Jason Griffith
Born
Jason Adam Griffith[1]

Lakeline, Ohio, U.S.[2]
Other namesJ. Griff
Adam Caroleson
DJ Tanner
OccupationActor
Years active1997–present
Spouse
Melissa Ryan
​
(m. 2015)​
Children2

Jason Adam Griffith[3] is an American actor from Lakeline, Ohio. He is best known as the voice of Sonic the Hedgehog, Shadow the Hedgehog and Jet the Hawk from 2003 to 2010. The role began with Sonic X (2003-2005) and ended with Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing (2010). He was replaced by Roger Craig Smith. He was cast in the former role by children's programming block and licensing company 4Kids Entertainment, for which he has also voiced Usopp in One Piece and Brawly in Pokemon, among others. He parted ways with the company in 2010 and has since done voice work for NYAV Post and DuArt Film and Video.[4]

Early life

Jason Griffith was born in Lakeline, Ohio.[2] He graduated from the North High School in Eastlake, Ohio in 1999.[2]

Career

Griffith began his acting career in 1997, at seventeen years old.[4] He made his feature film debut in the romantic comedy-drama film, Edge of Seventeen in an uncredited role as Scott. He also had an uncredited role as Cassius in the 2008 thriller film, Kill Kill Faster Faster. In television, he appeared in an episode of Blue Bloods as a man wearing a suit inside a red sportscar.

In 2003, Griffith began extensive work as a voice actor. He served as in-house voice talent for the children's television block 4Kids TV, which led him to voice many characters in various animated media including Tom Majors in Chaotic and Miyamoto Usagi in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. He was also an occasional promotional announcer for the block, as well as for The CW4Kids and Toonzai. He also provided the voice of Bongo the Monkey in commercial advertising for Danimals.

Through his voice work as the titular character for the 4Kids English dub of Sonic X, Griffith was brought on by Sega to portray Sonic the Hedgehog (replacing Ryan Drummond), Shadow the Hedgehog (replacing David Humphrey), and Jet the Hawk in the mainline video games for the Sonic the Hedgehog series. The role began with 2005's Shadow the Hedgehog and ended with 2010's Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing, until role was thereafter succeeded by Roger Craig Smith in 2010. During this time, he was often credited as "Adam Caroleson". In addition, his role as Shadow was passed to Kirk Thornton, while his role as Jet was passed to Michael Yurchak.[5][4] After he was replaced, he continued to voice Sonic in 4Kids promotions until 2014, when the program came to an end.

From 2011 to 2012, he starred in the web comedy series Casters as Cal. In 2015, he starred in the English dub of the animated children's series Super Wings.[6]

Personal life

Griffith married Melissa Ryan on August 15, 2015.[7][8] They have two sons.[9][10]

Filmography

Live-action

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1998 Edge of Seventeen Scott Uncredited
2007 Am I Evil Greg
2008 Kill Kill Faster Faster Cassius Uncredited
The Machine Girl Ryota, Additional voices English dub
2009 ManDate Chris Short
2013 The Penny Dreadful Picture Show Clive
2016 Monsterland Doctor Segment: "The Grey Matter"
C Street Congressman Wood
2017 Hold on Loosely Ronnie Short
2018 Yucatán Additional voices English dub
2019 Threebound Matt Cahill Also producer
Mr. Styx and Me Teo Short
2020 Psycho Sally Manny Short
2021 Andromeda Griffin Short
2022 Lift Edward Short

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2011 Blue Bloods Suit in Red Sportscar Episode: "Black and Blue"
2020 The Last Word Konstantin Nowak (voice) English version
5 episodes
2022 The Orville Krill Soldier Episode #3.10
2023 Chronicles of Jessica Wu Officer Miller Episode: "Wanna get away?"

Voice roles

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2006 Pokemon: Lucario and the Mystery of Mew Sir Aaron
2008 Sonic: Night of the Werehog Sonic the Hedgehog / Sonic the Werehog Short
2009 Pokemon: Arceus and the Jewel of Life Marcus
2009 Turtles Forever 1984 Mirage Leonardo As Adam Caroleson[11]
2010 Animals United Toto [11]
2011 The Painting Additional voices
Pokémon the Movie: Black—Victini and Reshiram and White—Victini and Zekrom Cilan
2012 Pokémon the Movie: Kyurem vs. the Sword of Justice Cilan
2013 Pokémon the Movie: Genesect and the Legend Awakened Cilan
2015 009 Re:Cyborg 009/Joe Shimamura [11]
2016 Psychic School Wars Saito [11]
2017 The Guardian Brothers Chet Spiritman
GadgetGang in Outer Space Robots
Lu over the Wall Additional voices
2018 The Snow Queen 3: Fire and Ice Kai, Admiral, Additional voices
Pixi Saves Christmas Melchior, Elfreud, Anelfmari
2019 UglyDolls Additional voices
Tall Tales from the Magical Garden of Antoon Krings Benny
Mazinger Z: Infinity Mucha
2021 Sheep and Wolves: Pig Deal Skinny, Additional voices
Vivo Additional voices
Night of the Animated Dead Scientist #2, Police Officer
2022 Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank Additional voices

