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| Name = Tony Jay
'''Tony Jay''' {{born|2|February|1933|died|13|August|2006}} was the English actor who played [[Campio]] in the [[TNG Season 5|fifth season]] episode of ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' called "[[Cost of Living]]".
 
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'''Tony Jay''' {{born|2|February|1933|died|13|August|2006}} was the English actor who played [[Campio]] in the [[TNG Season 5|fifth season]] episode of ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' called {{e|Cost of Living}}. He also provided additional voices for the video games ''[[Star Trek: Armada II]]'' and ''[[Star Trek: Elite Force II]]''. Jay filmed his scenes for "Cost of Living" on Wednesday {{d|5|February|1992}}, Thursday {{d|6|February|1992}}, and Monday {{d|10|February|1992}} on [[Paramount Stage 8]] and [[Paramount Stage 9|9]].
   
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A former member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, Jay was known primarily as a voiceover actor on many animated television shows, films, and video games. Because of his distinctively deep, baritone voice, he was usually cast in villainous roles. He is best known as the voice of {{w|Claude Frollo|Judge Claude Frollo}} in Disney's ''{{w|The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996 film)|The Hunchback of Notre Dame}}'' and the virus Megabyte in the award-winning CG-I animated series ''{{w|ReBoot|ReBoot}}''.
Jay is noted primarily as a voiceover actor on animated television shows, films, and video games. Perhaps his most notable voice work is the evil Judge Frollo in [[Wikipedia:The Walt Disney Company|Disney's]] 1996 version of ''The Hunchback of Notre Dame''. Also supplying voices in this film were ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'' guest actor [[Jason Alexander]] and fellow TNG guest actor [[David Ogden Stiers]]. Other voiceover roles Jay has done for Disney include Monsieur D'Arque in 1991's ''Beauty and the Beast'' (which also featured the voice of David Ogden Stiers) and the ruthless Shere Khan in ''Jungle Book''-based ''TaleSpin'' series, from 1990 through 1994. Jay would go on to voice Shere Khan in Disney's 2003 film, ''The Jungle Book 2'', in which [[John Rhys-Davies]] also supplied his voice.
 
   
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== Personal life ==
Outside of his work with Disney, Jay also supplied the voice of Dr. Lipschitz on Nickelodeon's ''Rugrats'', as well as in two ''Rugrats'' films. He also voiced the evil virus Megabyte in the acclaimed CG animated series ''Reboot'' and Chairface Chippendale in the cult animated series ''The Tick''.
 
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Tony Jay was [[Star Trek birthdays#February|born]] in London, England, and attended Pinner County Grammar School in Pinner, London. He moved to South Africa in 1966, where he worked for the South African Broadcasting Corporation radio service, Springbok Radio. He was involved with Springbok Radio for over two decades, during which time he performed, wrote, produced, and adapted many serials and plays broadcast by the station, including ''Taxi'' and ''The Sounds of Darkness''.<ref>Springbok Radio Preservation Society, "Tony Jay: In Memoriam," [http://www.springbokradio.com/TONYJAY.html], 18 September 2009</ref>
   
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Jay returned to the United Kingdom in 1973, where he joined the Royal Shakespeare Company. While performing with the company, he also took roles in film and on television. In 1986, after successful performances of ''The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby'' in New York and Los Angeles, Jay decided to move to America, choosing to live in the Hollywood Hills area of California.<ref>"In Remembrance: Tony Jay," FilmBuffOnline.com, [http://www.filmbuffonline.com/InRemembrance/TonyJay.htm], 18 September 2009</ref> He ultimately became a nautralized citizen of the United States.
As an actor, Jay has appeared in such films as [[Wikipedia:Woody Allen|Woody Allen's]] ''Love and Death'' (1975), [[Wikipedia:Ivan Reitman|Ivan Reitman's]] ''Twins'' (1988, with fellow TNG guest stars [[Nehemiah Persoff]] and [[Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa]]), and the science fiction [[humor|comedy]] ''My Stepmother Is an Alien'' (1988). He is also a distinguised stage actor, having performed in plays based on the works of such writers as [[William Shakespeare]] and [[Charles Dickens]].
 
