Kerchak is a major character in Disney 's 1999 animated feature film Tarzan. He is the leader of the gorillas, the mate of Kala, and the adopted father of the film's title character. Kerchak is a large and …

Kerchak ... Kerchak is a fictional ape character in Edgar Rice Burroughs 's original Tarzan novel, Tarzan of the Apes, and in movies and other media based on it.

Mar 16, 2026 · Kerchak is one of the two overarching protagonists (alongside Kala) of Disney's Tarzan franchise. He was a big black silverback gorilla who used to be the leader of his gorilla troop, the …

Oct 24, 2019 · After a lot of exploration, Harald Siepermann hit upon a design that the directors liked, and what was handed to Supervising Animator Bruce W. Smith, who created the final design of …

Kerchak is one of the two overarching protagonists (alongside Kala) of Disney's Tarzan franchise. He was the leader of the gorilla family who was initially reluctant about the presence of the titular …

Kerchak is a fictional character created by Edgar Rice Burroughs in his 1912 novel Tarzan of the Apes, portrayed as the brutal and domineering king of a tribe of anthropoid apes called the Mangani, who …

In the novel Tarzan of the Apes, Kerchak is the "king" of a tribal band of Mangani, a fictional species of great ape intermediate between gorillas and chimpanzees.

Kerchak is one of the two overarching protagonists (alongside Kala) of Disney's Tarzan franchise. He was the leader of the gorilla family who was initially reluctant about the presence of the titular …

Kerchak is a villainous Mangani from the original Tarzan books, a vicious ape who was responsible for the deaths of Tarzan's original family and the main antagonist in Tarzan of the Apes.

Kerchak feels guilty and sorry for his adoptive son Tarzan, after he disowned him for disobeying the order to not to get close to the humans. Kerchak sacrificing his life to save Tarzan. Kerchak finally …