Anime

Year Title Role Notes
2003–2006 Sonic X Sonic the Hedgehog, Shadow the Hedgehog, Newscaster (ep 16), Prison Guard (ep 42) 76 episodes
Credited as J. Griff
2003–present Pokémon Brawly, Cilan, Looker, Timmy Grimm, Tate, Marcus, Additional voices 207 episodes
2004 Gravitation Tatsuha Uesugi [12]
2004–2007 One Piece Usopp, Yasopp 95 episodes
4Kids version
2005 MÄR Monkey #3 Episode: "Babbo: The Legendary ÄRM!"
2005–2008 Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Atticus Rhodes, Nightshroud, Harrington Rosewood, Osamu 22 episodes
2008–2011 Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Primo, Ghost, Taka, Shira, Robert Pearson
2009 Kurokami: The Animation Keita Ibuki 23 episodes
2010 Slayers Evolution-R Abel Ranzaad
2010 Bakuman Hayato, Kawasaki 13 episodes
2011–2015 Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal Nistro, Caswell Francis 46 episodes
2015-2017 Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V Herk, Reed Pepper, Iggy Arlo, Officer 227 2 episodes
2018 FLCL Progressive Masurao 5 episodes[13]
2022 Romantic Killer Kazuki Tsukasa [14]
2023–present Vinland Saga Snake Season 2
Netflix dub[15]

Animation

Year Title Role Notes
2002–2003 Mission Odyssey Zephyr
2004–2023 Kikoriki Chiko (Yoshik/Ежик) 4Kids dub
2004–2009 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Utrom, Miyamoto Usagi, Raxis, additional voices 12 episodes
2005 Winx Club Darkar 23 episodes
4Kids version
G.I. Joe Sigma 6 Snake Eyes Flashbacks
2006–2009 Viva Piñata Terry Tigermisu
2006–2010 Chaotic Tom Majors, Zhade, Frafdo Credited as Adam Caroleson
2008 Three Delivery Additional voices
2008–2009 TMNT: Back to the Sewer Miyamoto Usagi
2009 Astonishing X-Men Elixir Motion comic
Angel's Friends Sulfus Episode: "Volare con le proprie ali"
2010 Iron Man: Extremis Iron Man/Tony Stark Motion comic
2004–2006 Blue's Room The Small Green Thing
Tai Chi Chasers Yanima
2011 Shaktimaan: The Animated Series Vehaan Arya / Shaktimaan[11]
2011 Virus Attack
2013–2014 The Crumpets Grownboy Distribimage version[16]
2013–2016 Alisa Knows What to Do! Professor Salazar [17]
2014-2015 Super 4 Additional voices
2015, 2017 Super Wings Bello 3 episodes
2016 World of Winx Ace[18]
Lastman 4 episodes
2017 Tip the Mouse Snail #2
2018–2019 Space Chickens in Space Chuck

