Jonathan Freeman

Jonathan Freeman (born February 5, 1950) is an American actor, voice actor, singer and puppeteer, 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.
== 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.[1]
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.[2]
Freeman began his run starring as Admiral Boom and the Bank Chairman in the Broadway production of Mary Poppins on December 12, 2009.[3]
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.[4]He is currently reprising the role in the Broadway production, which opened in March 2014 at the New Amsterdam Theatre,[5] and he is the only actor from the original cast of the animated film to do so.
== 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 	Jafar (voice) 	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 	Jafar (voice) 	Direct-to-video
2007	The Hoax 	Thick Voice (voice) 	
2016	Life, Animated 	Himself 	
=== Television ===
Year 	Title 	Role 	Notes
1989 	K.I.D.S. TV News 	D.J. McCaw 	
1989 	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"
1990 	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 	Jafar (voice) 	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"
2010 	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Bobby Smith 	Episode: "Merchandise"
2011 	Too Big to Fail 	Senator Richard Shelby	(TV movie)
2011 	Submissions Only 	Greg Bonomelli 	Episode: "The Miller/Hennigan Act"
2016 	Elementary 	Holder 	Episode: "How the Sausage Is Made"
=== Video games ===
Year	Title 	Role
1994	Aladdin Activity Center 	Jafar
2001	Aladdin in Nasira's Revenge 	Jafar
2002	Kingdom Hearts 	Jafar
2005	Kingdom Hearts II 	Jafar
2007	Kingdom Hearts II: Final Mix+	Jafar
2010	Kingdom Hearts Re:coded 	Jafar
== 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 Can'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	Tito Swing
1992	Alan Menken & Howard Ashman 	"Prince Ali Reprise"
"Humiliate the Boy"
"Why Me?"	Aladdin 	Jafar
1994	Alan Menken & Howard Ashman 	"You're Only Second Rate"	The Return of Jafar 	Jafar
2001	Randy Petersen & Kevin Quinn	"It's Our House Now" 	Mickey's House of Villains 	Jafar
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