# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ernie-sabella
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:46:04.940Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ernie-sabella"
name: "Ernie Sabella"
slug: "ernie-sabella"
description: "Ernest Sabella is an American actor. He 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. Sabella's TV roles include Mr. Donald \"Twinkie\" Twinkacetti in Perfect Strangers (1986–1987), George Shipman in A Fine Romance, and Leon Carosi in Saved by the Bell (1991). His work in Broadway theatre includes starring roles in Guys and Dolls, Chicago, Curtains, and Man of La Mancha."
tagline: "American actor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ernie_Sabella.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1949-09-19"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           54.11
  momentum:             0
  historical:           20.629228
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump