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Ernest "Ernie" Sabella (born September 19, 1949) is an American actor, who is best known for his role as the official voice of Pumbaa from ''The Lion King'' film series. ==Life and career== Born in Westchester, New York, Sabella graduated from Westlake High School in Thornwood, New York and from the University of Miami, where he studied at the Department of Theatre Arts and performed at the university's Jerry Herman Ring Theatre. His stage credits include ''The Robber Bridegroom'' (1978), ''Little Johnny Jones'' (1982), ''Guys and Dolls'' (1992) as Harry the Horse, ''A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum'' (1996), ''Chicago'' (1996), ''Man of La Mancha'' (2002, as Sancho Panza) and ''Sweet Charity'' (2005). Film credits include ''Quiz Show'' (1994) as the car salesman, ''In & Out'' (1997) as Aldo Hooper, Disney's ''The Lion King'' (1994) and multiple sequels and spin-offs as Pumbaa. He also has worked with Nathan Lane, who had voiced Timon, in ''Guys and Dolls'', ''Mouse Hunt'', ''The Producers'' (in a deleted scene) and ''A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum''. In the latter production, Sabella portrayed Marcus Lycus while Lane played Pseudolus. Sabella also joined Lane for his ''Saturday Night Live'' monologue, where they sang "Hakuna Matata". On television, Sabella portrayed apartment manager Lou Donatelli in the Jason Bateman comedy ''It's Your Move'' (1984–85). He also appeared in an episode of Cheers entitled "Love Thy Neighbor" (Season Four Episode Eight air date November 21, 1985) in which he played the role of a private investigator named Santo Carbone, who was Carla Tortelli's cousin. He played store owner and landlord Donald Twinkacetti on ''Perfect Strangers'' (1986–1987). He also played Leo in the short-lived situation comedy ''Encore! Encore!'' starring Nathan Lane (1998–1999). Sabella also had a five-episode stint on ''Saved by the Bell'' as Leon Carosi, an uptight resort manager who employed the main cast's characters. Leah Remini was featured as his daughter. His other recurring roles include the lazy teacher Mr. Petrachelli on ''That's So Raven'', the floundering attorney Harland Bassett on The Practice, and characters on ''Hill Street Blues'' and ''Newhart''. In the ''Quantum Leap'' episode "Catch a Falling Star", he played the dual role of Manny, a stage actor, and Sancho Panza, Manny's character in a touring production of ''Man of La Mancha''. Sabella had a brief appearance as a naked man on a subway train in a 1992 episode of ''Seinfeld'' titled "The Subway". He also starred in a series of television commercials for NyQuil cold medicine in 1994, and was recently seen in a Mastercard commercial (2007). He also did work as the guy from Lynx in 2003. Sabella co-starred as Sidney Bernstein in the Broadway musical comedy ''Curtains'', which opened officially on March 22, 2007 and ran until June 29, 2008. Sabella voiced his first video game character named Siegecrafter Blackfuse in ''World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ernie Sabella」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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