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A late British actor who played mostly villainous roles with a deep, highly distinctive voice. His natural speaking voice just ''oozed'' that of a [[Magnificent Bastard]]. He died at 73 in 2006.
A late British actor who played mostly villainous roles with a deep, highly distinctive voice. His natural speaking voice just ''oozed'' that of a [[Magnificent Bastard]]. He died at 73 in 2006.


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=== Some of his major roles are: ===
* ''[[Time Bandits]]'' (Voice of the Supreme Being)
* ''[[Time Bandits]]'' (Voice of the Supreme Being)
* ''[[The Jungle Book (Disney)|Jungle Book]] 2'' (Shere Khan)
* ''[[The Jungle Book (Disney film)|Jungle Book]] 2'' (Shere Khan)
* ''[[The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Disney)|The Hunchback of Notre Dame]]'' (Frollo)
* ''[[The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Disney film)|The Hunchback of Notre Dame]]'' (Frollo)
* ''[[Re Boot]]'' (Megabyte)
* ''[[ReBoot]]'' (Megabyte)
* ''[[Legacy of Kain]]'' (Elder God, Mortainus)
* ''[[Legacy of Kain]]'' (Elder God, Mortainus)
* ''[[Baldurs Gate Dark Alliance]]'' (Xantam)
* ''[[Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance]]'' (Xantam)
* ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1987 (Animation)|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' (Dregg)
* ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1987|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' (Dregg)
* ''[[The Mighty Ducks (Animation)|The Mighty Ducks]]'' (Wraith)
* ''[[The Mighty Ducks (animation)|The Mighty Ducks]]'' (Wraith)
* ''[[Spider Man the Animated Series]]'' (Baron Mordo)
* ''[[Spider-Man: The Animated Series]]'' (Baron Mordo)
* ''[[Tale Spin (Animation)|Tale Spin]]'' (Shere Khan again, only as a [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]] this time).
* ''[[Tale Spin]]'' (Shere Khan again, only as a [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]] this time).
* ''[[Teen Titans (Animation)|Teen Titans]]'' (narrator, some episodes)
* ''[[Teen Titans (animation)|Teen Titans]]'' (narrator, some episodes)
* ''[[Animaniacs (Animation)|Animaniacs]]'' (narrator, some episodes)
* ''[[Animaniacs]]'' (narrator, some episodes)
* ''[[Austin Powers]]: The Spy Who Shagged Me'' (narrator)
* ''[[Austin Powers]]: The Spy Who Shagged Me'' (narrator)
* ''[[Mighty Max]]'' (Virgil, the [[Obi Wan]] and a rare sympathetic role)
* ''[[Mighty Max]]'' (Virgil, the [[Obi Wan]] and a rare sympathetic role)
* ''[[Lois and Clark]]'' ([[Lex Luthor]]'s assistant Nigel, a rare live role)
* ''[[Lois and Clark]]'' ([[Lex Luthor]]'s assistant Nigel, a rare live role)
* Many voices in the CD version of ''[[King's Quest VI]]'', including Captain Saladin.
* Many voices in the CD version of ''[[King's Quest VI]]'', including Captain Saladin.
* ''[[Gargoyles (Animation)|Gargoyles]]'' (Anubis)
* ''[[Gargoyles]]'' (Anubis)
* ''[[The Bards Tale]]'' (the 2004 version, as [[The Narrator]])
* ''[[The Bard's Tale]]'' (the 2004 version, as [[The Narrator]])
* ''[[Tom and Jerry The Movie]]'' (Mr. Lickboot. "[[Memetic Mutation|We've got to have...MONEEEYY....]]")
* ''[[Tom and Jerry: The Movie]]'' (Mr. Lickboot. "[[Memetic Mutation|We've got to have...MONEEEYY....]]")
* ''[[The Tick]]'' (Chairface)
* ''[[The Tick (animation)]]'' (Chairface)
* ''[[An American Tail]]: The Treasure of Manhattan Island'' (Toplofty)
* ''[[An American Tail]]: The Treasure of Manhattan Island'' (Toplofty)
* ''[[Fallout]]'' (Lieutenant)
* ''[[Fallout]]'' (Lieutenant)
* ''[[Planescape Torment]]'' (appears near the end as {{spoiler|The Transcendent One}})
* ''[[Planescape: Torment]]'' (appears near the end as {{spoiler|The Transcendent One}})
* ''[[Armed and Dangerous]]'' (King Forge)
* ''[[Armed and Dangerous]]'' (King Forge)
* ''[[Sacrifice]]'' ([[Blind Seer|Mithras]])
* ''[[Sacrifice]]'' ([[Blind Seer|Mithras]])
* ''[[Skeleton Warriors (Animation)|Skeleton Warriors]]'' (Narrated the [[Title Sequence]])
* ''[[Skeleton Warriors]]'' (Narrated the [[Title Sequence]])
* ''[[X Men Legends]]'' (Magneto, but only for the first game as he fell ill before the second one began development)
* ''[[X-Men Legends]]'' (Magneto, but only for the first game as he fell ill before the second one began development)
* ''[[Fantastic Four (Animation)|Fantastic Four]]'' (Galactus and Terrax, but after season 1 he only played the former)
* ''[[Fantastic Four (animation)|Fantastic Four]]'' (Galactus and Terrax, but after season 1 he only played the former)
* ''[[Treasure Planet (Disney)|Treasure Planet]]'' Narrator
* ''[[Treasure Planet]]'' Narrator
* ''[[Rugrats]]'' Dr. Lipschitz
* ''[[Rugrats]]'' Dr. Lipschitz
* ''[[Return to Castle Wolfenstein]]'' OSS Director
* ''[[Return to Castle Wolfenstein]]'' OSS Director


