Hercules movie charactersfrom Disney Animated Classics Hercules (1997) movie with character picture, actor voice and quotes |
Zeus, King of gods, Hercules's father ruler of Mount Olympus (Rip Torn). "Let the kid have a little fun. I want to thank you all for your wonderful gifts." Hera, Zeus's wife goddess of women and marriage and the queen of the gods characters (voiced by Samantha Eggar). "We're so proud of you." Hercules (Tate Donovan, speaking, Ricky Martin, singing, Josh Keaton, speaking teenager, Roger Bart, singing teenager). "Hey, you need an extra guy?" Megara, female main character (Susan Egan) based on the mythological first wife of Hercules. "My friends call me Meg. I think I prefer Wonderboy." |
Amphitryon, adoptive father of Hercules (Hal Holbrook). "don't unload just yet. First, I have to finagle with Phideas." Hades, Hercules movie main villain, lord of the Underworld (James Woods) main character, the brother of Zeus and Poseidon. "My fate is in your lovely hands." Philoctetes, a satyr (half-goat, half-man) and a trainer of aspiring heroes (Danny DeVito). "You never seen a satyr before?" Alcmene, Amphitryon's wife (Barbara Barrie). "Many years we've prayed to the gods to bless us with a child." |
Pegasus, a winged divine horse characterization is under the archetype of a "friendly beast". (Frank Welker) Nessus, a great centaur a minor villain character in the movie (Jim Cummings). "Not so fast, sweetheart." |
Calliope, Muse of Epics the leader of the five muses characters (Lillias White). "Our story actually begins long before Hercules many eons ago." Clio, the muse of history or in a few mythological accounts, the muse of lyre playing. (voiced by Vaneese Y. Thomas) Melpomene, Muse of tragedy she has corrugated and long hair (Cheryl Freeman). "Zeus led all the gods on a frantic search." Terpsichore, Muse of dance she has curly hair (LaChanze). "Lighten up, dude. Heroes like Hercules." |
Thalia, Muse of comedy is the chubby and the shortest (Roz Ryan). "I'd like to make some sweet music with him." Lythos, rock titan who created the earth (voiced by Corey Burton and Patrick Pinney). "Crush Zeus!" Hydros, ice titan who created water (Jim Ward). "Freeze him!" He also appears in Kingdom Hearts series of action role playing games. Pyros, lava titan who created fire (voiced by Jim Cummings). He appears as a boss in Kingdom Hearts III fighting Hercules and Sora. |
Atropos, the short and stout of The Three Fates, can see the future (Paddi Edwards). "In 18 years precisely the planets will align ever so nicely." Cyclops, an ally of the titans a gigantic pink-skinned cyclops whose job is to find and destroy Hercules. "Me bite off head!" |
Pain Hades's minion, relatively smart and very cautious (Bobcat Goldthwait). "Here you go, kid. A little Grecian formula." Panic Hades's minion, bossy, sly, but also clumsy (Matt Frewer) "Hercules. Why does that name ring a bell?" Lachesis, knows all the past Fate who decides how long mortals will live. (Carole Shelley). "We're not supposed to reveal the future." Clotho, knows everything about the present Fate who spins the Thread of Life (Amanda Plummer). "We know eveything!" |
NotesSupervising character animator Andreas Deja, one of Disney's "Nine New Men", who is best known for animating movie villains like Gaston, the local egotistical and male chauvinist hero from Beauty and the Beast (1991), the royal vizier Jafar who wanted to rule on high as sultan in Aladdin (1992), and Simba's uncle Scar who takes the throne in The Lion King (1994), requested the task of animating Adult Hercules, the hero. The animators from The Walt Disney Studios spent 6 to 14 hours to render a frame of the Hydra, depending on how many heads it had. Leaving aside the The Pastoral Symphony one of the eight segments of Fantasia (1940) movie, this was the first Disney animated feature to be completely inspired by mythology rather than a fairy tale. |