Jonathan Freemanis an American actor, singer, voice actor, puppeteer, and comedian, known for voicing Jafar in Disney's Aladdin franchise, as well as the Kingdom Hearts franchise and the 2011 Aladdin Broadway musical... (wikipedia)
I grew up on Disney movies and, as a kid, I always liked the villains.
Growing up, I would have to say I loved 'Peter Pan' because I was fascinated by Captain Hook; I was fascinated by Hans Conried, who was an actor on screen and also a theatrical and television actor.
I always think the villains in all of the Disney movies are almost operatic in scale.
You have to realize that when I started to work on 'Aladdin', Disney Theatrical wasn't in existence. I suppose I had always hoped that 'Aladdin' would be somewhere on the runway.
Everything about playing a villain is appealing to me.
As theater artists, it's a great luxury to have time.
It's a very big collaborative effort to do an animated feature and to do a Broadway show.
If you look at the Disney Villains, I think you'll find that they do have mass appeal in some way, and it usually has to do with a voice quality that also matches very well with the animation.