Biography
Samuel Ernest Wright (November 20, 1946 – May 24, 2021) was an American actor and singer. He was 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. He played Dizzy Gillespie in Bird, the biographical film about Charlie Parker. Wright also played the part of Mufasa in the original cast of The Lion King on Broadway and voiced Kron the Iguanodon in the 2000 CGI/live-action film Dinosaur.
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Filmography
all 33
Movies 20
TV Shows 13
Voice 7
self 1
Sebastian (voice)
The Little Mermaid Live! (2019)
Movie
Sebastian
The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning (2008)
Movie
6.1
Self (achieve footage)
Treasures Untold: The Making of Disney's 'The Little Mermaid' (2006)
Movie
Sebastian (voice)
Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 3 - Perfectly Princess (2006)
Movie
Sebastian
Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 2 - Enchanted Tea Party (2005)
Movie
Jericho / Dante
Jonny Zero (2005)
TV
Sebastian
Marsupilami - Le trésor du Marsupilami (2002)
Movie
Sebastian
Marsupilami - Les marsupiades (2002)
Movie
Sebastian
Marsupilami - Le rallye du Marsupilami (2001)
Movie
Sebastian
Le marsupilami dans la Pampa (2001)
Movie
Sebastian
Le marsupilami à New-York (2001)
Movie
Sebastian
Le Marsupilami à Hollywood (2001)
Movie
Sebastian (voice)
Disney's House of Mouse (2001)
TV
Kron
Dinosaur (2000)
Movie
6.27
Sebastian
The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea (2000)
Movie
5.99
Sebastian
Marsupilami (1993)
TV
6.71
Alfred
Alex Haley's Queen (1993)
TV
4
Sebastian (voice)
Raw Toonage (1992)
TV
Sebastian (voice)
The Little Mermaid (1992)
TV
6.8
Sebastian
Sebastian's Party Gras (1991)
Movie
Sebastian / Self
Sebastian's Caribbean Jamboree (1991)
Movie
Defense Attorney Dubois / Defense Attorney Jerome Osborn / Defense Attorney Morris Stokely
Law & Order (1990)
TV
5.78
Sebastian (voice)
The Little Mermaid (1989)
Movie
6.85
Rev. Williams
Men (1989)
TV
Narrator (voice)
Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser (1988)
Movie
Dizzy
Bird (1988)
Movie
6
Capt. Michael Shore
Brass (1985)
Movie
The Cosby Show (1984)
TV
6.2
Simon & Simon (1981)
TV
6
Officer Turk Adams
Enos (1980)
TV
Scottie
Hollow Image (1979)
Movie
Ball Four (1976)
TV
Sebastian
Little Mermaid's Island
TV
Ratings
Average 5.61
Based on 523 Thousand movie and tv ratings over time
1976
1989
1993
1992
2019
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1946-11-20
Deathday2021-05-24 (74 years old)
Birth PlaceCamden, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
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