Actor profile

Tony Jay

2nd February 1933 London, England, UK Acting

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.

46 Movies 79 TV Shows 132 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Albert Fish: In Sin He Found Salvation poster

Albert Fish: In Sin He Found Salvation 13th August 2007 as Narrator (voice)

Once Upon a Halloween poster

Once Upon a Halloween 26th September 2005 as Judge Claude Frollo (voice) (archive sound)

Spider-Man: The Venom Saga poster

Spider-Man: The Venom Saga 7th June 2005 as Baron Mordo (voice)

H.H. Holmes: America's First Serial Killer poster

H.H. Holmes: America's First Serial Killer 26th October 2004 as Narrator (voice)

Rugrats Go Wild poster

Rugrats Go Wild 13th June 2003 as Dr. Lipschitz (voice)

Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Kids poster

Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Kids 31st March 2003 as Spiderus Reeves (voice)

The Jungle Book 2 poster

The Jungle Book 2 7th February 2003 as Shere Khan (voice)

Treasure Planet poster

Treasure Planet 26th November 2002 as Narrator (voice)

Ocean Men, Extreme Dive poster

Ocean Men, Extreme Dive 20th July 2002 as Narrator (voice)

Adventures in Odyssey: The Caves of Qumran poster

Adventures in Odyssey: The Caves of Qumran 9th April 2002 as Fred J. Faustus (voice)

ReBoot: My Two Bobs poster

ReBoot: My Two Bobs 25th November 2001 as Megabyte (voice)

Race to Space poster

Race to Space 31st October 2001 as Narrator (voice)

Recess: School's Out poster

Recess: School's Out 16th February 2001 as Dr. Rosenthal (voice)

Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me poster

Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me 8th June 1999 as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

The Rugrats Movie poster

The Rugrats Movie 20th November 1998 as Dr. Lipschitz (voice)

An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island poster

An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island 15th February 1998 as Toplofty (voice)

Dragon Friend poster

Dragon Friend 1st January 1998 as The Dragon (voice)

Bruno the Kid: The Animated Movie poster

Bruno the Kid: The Animated Movie 22nd April 1997 as Jarlesburg (voice) (archive footage)

Mighty Ducks the Movie: The First Face-Off poster

Mighty Ducks the Movie: The First Face-Off 8th April 1997 as Wraith (voice)

Puss in Boots poster

Puss in Boots 1st January 1997 as Narrator (voice)

Jungle Cubs (Volume 1): Born to be Wild poster

Jungle Cubs (Volume 1): Born to be Wild 1st November 1996 as (Voice)

Superman: The Last Son of Krypton poster

Superman: The Last Son of Krypton 10th September 1996 as Sul-Van (voice)

Siegfried & Roy: Masters of the Impossible poster

Siegfried & Roy: Masters of the Impossible 22nd June 1996

The Hunchback of Notre Dame poster

The Hunchback of Notre Dame 21st June 1996 as Frollo (voice)

All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 poster

All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 29th March 1996 as Reginald (voice)

Scooby-Doo! in Arabian Nights poster

Scooby-Doo! in Arabian Nights 3rd September 1994 as Additional Voices (voice)

Thumbelina poster

Thumbelina 30th March 1994 as Cow (voice)

Fugitive Nights: Danger in the Desert poster

Fugitive Nights: Danger in the Desert 19th November 1993 as Wilfred Plimsoll

Tom and Jerry: The Movie poster

Tom and Jerry: The Movie 1st October 1992 as Lickboot (voice)

Jonah poster

Jonah 1st January 1992 as God (voice)

Beauty and the Beast poster

Beauty and the Beast 22nd October 1991 as Monsieur D'Arque (voice)

Beasties poster

Beasties 5th May 1991 as Frankie

Absolute Strangers poster

Absolute Strangers 14th April 1991 as Weisfeld

Talespin: Plunder & Lightning poster

Talespin: Plunder & Lightning 7th September 1990 as Shere Khan (voice)

