Top 20 Best Celebrity Voice Actor Performances in Disney Movies 

I just want to give props to Madge Sinclair who voiced Sarabi, Simba's mother in The Lion King. Not only is her voice amazing and a perfect pairing to Mufasa (She also played the queen to James Earl Jones' King in Coming To America), but she did it while battling leukemia. She died in 1995.

Not only is Robin Williams’ Genie the best because of Williams’ voice over, but also because of how much he improvised Legend who will NEVER be forgotten

Tom Hulce as Quasimodo is such an underrated performance as well. His singing "Out There" and "Heaven's Light" are incredibly sensitive and beautifully sung

Eartha Kitt as Yzma is my favorite. She did an exceptional job when voicing this character! Also very funny!

I'm so glad you mentioned Rowan Atkinson as Zazu such an underrated performance

I figured Robin Williams would be #1. He’s a comec legend. May he Rest In Peace.🙏🏻💖

No one could ever replace Robin Williams as the voice for genie, an extremely talented actor gone too soon. I grew up watching Disney films and cartoons and the original cartoons / films will always be timeless classics to me.

Jeremy Irons was so brilliant & amazing when he was voicing Scar, that he threw out his voice giving it his all when he sang Be Prepared.

James Earl Jones and Jeremy Irons are the perfect actors voicing Mufasa and Scar.

I'm so happy that Robin Williams is still the number one choice for Disney voice acting. No one can replace him.

I had no idea Jerry Orbach voiced Lumiere in Beauty and the Beast. I knew he was a spectacular actor, but this revelation just put him a totally different category of actor, as I would have never thought he was the actor behind that voice. WOW!!! AMAZING!!!

4 main characters in Lion King tells you why even a kid knew it was one of the best Disney movies ever made.

I now get the feeling Zazu deliberately chose "It's a Small World" just to piss Scar off. XD

Fun Fact: Scar's line of "You have no idea", when Simba calls him weird, is a reference to Jeremy Iron's role in "Reversal of Fortune", in which he utters the same line!

No love for Tony Jay as Frollo? Dude can scare babies with just a word.

Jonathan Taylor Thomas deserves more credit for doing the voice of young Simba. The moment Simba's voice broke realizing his father was truly dead, my tear start pouring every time.

Nothing compares to the late, great Robin Williams as the Genie! He embodied his voice and exuberant personality so well! Rest in peace, Robin! 😇

Jeremy Irons as Scar and Robin Williams as the Genie will always be my 2 favorite Disney voice actors ever.

Fun fact: Jim Cummings sang the ending part of "Be Prepared" because Jeremy Irons voice gave out. I think that's earning of an honorable mention :)

The fact that three of these came from Emperor’s New Groove shows how fantastic that movie truly is. Eartha Kitt deserves to be higher on the list. Still one of my favorites!

Rowan Atkinson as Zazu was chef's kiss ! An excellent voice casting 👌

And as always, Robin Williams as the genie will be number 1

Jeremy Irons voice is just PERFECT for a villain! Just like James Woods IS Hades! Everyone know who #1 was going to be even before they started the list but yeah they are correct! That movie is what pops into my head when I think of Robin Williams then Mrs. Doubtfire haha

I love that disney designs their characters after the actors portraying them

Simba singing voice is sung by Jason weaver. Elton John picked him out. Jason weaver played a young Michael in the Jackson 5 movie. Elton came on set and heard Jason sing and instantly wanted him for the part. The speaking voice part was already promised so they made Jason the singing voice. His voice at that age sounded so much like Michael.

How does Gilbert Gottfried as Iago not get any love here? Not even an honourable mention?!?! He was brilliant.

Scar is a throw rug in Hercules. I love how they revisit this joke, but I know it's meant to be the Nemean Lion from the myths.

Actor Sterling Holloway is a magnificent snake Kaa in The Jungle Book as well as the original voice of Winnie the Pooh. Plus the voice of The Cheshire Cat in Alice in Wonderland and Roquefort in The Aristocats. He definitely deserves to be on the list.

