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( December 2014 ) Jonathan Freeman ( 1950 - 02 - 05 ) February 5, 1950 ( age 67 ) Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. Alma mater Ohio University Occupation Actor, voice actor, singer, puppeteer, comedian Years active 1972 -- present Notable work Puppeteer for Tito Swing on Shining Time Station Voice of Jafar in Disney 's Aladdin and its first direct - to - video sequel Jonathan Freeman ( born February 5, 1950 ) is an American actor, voice actor, singer, puppeteer and comedian, known for puppetering and voicing Tito Swing in Shining Time Station and for voicing Jafar in Disney 's Aladdin franchise, as well as the Kingdom Hearts franchise and the 2011 Aladdin Broadway musical. Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Filmography 3.1 Film 3.2 Television 3.3 Video games 4 Theatre work 4.1 Broadway credits 4.2 Off Broadway credits 4.3 Regional / Stock credits 5 Soundtrack 6 References 7 External links Early life Freeman was born in Cleveland, Ohio on February 5, 1950. He graduated from Ohio University. Career As well as being the voice of Jafar in Aladdin, Freeman is also known for being the puppeteer for Tito Swing of the Jukebox Band ( Flexitoon Puppets ) on the PBS series Shining Time Station. In 1994, he was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical for his role in She Loves Me. Additionally, he appeared in the Broadway revival productions of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, The Producers, On the Town, and 42nd Street, during which his caricature was drawn for Sardi 's restaurant in 2002. Freeman can be heard on the 1997 Varèse Sarabande studio recording of the flop 1965 musical Drat ! The Cat !. He was also seen on stage as Cogsworth in Disney 's Beauty and the Beast, and originated the role of Grimsby in Disney 's Broadway production of The Little Mermaid. Freeman began his run starring as Admiral Boom and the Bank Chairman in the Broadway production of Mary Poppins on December 12, 2009. Freeman reprises his role as Jafar on stage in the new musical adaptation of Aladdin, which played at Seattle 's 5th Avenue Theatre from July 7 -- 31, 2011. He is currently reprising the role in the Broadway production, which opened in March 2014 at the New Amsterdam Theatre, and he is the only actor from the original cast of the animated film to do so. Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes Forever, Lulu Don Homeboy Hotel Room Man 1990 A Shock To The System Decorator 1992 Aladdin Jafar Voice 1994 The Return of Jafar Voice Direct - to - video The Associate Hockey Game Executive 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 2016 Life, Animated Himself Television Year Title Role Notes 1989 K.I.D.S. TV News D.J. McCaw 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 1990 Mathnet Joshua Episode : `` The Case of the Unkidnapping '' Shining Time Station : ' Tis a Gift Tito Swing ( TV movie ) 1995 Aladdin on Ice Jafar ( voice ) ( TV movie ) ( 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 '' `` The Mouse who Came to the Dinner '' `` 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 '' 2003 -- 2006 Lilo and Stitch : The Series Vox ( voice ) Unknown Episode 2005 -- 2006 American Dragon : Jake Long Eli Excelsior Pandarus Jack Frost ( voice ) Episodes : `` The Heist '' `` Eye of the Beholder '' `` A Befuddled Mind '' 2008 Gossip Girl Butler Episode : `` The Ex-Files '' 2006 -- 2009 Law & Order : Criminal Intent Mr. Marty Krebs Wallace Thayer Episodes : `` Identity Crisis '' `` The Healer '' Law & Order : Special Victims Unit Bobby Smith Episode : `` Merchandise '' 2011 Too Big to Fail Senator Richard Shelby ( TV movie ) Submissions Only Greg Bonomelli Episode : `` The Miller / Hennigan Act '' 2016 Elementary Holder Episode : `` How the Sausage Is Made '' Video games Year Title Voice 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+ Kingdom Hearts Re : coded Theatre work Broadway credits Aladdin as Jafar ( Original Broadway Cast ) Mary Poppins as Admiral Boom and the Bank Chairman ( Replacement ) The Little Mermaid as Grimsby ( Original Broadway Cast ) Beauty and the Beast as Cogsworth ( Replacement ) The Producers as Roger De Bris ( Replacement ) 42nd Street as Bert Barry On the Town as Pitkin W. Bridgework How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying as Mr. Bratt She Loves Me as Headwaiter -- Nominated -- Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical Platinum as Minky Sherlock Holmes as Lightfoot McTague ( Replacement -- RSC Transfer ) Off Broadway credits Of Thee I Sing as Senator Lyons ( City Center Encores ) Finian 's Rainbow as Finian ( Irish Repertory ) A Class Act as Lehman ( Manhattan Theatre Club ) An Empty Plate In The Cafe Du Grand Boeuf as Claude ( Primary Stages ) Sail Away as Joe ( Carnegie Hall ) Wall To Wall as Frank Loesser ( Symphony Space ) Li'l Abner as Dr. Rasmussen ( City Center Encores ) On The Town as Pitkin W. Bridgework ( Public Theater / Delacourte ) In A Pig 's Valise as Zoot / Gut ( Second Stage ) Claptrap as Harvey ( Manhattan Theater Club ) Bertrano as Louie / Momo ( Primary