Bruce Lanoil


Bruce Lanoil is an American puppeteer, actor and voice actor, who works for The Jim Henson Company and for The Walt Disney Company, he frequently works with puppeteer David Alan Barclay.

Early life

Lanoil was born in Brooklyn, New York on July 5, 1960.

Career

He voiced the Cat in the Hat and Fox in Socks in the first season of The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss. For Disney, he is also a voice double for Timon from The Lion King. So far he has voiced Timon in Kingdom Hearts II, Disney Think Fast, and Disney's Wild About Safety shorts. He has also performed a voice sample for an additional character in the 2011 Spyro game, '.
He worked as a puppeteer on movies such as The Muppets, Where the Wild Things Are, Dr. Dolittle, Jack Frost, The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas, and Cats & Dogs.
Outside of the Henson company, he was an on-set animation reference puppeteer and voice actor for the movies Monkeybone and '.
In 2017, Lanoil was an additional Muppet performer on The Muppets Take the Bowl. The following year, he was an additional Muppet performer for The Muppets Take the O2.

Filmography

Film