The Rock as Maui, Eddie Murphy as Mushu, Nathan Lane as Timon, and Robin Williams as Genie will always be the best in my opinion

Seriously? The earliest movie you include is "The Great Mouse Detective"? What about all the fantastic performances from before 1986? - Betty Lou Gerson as Cruella DeVil in "101 Dalmatians" (this character is beyond legendary) - Cliff Edwards as Jiminy Cricket in "Pinocchio" (he sings "When you wish upon a star", the unofficial Disney theme song for heaven's sake!) - Geraldine Page as Madame Medusa in "The Rescuers" - Peter Ustinov as Prince John in "Robin Hood" - George Sanders as Shere Khan in "The Jungle Book" - Eleanor Audley as Maleficent in "Sleeping Beauty" and Lady Tremaine in "Cinderella" - Adriana Caselotti as Snow White in "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" (the original Disney princess) - Phil Harris as Baloo in "The Jungle Book" - John Hurt as The Horned King in "The Black Cauldron" (yes, the movie was a financial flop, but this is a magnetic performance) - Bing Crosby as the Narrator, Ichabod Crane and Brom Bones in "The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad" - Terry-Thomas as Sir Hiss in "Robin Hood"

"PULL THE LEVER, KRONK!" *Kronk pulls a lever* "WRONG LEEEEEEEEEVER!!!!" fave line ever from The Emperor's New Groove.

Why isn’t Tony jay on this list as Claude Frollo. His performance as Frollo was legendary! His deep and haunting voice gave life to Frollo and he also voiced some other characters. Frollo wouldn’t be the same without him.He should have been here. You’ll be missed Tony Jay.

Robin Williams in Aladdin Best voice acting performance of all time

It still hurts that Robin Williams isn't here anymore. :(

Angela Lansbury, Pat Caroll, Gilbert Gotfried, Eartha Kitt, Jerry Orbach; they'll be dearly missed

Jeremy Irons strained his vocal cords during "Be Prepared" with the line "You won't get a sniff without me!", so Jim Cummings, voice of Ed the hyena, took over from there. If you listen closely, you can actually tell it's someone else singing the rest of the song. After finding out, all I could hear was Darkwing Duck.

The only person acceptable as number one over James Earl Jones is Robin Williams...very happy I watched this

I loved The Rescuers with Bob Newhart and Eva Gabor, they were just perfect. Also Sebastián Cabot as Bagheera in The Jungle Book.

James Earl Jones and Jeremy Irons are unparalleled when it comes to Voice overs.

#10 - I choose to believe that Tony did, in fact, provide Tarzan's iconic yell. In my opinion, Jeremy Irons should be in the #2 spot. And I'm still convinced that he should have been the one to provide the voice of Scar in the remake. His replacement simply couldn't pull it off.

Rest In Peace Robin Williams.

I love how all 3 mains from Emperor's New Groove made it to this list. It is a criminally underrated Disney move!

Angela Lansbury, Bob Newhart, Zsa-Zsa Gabor, Roger Williams, Carol Burnett, David Ogden Stiers, Buddy Hackett, Phyllis Diller (Pixar), Phil Harris, John Goodman (Pixar), Billy Crystal, so much talent! Robin, you were the best. RIP. ❤️

The Emperor’s New Groove & The Lion King both had a lot of great, legend actors with lots of memorable lines, but Robin Williams will always be my #1 fav with lots of impressions and ad libbing. ❤️ I miss him everyday. It’s just way too soon that he’s no longer with us. 😔

Zachary Levi as Eugene Fitzherbert and Pat Carroll as Ursula should be in the top 10 in my opinion.

Two more from "Beauty and the Beast" that really need to be remembered were the late but wonderful David Ogden Stiers as Cogsworth, and my teen heartthrob, Robby Benson as the Beast. Both were absolutely awesome! The entire cast was!!

Love the fact that Tarzans cry was provided by Brian Blessed who played Clayton!

Having Jerry Orbach being “Lumiere” seems even better when you realize he was in “Murder She Wrote” with Angela Lansbury several times.😊

James earl jones, Eartha kit, Eddie Murphy, and robin William❤️. Eddie Murphy as mushu is iconic. One of the few reasons the live action came up short. Eartha kit and James earl Jones voices are so iconic. No one has voices like them. Robin Williams will always have a special place in my heart. All four of them are legends in my eyes.

Jerry Orbach is dearly missed, I admired his performance as Lumiere and Lumiere was among my favorite characters.

I feel so honored that I got to work with Robin Williams. He was such a gentle person.

I really love James Earl Jones as Mufasa and Jeremy Irons as Scar, even though Robin Williams as Genie is like a champion when it comes to Voice Acting. 2 other Voice Actors I think that should also appear on the list is also Jason Marsden as Kovu and Lacey Chabert as Vitani.

Angela Lansbury was also the Dowager Empress in Anastasia, which is also now a part of Disney.

Danny DeVito's performance as Phil was TWO WORDS! Legen! Dary!

