Kevin Schon (born February 7, 1958) is an American actor, voice actor,
producer and energy entrepreneur, who is known for his voice-over work
in video games, movies and TV shows. He is best known as a voice
double for Nathan Lane for animated media, most notably as Timon in
the Timon & Pumbaa TV series and in various other Disney related
projects.Voice-over was his second career, begun in 1992 in Los
Angeles, after 10 years as a Senior Advisory Systems Engineer for IBM,
where he developed and taught Design Theory to IBM field engineers. He
spent his last three years with IBM living in Tokyo, returning to the
United States in 1990, where he left the company and began studying
acting with Ivana Chubbuck and voice-over with Susan Blu.For many
years, he was Nathan Lane's voice double, taking over the role of
Timon in The Lion King's Timon and Pumbaa 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 Teacher's Pet 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 3 years, he was the "comedy voice" of the ABC
television network, voicing all promos for their comedies (Home
Improvement, Drew Carey, Roseanne, and Ellen, among others) and was
the promo voice for Politically Incorrect 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 is also voiced Lob-Star
in Skylanders; Trap Team and Skylanders; SuperChargers, Otto in Ben
10: Omniverse, Activist in Infamous Second Son, Officer What in Jack
and the Beanstalk, Roboy in Bubble Guppies, Onyx in Sofia the First,
Dead-Eye in Jumanji, Male Patron and Male #2 in The Angry Beavers,
Announcer and Weatherman in Rugrats, Velocirraptor, Peasant, Waiter
and Reporter in I Am Weasel, Conductor and Hyena in Cow and Chicken,
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 Balto franchise, Pongo in 101 Dalmatians: The Series,
Grimskull and Prince Joshua in Skeleton Warriors, Merdude and Alim
Coelacanth in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Narrator in State to
State, Chungu and Chunga in The Lion Guard, Elderly Peter Pan and In
in Disney's Villains' Revenge, Happy in House of Mouse, Vega and UAC
Soldier in the 2016 video game Doom and provided additional voices for
Battlefield: Hardline, Ben 10: Omniverse, Family Dog, Invasion
America, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Doom, and The Twisted
Tales of Felix the Cat. In addition, he is known by cartoon "cultists"
everywhere for his work on The Tick - voicing both villains and
superheroes. He is also played Frank II and Mirabelle in The Naked
Truth and Daryl O'Melveny in A Kiss Goodnight.In late 2003, he
produced More, an autobiographical one-woman show written and
performed by Yeardley Smith (voice of Lisa on The Simpsons), at the
Union Square Theatre in New York City. The show was critically
acclaimed, but financially unsuccessful.
producer and energy entrepreneur, who is known for his voice-over work
in video games, movies and TV shows. He is best known as a voice
double for Nathan Lane for animated media, most notably as Timon in
the Timon & Pumbaa TV series and in various other Disney related
projects.Voice-over was his second career, begun in 1992 in Los
Angeles, after 10 years as a Senior Advisory Systems Engineer for IBM,
where he developed and taught Design Theory to IBM field engineers. He
spent his last three years with IBM living in Tokyo, returning to the
United States in 1990, where he left the company and began studying
acting with Ivana Chubbuck and voice-over with Susan Blu.For many
years, he was Nathan Lane's voice double, taking over the role of
Timon in The Lion King's Timon and Pumbaa 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 Teacher's Pet 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 3 years, he was the "comedy voice" of the ABC
television network, voicing all promos for their comedies (Home
Improvement, Drew Carey, Roseanne, and Ellen, among others) and was
the promo voice for Politically Incorrect 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 is also voiced Lob-Star
in Skylanders; Trap Team and Skylanders; SuperChargers, Otto in Ben
10: Omniverse, Activist in Infamous Second Son, Officer What in Jack
and the Beanstalk, Roboy in Bubble Guppies, Onyx in Sofia the First,
Dead-Eye in Jumanji, Male Patron and Male #2 in The Angry Beavers,
Announcer and Weatherman in Rugrats, Velocirraptor, Peasant, Waiter
and Reporter in I Am Weasel, Conductor and Hyena in Cow and Chicken,
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 Balto franchise, Pongo in 101 Dalmatians: The Series,
Grimskull and Prince Joshua in Skeleton Warriors, Merdude and Alim
Coelacanth in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Narrator in State to
State, Chungu and Chunga in The Lion Guard, Elderly Peter Pan and In
in Disney's Villains' Revenge, Happy in House of Mouse, Vega and UAC
Soldier in the 2016 video game Doom and provided additional voices for
Battlefield: Hardline, Ben 10: Omniverse, Family Dog, Invasion
America, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Doom, and The Twisted
Tales of Felix the Cat. In addition, he is known by cartoon "cultists"
everywhere for his work on The Tick - voicing both villains and
superheroes. He is also played Frank II and Mirabelle in The Naked
Truth and Daryl O'Melveny in A Kiss Goodnight.In late 2003, he
produced More, an autobiographical one-woman show written and
performed by Yeardley Smith (voice of Lisa on The Simpsons), at the
Union Square Theatre in New York City. The show was critically
acclaimed, but financially unsuccessful.
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