Samuel E. Wright Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Samuel E. Wright (born November 20, 1946) is an American film and theater actor and singer who is best known as the voice of Sebastian in Disney's The Little Mermaid, for which he provided the main 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. Another accomplishment of his was voicing Kron the Iguanodon in Disney's CGI film Dinosaur.
Samuel E. Wright is retired and lives in New York City.
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Portrays Mufasa in Disney's Broadway version of The Lion King [June 2001]
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Ran his own drama school called Hudson Valley Conservatory in Walden, New York [August 2012]
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Has been nominated twice for Broadway's Tony Award as Best Actor (Featured Role -Musical): in 1984 for "The Tap Dance Kid" and in 1998 for "The Lion King."
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning
2008
Video
Sebastian (voice)
Jonny Zero
2005
TV Series
Jericho / Dante
House of Mouse
2001-2002
TV Series
Sebastian
Dinosaur
2000
Kron (voice)
The Little Mermaid 2: Return to the Sea
2000
Video
Sebastian (voice)
Law & Order
1994-2000
TV Series
Morris Stokely / Dubois / Jerome Osborn
Arcade Frenzy
1999
Video Game
Sebastian (voice)
Giggles
1999
Video
Sebastian (voice)
New York Undercover
1997
TV Series
Gil Jefferson
The Little Mermaid
1992-1994
TV Series
Sebastian
Marsupilami
1993
TV Series
Sebastian
Strapped
1993
TV Movie
Dave
Queen
1993
TV Mini-Series
Alfred
Raw Toonage
1992
TV Series
Sebastian
Disney's Ariel the Little Mermaid
1992
Video Game
Sebastian (voice)
Sebastian's Caribbean Jamboree
1991
Video
Sebatian / Himself
Separate But Equal
1991
TV Mini-Series
Artis Patterson
Little Mermaid's Island
1990
TV Series
Sebastian
The Little Mermaid
1989
Sebastian (voice)
Men
1989
TV Series
Rev. Williams
Me and Him
1988
Paramedic 1
Bird
1988
Dizzy Gillespie
Spenser: For Hire
1988
TV Series
Dave Watkins
ABC Afterschool Specials
1986
TV Series
Morris
Simon & Simon
1986
TV Series
Luke 'Lucky' Brown
The Cosby Show
1986
TV Series
Dr. Dan Morgan
Brass
1985
TV Movie
Capt. Michael Shore
All My Children
1983
TV Series
Bill Fisher
The Neighborhood
1982
TV Movie
Moving Man
Enos
1980-1981
TV Series
Officer Turk Adams
Hollow Image
1979
TV Movie
Scotty
Ball Four
1976
TV Series
C. B. Travis
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Atop the Fourth Wall
2016
TV Series performer - 1 episode
The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning
2008
Video performer: "Jump in the Line"
The Little Mermaid 2: Return to the Sea
2000
Video performer: "Down to the Sea", "Here on the Land and Sea"
Mickey's Fun Songs: Let's Go to the Circus
1994
Video short performer: "Animal Calypso"
The Little Mermaid
1992-1993
TV Series performer - 4 episodes
The Little Mermaid
1989
performer: "Under the Sea" 1989, "Kiss the Girl" 1989 - uncredited
Music Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
Mickey's Fun Songs: Let's Go to the Circus
1994
Video short vocalist: Animal Calypso
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Dinosaur: The Making of
2000
Video documentary
The 52nd Annual Tony Awards
1998
TV Special
Himself - Nominee: Best Featured Actor in a Musical
Under the Sea: The Making of Disney's Masterpiece 'The Little Mermaid'
1998
Video documentary short
Himself
Walt Disney World Very Merry Christmas Parade
1996
TV Special
Himself
Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser
1988
Documentary
Narrator (voice)
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
1984
TV Special
Himself
The 38th Annual Tony Awards
1984
TV Special
Himself - Nominee: Best Featured Actor in a Musical
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
1983
TV Special
Himself
The 28th Annual Tony Awards
1974
TV Special
Himself - Performer
Broadway
1973
TV Movie
Himself
The 26th Annual Tony Awards
1972
TV Special
Himself - Performer
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
That Fellow in the Coat
2008
TV Series
Sebastian
The Music of Disney: A Legacy in Song
1992
Video documentary
Sebastian
Disney Sing-Along-Songs: Under the Sea
1990
Video short
Sebastian
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1991
Grammy
Grammy Awards
Best Recording for Children
The Little Mermaid (1989)
Known for movies
The Little Mermaid (1989) as Sebastian
Dinosaur (2000) as Kron
The Little Mermaid 2: Return to the Sea (2000) as Sebastian
$1.1 Million