Rainbow Drive poster

Rainbow Drive 1st January 1990 as Max Hollister

The Easter Story poster

The Easter Story 1st January 1990 as Caiaphas (voice)

My Stepmother Is an Alien poster

My Stepmother Is an Alien 9th December 1988 as Council Chief

Twins poster

Twins 9th December 1988 as Werner

Little Dorrit poster

Little Dorrit 11th December 1987 as Doctor

Time Bandits poster

Time Bandits 13th July 1981 as Supreme Being (voice)

Timon of Athens poster

Timon of Athens 16th April 1981 as Merchant

The Greek Tycoon poster

The Greek Tycoon 12th May 1978 as Doctor

Love and Death poster

Love and Death 10th June 1975 as Vladimir Maximovitch

Children of Rage poster

Children of Rage 28th May 1975

The Winners poster

The Winners 27th March 1972 as Natie Kaplan

Lied in my Hart poster

Lied in my Hart 19th January 1970 as Rudi

Me, Eloise poster

Me, Eloise 10th October 2006 as (voice)

Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends poster

Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends 7th September 2004 as Spiderus Reeves

Teen Titans poster

Teen Titans 19th July 2003 as Narrator (voice)

The Legend of Tarzan poster

The Legend of Tarzan 3rd September 2001 as Poacher (voice)

Lloyd in Space poster

Lloyd in Space 3rd February 2001 as Dr. Werner Von Brain (voice)

Disney's House of Mouse poster

Disney's House of Mouse 13th January 2001 as Magic Mirror (voice)

Disney's House of Mouse poster

Disney's House of Mouse 13th January 2001 as Shere Khan (voice)

Disney's House of Mouse poster

Disney's House of Mouse 13th January 2001 as Magic Mirror / Shere Khan (voice)

Disney's House of Mouse poster

Disney's House of Mouse 13th January 2001 as Ostrich (voice)

Buzz Lightyear of Star Command poster

Buzz Lightyear of Star Command 2nd October 2000 as Dr. Animus (voice)

Civil War Combat poster

Civil War Combat 22nd February 2000 as Narrator

Xyber 9: New Dawn poster

Xyber 9: New Dawn 25th September 1999 as Machestro (voice)

Providence poster

Providence 8th January 1999

Invasion America poster

Invasion America 8th June 1998 as Dragit (voice)

Extreme Ghostbusters poster

Extreme Ghostbusters 1st September 1997

Hey Arnold! poster

Hey Arnold! 7th October 1996 as Dr. Lipman (voice)

Hey Arnold! poster

Hey Arnold! 7th October 1996 as Rex Smythe-Higgins (voice)

Hey Arnold! poster

Hey Arnold! 7th October 1996 as Booming Voice (voice)

Bruno the Kid poster

Bruno the Kid 23rd September 1996 as Jarlesburg (voice)

Mighty Ducks: The Animated Series poster

Mighty Ducks: The Animated Series 7th September 1996 as Wraith (voice)

Superman: The Animated Series poster

Superman: The Animated Series 6th September 1996 as Sul-Van (voice)

The Savage Dragon poster

The Savage Dragon 21st October 1995 as Overlord (voice)

Spider-Man poster

Spider-Man 19th November 1994 as Baron Mordo (voice)

Gargoyles poster

Gargoyles 24th October 1994 as Anubis (voice)

Fantastic Four poster

Fantastic Four 24th September 1994 as Galactus/Terrax (voice)

Fantastic Four poster

Fantastic Four 24th September 1994 as Galactus (voice)

Skeleton Warriors poster

Skeleton Warriors 17th September 1994 as Narrator (voice)

Beethoven poster

Beethoven 10th September 1994 as Watson (voice)

ReBoot poster

ReBoot 10th September 1994 as Megabyte (voice)

The Tick poster

The Tick 10th September 1994 as Chairface Chippendale (voice)

Duckman poster

Duckman 5th March 1994 as Teacher (voice)

Aladdin poster

Aladdin 6th February 1994

Animaniacs poster

Animaniacs 13th September 1993 as Narrator (voice)

