach (Lumiere), Richard White (Gaston), Rex Everhart (Maurice), Angela Lansbury (Mrs. Potts)

Aladdin:
Jonathan Freeman (Jafar); Lea Salonga (Jasmine - singing)

Lion King:
Nathan Lane (Timon), Ernie Sabella (Pumba), Matt Broderick (Simba), james Earl Jones (Mufasa), Jeremy Irons (Scar)

Pocahontas:
Judy Kuhn (Pocahontas -singing)

Hunchback of Notre Dame
Tom Hulce (Quasimodo), Charles Kimbrough/Jason Alexander (2 gargoyles), Kevin Kline (Pheobus), Paul Kandel (Clopin)

Hercules:
Lillias White, La Chanze, Roz Ryan, Cheryl Freeman (Muses), Susan Egan (Meg), Roger Bart (young hercules singing)

Mulan:
Bd Wong, Lea Salonga, Harvey Fierstein

Tarzan:
Rosie O'Donnell, Glen Close

Anastasia:
Angela Lansbury, Liz Callaway (singing), Jon Dokuchitz (singing), Bernadette Peters

I'm sure there are loads more.

[bethnor]

Posted: 2/25/10 at 2:20pm

rachel york as circe in justice league unlimited. though it's not a film, i guess.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0b7sE57wE4

[pli1018]

Posted: 2/25/10 at 2:22pm

In addition to Anika Noni Rose and Jen Cody, THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG also featured Jenifer Lewis, Peter Bartlett and Michael-Leon Wooley

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST featured Paige O'Hara, Angela Lansbury and Jerry Orbach

THE LITTLE MERMAID had Jodi Benson and Samuel E. Wright

In addition to Lea Salonga, ALADDIN had Jonathan Freeman

In addition to Susan Egan, HERCULES feature LaChanze, Roz Ryan, Lillias White, Amanda Plummer and Carole Shelley

Megan Hilty was the singing voice of Snow White in SHREK THE THIRD

Donna Murphy will voice Mother Gothel in the upcoming TANGLED

[lovesclassics]

Posted: 2/25/10 at 3:08pm

bethnor,

That's a great find! Thanks so much for posting the link.

I love the comment that says they cast her THEN asked her if she could sing. Her reaction: "Pfft. No problem." LOL

Rachel was also a voice in Happy Feet. And of course Hugh Jackman, Nicole Kidman, and Anthony LaPaglia starred.

[SporkGoddess]

Posted: 2/25/10 at 3:20pm

Judy Kuhn, Lea Salonga, and Mandy Gonzalez were in Mulan 2
Victoria Clark was in the chorus of Anastasia
Howard McGillin was in The Swan Princess and Douglas Sills was in the sequels
Ann Calaway has been in Anastasia, Pocahontas 2, the Aladdin sequels, The Swan Princess, etc
Jodi Benson was in Thumbelina
Hugh Panaro was in the chorus of The Prince of Egypt
Brian Stokes Mitchell was in The Prince of Egypt
Howard McGillin was also in the South Park movie

[best12bars]

Posted: 2/25/10 at 5:28pm

If you look through the choruses of many of the Disney movies, you'll see all sorts of Broadway folks singing in the herds:

LITTLE MERMAID: Debbie Shapiro Gravitte

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST: Liz Callaway, Alix Korey, Herndon Lackey, Gordon Stanley

ALADDIN AND THE KING OF THIEVES: Bruce Adler, Marin Mazzie, Gordon Stanley

HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME: Maureen Brennan, Merwin Foard, Judy Kaye, Eddie Korbich, Alix Korey, Howard McGillin, Anna McNeely, Gordon Stanley, Mary Stout

MULAN: Beth Fowler

Updated On: 2/25/10 at 05:28 PM

[iflip4musicals]

Posted: 2/25/10 at 5:44pm

Tom Hulce was also in Hunchback as Quasimodo.

[byebyebaby12]

Posted: 2/25/10 at 6:43pm

Kelsey Grammer was in Anastasia and the Sequal
Michelle Nicastro was in The Swan Princes
John Goodman was in The Emperor's New Groove
Bebe Neuwirth has done a TON voices so it would be easier to look at her IMDB page.
Christopher Plummer was in UP
Liza Minelli did the voice of Dorthy in an animated OZ movie




Updated On: 2/26/10 at 06:43 PM

[angelxschunard]

Posted: 2/25/10 at 7:17pm

Donny Osmond was also in Mulan.

[seaweedjstubbs]

Posted: 2/25/10 at 7:49pm

Tevin Campbell was Powerline in "A Goofy Movie".

[James2]

Posted: 2/25/10 at 7:50pm

To those who have been posting about The Princess and the Frog, don't forget Keith David, John Goodman, and Terrence Howard.

[whiteshirtsmom]

Posted: 2/25/10 at 11:41pm

Hello Kiddies!

I know it will seem that way just because it's such a recent film, but Jen Cody's performance in "Princess and the Frog" is one of the funniest voice over performances I think I've ever seen.

I love having that girl on Broadway, but she should continue to contribute her talent to working on animated films.

[jo]

Posted: 2/26/10 at 5:42pm

Hugh Jackman and Ian Mckellan in FLUSHED AWAY ( with Kate Winslet).

[Sant]

Posted: 2/26/10 at 5:53pm

Julie Andrews -- SHREK 2 & 3
Harvey Fierstein -- MULAN
Jackie Hoffman -- ROBOTS
Cheryl Freeman -- HERCULES (one of the muses)
Jonathan Dokuchitz (sp?) -- ANASTACIA (singing voice for the male lead)
P.J. Benjamin -- ICE AGE

[nearthestage]

Posted: 2/26/10 at 6:48pm

David Hyde Pierce: A Bug's Life and Treasure Planet

[bethnor]

Posted: 2/27/10 at 12:08am

That's a great find! Thanks so much for posting the link.

if you liked that, you should watch the whole episode. to give a context: circe has turned wonder woman into a pig, and batman and zatanna are chasing her down (the episode is a farce, and a love letter to bewitched), and catch up with her in this clip. considering none of it actually happened, rachel's comedic timing was flawless. though i guess there were storyboards.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAlC4e1gbWk&NR=1

obviously, though his bway career was not huge, kevin conroy is the voice of batman (and many fans would list him as the definitive batman).

similarly, mark hamill was the voice of the joker (and, despite what the uneducated masses believe, a superior one to ledger, with all due respect).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2c1R3V93bOc

hard to believe that's luke skywalker cackling away.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lb8fWUUXeKM