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Jason Griffith
Jason Griffith
Born	Jason Adam Griffith; November 29, 1980 (age 44); New York City, New York
Other names	J. Griff; Adam Caroleson; DJ Tanner
Occupation(s)	Actor, voice actor
Years active	1998–present
Known for	The voice of Sonic and Shadow for Sega
Notable work	One Piece (4Kids dub); as Usopp, Yassop; Pokémon; as Cilan; Sonic the Hedgehog; as Sonic the Hedgehog, Shadow the Hedgehog, Jet the Hawk; Chaotic; as Tom Majors; Kurokami: The Animation; as Keita Ibuki; Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles; as Miyamoto Usagi

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Jason Adam Griffith (born November 29, 1980)^[1] is an American actor, who specializes in voice acting. He has worked on several animated TV series, notably those of 4Kids Entertainment, NYAV Post, Headline Studios, and DuArt Film and Video.

Career

Griffith is known for voicing characters including Usopp in the 4Kids dub of One Piece, Cilan, Ash's former traveling companion and first Unova Gym Leader in Pokémon, Keita Ibuki in Kurokami: The Animation,^[2] Tom Majors in Chaotic and Miyamoto Usagi in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

He also did the voice of Bongo the Monkey in the Danimals commercials.^[3]

Griffith is also a promo announcer for 4Kids TV, The CW4Kids and Toonzai.

Sonic the Hedgehog

Griffith is well known as the former voice of Sega mascot Sonic the Hedgehog, as well as Shadow the Hedgehog and Jet the Hawk, in the Sonic the Hedgehog video game series, where he is credited as Jason Griffith and Adam Caroleson, before the role was passed to Roger Craig Smith. His role as Shadow was later passed to Kirk Thornton and his role as Jet the Hawk was passed to Michael Yurchak.^[4]

Personal life

He is good friends with Ryan Drummond, who previously voiced Sonic the Hedgehog before Griffith.^[3]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	Edge of Seventeen	High School Party Friend
2005	Pokémon: Lucario and the Mystery of Mew	Sir Aaron
2007	Am I Evil	Greg
2008	Kill Kill Faster Faster	Cassius	Uncredited
	The Machine Girl	Ryota Additional voices	Live action dub
	Sonic: Night of the Werehog	Sonic the Hedgehog Sonic the Werehog	Short
2009	ManDate	Chris	Short
2009	Pokémon: Arceus and the Jewel of Life	Marcus
2010	Animals United	The Chimpanzee 'Toto'
2011	Pokémon the Movie: Black—Victini and Reshiram and White—Victini and Zekrom	Cilan
2011	The Painting	Additional voices
2012	Pokémon the Movie: Kyurem vs. the Sword of Justice	Cilan
2012/2015	009 Re:Cyborg	009/Joe Shimamura	English dubbed
2013	Pokémon: Meloetta's Moonlight Serenade	Scraggy	Short
2013	Pokémon the Movie: Genesect and the Legend Awakened	Cilan

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001-2013	Pokémon	Cilan Servine Brawly Looker Additional voices
2003-2006	Sonic X	Sonic the Hedgehog/Super Sonic/Dark Sonic Shadow the Hedgehog/Super Shadow Christopher Thorndyke (originally)	Credited as J. Griff
2004-2009	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	Utrom Miyamoto Usagi Additional voices
2004	Gravitation	Tatshua Uesugi^[5]
2004	F-Zero GP Legend	Additional voices
2004-2007	One Piece	Usopp Yassop	4Kids dub
2005-2006	Winx Club	Lord Darkar
2005-2007	G.I. Joe Sigma Six	Snake Eyes (flashbacks)
2005-2008	Yu-Gi-Oh! GX	Atticus Rhodes Harrington Rosewood Nightshroud
2006	Pokémon Chronicles	Gilbert
2006	Yu-Gi-Oh! Capsule Monsters	Additional voices
2006-2009	Viva Pinata	Terry Tigermisu
2006-2010	Chaotic	Tom Majors Zhade Frafdo	Credited as Adam Caroleson
2008	Three Delivery	Additional voices
2009	Kurokami: The Animation	Keita Ibuki
2009	Turtles Forever	Mirage Leonardo	TV movie Credited as Adam Caroleson
2010	Slayers Revolution	Additional voices
	Slayers Evolution-R	Abel	Episodes: "TOWN SCAPE because it's a thing made by people" "UNCOVER, the darkness unveiled!"
	Angel's Friends	Sulfus
2011	Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's	Additional voices
2011-2012	Tai Chi Chasers	Yanima
2011-2012	GoGoRiki	Chikoriki
2011-2015	Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL I & II	Caswell Francis Nistro	English dub
2011	Blue Bloods	Suit in Red Sportscar	Episode: "Black and Blue"
2011	Bakuman	Hayato Kawaski	English dub
2013	Zetman	Jin Kanzaki
2015	Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V	TBA