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman poster

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman 12th September 1993 as Nigel St. John

2 Stupid Dogs poster

2 Stupid Dogs 5th September 1993 as Double-Q (voice)

Mighty Max poster

Mighty Max 1st September 1993 as Virgil (voice)

The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. poster

The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. 27th August 1993 as Judge Silot Gatt

Picket Fences poster

Picket Fences 18th September 1992 as Chief Rabbi

Eerie, Indiana poster

Eerie, Indiana 15th September 1991 as Sir Boris von Orloff

Darkwing Duck poster

Darkwing Duck 6th September 1991 as Grim Reaper (voice)

Rugrats poster

Rugrats 11th August 1991 as Dr. Lipschitz (voice)

Rugrats poster

Rugrats 11th August 1991 as General (voice)

Rugrats poster

Rugrats 11th August 1991 as Scientist #2 (voice)

Rugrats poster

Rugrats 11th August 1991 as Dream Santa / Barney (voice)

Rugrats poster

Rugrats 11th August 1991 as Manager / Man with Car / Max (voice)

Rugrats poster

Rugrats 11th August 1991 as Narrator (voice)

Rugrats poster

Rugrats 11th August 1991 as Wombat President / Dr. Lipschitz (voice)

Rugrats poster

Rugrats 11th August 1991 as Rich Man (voice)

Sisters poster

Sisters 11th May 1991

Captain Planet and the Planeteers poster

Captain Planet and the Planeteers 15th September 1990 as Yeti (voice)

Peter Pan & the Pirates poster

Peter Pan & the Pirates 10th September 1990

TaleSpin poster

TaleSpin 9th September 1990 as Shere Khan (voice)

Tom & Jerry Kids Show poster

Tom & Jerry Kids Show 8th September 1990 as Narrator (voice)

Tom & Jerry Kids Show poster

Tom & Jerry Kids Show 8th September 1990 as King (voice)

Twin Peaks poster

Twin Peaks 8th April 1990 as Dougie Milford

Christine Cromwell poster

Christine Cromwell 11th November 1989

The New Lassie poster

The New Lassie 8th September 1989

Murphy Brown poster

Murphy Brown 14th November 1988 as Dr. Wade Benoit

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles poster

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 14th December 1987 as Dregg (voice)

Beverly Hills Buntz poster

Beverly Hills Buntz 5th November 1987 as Sheik Mohammed

Star Trek: The Next Generation poster

Star Trek: The Next Generation 28th September 1987 as Third Minister Campio

Beauty and the Beast poster

Beauty and the Beast 25th September 1987 as Paracelsus

Matlock poster

Matlock 3rd March 1986 as John Bosley Hackett

The Golden Girls poster

The Golden Girls 14th September 1985 as Laszlo

Mr. Belvedere poster

Mr. Belvedere 15th March 1985

Dempsey and Makepeace poster

Dempsey and Makepeace 11th January 1985 as Abe Moser

Who's the Boss? poster

Who's the Boss? 20th September 1984

Hunter poster

Hunter 18th September 1984 as Father Michaels

Night Court poster

Night Court 4th January 1984 as Joseph Schiavelli

Newhart poster

Newhart 2nd October 1982 as Reginald Wooster

The Agatha Christie Hour poster

The Agatha Christie Hour 7th September 1982 as Count Streplitch

The Professionals poster

The Professionals 30th December 1977 as Foreign Observer

The XYY Man poster

The XYY Man 3rd July 1976 as Jacob Mahler

The Sweeney poster

The Sweeney 2nd January 1975 as Lambourne

Affairs of the Heart poster

Affairs of the Heart 29th September 1974 as Sir Luke Strett

Fall of Eagles poster

Fall of Eagles 15th March 1974 as Tsar Alexander III

Six Days of Justice poster

Six Days of Justice 10th April 1972 as Edwin Lovatt

Justice poster

Justice 8th October 1971 as Mr. Papalonios

The Secret Squirrel Show poster

The Secret Squirrel Show 2nd October 1965