Decided to make a masterpost of English TLK voice actors* who can sing/carry a tune but never sang as their characters in canon:
*Some characters had speaking voices and singing voices in each of the same respective productions. This is about their main speaking voice actors.
(Post is subject to updates if more footage is found)
UPDATE 6/14/25: Footage found for Ma Tembo, Badili, Mjomba, Surak, and Chuluun's voice actors; Footage found for Simba's TLG voice actor. Thank you to HoraceTheBadger for finding footage for Ma Tembo.
UPDATE 10/27/25: On the 27th Anniversary of TLK 2, it was confirmed through production notes of the film that Meredith Scott Lynn did indeed voice Adult Vitani; Three more videos of Meredith Scott Lynn singing have been found.
Simba:
Matthew Broderick - (voice of Adult Simba in TLK 1, TLK 2, and TLK 1 ½ (aka TLK 3))
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzTFOGrxrC8
https://youtu.be/kJenz1R9dHI?t=214
https://youtu.be/qyCZN0B49Yk?t=40
Rob Lowe - (voice of Adult Simba in TLG)
https://youtu.be/OPhB-oxBVoU?t=42
Nala:
Moira Kelly - (voice of Adult Nala in TLK 1, TLK 2, and TLK 1 ½ (aka TLK 3))
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0k1Lsa1pv0
Shenzi:
Whoopi Goldberg - (voice of Shenzi in TLK 1 and TLK 1 ½ (aka TLK 3))
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fD8zamxFKc4
Tress MacNeille (voice of Shenzi in T&P, Simba's Mighty Adventure, and Kingdom Hearts II)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfJXqE76oTs
Banzai:
Cheech Marin - (voice of Banzai in TLK 1 and TLK 1 ½ (aka TLK 3))
https://youtu.be/al5QAjCW4Bo
https://youtu.be/fNR7WJ3SW60
Kovu:
Jason Marsden - (voice of Adult Kovu in TLK 2 and Cub/Adult Kovu in TLG)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UslJbgepRo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DdxoLeZ2W8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5R4MNsbUoI
https://youtu.be/0dj7EVJ_mtA?t=16
Kiara:
Neve Campbell - (voice of Adult Kiara in TLK 2)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPBtx-INVdw
https://youtu.be/wFjibl2-arg?t=23
Vitani:
Lacey Chabert - (speaking voice of Cub Vitani in TLK 2 and Cub/Adult Vitani in TLG):
https://youtu.be/k0qieFOL0HA?t=16
https://youtu.be/FOmE7CSS4ig?t=49
https://youtu.be/gqeeRs2STZc?t=41
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rj8mAYl_rMY
Meredith Scott Lynn - (voice of adult Vitani in TLK 2)
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So TLG’s been over for like, years now and the release of the Mufasa movie has kinda retconned some of the plot of the show anyway but my Opinions on the finale/last season randomly came to mind and since I love to ramble incessantly I thought I’d put my two cents on all of it out there.
My main gripe is Jasiri and Janja being canon. Like, what? They were literally enemies? And don’t get me wrong, I’m all for a good enemies-to-lovers, but this wasn’t that, it seemed like it just came outta nowhere in a very “pair-the-spares” type way (which is a trope I hate anyway, for the record). I’m sure I’m not the only one who was pissed about that but it really just didn’t make sense, they had virtually no chemistry for the first few seasons and then suddenly they like each other?
Ofc I’m also bitter about that ship because I like Kion and Jasiri together, and Disney won’t show interspecies relationships to save their fucking lives, even if we’re talking about a children’s show about lions that sing every episode. This isn’t to say that I’m against Kion and Rani being a canon ship btw, I think they’re super cute too, I’m honestly just more upset that Disney was so desperate for Kion and Jasiri to not be a thing that they paired her with Janja out of nowhere. A total disservice to her character imo.
In a perfect verison of the story (or at least in *my* perfect version of the story, obvs not everyone would feel the same way as me so I wanna make that clear), Kion/Rani/Jasiri would make an absolutely adorable ot3 (because that’s how I solve liking two ships that contain the same character at once. I turn them into an ot3). Rani and Kion welcome Jasiri and her clan to the Tree of Life, so they can finally leave the Outlands, and for the first time in several generations, hyenas and lions live in harmony in one big pride/clan, and Rani asks Jasiri to become her queen alongside Kion as her king just to seal the promise for peace.
Yo I actually wanna write this au now 🤣😭
Also; this might be more of a niche ship but I prefer Fuli and Badili over Fuli and Azaad. Azaad is a cool character and all but Badili is more Fuli’s type imo. Ok I’m done now.
Haiii! How are ya! I got an ask, remember that one timid leopard from TLG? I think his name was Badili?
Do you have any headcanons for him?
oh hello! i'm really sorry for the late and i'm okay as always! :D
well answering your request:
Badili uses he/him pronouns and his orientation is Bisexual
he used to have aracnophobia (fear of spiders) and Etomophobia (fear of bugs/insects) but he now don't have fear of spiders anymore after the guard teached him to protect himself
after his first apperance on his debut, he and Laini are best friends now!!
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"Moon river, wider than a mile
I'm crossing you in style some day
Oh, dream maker, you heart breaker
Wherever you're goin', I'm goin' your way
Two drifters, off to see the world
There's such a lot of world to see
We're after the same rainbow's end
Waitin' 'round the bend
My huckleberry friend
Moon river and me"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-QQ0L8zdb0
Vitani x Badili, bc I am weak for girl bosses and their male wives :U
