Madagascar is an American computer-animated media franchise owned and produced by DreamWorks Animation. The voices of Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer and Jada Pinkett Smith are featured in the films. It began with the 2005 film Madagascar, the 2008 sequel Madagascar: Escape 2 Africaand the third film Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted in 2012. A spin off film featuring the penguins, titled Penguins of Madagascar, was released in 2014. A fourth film, Madagascar 4, was announced for 2018, but has since been removed from its schedule due to the studio's restructuring.
The overall plot through the series follows the adventures of four anthropomorphic Central Park Zoo animals who have spent their lives in blissful captivity and are unexpectedly shipped back to Africa (to Madagascar initially). Now they must struggle to survive while attempting to return to New York City with the help of a crafty cadre of penguins and with many other characters along the way. The franchise's films have received mixed-to-positive critical reviews.
Cast and characters[]
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| Characters | Main films | Short films | Television series | Television special | Spin-off film | |||||
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| Madagascar | Madagascar:Escape 2 Africa | Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted | The Madagascar Penguins in a Christmas Caper | Madly Madagascar | The Penguins of Madagascar | All Hail King Julien | Madagascar: A Little Wild | Merry Madagascar | Penguins of Madagascar | |
| Alex | Ben Stiller | Ben Stiller Quinn Dempsey Stiller Declan Swift |
Ben Stiller | silent | Ben Stiller | Wally Wingert | Crispin Freeman | Tucker Chandler | Ben Stiller | |
| Marty | Chris Rock | Chris Rock Thomas Stanley |
Chris Rock | Chris Rock | photo cameo | Amir O'Neil | Chris Rock | |||
| Melman Mankiewicz | David Schwimmer | David Schwimmer Zachary Gordon |
David Schwimmer | David Schwimmer | mural cameo | Luke Lowe | David Schwimmer | |||
| Gloria | Jada Pinkett Smith | Jada Pinkett Smith Willow SmithTemplate:Ref |
Jada Pinkett Smith | Jada Pinkett Smith | Shaylin Becton | Jada Pinkett Smith | ||||
| King Julien XIII | Sacha Baron Cohen | Danny Jacobs | Danny Jacobs | |||||||
| Skipper | Tom McGrath | Tom McGrath | ||||||||
| Kowalski | Chris Miller | Jeff Bennett | colspan="2" Template:CEmpty | Chris Miller | ||||||
| Rico | Jeffrey Katzenberg | John DiMaggio | Template:N/A | John DiMaggio | silent | Conrad Vernon | ||||
| Private | Christopher Knights | James Patrick Stuart | colspan="2" Template:CEmpty | Christopher Knights | ||||||
| Maurice | Cedric the Entertainer | Cedric the Entertainer | Kevin Michael Richardson | Cedric the Entertainer | silent | |||||
| Mort | Andy Richter | Andy Richter | Andy Richter | |||||||
| Mason | Conrad Vernon | silent | Conrad Vernon | music video | photo cameo | |||||
| Phil | silent | silent | ||||||||
| Nana | Elisa Gabrielli | music video | Elisa Gabrielli | |||||||
| Mr. Chew | Frank Welker | |||||||||
| The Fossa | Tom McGrath and Eric Darnell | statue | Dee Bradley Baker | various | ||||||
| Willie | Cody Cameron | silent | music video | Jeff Bennett | ||||||
| Zuba | mural cameo | Bernie Mac | mural cameo | mural cameo | ||||||
| Florrie | Sherri Shepherd | |||||||||
| Makunga | Alec Baldwin | colspan="8" Template:CEmpty | ||||||||
| Moto Moto | will.i.am | music video | ||||||||
| Captain Chantel DuBois | Frances McDormand | |||||||||
| Vitaly | Bryan Cranston | silent | ||||||||
| Gia | Jessica Chastain | |||||||||
| Stefano | Martin Short | |||||||||
| Sonya | Frank Welker | |||||||||
| Ted | silent | Bill Fagerbakke | Template:N/A | colspan="4" Template:CEmpty | ||||||
| Marlene | colspan="5" Template:CEmpty | Nicole Sullivan Dee Bradley Baker Template:Small |
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| Alice | colspan="5" Template:CEmpty | Mary Scheer | colspan="4" Template:CEmpty | |||||||
| Burt | silent | John DiMaggio | music video | silent | ||||||
| Roger | Richard Kind | |||||||||
| Roy | Danny Jacobs | |||||||||
| Santa Claus | colspan="5" Template:CEmpty | Carl Reiner | colspan="2" Template:CEmpty | Carl Reiner | Template:CEmpty | |||||
| Todd | colspan="6" Template:CEmpty | Kevin Michael Richardson | JP Karliak | colspan="2" Template:CEmpty | ||||||
| Cupid | colspan="8" Template:CEmpty | Nina Dobrev | Template:CEmpty | |||||||
| Donner | colspan="8" Template:CEmpty | Jim Cummings | Template:CEmpty | |||||||
| Dave / Dr. Octavius Brine | colspan="9" Template:CEmpty | John Malkovich | ||||||||
| Classified | colspan="9" Template:CEmpty | Benedict Cumberbatch | ||||||||
| Short Fuse | colspan="9" Template:CEmpty | Ken Jeong | ||||||||
| Eva | colspan="9" Template:CEmpty | Annet Mahendru | ||||||||
| Corporal | colspan="9" Template:CEmpty | Peter Stormare | ||||||||
| Clover | colspan="6" Template:CEmpty | India De Beaufort | colspan="3" Template:CEmpty | |||||||
| Xixi | colspan="6" Template:CEmpty | Betsy Sodaro | colspan="3" Template:CEmpty | |||||||
| Masikura | colspan="6" Template:CEmpty | Debra Wilson | colspan="3" Template:CEmpty | |||||||
| King Julien XII | colspan="6" Template:CEmpty | Henry Winkler | colspan="3" Template:CEmpty | |||||||
| Karl | colspan="6" Template:CEmpty | Dwight Schultz | colspan="3" Template:CEmpty | |||||||
| Timo | Chris Miller | colspan="5" Template:CEmpty | David Krumholtz | colspan="3" Template:CEmpty | ||||||
| Babak/Sage Moondancer | colspan="6" Template:CEmpty | Jeff Bennett | colspan="3" Template:CEmpty | |||||||
| Ted (lemur) | Conrad Vernon | colspan="5" Template:CEmpty | Andy Richter | colspan="3" Template:CEmpty | ||||||
| Pancho | David P. Smith | colspan="5" Template:CEmpty | Danny Jacobs | colspan="3" Template:CEmpty | ||||||
| Dorothy | colspan="6" Template:CEmpty | Sarah Thyre | colspan="3" Template:CEmpty | |||||||
| Hector | Eric Darnell | colspan="5" Template:CEmpty | Jeff Bennett | colspan="3" Template:CEmpty | ||||||
| Horst | Eric Darnell | colspan="5" Template:CEmpty | Jeff Bennett | colspan="3" Template:CEmpty | ||||||
| Abner | Jeffrey Katzenberg | colspan="5" Template:CEmpty | Diedrich Bader | colspan="3" Template:CEmpty | ||||||
| Becca | David P. Smith | colspan="5" Template:CEmpty | Sarah Thyre | colspan="3" Template:CEmpty | ||||||
| Todd (lemur) | colspan="6" Template:CEmpty | Kevin Michael Richardson | colspan="3" Template:CEmpty | |||||||
| King Koto | colspan="6" Template:CEmpty | Maurice LaMarche | colspan="3" Template:CEmpty | |||||||