   
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On 13 August 2006, Jay [[Star Trek deaths#August|died]] at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles, California, following complications from micro-surgery to remove a non-cancerous tumor from his lungs. He was 73 years old. He is interned at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Hollywood Hills.<ref>"Tony Jay (1933-2006)," Find A Grave, [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=19358416], 18 September 2009.</ref> Jay was survived by his wife of over two years, Marta, and his 17-year-old son, Adam.<ref>Nelson, Valerie J. "[http://articles.latimes.com/2006/aug/20/local/me-jay20 Tony Jay, 73; Veteran Voice Actor in Film and Video Games]," 20 August 2006.</ref>
He had recurring roles as Paracelcus on the TV series ''Beauty and the Beast'', starring [[Ron Perlman]] and [[Stephen McHattie]], as Dougie Milford on ''Twin Peaks'', and as Nigel St. John on ''Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman'', starring [[Teri Hatcher]]. He also made guest appearances on such series as ''The Golden Girls'', ''Newhart'', ''Murphy Brown'', ''Eerie, Indiana'', ''Night Court'' (starring [[John Larroquette]]), ''Picket Fences'' (with [[Ray Walston]]), and ''Providence'' (in an episode with [[Robert Pine]], [[Heidi Swedberg]], and [[Scott Thompson]]).
 
   
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== Live-action roles ==
Jay [[Star Trek deaths#August|passed away]] on [[13 August]] [[2006 productions|2006]] following complications from micro-surgery to remove a non-cancerous tumor from his [[lung]]s. He was 73 years old. He had recently earned a Daytime Emmy Award nomination and an Annie Award nomination for his voiceover work on the children's series ''Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends''.
 
 
As an actor, Jay made his film debut while in South Africa, starring in the 1970 film ''Lied in My Heart''. Since then, he has appeared in such films as {{w|Woody Allen}}'s ''Love and Death'' (1975), {{w|Ivan Reitman}}'s ''Twins'' (1988, with fellow TNG guest stars [[Nehemiah Persoff]] and [[Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa]]), and the science fiction comedy ''My Stepmother Is an Alien'' (1988, with [[Suzie Plakson]] and [[Earl Boen]]). He is also a distinguished stage actor, having performed in plays based on the works of such writers as William Shakespeare and Charles Dickens. In 1987, he earned a Drama Desk Award nomination for his performance in the New York production of ''The Life and Times of Nicholas Nickleby''.
   
 
Throughout the late 1980s and 1990s, Jay had recurring roles on various television series. He recurred as Paracelcus on the TV series ''Beauty and the Beast'', which starred [[Ron Perlman]], [[Stephen McHattie]], and [[Armin Shimerman]]. He then played Dougie Milford on ''Twin Peaks'', where he worked with [[Mädchen Amick]], [[Richard Beymer]], [[Gavan O'Herlihy]], [[Ron Taylor]], and [[Clarence Williams III]]. Between 1993 and 1995, Jay appeared as Nigel St. John on ''Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman'', which starred [[Teri Hatcher]]. He also made one-time guest appearances on such series as ''Newhart'' (with [[Ellen Albertini Dow]]), ''Matlock'' (directed by [[Robert Scheerer]], in an episode with [[Joel Grey]]), ''Night Court'' (starring [[John Larroquette]]), ''Picket Fences'' (with [[Paul Eiding]] and [[Ray Walston]]), and ''Providence'' (in an episode with [[Robert Pine]], [[Heidi Swedberg]], and [[Scott Thompson]]).
==External links==
 
*{{brokenlink|http://www.poetsonbroadway.com/|Home Page of Tony Jay}}
 
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*{{IMDb-link|page=nm0419645}}
 
   
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== Voice-over roles ==
[[Category:Performers|Jay, Tony]]
 
 
Perhaps his most notable voice work is the evil Judge Frollo in {{w|The Walt Disney Company|Disney's}} 1996 version of ''The Hunchback of Notre Dame''. Also supplying voices in this film were ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'' guest actor [[Jason Alexander]] and fellow TNG guest actor [[David Ogden Stiers]]. Other voiceover roles Jay has done for Disney include Monsieur D'Arque in 1991's ''Beauty and the Beast'' (which also featured the voice of David Ogden Stiers) and the ruthless Shere Khan in the ''Jungle Book''-based ''TaleSpin'' series, from 1990 through 1994. Jay again voiced Shere Khan the tiger in Disney's 2003 film, ''The Jungle Book 2'' (in which [[John Rhys-Davies]] also supplied his voice) and in the TV series ''House of Mouse''. (Fellow ''Star Trek'' performer [[Jason Marsden]] voiced Shere Khan as a cub in Disney's 1996-97 animated series, ''Jungle Cubs''.)
[[Category:TNG performers|Jay, Tony]]
 
