Jonathan Freeman (actor)

Jonathan Freeman
Freeman at the 2020 GalaxyCon Richmond
Born	(1950-02-05) February 5, 1950 (age 75) Bay Village, Ohio U.S.
Nationality	American
Other names	the voice of Jafar
Alma mater	Ohio University
Occupation(s)	Actor, puppeteer
Years active	1972–present
Spouse	1 girlfriend

Jonathan Freeman (born February 5, 1950) is an American actor and puppeteer. He is known for being the voice of Jafar in Disney's Aladdin and its sequels. He also played the character on stage.^[1]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1987	Forever, Lulu	Don
1988	Homeboy	Hotel Room Man
1990	A Shock To The System	Decorator
1992	Aladdin	Jafar (voice)
1994	The Return of Jafar		Direct-to-video
1996	The Associate	Hockey Game Executive
1997	The Ice Storm	Ted Franklin
2001	Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse	Jafar (voice)	Direct-to-video
2002	Mickey's House of Villains
2007	The Hoax	Thick Voice (voice)
2009	Ultimate Smash Brawl: The Movie	Mr. Woods (voice)
2011	Too Big to Fail	Senator Richard Shelby	TV film
2016	Life, Animated	Himself
2020	The High Note	Martin
2022	Aladdin: The Broadway Musical	Jafar	Filmed recording of 2019 West End musical

Television and web

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1989	K.I.D.S. TV News	D.J. McCaw	Unknown episodes
	The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd	Waiter #2	Episode: "Here's a Cute Way to Wrap up the Holiday Season"
1989–1995	Shining Time Station	Tito Swing	58 episodes
1990	Mathnet	Joshua	Episode: "The Case of the Unkidnapping"
	Shining Time Station: 'Tis a Gift	Tito Swing	(TV special)
1995	Aladdin on Ice	Jafar (voice)	(TV special) (uncredited)
1996–1998	Remember WENN	Rollie Pruitt	Episodes: "Christmas in the Airwaves" "Who's Scott Sherwood?" "The New Actor" "The Importance of Being Betty" "Happy Homecomings" "Some Time, Some Station"
1998	Hercules	Jafar (voice)	Episode: "Hercules and the Arabian Night"
2001–2003	House of Mouse		Episodes: "The Stolen Cartoons" "Donald's Lamp Trade" "Max's Embarrassing Date" "Where's Minnie?" "Donald and the Aracuan Bird" "House of Crime" "House of Magic" "Pete's House of Villains" "Pete's Christmas Caper" "Halloween with Hades"
2002	Teamo Supremo	Zomnambulist (voice)	Episode: "Things That Go Bump in the Night!"
2005–2006	American Dragon: Jake Long	Eli Excelsior Pandarus Jack Frost (voice)	Episodes: "The Heist" "Eye of the Beholder" "A Befuddled Mind"
2007–2013	Ultimate All-Star Brawl	W. S. Gilbert Murray Cook Woody Police Officer (voice)
2008	Gossip Girl	Butler	Episode: "The Ex-Files"
2006–2009	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Mr. Marty Krebs Wallace Thayer	Episodes: "Identity Crisis" "The Healer"
2010	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Bobby	Episode: "Merchandise"
2011	Submissions Only	Greg Bonomelli	Episode: "The Miller/Hennigan Act"
2016	Elementary	Holder	Episode: "How the Sausage Is Made"
Nov. 22, 2016	Broadway.com's Role Call: "Jonathan Freeman of Aladdin"	Himself
Nov. 25, 2017	Oh My Disney Show: "Watch a Disney Movie With ... Aladdin's Jonathan Freeman"	Himself	S2, EP 34
Aug. 31, 2019	TODAY	Himself	"Jonathan Freeman, Voice of Jafar, Reveals A Secret To Playing Aladdin Villain"
2022	Helluva Boss	Paimon and the Ring Leader	Episode: "The Circus"

Video games

Year	Title	Role
1994	Aladdin Activity Center	Jafar
2001	Aladdin in Nasira's Revenge
2002	Kingdom Hearts
2005	Kingdom Hearts II
2007	Kingdom Hearts II: Final Mix+
2010	Kingdom Hearts Re:coded

References

1. "Inside the Magic podcast LIVE - Show 330 - July 31, 2011". Inside The Magic. July 31, 2011. Retrieved August 20, 2019.

Other websites

• Jonathan Freeman on IMDb