Little did anyone realize that when "Aladdin" hit the big screen in 1992, we'd be in for decades of Gilbert Gottfried Iago performances across all forms of media. When it comes to movies, he voiced the parrot for both of the direct-to-video "Aladdin" sequels, "Aladdin 2: The Return of Jafar" and "Aladdin and the King of Thieves," as well as four of the "Aladdin's Arabian Adventures" short films. Gottfried also reprised the role for a handful of video shorts, including "The Greatest Treasure," "True Hearts," "Magic and Mystery," and "Jasmine's Wish."
Jumping to the small screen, Gilbert Gottfried's Iago popped up in the "Aladdin on Ice" TV movie in addition to 83 episodes of the "Aladdin" TV series and seven episodes of "House of Mouse." He has also taken on numerous video game projects beginning with "Aladdin Activity Center" from 1994, which paved the way for him to provide dialogue for a whopping five "Kingdom Hearts" titles, "Arcade Frenzy," "Disney's Math Quest with Aladdin," "Aladdin in Nasira's Revenge," "Aladdin's Magic Carpet Adventure," and "Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom."
Back in 2019, Gilbert Gottfried gave his final bow as Iago in "Disney Dailies – What's Up?" — landing him at a staggering 29 individual projects as the character. No matter how you slice it, that's an impressive accolade, and it just goes to show how irreplaceable of a talent Gottfried was. He will be sorely missed.
