Jason Weaver

Jason Weaver is best known for doing the sing ing voice of cub Simba in the 1994 disney film The Lion King.

Early life
Jason Weaver was born on July 18, 1978. His most notable roles are playing the Jackson 5 era Michael Jackson in the 1992 film, the Jacksons an american dream. Weaver is a singer, and a actor in films. His also notable role is playing older brother Marcus Henderson in the Warner Bros sitcom show Smart Guy. He also stared in another tv show called Thea that aired from 1993-1994.

The Lion King
Tim Rice and Elton John saw Weaver's peformance as Pre teen Michael Jackson in the Jacksons an american dream. The two song writers thought that Weaver's singing voice was perfect for cub Simba, so they asked him to play the singing voice of cub Simba. Jason was happy to do his singing voice for the younger Simba, and he was a huge fan of Disney films as well. He thank Tim and Elton for the role. Weaver recorded two songs. The two songs were" I Just can't wait to be king", and "Hakuna Matata".Weaver did had a blast for working on the product. Jason was having fun recording with Rowan Atkinson, and Laura Willimas for the song " I Just can't wait to be king". Jason also had fun doing fewer singing lines for cub Simba with Nathan Lane, and Ernie Sabella for " Hakuna Matata". Jason thanked Disney Studios for using his voice for cub Simba til this for the 3 D release of the Lion King film.

After the Sucess of The Lion King
During the 2004 special Edition for the film. Jason weaver return do his singing voice for Simba once again. The new song was call The Morning Report. However Weaver couldn't reprise his singing voice as cub Simba. The reason why was because his voice was to low, and he was older now. So sadly, Jason was replaced by Evan Saucedo for the new singing voice of cub Simba for the Moring Report.

The lion king 1 1/2
In the Lion King 1 1/2, the song I just can't wait to be King is herd. Jason Weaver didn't reprise his singing role for cub Simba at the ending of the song as well. So Weaver was replaced by Matt Weingberg. Matt Weingberg did the speaking voice, and the singing voice of cub Simba for the ending of the song " I just can't wait to be king.. This explains why Young Simba,and the animal pyramid was collape in the orginal film. Cub Simba and the animal pyramid was knock down by Timon & Pumbaa.