Jonathan Freeman Quotes

United States, Actor
February 5, 1950

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.

Also known as Voice Actor, Singer, Puppeteer

As theater artists, it's a great luxury to have time.

Jonathan Freeman
- Time
- Great
Growing up, I would have to say I loved 'Peter Pan' because I was fascinated by Captain Hook; I was fascinated by Hans Conried, who was an actor on screen and also a theatrical and television actor.

Jonathan Freeman
- Up
- Growing

It's a very big collaborative effort to do an animated feature and to do a Broadway show.

Jonathan Freeman
- Effort
I grew up on Disney movies and, as a kid, I always liked the villains.

Jonathan Freeman
- Up
- Disney
If you look at the Disney Villains, I think you'll find that they do have mass appeal in some way, and it usually has to do with a voice quality that also matches very well with the animation.

Jonathan Freeman
- Quality
- Disney
You have to realize that when I started to work on 'Aladdin', Disney Theatrical wasn't in existence. I suppose I had always hoped that 'Aladdin' would be somewhere on the runway.

Jonathan Freeman
- Work
- Disney
Everything about playing a villain is appealing to me.

Jonathan Freeman
I always think the villains in all of the Disney movies are almost operatic in scale.

Jonathan Freeman
- Disney