Rajesh Jolly

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Rajesh Jolly
Born (1960-08-20) 20 August 1960 (age 64) [1]
India
Occupations
  • Actor
  • voice actor
Years active1989–present

Rajesh Jolly (Rājēśa Jaulī; born 20 August 1960) is an Indian actor who's been working with Bollywood films and is also a voice actor who has been participating in dubbing foreign films into the Hindi language, mostly for English language films. He is fluent into English, Hindi and Punjabi.

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He first began his career in an Indian television sitcom, Flop Show , created and starring Jaspal Bhatti. Rajesh is now currently running an acting school as well.[ citation needed ]

Filmography

Live action television series

Program titleAirdateRoleLanguageEpisodesNotes
Flop Show 1989-Hindi10

Live action films

YearFilm titleRoleLanguageNotes
1995 Taaqat -Hindi
2004 Veer-Zaara -Hindi

Animated films & series

YearFilm titleRoleLanguageNotes
2005 Hanuman Ravana Hindi
2014ManavYogiraj and NarratorHindi
2021 The Legend of Hanuman Sampati HindiAiring on Disney Plus Hotstar

Dubbing career

Throughout Rajesh's career, he's been voicing for B-list characters and for various superheroes in Hindi-dubbed versions of Hollywood films, for over more than 18 years. [2]

He has also Hindi-dubbed for animated films and television series, such as Commander Ulysses Feral from SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron, Spike from Tom & Jerry and Bluto from Popeye when they were shown on Cartoon Network India.

Dubbing roles

Animated series

Program titleOriginal voiceCharacterDub LanguageOriginal LanguageNumber of EpisodesOriginal airdateDubbed airdateNotes
Dexter's Laboratory Jeff Bennett DadHindiEnglish784/27/1996–11/20/20038/22/1999–2006
SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron Gary Owens Commander Ulysses FeralHindiEnglish249/11/1993–
8/9/1995
1/4/1999–
2000
Hindi dub produced by Sound & Vision India and it aired on Cartoon Network India and aired on 4 January 1999, which was the day when the channel started providing content in the Hindi-dubbed format. [3]
Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go! Kevin Michael Richardson AntauriHindiEnglish5218 September 2004 – 16 December 2006
Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness Fred Tatasciore Master ShifuHindiEnglish7011/7/2011–CurrentEarly 2012–Current
Love, Death & Robots Time WintersDickoHindiEnglish18 (dubbed 1)15 March 2019 – presentEpisode: "Sonnie's Edge"
Batman: Caped Crusader Eric Morgan Stuart James Gordon HindiEnglish1001/8/202401/8/2024All Episodes

Live action films

Foreign language films

Film titleActorCharacterDub LanguageOriginal LanguageOriginal Year ReleaseDub Year ReleaseNotes
Jesus UnknownDevilHindiEnglish1979
Braveheart Mel Gibson William Wallace HindiEnglish19951995
The Matrix [4] Laurence Fishburne Morpheus HindiEnglish19991999
The Matrix Reloaded Laurence Fishburne Morpheus HindiEnglish20032003
The Matrix Revolutions Laurence Fishburne Morpheus HindiEnglish20032003
Predators Laurence Fishburne NolandHindiEnglish20102010
Sleepy Hollow Michael GoughNotary James HardenbrookHindiEnglish19991999
X2 Brian Cox Colonel William Stryker HindiEnglish20032003
Hellboy Ron Perlman Hellboy HindiEnglish20042004
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe Liam Neeson Aslan
(voice)
HindiEnglish20052005
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian Liam Neeson Aslan
(voice)
HindiEnglish20082008Rajesh's name was mentioned on the Hindi dub credits of the DVD release of the film. [5]
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader Liam Neeson Aslan
(voice)
HindiEnglish20102010Rajesh's name was mentioned on the Hindi dub credits of the DVD release of the film, also containing the Tamil and Telugu credits. [6]
Bandidas Ismael 'East' Carlo Don Diego SandovalHindiEnglish
Spanish
20062006
Casino Royale Rene Mathis Giancarlo Giannini HindiEnglish20062006
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Geoffrey Rush Captain Barbossa
(uncredited cameo)
HindiEnglish20062006
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End Geoffrey Rush Captain Barbossa HindiEnglish20072007
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides Geoffrey Rush Captain Barbossa HindiEnglish20112011
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales Geoffrey Rush Captain Barbossa HindiEnglish20172017
Live Free or Die Hard VariousPresident
FBI Agent
HindiEnglish20072007Internationally released as: Die Hard 4.0.
A Good Day to Die Hard Bruce Willis John McClane PunjabiEnglish20132013
Iron Man Terrence Howard James Rhodes HindiEnglish20082008
Iron Man 2 Don Cheadle James Rhodes /
War Machine
HindiEnglish20102010
Iron Man 3 Don Cheadle James Rhodes /
War Machine
HindiEnglish20132013
Fast Five Dwayne Johnson Luke Hobbs HindiEnglish20112011
Conan the Barbarian Ron Perlman CorinHindiEnglish20112011
Cowboys & Aliens Harrison Ford Woodrow DolarhydeHindiEnglish20112011
Men in Black 3 Jemaine Clement BorisHindiEnglish20122012
Batman Begins Ken Watanabe
Colin McFarlane
Ra's al Ghul (Decoy)
Commissioner Loeb
HindiEnglish20052005Rajesh has voiced two characters in the Hindi dub.
The Legend of Zorro Nick Chinlund Jacob McGivensHindiEnglish20052005
Ghost Rider Sam Elliott CaretakerHindiEnglish20072007
Avengers: Age of Ultron Don Cheadle James Rhodes /
War Machine
HindiEnglish20152015
Mission: Impossible Ving Rhames Luther Stickell HindiEnglish19961996
Mission: Impossible 2 Ving Rhames Luther Stickell HindiEnglish20002000
Mission: Impossible III Laurence Fishburne Theodore BrasselHindiEnglish20062006
Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol Tom Wilkinson IMF Secretary
(Uncredited)
HindiEnglish20112011
The Phantom Bill Smitrovich Dave PalmerHindiEnglish19961996
Captain America: Civil War Don Cheadle James Rhodes /
War Machine
HindiEnglish20162016
The Mummy Russell Crowe Dr. Henry Jekyll / Edward Hyde HindiEnglish20172017
Avengers: Infinity War Don Cheadle James Rhodes /
War Machine
HindiEnglish20182018
Captain Marvel Don Cheadle James Rhodes /
War Machine

