5 Disney Characters Side By Side With The Actors Behind Their Voices 2026

Yes, we all love watching animated movies during our leisure time, among other things. But then, there are times when we can’t help but wonder how their voices sound so real as if a human is talking through them.

Well, all the animated movies you’ve watched actually have people who voiced them. Yes, that’s right, and of course, you already knew that before now… or didn’t you? These days, animated movies feature a lot of big names, and when we say big names, we mean famous actors and actresses. What’s more, this is evidenced by the presence of Dwayne Johnson in 2016’s Moana.

Not just him, there’s Mel Gibson, who voiced the John Smith character in the 1995 Pocahontas movie. There is John Leguizamo, who voiced Bruno Madrigal’s character in Encanto, and we also have Oprah Winfrey, who voiced Princess Tiana’s hardworking mother, Eudora, in Disney’s “The Princess and the Frog” movie.

You are going to be stunned to know that these famous highly talented actors were behind the voice of these famous characters. So ladies and gentlemen are you ready to take an adventure into the world of Disney? Make sure you folks watch it till the end. We are sure that you are going to be surprised in the end!

35. Presenting you everyone’s favorite Samuel L. Jackson as Frozone in The Incredibles, we bet most of you didn’t know this before

34. Did you know that Danny DeVito played the voice of Phil in Hercules

33. Presenting you Mandy Moore as Rapunzel in Tangled

32. Eddie Murphy as Mushu in Mulan

31. Eartha Kitt as Yzma in The Emperor’s New Groove, it’s quite hard to predict it was her voice even we didn’t know that.

30. Joaquin Phoenix as Kenai in Brother Bear

29. Presenting you Tom Selleck as Cornelius, aka adult Lewis, in Meet the Robinsons.

28. Scott Weinger as Aladdin in Aladdin, so it was Scott Weinger always felt like that this voice is kinda familiar.

27. Did you know? Kathleen Turner as Jessica Rabbit in Who Framed Roger Rabbit.

26. For your kind information ladies and gentlemen it was Joey Lawrence as Oliver in Oliver & Company

25. So it was Joey Lawrence as Oliver in Oliver & Company

24. Maybe few of you know that it was Zachary Levi as Flynn Rider in Tangled

23. Christopher Daniel Barnes as Prince Eric in The Little Mermaid

22. Jonathan Groff as Kristoff in Frozen

21. Did you know that Ming-Na Wen is Mulan in the animated movie named Mulan?

20. It is going to be stunning for you because Jonathan Groff voice was behind Kristoff in Frozen

19. Emma Thompson as Queen Elinor, aka Merida’s mother, in Brave, and now there is no wonders that why the voice perfectly fit on the character Queen Elinor

18. Christopher Jackson as Chief Tui’s singing voice in Moana

17. Our favorite Christian Bale was behind Thomas voice in Pocahontas

16. Kelly Marie Tran as Raya in Raya and the Last Dragon

15. Moira Kelly as adult Nala in The Lion King

14. It was Tony Goldwyn as Tarzan in Tarzan

13. Craig T. Nelson as Mr. Incredible in The Incredibles

12. It was Rowan Atkinson aka Mr.Bean as Zazu in The Lion King

11. Oprah as Eudora, aka Tiana’s mother, in The Princess and the Frog, thank us later for adding this information to your brains

10. Tate Donovan as Hercules in Hercules, and that is exactly the reason why the voice was so grave and masculine.

9. Nicole Scherzinger was behind the voice of Sina which is also known as Moana’s mom

8. Presenting you John Leguizamo as Bruno Madrigal in Encanto

7. Stephanie Beatriz as Mirabel Madrigal in Encanto

6. Jerry Orbach as Lumière in Beauty and the Beast

5. Angela Bassett as Dorothea Williams in Soul, we never knew that such a talented and great actor was behind the voice of Angela.

4. Presenting you guys John Krasinski as “Frightening” Frank McCay in Monsters University

3. Matthew Broderick as adult Simba in The Lion King, we can bet you guys and gals also didn’t know it was Matthew behind the voice of Simba.

2. Cree Summer as Princess Kida in Atlantis: The Lost Empire

1. Oh gosh, it was Willem Dafoe as Gill in Finding Nemo. I always felt I have listened to this voice in Spider-Man well, now we all know who was behind it.