Tony Jay

Known for

Acting

Born

February 2, 1933

Birthplace

London, England, UK

Died

August 13, 2006 (aged 73)

Biography

Tony Jay was an acclaimed British-American actor, voice artist, and singer. He was widely celebrated for his remarkably deep, distinctive baritone voice. His deep register made him a definitive talent for portraying sophisticated, authoritative, and sinister villains across television, film, and video games. He is best known as the voice of Claude Frollo in Walt Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame and the virus Megabyte in the award-winning CGI animated series ReBoot. A former member of the prestigious Royal Shakespeare Company, Jay built a decades-long legacy as one of the most memorable voice actors in modern entertainment history.

Best known work

Beauty and the Beast

1991

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

1996

Treasure Planet

2002

Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me

1999

Twin Peaks

1990

Twins

1988

Star Trek: The Next Generation

1987

Teen Titans

2003

The Jungle Book 2

2003

Time Bandits

1981

Filmography

2007
Albert Fish: In Sin He Found Salvation
as Narrator (voice)
2006
Me, EloiseTV
as (voice) (1 episode)
2006
Where My Dogs At?TV
2005
Once Upon a Halloween
as Judge Claude Frollo (voice) (archive sound)
2005
Spider-Man: The Venom Saga
as Baron Mordo (voice)
2004
H.H. Holmes: America's First Serial Killer
as Narrator (voice)
2004
Miss Spider's Sunny Patch FriendsTV
as Spiderus Reeves (83 episodes)
2003
Teen TitansTV
as Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
2003
Rugrats Go Wild
as Dr. Lipschitz (voice)
2003
Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Kids
as Spiderus Reeves (voice)
2003
The Jungle Book 2
as Shere Khan (voice)
2002
Treasure Planet
as Narrator (voice)
2002
Ocean Men, Extreme Dive
as Narrator (voice)
2002
Adventures in Odyssey: The Caves of Qumran
as Fred J. Faustus (voice)
2001
ReBoot: My Two Bobs
as Megabyte (voice)
2001
Race to Space
as Narrator (voice)
2001
The Legend of TarzanTV
as Poacher (voice) (1 episode)
2001
Recess: School's Out
as Dr. Rosenthal (voice)
2001
Lloyd in SpaceTV
as Dr. Werner Von Brain (voice) (1 episode)
2001
Disney's House of MouseTV
as Magic Mirror (voice) (6 episodes), as Shere Khan (voice) (2 episodes), as Magic Mirror / Shere Khan (voice) (1 episode), as Ostrich (voice) (1 episode)
2000
Buzz Lightyear of Star CommandTV
as Dr. Animus (voice) (2 episodes)
2000
Civil War CombatTV
as Narrator (12 episodes)
1999
Xyber 9: New DawnTV
as Machestro (voice) (22 episodes)
1999
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1999
ProvidenceTV