Aladdin remains an iconic film from the Disney Renaissance era. The popularity of the movie led to a sequel and a live-action remake. One of the memorable characters in the animated film is Jafar ...

In the new movie, Murder on the Orient Express actor Marwan Kenzari is set to play Jafar, opposite Mena Massoud's Aladdin. Here's the entire cast list and synopsis for the film, as released by Disney.

What do you think of this new live-action Jafar? Let us know in the comments! Disney’s Aladdin is set to hit theaters on May 24, 2019.

Aladdin original Broadway cast member and current Jafar/Sultan standby Dennis Stowe will assume the role of Jafar beginning on January 25. Tony nominee and … ...

Disney's Aladdin, which has been closed since March 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, reopens September 28 at Broadway's New Amsterdam Theatre. The cast welcomes Michael Maliakel in the title ...

In Aladdin, Jafar is instead played by actor Marwan Kenzari, dubbed “the New Hot Jafar” by Vulture upon his casting announcement in August 2017. BuzzFeed News had similar reactions.

Jonathan Freeman first voiced the Disney villain Jafar in the animated “Aladdin” movie back in 1992, continued to sneer in the subsequent films and then went on to originate the role in the ...

In Aladdin, Iago is Jafar's sardonic, hot-tempered righthand parrot. You see the parallels we're drawing. Though the rest of the story has nothing to do with Shakespeare, it's a point worth making.