Video games

Year Title Voice role Notes
2002 Lord Krawsferatu Teslo the Zombie Lord Credited as Adam Caroleson
2004 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: Battle Nexus Slashuur, Miyamoto Usagi
2005 Sonic Rush Sonic the Hedgehog [11]
Shadow the Hedgehog Shadow the Hedgehog, Shadow Androids, Sonic the Hedgehog
2006 Neverwinter Nights 2 Bevil
Sonic Riders Sonic the Hedgehog, Jet the Hawk, Shadow the Hedgehog [19]
Sonic the Hedgehog Sonic the Hedgehog, Shadow the Hedgehog [11]
Sonic Rivals
2007 Sonic and the Secret Rings Credited as Adam Caroleson
Sonic Rush Adventure Sonic the Hedgehog [11]
Sonic Rivals 2 Sonic the Hedgehog, Shadow the Hedgehog
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games
2008 Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity Sonic the Hedgehog, Jet the Hawk, Shadow the Hedgehog Credited as Adam Caroleson
Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sonic the Hedgehog, Shadow the Hedgehog
Sega Superstars Tennis Archive footage
Alone in the Dark Hammet, Jack the Watchman
Sonic Unleashed Sonic the Hedgehog / Werehog, Professor Pickle's Assistant
2009 Sonic and the Black Knight Sonic the Hedgehog, Shadow the Hedgehog, Jet the Hawk
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Smash-Up Foot Ninja
Reservoir Dogs 2 Mr. Red
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games Sonic the Hedgehog, Shadow the Hedgehog, Jet the Hawk
2010 Shira Oka: Second Chances Sakuragi Hiroshi [20]
Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing / With Banjo-Kazooie Sonic the Hedgehog, Shadow the Hedgehog Archive footage
2012 Batman: The Dark Knight Rises Jonathan Crane [11]
Modern Combat 4: Zero Hour SGS Soldier
2013 Gangstar Vegas Cop 3, Radio Ads, Additional voices Jason Adam Griffith
2014 Modern Combat 5: Blackout Alex Hawk
Dungeon Hunter 5 Malcor
Asphalt Overdrive Cop
2017 Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links Primo
White Day: A Labyrinth Named School Music Teacher, Bong-gu
2018 Pathfinder: Kingmaker Baron
2019–present Sonic P-06 Sonic the Hedgehog, Shadow the Hedgehog Unity fan-game; archive footage
2021 The Artful Escape Caretaker, Gnarl Sagan, Record Store Clerk
2022 Elex II Falk
Neon White Additional voices [21]
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II Additional voices
2023 Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty Yuan Shao English version

Web

Year Title Role Notes
2011–2012 Casters Cal 6 episodes
2018 Kappa Crypto Mr. Salazar 8 episodes
2020–2021 Sonic and Tails R Shadow the Hedgehog 2 episodes
YouTube audio drama series

References

  1. ^ "Jason Griffith on IMDbpro".
  2. ^ a b c "Jason Griffith on Facebook". Facebook.
  3. ^ ""The Hog-Caster" – Interview with Jason Griffith, Former Voice Actor for Sonic the Hedgehog". YouTube. July 12, 2012.
  4. ^ a b c "Jason Griffith". amtcworld.com. 2015-09-26. Archived from the original on 2016-11-01. Retrieved 2016-11-01.
  5. ^ "Changing of the Guard: New Sonic, Tails In-Game VAs". TSSZ News. Archived from the original on 2010-07-17. Retrieved 2016-11-01.
  6. ^ "How the Sonic X Anime Got the Video Game Actors Fired". 17 November 2022.
  7. ^ @RYANtheDRUMMOND (August 16, 2015). "Aaaaand they got hitched!! Congrats Jason Griffith and his lovely wife Melissa!!" (Tweet). Retrieved 2016-11-01 – via Twitter.
  8. ^ @RYANtheDRUMMOND (August 9, 2015). "All Sonic fans! Jason Griffith is getting married a week from today! Hurray!!" (Tweet). Retrieved 2016-11-01 – via Twitter.
  9. ^ Griffith, Jason [@jgriff_4real] (September 3, 2017). "https://t.co/DlIj4PWRVN" (Tweet). Retrieved June 14, 2021 – via Twitter.
  10. ^ Griffith, Jason [@jgriff_4real] (March 3, 2021). "Our Julian. https://t.co/lmmr3GksOb" (Tweet) (in French). Archived from the original on May 22, 2021. Retrieved June 14, 2021 – via Twitter.
  11. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Jason Griffith (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved November 27, 2016. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its opening and/or closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information.((cite web)): CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  12. ^ "Gravitation" [Menu->Series->English Staff & Cast]. TSRI. Archived from the original on July 30, 2013. Retrieved January 12, 2010.
  13. ^ "Production I.G Reveals English Dub Casts for FLCL Progressive, FLCL Alternative Anime". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2018-10-17.
  14. ^ "Romantic Killer (ONA) - Anime News Network". Anime News Network. Retrieved October 27, 2022.
  15. ^ "Snake". Vinland Saga Season 2. Episode 3. USA: Netflix. Event occurs at Closing credits, English Language Cast.
  16. ^ "THE CRUMPETS - EP16 - Octosquito". YouTube. THE CRUMPETS OFFICIAL 🇺🇸. 4 October 2016. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
  17. ^ "Alisa Knows What to Do! - Season 1". Hoopla.
  18. ^ World of Winx. Episode 1. Netflix.
  19. ^ "Jason Griffith". amtcworld.com. Archived from the original on 24 March 2016. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  20. ^ Okashi Studios. Shira Oka: Second Chances. Okashi Studios. Scene: Ending credits, 4:09 in, Voice Casting by NYAV Post. Credited as Jason Griff.
  21. ^ "Neon White (2022 Video Game)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 6 September 2022.

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