--- title: "The Lion King: cast and crew" canonical: "https://film.one/film/the-lion-king/cast-and-crew" title_page: "https://film.one/film/the-lion-king" cast: 27 crew: 100 licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # The Lion King (1994): cast and crew 27 cast and 100 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order. ## Cast - [Matthew Broderick](https://film.one/person/matthew-broderick.md) as Simba (voice) - [Moira Kelly](https://film.one/person/moira-kelly.md) as Nala (voice) - [Jeremy Irons](https://film.one/person/jeremy-irons.md) as Scar (voice) - [Nathan Lane](https://film.one/person/nathan-lane.md) as Timon (voice) - [Ernie Sabella](https://film.one/person/ernie-sabella.md) as Pumbaa (voice) - [James Earl Jones](https://film.one/person/james-earl-jones.md) as Mufasa (voice) - [Robert Guillaume](https://film.one/person/robert-guillaume.md) as Rafiki (voice) - [Rowan Atkinson](https://film.one/person/rowan-atkinson.md) as Zazu (voice) - [Whoopi Goldberg](https://film.one/person/whoopi-goldberg.md) as Shenzi (voice) - [Cheech Marin](https://film.one/person/cheech-marin.md) as Banzai (voice) - [Jim Cummings](https://film.one/person/jim-cummings.md) as Ed (voice) - [Jonathan Taylor Thomas](https://film.one/person/jonathan-taylor-thomas.md) as Young Simba (voice) - Niketa Calame-Harris as Young Nala (voice) - [Madge Sinclair](https://film.one/person/madge-sinclair.md) as Sarabi (voice) - Zoe Leader as Sarafina (voice) - [Frank Welker](https://film.one/person/frank-welker.md) as Lions Roars (voice) (uncredited) - Cathy Cavadini as Additional Voices (voice) - Judi Durand as Additional Voices (voice) - Daamen J. Krall as Additional Voices (voice) - David McCharen as Additional Voices (voice) - Mary Linda Phillips as Additional Voices (voice) - Phil Proctor as Additional Voices (voice) - David J. Randolph as Additional Voices (voice) - Brian Tochi as Fighting Hyena (voice) (uncredited) - [Roger Allers](https://film.one/person/roger-allers.md) as Laughing Hyena (voice) (uncredited) - [Rob Minkoff](https://film.one/person/rob-minkoff.md) as Laughing Hyena (voice) (uncredited) - Jason Weaver as Young Simba (singing voice) (uncredited) ## Directing - [Roger Allers](https://film.one/person/roger-allers.md): Director - [Rob Minkoff](https://film.one/person/rob-minkoff.md): Director - Rick Moore: Layout - Jennifer Yuan: Layout ## Writing - [Linda Woolverton](https://film.one/person/linda-woolverton.md): Screenplay - [Jonathan Roberts](https://film.one/person/jonathan-roberts.md): Screenplay - [Irene Mecchi](https://film.one/person/irene-mecchi.md): Screenplay - Rick Maki: Story - Burny Mattinson: Story - Barry Johnson: Story - Lorna Cook: Story - Thom Enriquez: Story - Andrew Gaskill: Story - [Gary Trousdale](https://film.one/person/gary-trousdale.md): Story - Jim Capobianco: Story - Kevin Harkey: Story - Jørgen Klubien: Story - [Chris Sanders](https://film.one/person/chris-sanders.md): Story - Tom Sito: Story - Larry Leker: Story - [Joe Ranft](https://film.one/person/joe-ranft.md): Story - Ed Gombert: Story - Francis Glebas: Story - Mark Kausler: Story - Brenda Chapman: Story Supervisor - William Shakespeare: Theatre Play ## Production - Craig Sost: Production Manager - Brian Chavanne: Casting - Alice Dewey: Associate Producer - [Don Hahn](https://film.one/person/don-hahn.md): Producer - [Sarah McArthur](https://film.one/person/sarah-mcarthur.md): Executive Producer - Thomas Schumacher: Executive Producer - Karenna Mazur Alderton: Assistant Production Manager - Michael Meagher: Assistant Production Manager - Loni Beckner-Black: Assistant Production Manager - Cathy Lawrence: Assistant Production Manager - Lisa M. Poole: Assistant Production Manager - Kirk Bodyfelt: Assistant Production Manager - Patricia Hicks: Assistant Production Manager - Paul Steele: Assistant Production Manager - Holly E. Bratton: Assistant Production Manager - Glen Gagnon: Production Accountant - Matthew Garbera: Production Coordinator - Jeanie Lynd Sorenson: Production Coordinator - Don Walters: Production Manager - Barbara Harris: ADR Voice Casting - L.J. Van Cleave: Production Accountant - Dana Axelrod: Production Manager - Miguel Ángel Poveda: Post Production Coordinator - Lesley Addario Bentivegna: Production Assistant - [Jeffrey Katzenberg](https://film.one/person/jeffrey-katzenberg.md): Executive Producer ## Camera - John Aardal: Camera Operator - Andrew Simmons: Camera Operator - Gary W. Smith: Camera Operator ## Editing - [Ivan Bilancio](https://film.one/person/ivan-bilancio.md): Editor - Tom Finan: Supervising Film Editor - [John Carnochan](https://film.one/person/john-carnochan.md): Supervising Film Editor - Dale E. Grahn: Color Timer - Patsy Bouge: First Assistant Editor - Rich Mackay: Negative Cutter - Deborah Beville: Assistant Editor - Jacqueline Kinney: Assistant Editor - Mary Beth Smith: Negative Cutter ## Sound and music - [Hans Zimmer](https://film.one/person/hans-zimmer.md): Original Music Composer - Adam Milo Smalley: Supervising Music Editor - Mel Metcalfe: Sound Re-Recording Mixer - Terry Porter: Sound Re-Recording Mixer - David J. Hudson: Sound Re-Recording Mixer - Richard L. Anderson: Supervising Sound Editor - Mark Mangini: Supervising Sound Editor - James Christopher: Sound Effects Editor - Elton John: Songs - Tim Rice: Songs - Donlee Jorgensen: Foley Editor - Mike Chock: Sound Effects Editor - Paul Berolzheimer: Sound Effects Editor - Andrew Patterson: ADR Editor - Ralph Stuart: Assistant Sound Editor - R.J. Kizer: Dialogue Editor - Hilda Hodges: Foley - John Roesch: Foley - Lora Hirschberg: Sound Re-Recording Mixer ## Art - [Chris Sanders](https://film.one/person/chris-sanders.md): Production Design - Andrew Gaskill: Art Direction - [Kathy Altieri](https://film.one/person/kathy-altieri.md): Background Designer - Sunny Apinchapong: Background Designer - Barry Atkinson: Background Designer - Brooks Campbell: Background Designer - Dan Cooper: Background Designer - Dominick R. Domingo: Background Designer - Debbie DuBois: Background Designer - Natalie Franscioni-Karp: Background Designer - Michael Humphries: Background Designer - David McCamley: Background Designer - Serge Michaels: Background Designer - Don Moore: Background Designer - Patricia Palmer-Phillipson: Background Designer - Philip Phillipson: Background Designer - Kevin Turcotte: Background Designer - Tom Woodington: Background Designer --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Our review: https://film.one/film/the-lion-king.md