Stages ) Confessions Of Billie as Conrad Gerhardt ( Performing Garage ) Thirteen Days To Broadway as Cy ( 890 Studios ) Babes In Arms as Steve ( Playwrights ' Horizon ) Pinocchio as Fire Eater ( Marionette Theater ) The Miser as Cleante ( Greenwich Mews ) Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme as Dancing Master Regional / Stock credits Restoration Comedy as Sir Novelty ( Seattle Repertory Theater ) A Christmas Carol as Scrooge ( Bay Street Theater ) You Ca n't Take It with You as Boris Kolenkov ( Bay Street Theater ) An Empty Plate In The Cafe Du Grand Boeuf as Claude ( Berkshire Theater Festival ) Peter Pan as Hook / Mr. Darling ( Austin Musical Theater ) How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying as Bert Bratt ( La Jolla Playhouse ) Fortinbras as Claudius ( La Jolla Playhouse ) Babes In Toyland as Gonzorgo ( Houston Grand Opera ) A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum as Marcus Lycus ( La Jolla Playhouse / Orange County Performing Arts Center ) The Flowering Peach as Shem ( Coconut Grove Playhouse ) Emigration Of Adam as Issac Kurtzik ( Williamstown Theater Festival ) Gay Divorce as Teddy ( Goodspeed Opera House ) The Student Prince as Hubert ( Milwaukee Melody Top ) Can - Can as Boris Arsenic and Old Lace as Jonathan ( Meadowbrook Theater ) The Desert Song as Benny ( Coachlight Theater ) George Washington Slept Here ( play ) as Steve ( Berkshire Theater Festival ) How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying as Bud Frump ( Coachlight Theater ) Soundtrack Year Artist / Writer Song Film Role 1989 Kevin Roth `` Cosher Bailey 's Engine '' `` Camptown Races '' `` Jesse James '' `` Celito Lindo '' `` No Business like Show Business '' `` Polly Wolly Doodle '' `` The Desperado '' `` Home on the Range '' `` Jamaican Farewell '' `` Born on the Fourth of July '' Shining Time Station Tito Swing 1990 Lydia Maria Child `` ' Tis A Gift '' Shining Time Station : ' Tis a Gift 1992 Alan Menken & Howard Ashman `` Prince Ali Reprise '' `` Humiliate the Boy '' `` Why Me ? '' Aladdin Jafar 1994 `` You 're Only Second Rate '' The Return of Jafar 2001 Randy Petersen & Kevin Quinn `` It 's Our House Now '' Mickey 's House of Villains References Jump up ^ `` Jonathan Freeman Gets Hung Up at Sardi 's ''. Playbill, Inc. April 11, 2002. Retrieved February 21, 2008. Jump up ^ `` Lewis, Palmer, Scott, Burgess and More Will Join Boggess in Disney 's Little Mermaid ''. Playbill, Inc. March 20, 2007. Retrieved February 21, 2008. Jump up ^ `` Tony Nominee Freeman Joins Broadway 's MARY POPPINS ''. December 11, 2009. Retrieved December 11, 2009. Jump up ^ Jonathan Freeman Will Bring Jafar from Screen to Stage in Disney 's Aladdin at 5th Avenue Archived 2011 - 07 - 28 at the Wayback Machine. Jump up ^ Adam Jacobs and Courtney Reed Will Co-Star in Disney 's Aladdin ; Complete Cast Announced Archived 2013 - 10 - 04 at the Wayback Machine. Playbill, Retrieved September 17, 2013 External links Jonathan Freeman at the Internet Broadway Database Jonathan Freeman on IMDb Disney 's Aladdin Films Animation Aladdin ( 1992 ) The Return of Jafar ( 1994 ) Aladdin and the King of Thieves ( 1996 ) Live - action Aladdin ( 2019 ) Adaptations TV series ( episodes ) `` Hercules and the Arabian Night '' More Than a Peacock Princess Aladdin Jr. Aladdin ( stage musical ) Video games Disney 's Aladdin ( Virgin Games ) Disney 's Aladdin ( Capcom ) Disney 's Aladdin ( SIMS ) Disney 's Aladdin in Nasira 's Revenge Music `` Arabian Nights '' `` One Jump Ahead '' `` Proud of Your Boy '' `` Friend Like Me '' `` Prince Ali '' `` To Be Free '' `` A Whole New World '' Attractions The Magic Carpets of Aladdin Arabian Coast Le Passage Enchanté d'Aladdin Adventureland Bazaar Characters Aladdin Genie Jasmine Iago Related The Thief and The Cobbler ( 1964 -- 1995 ) Twisted ( 2013 musical parody ) The Music Behind the Magic VIAF : 79969117 LCCN : no96040134 ISNI : 0000 0000 4337 189X GND : 135109094 BNF : cb140989825 ( data ) MusicBrainz : e4b920c4 - d9b0 - 43e1 - b49e - f45d1130bd7e Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jonathan_Freeman_(actor)&oldid=800634734 '' Categories : 1950 births Male actors from Ohio American male musical theatre actors American male television actors American male video game actors American male voice actors Living people Male actors from Cleveland Ohio University alumni Hidden categories : Webarchive template wayback links BLP articles lacking sources from December 2014 All BLP articles lacking sources Articles with hCards Articles with IBDb links Wikipedia articles with VIAF identifiers Wikipedia articles with LCCN identifiers Wikipedia articles with ISNI identifiers Wikipedia articles with GND identifiers Wikipedia articles with BNF identifiers Wikipedia articles with MusicBrainz identifiers Talk Contents About Wikipedia Asturianu Chavacano de Zamboanga Ελληνικά Español Français Italiano Occitan Português Sardu Suomi Svenska Winaray Edit links This page was last edited on 14 September 2017, at 19 : 23. 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Question: who played the voice of jafar in aladdin
Answer: Jonathan Freeman