May be the only actor to appear in both [[The Eighties]] TV series ''[[Beauty and The Beast (TV)|Beauty and The Beast]]'' and the 1991 [[Disney Animated Canon]] feature of [[Beauty and The Beast (Disney)|the same name]].
May be the only actor to appear in both [[The Eighties]] TV series ''[[Beauty and the Beast (TV series)|Beauty and The Beast]]'' and the 1991 [[Disney Animated Canon]] feature of [[Beauty and the Beast|the same name]].


=== Tropes ===
=== Tropes ===
* [[Badass Baritone]]
* [[Badass Baritone]]
* [[Cool Old Guy]]
* [[Cool Old Guy]]
* [[Mean Character, Nice Actor]]: In an interview for ''[[Disney Adventures]]'' that was published right around the time that ''[[The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Disney)|The Hunchback of Notre Dame]]'' was released, Tony made it a point to say that he was actually a very nice man in [[Real Life]], despite continually playing villains.
* [[Mean Character, Nice Actor]]: In an interview for ''[[Disney Adventures]]'' that was published right around the time that ''[[The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Disney film)|The Hunchback of Notre Dame]]'' was released, Tony made it a point to say that he was actually a very nice man in [[Real Life]], despite continually playing villains.
* [[Typecasting]]: He was mainly cast in villainous roles, especially the [[Evil Brit]] type.
* [[Typecasting]]: He was mainly cast in villainous roles, especially the [[Evil Brit]] type.
** [[Playing Against Type]]: Dr. Lipschitz. To a lesser extent, the scientist who Philium Benedict has "detained" as punishment for the shorting out of the weather laser in ''[[Recess Schools Out]]''.
** [[Playing Against Type]]: Dr. Lipschitz. To a lesser extent, the scientist who Philium Benedict has "detained" as punishment for the shorting out of the weather laser in ''[[Recess: School's Out]]''.
** Apparently his [[Typecasting]] was so well known, that it was even emulated by certain voice actors (eg, Richard Waugh's performance as Albert Wesker from the ''[[Resident Evil]]'' series was cited to have been based on that of Tony Jay's performance as [[The Jungle Book (Disney)|Shere Khan]]).
** Apparently his [[Typecasting]] was so well known, that it was even emulated by certain voice actors (eg, Richard Waugh's performance as Albert Wesker from the ''[[Resident Evil]]'' series was cited to have been based on that of Tony Jay's performance as [[The Jungle Book (Disney film)|Shere Khan]]).


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A late British actor who played mostly villainous roles with a deep, highly distinctive voice. His natural speaking voice just oozed that of a Magnificent Bastard. He died at 73 in 2006.

Tony Jay has performed in the following roles:

May be the only actor to appear in both The Eighties TV series Beauty and The Beast and the 1991 Disney Animated Canon feature of the same name.

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