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Tony Jay (2 February 1933 – 13 August 2006) was a British actor, voice actor and singer. A former member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, he was known for his voice work in animation, film and video games. Jay was particularly well known for his distinctive baritone voice, which often led to him being cast in villainous roles. He was best known as the voice of Judge Claude Frollo from Disney's ''The Hunchback of Notre Dame'', Megabyte from ''ReBoot'', and the Elder God (and the original Mortanius) from ''Legacy of Kain''. == Career == Tony Jay appeared on-screen in several films and on television, including ''Love and Death'', ''Night Court'', ''The Golden Girls'', ''Twins'', and ''Eerie, Indiana''. He also developed a career in the theatre, in plays such as ''The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby'', ''Great Expectations'', and ''The Merchant of Venice''. Jay's other non-animation roles included Paracelsus on the 1987 CBS TV series ''Beauty and the Beast''; Minister Campio on ''Star Trek: The Next Generation''; and Lex Luthor's villainous aide-de-camp Nigel St. John in ''Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman''. He was also well known for his role as the voice of the virus Megabyte in the computer animated television show ''ReBoot'' (1994-2001), and for his voice-work as Judge Claude Frollo in Disney's 1996 animated film version of ''The Hunchback of Notre Dame'' and in the Walt Disney World version of the nighttime light and fireworks show ''Fantasmic!''. He also previously voiced Monsieur D'Arque, the amoral asylum superintendent, in Disney's 1991 hit animated feature ''Beauty and the Beast''. In 1995-96, Jay had another animation voice as he voiced a vile alien warlord named Lord Dregg, the new main villain of the original 1987 ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' animated TV series in the show's last two seasons. He is also well-known among fans of the 1996-2003 video game series ''Legacy of Kain'' for his voicing of the original Mortanius and of the Elder God, alongside several other minor characters. He was also the successor of actor George Sanders from Disney's 1967 animated film adaptation of ''The Jungle Book'' in the role of Shere Khan. Jay voiced the character in Disney's animated series ''TaleSpin'' (1990–91) and reprised his role of the character for fifteen years after it ended until his death. ''The Jungle Book 2'' (2003) was his final reprisal of the role. Jay was a devotee of classic Broadway, and made several recordings and performances of old-time Broadway lyrics, in spoken-word form. A CD of these readings, ''Speaking of Broadway'', was released in 2005; a version recorded years earlier of the same collection was titled ''Poets on Broadway'', as is his website. It features Jay reciting lyrics written by the likes of Noël Coward, Ira Gershwin and Oscar Hammerstein and was composed entirely by him, according to the CD liner notes. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tony Jay」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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