Jonathan Freeman (born February 5, 1950 in Cleveland, Ohio) is a Tony-nominated American actor known for voicing the villainous Jafar in Disney's Aladdin and its sequel The Return of Jafar, as well as the Kingdom Hearts series.
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 Varese Sarabande studio recording of the flop 1965 musical Drat! The Cat!.
He recently joined the cast of Disney's Beauty and the Beast , and on March 20, 2007 it was announced that he would originate the role of Grimsby in Disney's newest Broadway production, The Little Mermaid.
Jonathan Freeman (March 21, 1745 – August 20, 1808) was a United States Representative from New Hampshire. Born in Mansfield, Connecticut, he attended the public schools and moved to New Hampshire in 1769, settling in Hanover. He engaged in agricultural pursuits and was town clerk and also justice of the peace and, from 1789 to 1797, executive councilor.
Freeman was a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives from 1787 to 1789 and served in the State senate from 1789 to 1794. He was a delegate to the Constitutional convention of 1791, and a member of the State council. From 1793 to 1808 he was overseer of Dartmouth College and was treasurer of the college for more than forty years. Freeman was elected as a Federalist to the Fifth and Sixth Congresses (March 4, 1797-March 3, 1801); he resumed agricultural pursuits and died in Hanover in 1808. Interment was in Hanover Center Cemetery.
Freeman's nephew, Nathaniel Freeman, Jr., was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.
Was nominated for Broadway's 1994 Tony Award as Best Actor (Featured Role - Musical) for a revival of "She Loves Me."
Was the voice of the notorious villain Jafar in Disney's 1992 animated feature Aladdin and re-prised the role in the 1994 sequel, The Return of Jafar.
