Kevin Dodd Schon (born February 7, 1958) is an American voice actor who is known for his voice-over work in video games, movies and television shows. He is best known as a voice double for

Nathan Lane Nathan Lane (born Joseph Lane; February 3, 1956) is an American actor. In a career spanning over 40 years he has been seen on stage and screen in roles both comedic and dramatic. Lane has received numerous awards including three Tony Awards, ...

for animated media, most notably as Timon in the '' Timon & Pumbaa'' television series and in various other

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related projects.

Career

Schon began his career in 1982 in

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, while he was studying acting with

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and voice-over with

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. He first acting credit was in 1990 when he played Gillan and Gaias in the

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video game, ''

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''. Two years later after his debut, he played Frank II and Mirabelle in '' The Naked Truth'' and two years after that, he played Daryl O'Melveny in ''A Kiss Goodnight''. For many years, he was

's voice double, taking over the role of

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in ''

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'' and singing the title song as well. He appeared in over 120 episodes of that series. He reprised the role of Timon in ''The Lion Guard'' and ''House of Mouse''. He understudied for Lane on the animated series ''

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'' for ten episodes, while Lane was busy with Mel Brooks' musical of ''The Producers''. Schon also voiced Snowbell in '' Stuart Little: The Animated Series'' and '' Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild'', once again replacing Nathan Lane. For three years, he was the "comedy voice" of the

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television network, voicing all promos for their comedies (''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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'', among others) and was the promo voice for ''

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'' when it moved from cable to ABC. Kevin's voice appears in over 40 episodes of '' Married... with Children'', with two on-camera appearances. He also voiced Lob-Star in '' Skylanders: Trap Team'' and '' Skylanders: SuperChargers'', Otto in '' Ben 10: Omniverse'', Activist in ''

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'', Officer What in ''

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'', Roboy in ''Bubble Guppies'', Onyx in ''

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'', Dead-Eye in ''

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'', Male Patron and Male #2 in ''

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'', Announcer and Weatherman in ''

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'', Velocirraptor, Peasant, Waiter and Reporter in ''

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'', Conductor and Hyena in ''

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'', Thrakhath and Blizzard in ''Wing Commander Academy'', Major Taibot, Abomination, Judge, Samual Laroquette and Zzzax in ''The Incredible Hulk'', Stash in ''The Nuttiest Nutcracker'', Muc, Luc, Wolverine 1 and Simpson in the ''

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'' franchise, Pongo in '' 101 Dalmatians: The Series'', Grimskull and Prince Joshua in ''

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'', Merdude and Alim Coelacanth in ''

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'', Narrator in '' State to State'', Chungu and Thurston in ''

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'', Elderly Peter Pan and In in '' Disney's Villains' Revenge'', Happy in ''

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'', VEGA and UAC Soldier in the 2016 video game ''

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'' and provided additional voices for '' Battlefield: Hardline'', ''Ben 10: Omniverse'', ''Family Dog'', ''

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'', '' Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic'', ''Doom'' and ''

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''. In addition, he is known by cartoon "cultists" everywhere for his work on ''

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'' - voicing both villains and superheroes. In late 2003, he produced ''More'', an autobiographical one-woman show written and performed by

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(voice of Lisa on ''

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''), at the

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. The show was critically acclaimed, but financially unsuccessful. He was co-producer of '' Bat Boy: The Musical'' in the

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, first in a limited run in

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, then in a full-scale West End production at the

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. Even though most press reviews were scathing, one notable exception - The ''Evening Standard'' - took up the cause for what became a groundbreaking cult classic which is now one of the most often-produced musicals in America. Film director

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was brought in to see the West End production and enthusiastically signed on to direct a film version. Though a film screenplay was written by the original authors under the guidance of Mr. Landis, the producers lost the rights to the property, the authors proved recalcitrant, vindictive and uncooperative, and the film remains unproduced.

Filmography

Animation

* '' Family Dog'' (1993) — Additional voices * ''

'' (1993) — Merdude, Alim Coelacanth, Wesley Knight, Landor * ''

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'' (1993) — Additional voices * ''

'' (1994) — Grimskull, Prince Joshua * ''

'' (1995) — Additional voices * '' Stand by Me'' (1995) — Timon * ''

'' (1996) — Dead-Eye * ''

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'' (1996) — Thrakhath, Blizzard * ''

'' (1995) — Feral Boy,

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, Babyboomerangutan, Living Doll, Watt, Proto Clown * ''

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'' (1996–1997) — Samuel Laroquette, Judge, Major Glenn Talbot, Zzzax,

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(first voice) * ''

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'' (1996–1998) — Timon (Season 2–3, also credited as Kevin Schoen) * ''

'' (1997) — Conductor, Hyena, Peasant, Velociraptor, Organist * ''

'' (1997) — Male Patron, Man #2 * ''

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'' (1997) — Additional voices * '' 101 Dalmatians: The Series'' (1997) — Pongo * ''

'' (1998) — Additional voices * ''

'' - (1998) — Velocirraptor, Peasant, Waiter, Reporter * ''

'' - (1998) — Announcer, Weatherman * '' The Nuttiest Nutcracker'' (1999) — Stash * '' Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse'' (2001) — Timon * ''

'' (2001–2002) — Timon, Happy * '' Balto II: Wolf Quest'' (2002) — Muk, Luk, Wolverine #1 * ''

'' (2002) — Spot Helperman, Scott Leadready II * ''

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'' (2003) — Snowbell * ''

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after his death) * ''

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'' (2004) — Iron Joe, Additional Voices * ''Balto III: Wings of Change'' (2004) — Muk and Luk, Mr. Simpson * '' Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild'' (2005) — Snowbell * ''

'' (2009) — Officer What * ''

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'' (2013-2016) — Roboy * '' Ben 10: Omniverse'' (2013) — Otto, Additional voices * ''

'' (2015) — Onyx * '' The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar'' (2015) — Timon, Chungu * ''

'' (2016–2019) — Timon, Chungu, Thurston

Video games

* '' Disney's Animated Storybook: Hercules'' (1997) — Additional voices * ''The Lion King II: Simba's Pride Active Play'' (1998) — Timon * '' Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic'' (2003) — Additional voices * ''

'' (2014) — Activist * '' State to State'' (2014) — Narrator * '' Skylanders: Trap Team'' (2014) — Lobstar * '' Battlefield: Hardline'' (2015) — Additional voices * '' Skylanders: SuperChargers'' (2015) — Lob-Star * '' Skylanders: Imaginators'' (2016) — Additional voices

Live-action

* '' The Naked Truth'' (1992) — Frank II and Mirabelle * ''A Kiss Goodnight'' (1994) — Daryl O'Melveny * '' Married... with Children'' (1995) — TV Announcer (voice), Felix D. Katt, Mouse Lawyer (voice), Stage Manager, Phil

References

External links

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