He performed as a stunt double for both
Bongo and
Caesar in Paramount's theatrical film
The Ghost and the Darkness (1996). An unidentified male adult African lion from Santa Clarita, California's Hollywood Animals originally intended to perform with Sudan in that film, but was sent back to America for safety of the production. Its trainers would have been
Brian McMillan,
Vikki McMillan,
Rick Glassey and
Judy Glassey. Stan Winston Studio's robotic puppet of a lion successfully replaced that American trained African lion.