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Jason Griffith
Jason Griffith
Born	Jason Adam Griffith; Lakeline, Ohio, U.S.
Other names	J. Griff; Adam Caroleson; DJ Tanner; Jasey G;
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1997–present
Spouse	Melissa Ryan (m. 2015)
Children	2

Jason Adam Griffith is an American actor. Best known for his voice acting work, he portrayed Sonic the Hedgehog and Shadow the Hedgehog for the 4Kids Entertainment English dub of the anime Sonic X, and reprised both roles for Sonic the Hedgehog video games from 2005 to 2010.

His other voice roles for 4Kids Entertainment include Usopp in One Piece, and Brawly in Pokémon, among others. He parted ways with the company in 2010 and has since done voice work for NYAV Post and DuArt Film and Video.^[3]

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.^[3] 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.^{[citation needed]}

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.^{[citation needed]}

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.^[4]^[3] After he was replaced, he continued to voice Sonic in 4Kids promotions until 2014, when the program came to an end.^{[citation needed]}

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.^[5]

Personal life

Griffith married Melissa Ryan on August 15, 2015.^[6]^[7] They have two sons.^[8]^[9]

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
2008	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"
2016	C Street	Congressman Wood
2017	Hold on Loosely	Ronnie	Short
2018	Yucatán	Additional voices	English dub
2019	Threebound	Matt Cahill	Also producer
2019	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	Pokémon: Lucario and the Mystery of Mew	Sir Aaron
2008	Sonic: Night of the Werehog	Sonic the Hedgehog / Sonic the Werehog	Short
2009	Pokémon: Arceus and the Jewel of Life	Marcus
2009	Turtles Forever	1984 Mirage Leonardo	As Adam Caroleson^[10]
2010	Animals United	Toto	^[10]
2011	The Painting	Additional voices
2011	Pokémon the Movie: Black—Victini and Reshiram and White—Victini and Zekrom	Cilan
2012	Pokémon the Movie: Kyurem vs. the Sword of Justice
2013	Pokémon the Movie: Genesect and the Legend Awakened
2015	009 Re:Cyborg	009/Joe Shimamura	^[10]
2016	Psychic School Wars	Saito	^[10]
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
2018	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	^[11]
2004–2007	One Piece	Usopp, Yasopp	95 episodes 4Kids version
2005	MÄR	Monkey #3	Episode: "Babbo: The Legendary ÄRM!"
2005	G.I. Joe Sigma 6	Snake Eyes	Flashbacks, 4Kids version
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^[12]
2022	Romantic Killer	Kazuki Tsukasa	^[13]
2023	Vinland Saga	Snake, Berge	Netflix dub^[14]

Animation

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002–2003	Mission Odyssey	Zephyr
2004–2023	GoGoRiki	Chikoriki (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
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
2009	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
2004–2006	Tai Chi Chasers	Yanima
2011	Shaktimaan: The Animated Series	Vehaan Arya / Shaktimaan^[10]
2011	Virus Attack
2013–2014	The Crumpets	Grownboy	Distribimage version^[15]
2013–2016	Alisa Knows What to Do!	Professor Salazar	^[16]
2014-2015	Super 4	Additional voices
2015, 2017	Super Wings	Bello	3 episodes
2016	World of Winx	Ace^[17]
2016	Lastman	4 episodes
2017	Tip the Mouse	Snail #2
2018–2019	Space Chickens in Space	Chuck

Video games

Year	Title	Voice role	Notes
2004	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: Battle Nexus	Slashuur, Miyamoto Usagi
2005	Sonic Rush	Sonic the Hedgehog	^[10]
2005	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	^[18]
	Sonic the Hedgehog	Sonic the Hedgehog, Shadow the Hedgehog	^[10]
	Sonic Rivals
2007	Sonic and the Secret Rings		Credited as Adam Caroleson
	Sonic Rush Adventure	Sonic the Hedgehog	^[10]
	Sonic Rivals 2	Sonic the Hedgehog, Shadow the Hedgehog
	Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games	Sonic the Hedgehog, Shadow the Hedgehog
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	Credited as Adam Caroleson
	Sega Superstars Tennis	Sonic the Hedgehog, Shadow the Hedgehog	Archive footage
	Alone in the Dark	Hammet, Jack the Watchman	PC and 7th-gen versions only
	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	^[19]
2010	Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing / With Banjo-Kazooie	Sonic the Hedgehog, Shadow the Hedgehog	Archive footage
2012	Batman: The Dark Knight Rises	Jonathan Crane	^[10]
2012	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
2017	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	^[20]
	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

^ "Jason Griffith on IMDbpro".
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^ ^a ^b ^c "Jason Griffith". amtcworld.com. 2015-09-26. Archived from the original on 2016-11-01. Retrieved 2016-11-01.
^ "Changing of the Guard: New Sonic, Tails In-Game VAs". TSSZ News. Archived from the original on 2010-07-17. Retrieved 2016-11-01.
^ "How the Sonic X Anime Got the Video Game Actors Fired". 17 November 2022.
^ @RYANtheDRUMMOND (2015-08-15). "Aaaaand they got hitched!! Congrats Jason Griffith and his lovely wife Melissa!!" (Tweet). Retrieved 2016-11-01 – via Twitter.
^ @RYANtheDRUMMOND (2015-08-08). "All Sonic fans! Jason Griffith is getting married a week from today! Hurray!!" (Tweet). Retrieved 2016-11-01 – via Twitter.
^ Griffith, Jason [@jgriff_4real] (September 3, 2017). "https://t.co/DlIj4PWRVN" (Tweet). Retrieved June 14, 2021 – via Twitter.
^ 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.
^ ^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 credits or other reliable sources of information.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
^ "Gravitation" [Menu->Series->English Staff & Cast]. TSRI. Archived from the original on July 30, 2013. Retrieved January 12, 2010.
^ "Production I.G Reveals English Dub Casts for FLCL Progressive, FLCL Alternative Anime". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2018-10-17.
^ "Romantic Killer (ONA) - Anime News Network". Anime News Network. Retrieved October 27, 2022.
^ "Snake". Vinland Saga Season 2. Episode 3. USA: Netflix. Event occurs at Closing credits, English Language Cast.
^ "THE CRUMPETS - EP16 - Octosquito". YouTube. THE CRUMPETS OFFICIAL 🇺🇸. 4 October 2016. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
^ "Alisa Knows What to Do! - Season 1". Hoopla.
^ World of Winx. Episode 1. Netflix.
^ "Jason Griffith". amtcworld.com. Archived from the original on 24 March 2016. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
^ Okashi Studios. Shira Oka: Second Chances. Okashi Studios. Scene: Ending credits, 4:09 in, Voice Casting by NYAV Post. Credited as Jason Griff.
^ "Neon White (2022 Video Game)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 6 September 2022.