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: Battle Nexus	Slashuur
2005	One Piece: Grand Battle! Rush	Usopp	English version
	Sonic Rush	Sonic the Hedgehog/Super Sonic
	Shadow the Hedgehog	Shadow the Hedgehog/Super Shadow Sonic the Hedgehog
2006	One Piece: Grand Adventure	Usopp
	One Piece: Pirates' Carnival	Usopp
	Neverwinter Nights 2	Bevil
	Sonic Riders	Sonic the Hedgehog/Super Sonic Jet the Hawk Shadow the Hedgehog	English version Celebrating Sonic's 15th Anniversary
	Sonic the Hedgehog	Sonic the Hedgehog/Super Sonic Shadow the Hedgehog/Super Shadow
	Sonic Rivals	Sonic the Hedgehog Shadow the Hedgehog
2007	Sonic and the Secret Rings	Sonic the Hedgehog Darkspine Sonic Shadow the Hedgehog	English version Credited as Adam Caroleson
	Sonic Rush Adventure	Sonic the Hedgehog/Super Sonic	English version
	Sonic Rivals 2	Sonic the Hedgehog Shadow the Hedgehog
2007/2008	Mario & Sonic at the Beijing 2008* Olympic Games*	Sonic the Hedgehog Shadow the Hedgehog
2008	Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity	Sonic the Hedgehog/Super Sonic Jet the Hawk Shadow the Hedgehog	English version Credited as Adam Caroleson
	Super Smash Bros. Brawl	Sonic the Hedgehog/Super Sonic Shadow the Hedgehog	English version Credited as Adam Caroleson
	SEGA Superstars Tennis	Sonic the Hedgehog/Super Sonic Shadow the Hedgehog/Super Shadow	English version
	Alone in the Dark	Hammet Jack the Watchman
	Sonic Unleashed	Sonic the Hedgehog/Super Sonic Sonic the Werehog Professor Pickle's Assistant	English version
2009	Sonic and the Black Knight	Sonic the Hedgehog Excalibur Sonic Shadow the Hedgehog Sir Lancelot Jet the Hawk as Sir Lamorak	English version
2009	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Smash Up	Foot Ninja
2009	Mario & Sonic at the Vancouver 2010* Olympic Winter Games*	Sonic the Hedgehog Shadow the Hedgehog Jet the Hawk	English version
2010	Shira Oka: Second Chances	Sakuragi Hiroshi
2010	Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing	Sonic the Hedgehog/Super Sonic Shadow the Hedgehog/Super Shadow
2012	PokéPark 2: Wonders Beyond	Scraggy Sawsbuck Bisharp Ferroseed

Other

Astonishing X-Men (motion comic) - Elixir
Iron Man: Extremis (motion comic) - Iron Man/Tony Stark
Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn - Additional voices
Freedom - Additional voices
The Dark Night Rises: The Mobile Game - Jack Crane
Casters (web series) - Cal

References

^ "Jason Griffith - Sonic Retro". Retrieved 2014-06-25.
^ "Kurokami". kurokami.bandai-ent.com. Retrieved January 12, 2010.
^ ^a ^b "Behind The Voice Actors - Jason Griffith". Retrieved 23 February 2014.
^ "Michael Yurchak - Sonic Retro". Retrieved July 1, 2014.
^ "Gravitation". TSRI. Retrieved January 12, 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)

