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unusual facts about Lion King



Jackson Krall

Through the years Jackson's instruments have found their way into the hands of the world's greatest drummers and percussionists, and can be heard on recordings as well as in live performance by many bands, orchestras, and the most popular Broadway and Off-Broadway shows like "Lion King" and "Blue Man Group".

Lee Seung-Yeop

Nicknamed "Lion King" since his days with the Samsung Lions, while being affectionately known as "Mr. Seung" during his playing days with the Chiba Lotte Marines, Lee is arguably the greatest hitter in Korean baseball history.

Norma Ray

Norma has sung the French versions of songs on the soundtracks of French dubbed American films, including Sister Act 1 & 2, Lion King, Hercules etc.


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Andrew Derbyshire

He trained at the Arts Educational School in London, where he appeared in Starting Here, Starting Now, The Lion King Dance Project, as Tony in West Side Story, and The Hot Mikado.

Bernard de Balliol

Bernard II de Balliol, (d. c. 1190), Anglo-Picard baron who led the capture of William the Lion, King of the Scots, in 1174

Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion

Characters confirmed to appear in the game are the DuckTales interpretation of Scrooge McDuck from the Duck universe, Ariel, Ursula and Sebastian from The Little Mermaid, Peter Pan, Rapunzel from 2010's Tangled, Jafar from Aladdin, the Mad Hatter from Alice in Wonderland, and Timon, Pumbaa, and Zazu from The Lion King.

Fox Cities Performing Arts Center

The Center has hosted the Wisconsin premieres of the Broadway blockbusters Disney’s The Lion King, The Producers, Wicked, and Jersey Boys and will host Billy Elliot and Les Misérables in 2011.

John Carnochan

Upon completion of The Lion King, many employees left Disney with President Jeffrey Katzenberg to work at DreamWorks Animation.

Kenneth Moraleda

Notable theatre credits include creating the role of Roger Chan in Nick Enright’s A Man With Five Children for the Sydney Theatre Company directed by George Ogilvie and most recently playing Banzai in the Australian/Asian Tour of Disney’s The Lion King directed by Julie Taymor.

Namgyal dynasty of Ladakh

Sengge Namgyal (r. 1616-1642), known as the 'Lion' King made efforts to restore Ladakh to its old glory by an ambitious and energetic building program including the Leh palace and the rebuilding of several gompas, the most famous of which are Hemis and Hanle.

Pirkka-Pekka Petelius

Leijonakuningas (The Lion King, Finnish voice of Timon) (1994)

Rhythm of the Pride Lands

Several songs featured in the album would later have incarnations in other The Lion King-oriented projects, inspiring Julie Taymor's stage musical or the direct-to-video sequels, such as "He Lives in You".

The Legend of the Lion King

The Legend of The Lion King is the name of former attractions hosted at both Magic Kingdom in Walt Disney World in Florida and in Disneyland Paris.

The Legend of the Lion King Show at Magic Kingdom in Walt Disney World Resort was a stage performance retelling the story of the film using life size puppets, while the show at Disneyland Paris was a Broadway inspired performance that used human actors and featured popular songs from the movie.

The Lion King: Simba's Mighty Adventure

Clips from the film are placed between levels although many of the lines were redubbed by other Lion King related actors, including but not limited to Cam Clarke, Jim Cummings, and Kevin Schon.

Vishal Kanoi

His debut on big screen was followed by yet another feat in 1998 where he sang and danced to the tunes of soundtrack ‘Hakuna Matata’ from Lion King in the Walt Disney Show, Mumbai with various other artists.