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Outside of his work in Disney productions, Jay supplied the voice of Dr. Lipschitz on Nickelodeon's ''Rugrats'', as well as in two ''Rugrats'' films (1998's ''The Rugrats Movie'', with [[Whoopi Goldberg]], [[Iggy Pop]], and [[Andrea Martin]], and 2003's ''Rugrats Go Wild'', with [[Michael Bell]] and [[Ethan Phillips]]). He also voiced the evil virus [[w:c:ReBoot:Megabyte|Megabyte]] in the acclaimed CGI animated series ''[[w:c:ReBoot|ReBoot]]'', Dregg on ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'', and Chairface Chippendale on the cult animated series ''The Tick''. Other shows to which he has lent his voice include Disney's ''Darkwing Duck'', Warner Bros. Animation's ''Pinky and the Brain'', and Nickelodeon's ''Hey Arnold!'' Additionally, he performed a number of roles in various video games, including the Elder God from the ''Legacy of Kain'' series, the Transcendent One in ''Planescape: Torment'', the gate of the underworld (Gate) in ''King's Quest VI'', and the Lieutenant in the first ''Fallout'' game (alongside [[Ron Perlman]], [[Pamela Segall]], [[Kenneth Mars]], [[David Warner]], and [[Frank Welker]]).
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From 2001 until his death, Jay worked exclusively as a voice-over actor. He continued his collaboration with Disney, which included roles in the films ''Recess: School's Out'' (along with [[Diedrich Bader]], [[Clancy Brown]], [[Ron Glass]], [[Clyde Kusatsu]], [[Andrea Martin]], and [[Paul Willson]]), ''Treasure Planet'', and the aforementioned ''Jungle Book 2''. His recent video game work includes the voice of Magneto in ''X-Men Legends'' (opposite [[Patrick Stewart]] as Professor X), and the narrator of the widely-popular ''World of Warcraft''. From 2004 until his death, Jay voiced the character Spiderus on the Nickelodeon children's series ''Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends''. Just prior to his death, Jay had been nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award and an Annie Award for his voiceover work on this series.
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Tony Jay (2 February 193313 August 2006; age 73) was the English actor who played Campio in the fifth season episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation called "Cost of Living". He also provided additional voices for the video games Star Trek: Armada II and Star Trek: Elite Force II. Jay filmed his scenes for "Cost of Living" on Wednesday 5 February 1992, Thursday 6 February 1992, and Monday 10 February 1992 on Paramount Stage 8 and 9.

A former member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, Jay was known primarily as a voiceover actor on many animated television shows, films, and video games. Because of his distinctively deep, baritone voice, he was usually cast in villainous roles. He is best known as the voice of Judge Claude Frollo in Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame and the virus Megabyte in the award-winning CG-I animated series ReBoot.

Personal life

Tony Jay was born in London, England, and attended Pinner County Grammar School in Pinner, London. He moved to South Africa in 1966, where he worked for the South African Broadcasting Corporation radio service, Springbok Radio. He was involved with Springbok Radio for over two decades, during which time he performed, wrote, produced, and adapted many serials and plays broadcast by the station, including Taxi and The Sounds of Darkness.[1]

Jay returned to the United Kingdom in 1973, where he joined the Royal Shakespeare Company. While performing with the company, he also took roles in film and on television. In 1986, after successful performances of The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby in New York and Los Angeles, Jay decided to move to America, choosing to live in the Hollywood Hills area of California.[2] He ultimately became a nautralized citizen of the United States.

On 13 August 2006, Jay died at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles, California, following complications from micro-surgery to remove a non-cancerous tumor from his lungs. He was 73 years old. He is interned at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Hollywood Hills.[3] Jay was survived by his wife of over two years, Marta, and his 17-year-old son, Adam.[4]

Live-action roles

As an actor, Jay made his film debut while in South Africa, starring in the 1970 film Lied in My Heart. Since then, he has appeared in such films as Woody Allen's Love and Death (1975), Ivan Reitman's Twins (1988, with fellow TNG guest stars Nehemiah Persoff and Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa), and the science fiction comedy My Stepmother Is an Alien (1988, with Suzie Plakson and Earl Boen). He is also a distinguished stage actor, having performed in plays based on the works of such writers as William Shakespeare and Charles Dickens. In 1987, he earned a Drama Desk Award nomination for his performance in the New York production of The Life and Times of Nicholas Nickleby.

Throughout the late 1980s and 1990s, Jay had recurring roles on various television series. He recurred as Paracelcus on the TV series Beauty and the Beast, which starred Ron Perlman, Stephen McHattie, and Armin Shimerman. He then played Dougie Milford on Twin Peaks, where he worked with Mädchen Amick, Richard Beymer, Gavan O'Herlihy, Ron Taylor, and Clarence Williams III. Between 1993 and 1995, Jay appeared as Nigel St. John on Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, which starred Teri Hatcher. He also made one-time guest appearances on such series as Newhart (with Ellen Albertini Dow), Matlock (directed by Robert Scheerer, in an episode with Joel Grey), Night Court (starring John Larroquette), Picket Fences (with Paul Eiding and Ray Walston), and Providence (in an episode with Robert Pine, Heidi Swedberg, and Scott Thompson).

Voice-over roles

Perhaps his most notable voice work is the evil Judge Frollo in Disney's 1996 version of The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Also supplying voices in this film were Star Trek: Voyager guest actor Jason Alexander and fellow TNG guest actor David Ogden Stiers. Other voiceover roles Jay has done for Disney include Monsieur D'Arque in 1991's Beauty and the Beast (which also featured the voice of David Ogden Stiers) and the ruthless Shere Khan in the Jungle Book-based TaleSpin series, from 1990 through 1994. Jay again voiced Shere Khan the tiger in Disney's 2003 film, The Jungle Book 2 (in which John Rhys-Davies also supplied his voice) and in the TV series House of Mouse. (Fellow Star Trek performer Jason Marsden voiced Shere Khan as a cub in Disney's 1996-97 animated series, Jungle Cubs.)

Outside of his work in Disney productions, Jay supplied the voice of Dr. Lipschitz on Nickelodeon's Rugrats, as well as in two Rugrats films (1998's The Rugrats Movie, with Whoopi Goldberg, Iggy Pop, and Andrea Martin, and 2003's Rugrats Go Wild, with Michael Bell and Ethan Phillips). He also voiced the evil virus Megabyte in the acclaimed CGI animated series ReBoot, Dregg on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Chairface Chippendale on the cult animated series The Tick. Other shows to which he has lent his voice include Disney's Darkwing Duck, Warner Bros. Animation's Pinky and the Brain, and Nickelodeon's Hey Arnold! Additionally, he performed a number of roles in various video games, including the Elder God from the Legacy of Kain series, the Transcendent One in Planescape: Torment, the gate of the underworld (Gate) in King's Quest VI, and the Lieutenant in the first Fallout game (alongside Ron Perlman, Pamela Segall, Kenneth Mars, David Warner, and Frank Welker).

From 2001 until his death, Jay worked exclusively as a voice-over actor. He continued his collaboration with Disney, which included roles in the films Recess: School's Out (along with Diedrich Bader, Clancy Brown, Ron Glass, Clyde Kusatsu, Andrea Martin, and Paul Willson), Treasure Planet, and the aforementioned Jungle Book 2. His recent video game work includes the voice of Magneto in X-Men Legends (opposite Patrick Stewart as Professor X), and the narrator of the widely-popular World of Warcraft. From 2004 until his death, Jay voiced the character Spiderus on the Nickelodeon children's series Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends. Just prior to his death, Jay had been nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award and an Annie Award for his voiceover work on this series.

References

  1. Springbok Radio Preservation Society, "Tony Jay: In Memoriam," [1], 18 September 2009
  2. "In Remembrance: Tony Jay," FilmBuffOnline.com, [2], 18 September 2009
  3. "Tony Jay (1933-2006)," Find A Grave, [3], 18 September 2009.
  4. Nelson, Valerie J. "Tony Jay, 73; Veteran Voice Actor in Film and Video Games," 20 August 2006.

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