External links

Jason Griffith at IMDb
Jason Griffith at Anime News Network's encyclopedia

Preceded by Ryan Drummond	English voice of Sonic the Hedgehog (video games) 2005-2010	Succeeded by Roger Craig Smith
Preceded by Jaleel White Samuel Vincent (singing)	English voice of Sonic the Hedgehog (broadcast TV series) 2003-2006	Succeeded by Roger Craig Smith
Preceded by Martin Burke	English voice of Sonic the Hedgehog (anime) 2003-2006	Succeeded by TBA
Preceded by David Humphrey	English voice of Shadow the Hedgehog (video games) 2005-2010	Succeeded by Kirk Thornton
Preceded by none	English voice of Jet the Hawk (video games) 2006-2009	Succeeded by Michael Yurchak

[1] "Jason Griffith - Sonic Retro". Retrieved 2014-06-25.

[2] "Kurokami". kurokami.bandai-ent.com. Retrieved January 12, 2010.

[BTVA-3] "Behind The Voice Actors - Jason Griffith". Retrieved 23 February 2014.

[4] "Michael Yurchak - Sonic Retro". Retrieved July 1, 2014.

[Gravitation-ref-5] "Gravitation". TSRI. Retrieved January 12, 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)

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-| 2004/2005 || ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: Battle Nexus]]'' || Slashuur ||
+| 2004 || ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: Battle Nexus]]'' || Slashuur ||
 |-
-| rowspan="2"|2005 || ''[[One Piece: Grand Battle! Rush]]'' || [[Usopp]] || rowspan="6"|English version
+| rowspan="3"| 2005 || ''[[One Piece: Grand Battle! Rush]]'' || [[Usopp]] || rowspan="6"| English version
 |-
 | ''[[Sonic Rush]]'' || [[Sonic the Hedgehog (character)|Sonic the Hedgehog]]/[[Sonic the Hedgehog (series)#Super transformation|Super Sonic]]
 |-
-| 2005/2006 || ''[[Shadow the Hedgehog (video game)|SHADOW THE HEDGEHOG]]'' || [[Shadow the Hedgehog]]/Super Shadow<br>Sonic the Hedgehog
+| ''[[Shadow the Hedgehog (video game)|Shadow the Hedgehog]]'' || [[Shadow the Hedgehog]]/Super Shadow<br>Sonic the Hedgehog
 |-
-| rowspan="4"|2006 || ''[[One Piece: Grand Adventure]]'' || rowspan="2"| Usopp
+| rowspan="6"| 2006 || ''[[One Piece: Grand Adventure]]'' || rowspan="2"| Usopp
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 | ''[[One Piece: Pirates' Carnival]]''
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 | ''[[Neverwinter Nights 2]]'' || Bevil
 |-
-| ''[[Sonic Rivals]]'' || Sonic the Hedgehog<br>Shadow the Hedgehog || rowspan="3"| English version<br>Celebrating Sonic's 15th Anniversary
+| ''[[Sonic Riders]]'' || Sonic the Hedgehog/Super Sonic<br>[[List of recurring characters from Sonic the Hedgehog (games)#Jet the Hawk|Jet the Hawk]]<br>Shadow the Hedgehog || rowspan="3"| English version<br>Celebrating Sonic's 15th Anniversary
 |-
-| rowspan="2"|2006/2007 || ''[[Sonic Riders]]'' || Sonic the Hedgehog/Super Sonic<br>[[List of recurring characters from Sonic the Hedgehog (games)#Jet the Hawk|Jet the Hawk]]<br>Shadow the Hedgehog
+| ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (2006 video game)|Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' || Sonic the Hedgehog/Super Sonic<br>Shadow the Hedgehog/Super Shadow
 |-
-| ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (2006 video game)|SONIC THE HEDGEHOG]]'' || Sonic the Hedgehog/Super Sonic<br>Shadow the Hedgehog/Super Shadow
+| ''[[Sonic Rivals]]'' || Sonic the Hedgehog<br>Shadow the Hedgehog
 |-
-| rowspan="3"|2007 || ''[[Sonic and the Secret Rings]]'' || Sonic the Hedgehog<br>Darkspine Sonic<br>Shadow the Hedgehog || English version<br>Credited as Adam Caroleson
+| rowspan="3"| 2007 || ''[[Sonic and the Secret Rings]]'' || Sonic the Hedgehog<br>Darkspine Sonic<br>Shadow the Hedgehog || English version<br>Credited as Adam Caroleson
