Fan Casting Iain Armitage as Young Simba in Sony Pictures Animation and Disney's The Lion King (2025)

jake01 made this fan casting suggestion on June 5, 2022. What do you think? See below to cast your vote, or click here to see all fan casting suggestions for this role.

Iain Armitage

15 years old

Iain Armitage is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Sheldon Cooper in Young Sheldon, a spin-off prequel to The Big Bang Theory, from 2017 to 2024. Another childhood role was Ziggy ...

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Young Simba in Sony Pictures Animation and Disney's The Lion King (2025)

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Iain Armitage

Young Simba

Sony Pictures Animation and Disney's The Lion King (2025)

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Sony Pictures Animation and Disney's The Lion King (2025)

by Sony Pictures Animation, Walt Disney Pictures

A CGi Computer Animated Remake of the 1994 animated Disney film. The plot follows Simba, a young lion who must embrace his role as the rightful king of his homeland following the murder of his fath...

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Walker Scobell has already been officially cast for this role.

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Iain Armitage is known for his roles in Scoob! and PAW Patrol: The Movie. He has been suggested by fans for 3,337 roles on myCast, including Billy Batson in Ben 10/Justice League: The Series. Similar actors include Jacob Tremblay, Jackson Robert Scott, and Roman Griffin Davis. Iain Armitage was suggested to play Young Simba in Sony Pictures Animation and Disney's The Lion King (2025) by jake01. Other actors sugggested to play this role include Jeremy Maguire, Jackson Robert Scott, and Walker Scobell. Sony Pictures Animation and Disney's The Lion King (2025) has 16 roles, including Adult Nala, Young Nala, and Timon.