text: In the 1994 Disney film , the actor Nathan Lane supplied the voice of Timon in much the same style as his flamboyantly gay character in The Birdcage . When I saw the Broadway version of the musical , the audience roared at Timon 's even more exaggerated gay mannerisms .
  
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  In the 1994 film by Disney , Nathan Lane was the voice of Timone .