(uncredited cameo)
HindiEnglish20192019
Avengers: Endgame Don Cheadle James Rhodes /
War Machine
HindiEnglish20192019
Spider-Man J. K. Simmons J. Jonah Jameson HindiEnglish20022002
Spider-Man 2 J. K. Simmons J. Jonah Jameson HindiEnglish20042004
Spider-Man 3 J. K. Simmons J. Jonah Jameson HindiEnglish20072007
Spider-Man: Far From Home J. K. Simmons J. Jonah Jameson
(Cameo)
HindiEnglish20192019
Spider-Man: No Way Home J. K. Simmons J. Jonah Jameson HindiEnglish20212021

Indian films

Film titleActorCharacterDub LanguageOriginal LanguageOriginal Year ReleaseDub Year ReleaseNotes
Khal-Naaikaa Unknown actorA wellwisher came to Dr. Rajan's funeralHindi1993He was uncredited despite all his efforts in the film. The actors were also uncredited in the film.
Unknown actorPolice Officer
Saaho Lal IbrahimHindi2019
Sivaji: The Boss Suman Talwar AdiseshanHindiTamil20072010
1: Nenokkadine Kelly Dorjee
(voice in original version dubbed by P. Ravi Shankar)
Antonio RosariusHindiTelugu20142014The Hindi dub was re-titled: 1: Ek Ka Dum.
Rudhramadevi Suman Talwar Hari Hara DevuduHindiTelugu20152015
Raatchasi Hareesh Peradi RamalingamHindiTamil20192020The Hindi dub was re-titled: Madam Geeta Rani.
Naa Alludu Suman Talwar Venkayya NaiduHindiTelugu20052021The Hindi dub was re-titled: Main Hoon Gambler.
Soorarai Pottru Mohan Babu M. Bhaktavatsalam NaiduHindiTamil20202021The Hindi dub was re-titled: Udaan.
Asuran Balaji Sakthivel InspectorHindiTamil20192021
Pushpa: The Rise Ajay Ghosh Konda ReddyHindiTelugu20212021

Animated films

Film TitleOriginal voiceCharacterDub LanguageOriginal LanguageOriginal Year ReleaseDub year ReleaseNotes
Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero Michael Ansara Dr. Victor Fries /
Mr. Freeze
HindiEnglish1998
The Wild Kevin Michael Richardson Samson's FatherHindiEnglish20062006Rajesh's name is mentioned in the Hindi dub credits taken from the DVD release of the film. Samson's name was changed to Samsher in the Hindi dub.
Kung Fu Panda Michael Clarke DuncanCommander VachirHindiEnglish20082008
How to Train Your Dragon 2 Gerard Butler Stoick the VastHindiEnglish20142014Rajesh's name was mentioned in the Hindi dubbing credits of the DVD release. [7]
Rio 2 Andy García EduardoHindiEnglish
Portuguese
20142014

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