Tony Jay
Biography
Tony Jay was a British-American actor who started in radio drama in South Africa before joining the Royal Shakespeare Company. He was known for a distinctive raspy baritone and often played villains or authority figures. His voice roles included Judge Claude Frollo in The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996), Megabyte in ReBoot from 1994 to 2001, and Shere Khan in The Jungle Book 2 (2003), a part he also voiced in TaleSpin. On screen he appeared as Nigel St John in Lois and Clark and as Professor Werner in Twins (1988). For the Royal Shakespeare Company he played Vincent Crummles in The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, a performance that earned a Drama Desk Award nomination. He also voiced Monsieur D'Arque in Beauty and the Beast (1991) and Lord Dregg in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. He ended his career as the voice of Spiderus in Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends.
73years old at death
- Born London
- Died Los Angeles
- Star sign: AquariusThe sign runs January 20 to February 18
Movie Career
- Films
- 15
- Career span
- 29 years1978 to 2007
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A role that slipped away
Tony Jay was cast as Obi-Wan Kenobi in George Lucas's planned film Galactic Warfare and agreed to the role, but Lucas decided to cast Alec Guinness instead.
Big break
One source says Tony Jay was chosen over Patrick Stewart, Derek Jacobi and Ian McKellen to voice Judge Claude Frollo, the main antagonist in Disney's 1996 animated The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
Beyond film
Tony Jay released a 2005 CD called Speaking of Broadway in which he recited classic Broadway lyrics by writers such as Noël Coward and Ira Gershwin over synthesized music he composed.
Tony Jay movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise directed two of these films together. Four actors appear in three of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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All films by Gary Trousdale
All films by Kirk Wise
Also two films together9 more actors
- David Ogden StiersThe Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) and Beauty and the Beast (1991)
- Maurice LaMarcheAll Dogs Go to Heaven 2 (1996) and Scooby-Doo in Arabian Nights (1994)
- Bob BergenTreasure Planet (2002) and The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)
- Jack AngelTreasure Planet (2002) and The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)
- John KassirAn American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island (1998) and Scooby-Doo in Arabian Nights (1994)
- Nehemiah PersoffAn American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island (1998) and Twins (1988)
- Don MessickScooby-Doo in Arabian Nights (1994) and Tom and Jerry: The Movie (1992)
- Mary Kay BergmanThe Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) and Beauty and the Beast (1991)
- Greg BursonScooby-Doo in Arabian Nights (1994) and Tom and Jerry: The Movie (1992)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Tony Jay's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$1.3 billion
11 of the 15 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 15 films: 11 worldwide figure; 2 never in cinemas; 2 figure not found.
- 11Worldwide figure
- 2Never in cinemas
- 2Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 98% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$425M31.7% of the total
- 2$325M24.3% of the total
- 3$217M16.2% of the total
- 4$136M10.1% of the total
- 5$110M8.2% of the total
- 6$44M3.3% of the total
- 7$42M3.2% of the total
- 8$14M1.0% of the total
$26.1 millionfrom the other 3 films with a worldwide figure, 2% of the total
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.