jonathan freeman played the voice of jafar in aladdin.
jonathan freeman played the voice of jafar in aladdin.
who played the voice of jafar in aladdin?
jonathan freeman
jafar (disney)









































jafar is a fictional character who appears in walt disney pictures' 31st animated feature film "aladdin" (1992). he is voiced by american actor jonathan freeman, who also portrayed the character in the broadway musical adaptation. an inspiration to the character is the villain jafar, played by conrad veidt in "the thief of bagdad", from which "aladdin" borrows several character ideas and plot elements. the jafar of disney's "aladdin" plays essentially the same part as the character from the 1940 movie, and is drawn with notable similarity to conrad veidt's looks.









































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jafar (disney)
in "aladdin", jafar is the grand vizier of agrabah, the sultan's most trusted advisor. he is also an evil sorcerer. jafar secretly plots to obtain the genie's magical oil lamp and rule agrabah. early in the film, aladdin is imprisoned in the palace dungeons, as arranged by jafar using his influence over the guards. he lies to princess jasmine that aladdin has already been executed while pretending to be shocked that he had mistakenly believed that aladdin abducted her. jafar (disguised as a fellow prisoner) approaches him, striking a deal with aladdin. in exchange for aladdin's help in retrieving the lamp from the cave of wonders, jafar reveals an escape route from the prison and promises him a reward if he succeeds, who soon reveals that the reward is death. when the plan fails, aladdin and the lamp are lost. the sultan later scolds jafar for supposedly executing an innocent life behind his back, in which jafar pretends to regret his actions and promises not to do it again. when iago suggests an alternative plan, jafar next decides to, using the hypnotic powers of his snake-headed staff, manipulate the sultan into mandating a marriage between himself and jasmine. this plan also instigates jafar's lust towards jasmine and thus he genuinely wants to have her as his bride. however, he is impeded by aladdin, who had discovered the genie and used his first wish to become a prince. after a second attempt by jafar on his life, aladdin (with the help of the genie as his second wish) survives and then exposes jafar's plot, but jafar learns that aladdin possesses the lamp before making his escape.
jafar (disney)