1. Ernest Sabella was born on September 19,1949 and is an American actor.
15 Facts About Ernie Sabella
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Ernie Sabella is best known for his role as Pumbaa from The Lion King franchise, voicing the character in all media except the 2019 and 2024 films.
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Ernie Sabella has worked with Nathan Lane, who had voiced Timon, in Guys and Dolls, Mouse Hunt, The Producers and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.
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Ernie Sabella joined Lane for his Saturday Night Live monologue, where they sang "Hakuna Matata".
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On television, Ernie Sabella portrayed apartment manager Lou Donatelli in the Jason Bateman comedy It's Your Move.
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Ernie Sabella appeared in an episode of Cheers titled "Love Thy Neighbor" in which he played the role of a private investigator named Santo Carbone, who was Carla Tortelli's cousin.
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Ernie Sabella played store owner and landlord Donald Twinkacetti on Perfect Strangers.
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Ernie Sabella had a five-episode stint on Saved by the Bell in 1991 as Leon Carosi, an uptight resort manager and owner who employed the main cast's characters.
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Ernie Sabella's 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 Newhart.
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Ernie Sabella had a brief appearance as a naked man on a subway train in a 1992 episode of Seinfeld titled "The Subway".
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Ernie Sabella starred in a series of television commercials for NyQuil cold medicine in 1994 and was seen in a MasterCard commercial, as well as Lynx in 2008.
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Ernie 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.
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Ernie Sabella played the role of apartment building superintendent Leon in the 9th episode "Hold Outs" of the 6th season of the CBS police procedural drama Blue Bloods.
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In 2015, Ernie Sabella reprised his voice role as Pumbaa in the TV pilot film The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar.
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Ernie Sabella later became a recurring cast member in the full series, The Lion Guard.