Who did the best portrayal of Mowgli from "The Jungle Book"?
by dgranger | created - 15 Jun 2016 | updated - 02 Jan 2017 | PublicNow that Disney's Live action/CGI animated remake of "The Jungle Book" has ended it's run in the theaters, it is time to ask who was the best at portraying the central character of Mowgli in any type of version of "The Jungle Book". Discuss it here.
1. Sabu
Actor | The Thief of Bagdad
Sabu Dastagir (or Selar Shaik Sabu, depending on your resource) was born on January 27, 1924, in the little town of Mysore, India, which is nestled in the jungles of Karapur. The son of an elephant driver (mahout) in service for the Maharajah of his town, the young stable boy learned responsibility...
Jungle Book (1942) - USA
2. Bruce Reitherman
Soundtrack | The Jungle Book
Bruce Reitherman was born on September 15, 1955 in Burbank, California, USA. He is a cinematographer and producer, known for The Jungle Book (1967), The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977) and The Living Edens (1997).
The Jungle Book (1967) - USA Disney's animated version.
3. Mariya Vinogradova
Actress | Police Academy: Mission to Moscow
Mariya Vinogradova is Honored Artist of the RSFSR (5.05.1988). She graduated from the acting department of the All-Union State Institute of Cinematography (1943, the workshop of G.L. Roshal). Since 1940 - was shot at the studio "Soyuzdetfilm." In 1945-1991 - she was an actress of Theater Studio. In...
Maugli. Pokhishchenie (1968) - a short Soviet animated version.
4. Lev Shabarin
Actor | Maugli. Vozvrashchenie k lyudyam
Lev Shabarin was born on May 20, 1928 in Former USSR. He was an actor, known for Mowgli. Return to the People (1971), Mowgli. The Battle (1970) and Mowgli. The Last Hunt of Akela (1969). He died on May 5, 1997 in Russia.
"Maugli. Poslednyaya okhota Akely" (1969), "Maugli. Bitva" (1970), and "Maugli. Vozvrashchenie k lyudyam" (1971) - Soviet animated shorts version.
5. Joe A. Giamalva
Actor | Land of the Lost
Joe A. Giamalva is known for Land of the Lost (1974), An Evening with the Golddiggers (2009) and Lady Windermere's Fan (2014).
"Disney On Parade" (1971)
6. Ian James Corlett
Actor | Dragon Ball Z
Ian James Corlett was born on August 29, 1962 in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. He is an actor and writer, known for Dragon Ball Z (1996), Greyhound (2020), Sausage Party (2016) and Dinosaur Train. He is also known (especially in Canada) as the creator of the animated series Being Ian and Yvon ...
"Adventures of Mowgli" (1973) a feature length Soviet animated version. BTW, all the Soviet animated versions mention on this list for Lev Shabarin and Mariya Vinogradova were by the same director - Roman Davydov (1913–1988)
7. Cathy Weseluck
Actress | My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
Cathy Weseluck is a Canadian actress and comedian of Russian descent. She has worked frequently as a voice actress for Ocean Productions, a Canadian media production and voice acting company based in Vancouver, British Columbia. Weseluck has provided voice acting for both original animated series ...
As young Mowgli in "Adventures of Mowgli" (1973)
8. Roddy McDowall
Actor | Fright Night
Roddy McDowall was born in Herne Hill, London, England, to Winifriede Lucinda (Corcoran), an Irish-born aspiring actress, and Thomas Andrew McDowall, a merchant seaman. Roddy was enrolled in elocution courses at age five and by ten had appeared in his first film, Murder in the Family (1938), ...
"Mowgli's Brothers" (1976) USA animated TV version by director Chuck Jones.
9. Jeannie Elias
Actress | Over the Hedge
Jeannie Elias was born on August 23, 1954 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. She is an actress and writer, known for Over the Hedge (2006), Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (2001) and Jak X: Combat Racing (2005).
"Jungle Book" (1990) - animated video short.
10. Issei Futamata
Actor | Akira
Issei Futamata was born on March 15, 1955 in Aomori, Japan. He is an actor, known for Akira (1988), Patlabor: The TV Series (1989) and Urusei yatsura (1981).
"The Jungle Book: The Adventures of Mowgli" - Japanese animated TV series (1989 - 1990)
11. Urara Takano
Actress | Sakura Wars
Urara Takano was born on August 16, 1961 in Togane, Japan. She is an actress, known for Sakura Wars (2000), The Voice Actress (2022) and Sakura Wars: The Movie (2001).
"The Jungle Book: The Adventures of Mowgli" - Japanese animated TV series (1989 - 1990)
12. Julian Bailey
Actor | Dark Phoenix
Julian Bailey is a Canadian film, television, and voice actor. During his youth in Montreal, Canada, Bailey was cast in a CBC television movie before going on to lend his voice to beloved animated characters, Pepito, in the original 'Madeline' specials for HBO (with Christopher Plummer), and Mowgli...
"The Jungle Book: The Adventures of Mowgli" - Japanese animated TV series (1989 - 1990)
"Jungleboek" - a Belgium (in the Dutch language) TV series (1992)
14. Bert Cosemans
Actor | Amika
Bert Cosemans was born on August 18, 1966 in Sint-Truiden, Flanders, Belgium. He is an actor, known for Amika (2008), Binnenstebuiten (2013) and Flikken (1999). He has been married to Marijke Hofkens since August 2, 2004. They have two children.
"Jungleboek" - a Belgium (in the Dutch language) TV series (1992) One episode
15. Jason Scott Lee
Actor | Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story
Of Hawaiian and Chinese descent, Jason Scott Lee was born in Los Angeles, California, but raised in Hawaii from the age of two. His interest in acting began while studying in high school. It blossomed further when he enrolled in Fullerton College, where he studied under acting coach Sal Romeo. His ...
"The Jungle Book" (1994) - USA Disney's first live version.
16. Sean Naegeli
Actor | The Jungle Book
Sean Naegeli is known for The Jungle Book (1994), New York Undercover (1994) and Second Noah (1996).
The young Mowgli in "The Jungle Book" (1994) - USA Disney's first live version. He is the young child holding onto Bagheera's tail in the picture.
17. Jamie Williams
Actor | The Waterboy
Born in Florida, 23rd October 1985. Made his first big screen debut in "The Second Jungle Book: Mowgli and Baloo" at age 10 during the production of this movie (in 1996) and received the "Award of excellence - Most Promising Young Male Newcomer". After this movie, he appeared in several other ...
"The Second Jungle Book: Mowgli & Baloo" (1997) - USA
18. Antonio Baker
Actor | The Jungle Book: Search for the Lost Treasure
Antonio Baker was born on July 2, 1980 in San Jose, Costa Rica. He is an actor, known for The Jungle Book: Search for the Lost Treasure (1998), Mowgli: The New Adventures of the Jungle Book (1998) and El barrio (1997).
"Jungle Book: Lost Treasure" (1998) USA
19. Sean Price McConnell
Actor | Mowgli: The New Adventures of the Jungle Book
Sean Price McConnell was born on April 6, 1982 in Santa Barbara, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Mowgli: The New Adventures of the Jungle Book (1998), The Jungle Book: Search for the Lost Treasure (1998) and High Sierra Search and Rescue (1995).
"Mowgli: The New Adventures of the Jungle Book " - USA TV series (1998 - ?)
20. Brandon Baker
Actor | One World
At 12 years old, Brandon landed his first big break with the starring role of "Mowgli" in Walt Disney's "Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story." It went straight to video and is still being shown domestically as well as foreign. That same year, 1997, he filmed the Disney Channel movie "P.U.N.K.S." where he ...
"The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story (1998)" - USA Disney again with a live action version.
21. Ryan Taylor Lopez
Director | Shadow Boxing
Ryan Taylor Lopez is known for Shadow Boxing (2016), The Lion's Brood and Shell Game (2015).
“ As young Mowgli in "The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story (1998)" - USA Disney again with a live action version.”
22. Haley Joel Osment
Actor | The Sixth Sense
Haley Joel Osment is an American actor who has proven himself as one of the best young actors of his generation. He is the first millennial male to have received an Academy Award nomination for acting.
Osment was born in Los Angeles, California, to Theresa (Seifert), a teacher, and actor Eugene ...
"The Jungle Book 2" (2003) - USA Disney's animated sequal to the 1967 film.
23. Emma Tate
Actress | Flushed Away
Emma Tate was born on October 30, 1971 in London, England, UK. She is an actress and writer, known for Flushed Away (2006), Hellboy (2019) and Red Riding Hood (2011).
"The Jungle Book: Return 2 the Jungle" (2013) - USA, a CGI animated feature length video movie. And "The Jungle Book" India, Germany and France CGI animated TV series (2010, 2012, 2015).
24. Seth Green
Actor | Robot Chicken
Seth Green has starred in numerous films and television series including the Austin Powers trilogy, The Italian Job (2003), Without a Paddle (2004), Party Monster (2003), Can't Hardly Wait (1998), Old Dogs (2009) and dozens more, including starring roles in Sexy Evil Genius (2013), The Story of Luke...
In the "Batman Forever 21" (Aug 2014) episode of tv series "Robot Chicken" USA.
25. Neel Sethi
Actor | The Jungle Book
Indian-American Neel Sethi was born on December 22, 2003, in New York City. He is a child actor who landed a break-out role as Mowgli in John Favreau's 2016 live-action version of the classic tale 'The Jungle Book'. He also starred in the short film 'Diwali' (2013).
He was selected for the role of ...
"The Jungle Book" (2016) - USA Disney's 2016 Live action/CGI remake of the 1967 film.
Baby toddler Mowgli in "The Jungle Book" (2016) - USA Disney's 2016 Live action/CGI remake of the 1967 film.
27. Rohan Chand
Actor | Mowgli
Rohan Chand was born in New York City.
At the age of 6, while playing little league baseball, he caught the eye of a prominent New York-based casting director that cast him in the role of Adam Sandler's adopted son in Jack and Jill (2011). Rohan embraced every aspect of his new career, and his ...
Even though it is not out yet, let's get this one so that it will be included in this poll when it does get released. "Jungle Book" (October 2018) USA.
28. Deepak Shukla
Actor | Mythos Wolfskind - Mogli und die wilden Kinder
Deepak Shukla is known for Mythos Wolfskind - Mogli und die wilden Kinder (2016).
"Mythos Wolfskind - Mogli und die wilden Kinder" (2016) - a German documentary film featuring re-enactments.
29. Tony Ail
Actor | MacGyver
Tony Ail is known for MacGyver (1985), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) and The Jungle Book (1995).
Probably Mowgli in "Jungle Book" (1995) video. The voice cast wasn't identified with certian roles on the IMDb page.
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