<Li> Michael - Leon Wooley as Louis, a friendly, neurotic, trumpet - playing alligator whose dream is to become human so he can join a jazz band . His name comes from the famous jazz artist and trumpeter, Louis Armstrong . Eric Goldberg, the supervising animator of Louis and other miscellaneous characters, won the Annie Award for Character Animation in a Feature Production for his work on the film . </Li> <Li> Jim Cummings as Ray, a Cajun firefly . He and his vast family are close friends with Mama Odie, so he offers to help the frogs get to her . Ray has an unrequited love for the Evening Star, which he believes is another firefly named "Evangeline" (a reference to the 19th - century Longfellow poem). Mike Surrey was the supervising animator for Ray . Ray's name comes from the blind pianist Ray Charles . </Li> <Li> Keith David as Doctor Facilier, also known as The Shadow Man, a voodoo bokor (witch doctor). Bruce W. Smith, supervising animator of Doctor Facilier, referred to the character as the "lovechild" of his two favorite Disney Villains: Captain Hook from Peter Pan (1953), and Cruella de Vil from One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961). Smith was nominated for the Annie Award for Character Animation in a Feature Production for his work . </Li> <Li> Jennifer Cody as Charlotte "Lottie" La Bouff, a wealthy Southern débutante and Tiana's best friend since childhood who dreams of marrying a prince . Nik Ranieri served as the supervising animator of Charlotte as an adult and child . Jennifer Cody won the Annie Award for Voice Acting in a Feature Production for her performance . <Ul> <Li> Breanna Brooks voices Charlotte as a child . </Li> </Ul> </Li>

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