When Jeremy Irons did the line of the song "You won't get a sniff without me" He actually completely destroyed his voice and had to take time off to let it repair. They had to get someone else to finish the song so it would be done on time.

I love "Emperor's New Groove" many talented voices there 😊

I heard Tony couldn’t do Tarzan’s yodel; it was instead provided by Brian Blessed, the voice of Clayton

Williams will always be number 1. No one, not even Will Smith can top Williams’ acting.

I'm going to mention Robby Benson as The Beast. Back in the 70s and 80s he was extremely popular and I'm surprised that he wasnt mentioned, since his natural speaking voice sounds nothing like his character. He did an amazing job portraying the Beast.

I love Jeremy Irons voice.. It's so beautiful

I’d say Susan Egan as Megara in Hercules is great and my favorite. She adds the right sassiness to the character, and Meg’s deffo not your average Disney princess there. 💁🏼‍♀️ I’m glad that Hades made it to the list, he’s honestly one of my favorite, if not even favorite Disney villain! ♥️

Robin Williams no doubt was a perfect genie. I also loved Gilbert Gottfried as Iago. He was perfect that role. Classic.

Oh, Jeremy Irons as Scar definitely the first one that comes to mind~ His voice is one of those distinctive voices you would recognize on hearing.

There was no way Robin Williams wouldn't be number one. His performance is legendary, and so beloved.

Why isn’t Jason Bateman as Nick Wilde in Zootopia on this list? At least give him an honorable mention. Aside from that, this list is solid.

Tony Goldwyn done a brilliant job voicing Tarzan & I was surprised to find out years later, that Tony was the bad guy in Ghost, where I also felt he done a brilliant job

I have to say this line-up of voice-over actors were absolutely amazing dynamic and brought each and every character to life. My favorites are and forever will be James Earl Jones as Mufasa and Robin Williams as Genie

It was interesting to see Izma,Kronk, and Kuzco all in one list because that movie is not only my favorite but it awesome to see all 3. I also knew Robin Williams would be number there nobody quite like him R.I.P. Robin.

My favorite Disney Voice Performances include James Earl Jones as Mufasa, Robby Benson as the Beast, Jeremy Irons as Scar, Robin Williams as Genie, Matthew Broderick as Simba,Vincent Price as Professor Rattigan, Eva Gabor as Miss Bianca, Verna Felton (The Fairy Godmother, Flora, Aunt Sarah, and The Queen of Hearts), Eleanor Audley (Maleficent and Lady Tremaine), and Hans Confried as Captain Hook. Also, Gilbert Gottfried as Iago

This entire video is a JOY!!!!! I was smiling and gleeful the entire time. Thanks MsMojo! 🤗🤗🤗

So pleased to know that Robin Williams will never be forgotten, Genie is his most iconic role. Rest in peace Robin.

Too bad you stayed in the modern era. You missed - Eleanor Audley (Lady Tremaine, Maleficient). Her voice was far superior to her modern voice in Kingdom Hearts - Katherine Beaumont (Alice, Wendy), who even reprised her role in KH

Tom Hanks for Woody in Toy Story and Billy Joel for Dodger in Oliver and Company did amazing in their roles as well.

Ah Jeremy Irons, the man deserves so much more love but of course Scar was in the top three of this list.

Scar scared me, and the Genie made me laugh hysterically. Tony Jay was equally scary as Frollo in The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and as Shere Khan in Tale Spin.

I think Minnie Driver as Jane in Tarzan deserves to be mentioned if we’re going on the sense of authenticity. Cause she IS perfect.

tony jay needed an honorable mention. the complexity he brought to frollo is immeasurable.

I read once in an interview that Vincent Price made not long before his passing, that of all the characters he portrayed in his long career, his absolute top-favourite of all was Professor Ratigan. The reason being twofold: One, he loved doing voice-over anyway, since he could take it as far as he wanted as an actor, and go into directions that he might not otherwise be able or comfortable to do in a live-action film; he _loved_ being able to just really lay it on as thick as he wanted, that there really was no 'going over the top.' And with Ratigan, he was free to just really pull out all the stops & go as far as he wanted, which was a great freedom for an actor to enjoy. He said he also liked the character's psychological makeup: On the surface, Ratigan put up this facade of being polished & sophisticated & debonair, but underneath it all, he was still basically a slimy sewer-rat (as he ultimately reveals by the end, revealing his inner, bestial nature.) Throughout the film, Ratigan is constantly repressing this inner 'bestial' nature (revealed by him constantly massaging his temples every time he _almost_ loses his temper before repressing it) until finally all that repressed animal rage breaks through to the surface during the climactic fight on Big Ben. Price said he really loved that 'dual' aspect of the character, said he personally felt it had some interesting & noteworthy parallels to the human species as well. And, while not mentioned in this video, but in my opinion Honourable Mention should be made of the late, great George C. Scott as the voice of the evil poacher McLeach in "The Rescuers Down Under." In many ways, his portrayal of the character was the high point of an otherwise mostly mediocre movie (though it did have some brilliant animation in it.) Watching the movie & listening to his performance, it's really obvious that Scott put everything he had into it, really had a ball doing it and in more than one scene, you can tell the animators studied Scott very closely in animating the character (the scene where he's trying to keep some eggs away from his pet goanna Joanna, is priceless! You forget you're watching an animated character & you feel like you're actually watching Scott himself playing the part!)