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 | ''[[Sonic Rush Adventure]]'' || Sonic the Hedgehog/Super Sonic || rowspan="3"|English version
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 | ''[[Sonic Rivals 2]]'' || rowspan="2"| Sonic the Hedgehog<br>Shadow the Hedgehog
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-| 2007/2008 || ''[[Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games|Mario & Sonic at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games]]''
+| 2007/2008 || ''[[Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games|Mario & Sonic at the '''Beijing 2008''' Olympic Games]]''
 |-
-| rowspan="5"|2008 || ''[[Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity]]'' || Sonic the Hedgehog/Super Sonic<br>Jet the Hawk<br>Shadow the Hedgehog || rowspan="2"|English version<br>Credited as Adam Caroleson
+| rowspan="5"| 2008 || ''[[Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity]]'' || Sonic the Hedgehog/Super Sonic<br>Jet the Hawk<br>Shadow the Hedgehog || rowspan="2"| English version<br>Credited as Adam Caroleson
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 | ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' || Sonic the Hedgehog/Super Sonic<br>Shadow the Hedgehog
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 | ''[[Sega Superstars Tennis|SEGA Superstars Tennis]]'' || Sonic the Hedgehog/Super Sonic<br>Shadow the Hedgehog/Super Shadow || English version
 |-
-| ''[[Alone in the Dark (2008 video game)|Alone in the Dark]]'' || Hammet<br>Jack the Watchman ||
+| ''[[Alone in the Dark (2008 video game)|Alone in the Dark]]'' || Hammet<br>Jack the Watchman
 |-
-| ''[[Sonic Unleashed]]'' || Sonic the Hedgehog/Super Sonic<br>Sonic the Werehog<br>Professor Pickle's Assistant || rowspan="2"|English version
+| ''[[Sonic Unleashed]]'' || Sonic the Hedgehog/Super Sonic<br>Sonic the Werehog<br>Professor Pickle's Assistant || rowspan="2"| English version
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-| rowspan="2"|2009 || ''[[Sonic and the Black Knight]]'' || Sonic the Hedgehog<br>[[Excalibur]] Sonic<br>Shadow the Hedgehog<br>[[Sir Lancelot]]<br>Jet the Hawk as [[Sir Lamorak]]
+| rowspan="2"| 2009 || ''[[Sonic and the Black Knight]]'' || Sonic the Hedgehog<br>[[Excalibur]] Sonic<br>Shadow the Hedgehog<br>[[Sir Lancelot]]<br>Jet the Hawk as [[Sir Lamorak]]
 |-
 | ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Smash Up'' || Foot Ninja ||
 |-
-| 2009 (2010) || ''[[Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games|Mario & Sonic at the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games]]'' || Sonic the Hedgehog<br>Shadow the Hedgehog<br>Jet the Hawk || English version
+| 2009 || ''[[Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games|Mario & Sonic at the '''Vancouver 2010''' Olympic Winter Games]]'' || Sonic the Hedgehog<br>Shadow the Hedgehog<br>Jet the Hawk || rowspan="4"| English version
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-| 2010 || ''Shira Oka: Second Chances'' || Sakuragi Hiroshi ||
+| rowspan="2"| 2010 || ''Shira Oka: Second Chances'' || Sakuragi Hiroshi
 |-
-| 2010, 2011, 2013 || ''[[Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing|Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing]]'' || Sonic the Hedgehog/Super Sonic<br>Shadow the Hedgehog/Super Shadow || rowspan="2"|English version
+| ''[[Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing|Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing]]'' || Sonic the Hedgehog/Super Sonic<br>Shadow the Hedgehog/Super Shadow
 |-
 | 2012 || ''[[PokéPark 2: Wonders Beyond]]'' || Scraggy<br>Sawsbuck<br>Bisharp<br>Ferroseed