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Samuel E. Wright is an American actor and singer. He is best known as the voice of Sebastian in Disney's The Little Mermaid, for which he provided the lead vocals to "Under the Sea", which won the Academy Award for Best Original Song. Wright also played the part of Mufasa in the original cast of The Lion King on Broadway and voiced Kron the Iguanodon in Disney's 2000 CGI/live-action film Dinosaur.
Birth Name
Samuel Ernest Wright
Born
Wednesday, 20 November 1946
Died
Monday, 24 May 2021
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Little Mermaid Live! | Sebastian (voice) / Sebastian | 2019 |
| The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning | Sebastian (voice) / Sebastian | 2008 |
| That Fellow in the Coat | Sebastian | 2008 |
| Disney Princess Sing Along Songs: Perfectly Princess | Sebastian | 2006 |
| Disney Princess Sing Along Songs: Enchanted Tea Party | Sebastian | 2005 |
| Jonny Zero | Jericho / Dante | 2005 |
| House of Mouse | Sebastian | 2001 |
| Dinosaur | Kron (voice) / Kron | 2000 |
| The Little Mermaid 2: Return to the Sea | Sebastian (voice) / Sebastian | 2000 |
| The 52nd Annual Tony Awards | Self - Nominee | 1998 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Little Mermaid Live! | Sebastian (voice) / Sebastian | 2019 |
| The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning | Sebastian (voice) / Sebastian | 2008 |
| That Fellow in the Coat | Sebastian | 2008 |
| Disney Princess Sing Along Songs: Perfectly Princess | Sebastian | 2006 |
| Disney Princess Sing Along Songs: Enchanted Tea Party | Sebastian | 2005 |
| Jonny Zero | Jericho / Dante | 2005 |
| House of Mouse | Sebastian | 2001 |
| Dinosaur | Kron (voice) / Kron | 2000 |
| The Little Mermaid 2: Return to the Sea | Sebastian (voice) / Sebastian | 2000 |
| The 52nd Annual Tony Awards | Self - Nominee | 1998 |
| New York Undercover | Gil Jefferson | 1994 |
| Marsupilami | Sebastian / Sebastian (voice) | 1993 |
| Strapped | Dave | 1993 |
| Queen | Alfred | 1993 |
| Raw Toonage | Sebastian | 1992 |
| The Little Mermaid | Sebastian / Sebastian (voice) | 1992 |
| Sebastian's Caribbean Jamboree | Sebastian / Self | 1991 |
| Law & Order | Morris Stokely / Jerome Osborn / Dubois | 1990 |
| Disney Sing-Along-Songs: Under the Sea | Sebastian | 1990 |
| The Little Mermaid | Sebastian / Sebastian (voice) | 1989 |
| Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser | Narrator (voice) / Narrator | 1989 |
| Men | Rev. Williams | 1989 |
| Me and Him | Paramedic 1 | 1988 |
| Bird | Dizzy Gillespie / Dizzy | 1988 |
| Spenser: For Hire | Dave Watkins | 1985 |
| Brass | Capt. Michael Shore | 1985 |
| The Cosby Show | Dr. Dan Morgan | 1984 |
| The 38th Annual Tony Awards | Self - Nominee | 1984 |
| Simon & Simon | Luke 'Lucky' Brown | 1981 |
| Enos | Officer Turk Adams | 1980 |
| Ball Four | C. B. Travis / C.B. Travis | 1976 |
| ABC Afterschool Specials | Morris | 1972 |
