Disney Junior has announced that David Oyelowo (Selma, Star Wars Rebels) has joined the cast of the animated series The Lion Guard for its second season, where he will lend his voice to the iconic role of Scar, the villainous younger brother to Mufasa. Scar will appear in the flames of a volcano after Simba and Nala’s young son, Kion, unwittingly summons him by using the Roar of the Elders in anger.
An additional slew of celebrity guest stars join the new season including Tony Award-winning actress Renée Elise Goldsberry (Hamilton) as Dhahabu, a charismatic golden zebra; Academy and Grammy Award-winning rapper, actor, producer and poet Common (Selma) as Kiburi, an arrogant crocodile; Kristofer Hivju (Game of Thrones) as Kenge, a ferocious monitor lizard; AJ Mclean (Backstreet Boys) as Kuchimba, an adorable golden mole; Carla Hall (The Chew) as Mpishi, a “foodie” African harrier hawk; Christopher Jackson (Hamilton) as Shujaa, a massively strong gorilla; CCH Pounder (Avatar) as Kongwe, a wise old turtle; Rico Rodriguez (Modern Family) and Raini Rodriguez (Austin & Ally) as Raha and Starahe, a brother and sister zebra duo; Sinbad (First Kid) as Uroho, a comedic baboon; Michael Dorn (Star Trek: The Next Generation) as Bupu, a large sable antelope; Justin Hires (MacGyver) as Hodari, a tiny gecko; Jacob Bertrand, Mekai Curtis and Cade Sutton (Kirby Buckets) as Chama the elephant, Furaha the monkey and Mzaha the antelope, respectively; and Landry Bender (Best Friends Whenever) as Makini, Rafiki’s spirited young mandrill apprentice.
The returning voice cast includes Rob Lowe as Simba, Gabrielle Union as Nala, Max Charles as Kion, Joshua Rush as Bunga, Atticus Shaffer as Ono, Diamond White as Fuli, Dusan Brown as Beshte, Eden Riegel as Kiara, Jeff Bennett as Zazu, Andrew Kishino as Janja, Vargus Mason as Cheezi, Jonny Rees as Mzingo, Khary Payton as Rafiki, Kevin Schon as Chungu and Timon, Gary Anthony Williams as Mufasa, Ernie Sabella as Pumbaa, Blair Underwood as Makuu, Christian Slater as Ushari, Ana Gasteyer as Reirei and Maia Mitchell as Jasiri.
The Lion Guard season 2 will be launching on Disney Junior in Autumn 2017.
Originally published June 24, 2017. Updated April 16, 2018.
