Samuel E. Wright
| Samuel E. Wright | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 20, 1946 Camden, South Carolina |
| Occupation | Actor, singer |
| Years active | 1973-2008 |
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. He also voiced Kron the Iguanodon in Disney's CGI film Dinosaur.
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[edit] Career
Samuel E. Wright was nominated for a Tony Award in 1984 for Best Featured Actor in a Musical for his performance in The Tap Dance Kid, and again in 1998 for Best Featured Actor in a Musical as the original lead actor for Mufasa in The Lion King, the Broadway version of Disney's animated classic of the same name. Wright played Enos' partner Turk in the TV series Enos. Wright originated the part of "Sam" in Over Here! on Broadway. Wright also played the part of Jericho on the short lived Fox TV show Jonny Zero.
He ran his own drama school in Walden, New York called the Hudson Valley Conservatory and wrote a short play Radio Days about the era when people listened to radio like they watch TV today. The play features different bits of music and excerpts from various musicals. But this play was mainly written as a didactic play for child actors. He also wrote a Shakespearian style play called Love's Labor, a historical fiction play about Shakespeare's own life and how he began down his path of tragic works after losing his son Hamnet which was performed at the Hudson Valley Conservatory to rave reviews. His major projects involved teaching, directing and inspiring young performers in his Master Company, an audition only class at his Conservatory.
[edit] Filmography
- The Little Mermaid (1989) as Sebastian the crab
- Sebastian's Party Gras (1990) as Self/Sebastian
- Sebastian's Caribbean Jamboree (1991) as Self/Sebastian
- The Little Mermaid (TV series) (1992–1994) as Sebastian
- Raw Toonage (1992) as Sebastian
- Marsupilami (1993) as Sebastian
- Dinosaur (2000) as Kron the Iguanodon
- The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea (2000) as Sebastian
- House of Mouse (2001–2002) as Sebastian
- The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning (2008) as Sebastian
[edit] Music
Wright has performed and recorded several songs for the Walt Disney Animated film, The Little Mermaid, as Sebastian the Crab. He is most renowned for the songs, "Under the Sea", and "Kiss the Girl".
Wright released a soul music record in 1973 called 'There's something funny going om' b/w 'Three hundred pounds of hungry' on the New York Paramount label [1]
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