jonathan groff played timon in lion king on broadway.
who plays timon in lion king on broadway?
jonathan groff
timon and pumbaa are an animated meerkat and warthog duo introduced in disney's 1994 animated film "the lion king" and its franchise. timon was portrayed through his many appearances by nathan lane (in all three films and early episodes of the show), max casella (the original actor in "the lion king" broadway musical), kevin schon (in certain episodes of the show), quinton flynn (in certain episodes of the show), bruce lanoil in the "wild about safety" shorts and "kingdom hearts ii", and while pumbaa is voiced by ernie sabella (in all of his traditionally animated speaking appearances), and was portrayed by tom alan robbins in the original cast of the broadway musical. in the cgi remake, the characters are portrayed by billy eichner and seth rogen respectively. nathan lane and ernie sabella first came to audition for the roles of the hyenas, but when the producers saw how well they worked together they decided to cast them as timon and pumbaa. lyricist tim rice however was pulling for rik mayall (for timon) and adrian edmondson (for pumbaa) to play the roles, as he got the idea for the lyrics to "hakuna matata" by watching their show "bottom".
timon and pumbaa
bullet::::- timon (voiced in early episodes by nathan lane, then by kevin schon and quinton flynn): one of the show's two main protagonists.









































bullet::::- pumbaa (voiced by ernie sabella): one of the show's two main protagonists. sabella reprises his role from "the lion king".









































section::::characters.:"the lion king" alumni.









































the following characters from "the lion king" appear in this series:









































bullet::::- simba (voiced by cam clarke): the protagonist of "the lion king" and best friend of timon and pumbaa, who is now king of the pride lands and is occasionally the voice of reason around timon and pumbaa's mess-ups.
timon & pumbaa (tv series)