Who voices Donkey Kong in The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023)?

Who voices Donkey Kong in The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023)? Seth Rogen voices him.

Rogen’s casting was announced alongside the film’s main voice cast in 2021. The movie presents Donkey Kong as the heir to the Jungle Kingdom, with Fred Armisen voicing his father, Cranky Kong. Chris Pratt voices Mario, while Jack Black plays Bowser, so those names are common mix-ups.

Rogen performs Donkey Kong in his familiar speaking voice rather than using a radically transformed character voice. He explained that he had been clear with the filmmakers that he did not normally “do voices,” and that the character would sound like him. The role therefore combines Rogen’s recognizable comic delivery with Donkey Kong’s action-heavy personality.

The 2023 animated film is produced by Illumination in partnership with Nintendo. It is distinct from the 1993 live-action Super Mario Bros. film and marked Donkey Kong’s major feature-film return in a new animated interpretation.