Acting credits
36
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Samuel E. Wright
Acting
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Movies: 24Series: 12
TMDB ID: 67392
IMDb ID: nm0942787
Known for: Acting
Born: November 20, 1946
Died: May 24, 2021
Age: 74
Place of birth: Camden, South Carolina, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1979 - 2019
Years active: 41
Average TMDB rating: 6.87
Wikidata: Q926362
Biography
Samuel E. Wright (November 20, 1946 - May 24, 2021) was an American actor, vocal actor, and singer, best known as the voice of Sebastian in Disney's The Little Mermaid, Dizzy Gillespie in Bird, and the part of Mufasa in the original cast of The Lion King on Broadway.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Samuel E. Wright.
as Sebastian (archive footage) (voice)
The Little Mermaid Live!
2019 • Movie
as Sebastian (voice)
The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning
2008 • Movie
as Sebastian (voice)
Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 3 - Perfectly Princess
2006 • Movie
as Sebastian (voice)
Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 2 - Enchanted Tea Party
2005 • Movie
as Sebastian
Marsupilami - Les marsupiades
2002 • Movie
as Sebastian
Marsupilami - Le trésor du Marsupilami
2002 • Movie
as Sebastian
Marsupilami - Le rallye du Marsupilami
2001 • Movie
as Sebastian
Le marsupilami dans la Pampa
2001 • Movie
as Sebastian
Le marsupilami à New-York
2001 • Movie
as Sebastian
Le Marsupilami à Hollywood
2001 • Movie
as Kron (voice)
Dinosaur
2000 • Movie
as Sebastian (voice)
The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea
2000 • Movie
as Self
Walt Disney World Very Merry Christmas Parade
1996 • Movie
as Sebastian
Sebastian's Caribbean Jamboree
1991 • Movie
as Sebastian
Sebastian's Party Gras
1991 • Movie
as Artis Patterson
Separate but Equal
1991 • Movie
as Sebastian (archive footage) (voice)
Disney's Sing-Along Songs: Under the Sea
1990 • Movie
as Sebastian (voice)
The Little Mermaid
1989 • Movie
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser
1988 • Movie
as Paramedic 1
Me and Him
1988 • Movie
as Dizzy Gillespie
Bird
1988 • Movie
as Morris
The Gift of Amazing Grace
1986 • Movie
as Capt. Michael Shore
Brass
1985 • Movie
as Scottie
Hollow Image
1979 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Samuel E. Wright.
as Dante • 3 eps
Jonny Zero
2005 • Series
as Sebastian (voice) • 4 eps
Disney's House of Mouse
2001 • Series
as Sebastian (voice) • 39 eps
Marsupilami
1993 • Series
as Alfred • 3 eps
Alex Haley's Queen
1993 • Series
as Sebastian (voice) • 2 eps
Raw Toonage
1992 • Series
as Sebastian (voice) • 31 eps
The Little Mermaid
1992 • Series
as Artis Patterson • 2 eps
Separate but Equal
1991 • Series
as Sebastian (voice) • 2 eps
Little Mermaid's Island
1990 • Series
as Defense Attorney Dubois • 1 eps
Law & Order
1990 • Series
as Dr. Dan Morgan • 1 eps
The Cosby Show
1984 • Series
1 eps
Simon & Simon
1981 • Series
as Turk Adams • 18 eps
Enos
1980 • Series