Believe it or not, Brian Blessed, who voiced Clayton in "Tarzan," did the iconic Tarzan yell! Another fantastic voiceover performance!!

I knew full well that Robin would be number one, as deserved. He was the first top actor to make an animated movie something special, and his struggle with his role as genie is something I highly recommend people look into! Aladdin will forever be my favourite Disney movie, and that's thanks to him.

Also, it’s a downright shame Disney never got (as far as I can remember) to hire Alan Rickman. No matter the role (protagonist, sidekick, villain, etc.), his performance would’ve almost certainly become as iconic as Robin Williams’.

Jeremy Irons was perfect as Scar! I love Chiwetel Ejiofor and he probably could have worked in the 2019 version but when he wasn't making Scar sound emo, he got a little yelly in places like the stampede scene where tells Mufasa "Long live the king." Before pushing him (or in 2019 punching) off the cliff. Jeremy Irons made Scar just so charming, delightfully evil and bone-chilling.

Cree summers should have been on this list. I loved when Cree played Kida from the Lost City of Atlantis. But for the most part this list was definitely on point.

Robin Williams was n will always be the Genie. Similarly, James Earl Jones and Jeremy Irons were made for Mufasa n Scar

Robby Benson totally deserves a shout out as The Beast! He’s Amazing!!!!

I love how we got three actors from the Emperor's New Groove. Adds to how underrated it is.

Great list, but 3 more very special voice performances are: Ed Wynn (The Mad Hatter) Alice in Wonderland 1951, Peter Ustinov (Prince John) Robin Hood 1973, & Eleanor Audley was Lady Tremaine in Cinderella 1950, as well as Maleficient in Sleeping Beauty 1959, as well as providing the voice for Madame Leota in the Haunted Mansion park attractions.

Surprised you didn’t mention one of James Earl Jones’s other greatest voice acting roles, that of Darth Vader.

I actually remember playing the genie in a stage production of Aladdin at my local theater.

I didn't realize that some of these actors/actresses did these voices! It's cool to have a face to go with my favorite characters. Also, Kronk got his own movie and it is just as much fun!

I guess when making a list like this, 20 isn't enough. I think Tom Hanks as Woody, Tim Allen as Buzz, and Idris Elba as Bogo should have at least gotten honorable mentions!

Robin williams killed it as the genie so did james woods as hades

I think the actor who voices Fred in the Big Hero 6 Series does a great job sounding like T.J. Miller who voiced him in the movie

James Earl Jones is awesome. When you can voice Mufasa & Darth Vader, you the man! Plus, thanks for giving James Woods some love. He’s a very underrated actor.

Having grown up watching these films dubbed in Italian, I'm discovering so many well known people as voice actors in the original English versions!

🔥Mufasa, Scar, Ursula,Hades and Yzma have the most hypnotic voices And they are all iconic. I watch the movies again and again just to see and hear them. Can't wait for The Little Mermaid live remake. ❤️Ms Mojo and Watch Mojo

Good list of fantastic celebrities and great video! Also hold up: I had no idea Oprah played Tiana’s Mom in Princess and the Frog or that the same actor who voiced Mr. Bean also voiced Zazu in the Lion King!

Vincent Price is a legend and an icon and will forever be missed and never forgotten. 🥰 Also fun fact: it’s Dame Angela Lansbury as she is half British and was Damed by Queen Elizabeth.

I don't remember the source but I was in junior high when Tarzan premiered and, since I wanted to be an animator, I consumed every little bit of behind the scenes content I could about the film. I remember seeing an interview with Tony Goldwyn where he confirmed that he DID provide the Tarzan yell, and actually practiced it over and over again while walking around his house. lol

I would want Jeremy Irons to narrate my whole life😂