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'{{Short description|American voice actor}} {{Infobox person | name = Jason Griffith | image = <!-- filename only, no "File:" or "Image:" prefix, and no enclosing [[brackets]] --> | alt = <!-- descriptive text for use by speech synthesis (text-to-speech) software --> | caption = | birth_name = <!-- only use if different from name --> | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1980|11|29}} | birth_place = [[New York City]], [[New York]], U.S. | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (DEATH date then BIRTH date) --> | death_place = | other_names = J. Griff<br/>Adam Caroleson<br/>DJ Tanner | occupation = Voice actor | years_active = 1998–present | spouse = {{marriage|Melissa Ryan|2015}} | children = 2 }} '''Jason Griffith''' (born November 29, 1980)<ref name="btva"/> is an American voice actor, who has worked for [[NYAV Post]], [[4K Media Inc.]] and [[DuArt Film and Video]]. He is best known as the voice of [[Sonic the Hedgehog (character)|Sonic the Hedgehog]] and [[Shadow the Hedgehog]] in the English dub of ''[[Sonic X]]'', as well as in ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' [[List of Sonic the Hedgehog video games|video games]] from 2005 to 2010. ==Early life== Jason Adam Griffith was born in [[New York City]], [[New York]] on November 29, 1980.<ref>https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-10826-3524893/jason-griffith-in-famous-people-throughout-history</ref> ==Career== Griffith has voiced many characters, including [[Tom Majors]] in ''[[Chaotic (TV series)|Chaotic]]'' and [[Miyamoto Usagi]] in ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003 TV series)|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]''. He also did the voice of Bongo the Monkey in the [[Danimals]] commercials, he also appeared in the 2015 kids television show ''[[Super Wings]]'' as Bello and was a promo announcer for ''[[4Kids TV]]'', ''[[The CW4Kids]]'' and ''[[Toonzai]]''. Griffith is well known as the former voice of [[SEGA]] mascot [[Sonic the Hedgehog (character)|Sonic the Hedgehog]] (replacing [[Ryan Drummond]]), as well as [[Shadow the Hedgehog]] (replacing David Humphrey) and [[Jet the Hawk]], in the ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (series)|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]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tssznews.com/2010/07/15/changing-of-the-guard-new-sonic-tails-in-game-vas/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100717225520/http://www.tssznews.com/2010/07/15/changing-of-the-guard-new-sonic-tails-in-game-vas/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2010-07-17 |title=Changing of the Guard: New Sonic, Tails In-Game VAs |publisher=TSSZ News |access-date=2016-11-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tssznews.com/2014/09/27/after-11-years-sonic-x-has-left-the-airwaves/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141001020912/http://www.tssznews.com/2014/09/27/after-11-years-sonic-x-has-left-the-airwaves |url-status=dead |archive-date=2014-10-01 |title=After 11 Years, Sonic X Has Left The Airwaves |publisher=TSSZ News |access-date=2016-11-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://amtcworld.org/featured-grads/jason-griffith/ |title=Jason Griffith |publisher=amtcworld.com |date=2015-09-26 |access-date=2016-11-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161101164115/http://amtcworld.org/featured-grads/jason-griffith/ | archive-date=2016-11-01 }}</ref> ==Personal life== Griffith married his wife Melissa Ryan in August 15, 2015;<ref name="twitter1">{{cite tweet|number=632736254279315457|user=RYANtheDRUMMOND|title=Aaaaand they got hitched!! Congrats Jason Griffith and his lovely wife Melissa!! 😃|access-date=2016-11-01|date=2015-08-15 }}</ref><ref name="twitter2">{{cite tweet|number=630211703385403392|user=RYANtheDRUMMOND|title=All Sonic fans! Jason Griffith is getting married a week from today! Hurray!! 😃|access-date=2016-11-01|date=2015-08-08 }}</ref> Together they have a first son who was born in August 2017.<ref name="twitter.com">https://twitter.com/jgriff_4real/status/904351163486752768</ref> Their second son was born in March 2021.<ref>https://twitter.com/jgriff_4real/status/1367151187447799811</ref> He lives in Los Angeles, California. ==Filmography== ===Film=== {| class="wikitable" |+ List of voice performances in direct-to-video, television and feature films |- ! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes |- | 2006 || ''[[Pokemon: Lucario and the Mystery of Mew]]'' || Sir Aaron || |- | 2008 || ''[[Sonic: Night of the Werehog]]'' || [[Sonic the Hedgehog (character)|Sonic the Hedgehog / Sonic the Werehog]] || Short |- | 2009 || ''[[Pokemon: Arceus and the Jewel of Life]]'' || Marcus || |- | 2009 || ''[[Turtles Forever]]'' || [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Mirage Studios)|1984 Mirage]] [[Leonardo (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)|Leonardo]] || As Adam Caroleson<ref name="btva"/> |- | 2010 || ''[[Animals United]]'' || Toto || <ref name="btva"/> |- | rowspan = "2" | 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<ref name="btva"/> || |- | 2016 || ''[[Nerawareta Gakuen|Psychic School Wars]]'' || Saito<ref name="btva"/> || |- | 2017 || [[Mazinger Z: Infinity]] || Mucha || |} ===Animation=== {| class="wikitable" |+ List of voice performances in animated television shows |- ! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes |- | 2004–09 || ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003 TV series)|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' || Utrom, [[Miyamoto Usagi]], Raxis, additional voices || |- | rowspan = "2" | 2005–06 || ''[[Winx Club]]'' || [[List of Winx Club characters#Darkar| Darkar]] || 4Kids version |- | ''[[G.I. Joe Sigma 6]]'' || [[Snake Eyes (G.I. Joe)|Snake Eyes]] || Flashbacks |- | 2006–09 || ''[[Viva Piñata (TV series)|Viva Piñata]]'' || Terry Tigermisu || |- | 2006–10 || ''[[Chaotic (TV series)|Chaotic]]'' || [[Tom Majors]], Zhade, Frafdo || Credited as Adam Caroleson |- | 2008 || ''[[Three Delivery]]'' || Additional Voices || |- | 2008–09 || ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003 TV series) (season 7)|TMNT: Back to the Sewer]]'' || Miyamoto Usagi || |- | rowspan = "2" | 2009 || ''[[Astonishing X-Men]]'' || [[Elixir (comics)|Elixir]] || Motion comic |- | ''[[Angel's Friends]]'' || Sulfus || |- | 2010 || ''[[Extremis (comics)|Iron Man: Extremis]]'' || [[Iron Man|Iron Man/Tony Stark]] || Motion comic |- | rowspan = "2" | 2011–12 || ''[[GoGoRiki]]'' || Chikoriki || |- | ''[[Tai Chi Chasers]]'' || Yanima || |- | 2011 || ''Shaktimaan Animated'' || Vehaan/Shaktimaan<ref name="btva"/> || |- | 2013–14 || ''[[The Crumpets]]'' || Grownboy || Distribimage version<ref>{{cite web |title=THE CRUMPETS - EP16 - Octosquito |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luyn-lsCfl8 |website=YouTube |publisher=THE CRUMPETS OFFICIAL 🇺🇸 |access-date=26 June 2018 |date=4 October 2016}}</ref> |- | 2013–16 || ''[[Alisa Knows What to Do!]]'' || Professor Salazar ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/11624452|publisher=Hoopla|title=Alisa Knows What to Do! - Season 1}}</ref> |- | 2015-18 || ''[[Super Wings]]'' || Bello || |- | rowspan = "2" | 2016 || ''[[World of Winx]]'' || Ace<ref>{{cite episode | series=World of Winx | series-link=World of Winx | number=1 | publisher=Netflix | at=Closing credits, Main voices }}</ref> || |- | ''[[The Snow Queen 3: Fire and Ice]]'' || Kai || |- | 2017 || ''[[Mazinger Z: Infinity]]'' || Mucha || |} ===Anime=== {| class="wikitable" |+ List of dubbing performances in anime |- ! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes |- | 2003–06 || ''[[Sonic X]]'' || [[Sonic the Hedgehog (character)|Sonic the Hedgehog]], [[Shadow the Hedgehog]], Newscaster (ep 16), Prison Guard (ep 42)<hr />Christopher "Chris" Thorndyke {{small|(originally)}} || Credited as J. Griff |- | 2003-13 || ''[[Pokémon]]'' || Brawly, Cilan, Looker, Timmy Grimm, Tate, Marcus, Additional voices || |- | 2004 || ''[[Gravitation (manga)|Gravitation]]'' || Tatsuha Uesugi<ref name="Gravitation-ref">{{cite web|url=http://gravitation.rightstuf.com/|title=Gravitation|publisher=[[The Right Stuf International|TSRI]]|trans-title=Menu->Series->English Staff & Cast|access-date=January 12, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> || |- | 2004-2007 || [[One Piece]] || Usopp, Yasopp (4Kids) || |- | 2005-08 || ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX]]'' || Atticus Rhodes, Nightshroud, Harrington Rosewood, Osamu || |- | 2008-11 || ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's]]'' || Primo, Ghost, Taka, Shira || |- | 2009 || ''[[Kurokami: The Animation]]'' || Keita Ibuki || |- | 2010 || ''[[ Slayers Evolution-R]]'' || Abel Ranzaad || |- | 2010 || ''[[Bakuman]]'' || Hayato, Kawasaki || |- | 2011-15 || ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal]]'' || Nistro, Caswell Francis || |- | 2015-18 || ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V]]'' || Herk, Reed Pepper, Iggy Arlo, Officer 227 || |- | 2018 || ''[[FLCL]] Progressive'' || Masurao<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-03-26/production-i.g-reveals-english-dub-casts-for-flcl-progressive-flcl-alternative-anime/.129547|title=Production I.G Reveals English Dub Casts for FLCL Progressive, FLCL Alternative Anime|work=Anime News Network|access-date=2018-10-17|language=en}}</ref> || |} ===Video games=== {| class="wikitable" |+ List of voice performances in video games |- ! Year !! Title !! Voice role !! Notes |- | 2004 || ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: Battle Nexus]]'' || Slashuur || |- | rowspan = "2" | 2005 || ''[[Sonic Rush]]'' || [[Sonic the Hedgehog (character)|Sonic the Hedgehog]] || |- | ''[[Shadow the Hedgehog (video game)|Shadow the Hedgehog]]'' || [[Shadow the Hedgehog|Shadow the Hedgehog, Shadow Androids]], Sonic the Hedgehog || |- | rowspan = "4" | 2006 || ''[[Neverwinter Nights 2]]'' || Bevil || |- | ''[[Sonic Riders]]'' || Sonic the Hedgehog, [[List of recurring characters from Sonic the Hedgehog (games)#Jet the Hawk|Jet the Hawk]], Shadow the Hedgehog || |- | ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (2006 video game)|Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' || rowspan = "3" | Sonic the Hedgehog, Shadow the Hedgehog || |- | ''[[Sonic Rivals]]'' || |- | rowspan = "4" | 2007 || ''[[Sonic and the Secret Rings]]'' || Credited as Adam Caroleson |- | ''[[Sonic Rush Adventure]]'' || Sonic the Hedgehog || <ref name="btva"/> |- | ''[[Sonic Rivals 2]]'' || rowspan = "2" | Sonic the Hedgehog, Shadow the Hedgehog || |- | ''[[Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games]]'' || |- | rowspan = "5" | 2008 | ''[[Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity]]'' || Sonic the Hedgehog, Jet the Hawk, Shadow the Hedgehog || rowspan = "2" | Credited as Adam Caroleson |- | ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' || rowspan = "2" | Sonic the Hedgehog, Shadow the Hedgehog |- | ''[[Sega Superstars Tennis]]'' || Archive footage |- | ''[[Alone in the Dark (2008 video game)|Alone in the Dark]]'' || Hammet, Jack the Watchman || |- | ''[[Sonic Unleashed]]'' || Sonic / Werehog, Professor Pickle's Assistant<hr />Shadow the Hedgehog {{small|(originally, but scrapped)}} || |- | rowspan = "4" | 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 || |- | rowspan = "2" | 2010 || ''Shira Oka: Second Chances'' || Sakuragi Hiroshi || <ref name="SOSC">{{cite video game | developer=Okashi Studios | title=Shira Oka: Second Chances | publisher=Okashi Studios | scene=Ending credits, 4:09 in, Voice Casting by NYAV Post. Credited as Jason Griff | year=2010}}</ref><!-- url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RQ0-aGXQTw --> |- | ''[[Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing|Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing / With Banjo-Kazooie]]'' || Sonic the Hedgehog, Shadow the Hedgehog || Archive footage |- | rowspan = "2" | 2012 || ''Batman: The Dark Knight Rises'' || [[Scarecrow (DC Comics)|Jonathan Crane]] || <ref name="btva"/> |- | ''[[Modern Combat 4: Zero Hour]]'' || SGS Soldier || |- | 2014 || ''[[Modern Combat 5: Blackout]]'' || Alex Hawk || |} ===Live-action=== {| class="wikitable" |+ List of acting performances in feature films and television shows |- ! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes |- | 1998 || ''[[Edge of Seventeen (film)|Edge of Seventeen]]'' || Scott || Uncredited |- | 2007 || ''Am I Evil'' || Greg || |- | 2008 || ''[[Kill Kill Faster Faster]]'' || Cassius || Uncredited |- | 2009 || ''ManDate'' || Chris || Short |- | 2011 || ''[[Blue Bloods (TV series)|Blue Bloods]]'' || Suit in Red Sportscar || Episode: "Black and Blue" |- | 2017 || ''Hold on Loosely'' || Ronnie || Short |- | rowspan = "2" | 2019 || ''Threebound'' || Matt Cahill || |- | ''Mr. Styx and Me'' || Teo || rowspan = "2" | Short |- | 2020 || ''Psycho Sally'' || Manny |- | 2021 || ''Andromeda'' || Griffin || Sort; Post-production |} ===Web=== {| class="wikitable" |+ List of acting and voice performances in web series |- ! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes |- | 2011–12 || ''Casters'' || Cal || 6 episodes |- | 2020 || ''Sonic and Tails R'' || Shadow the Hedgehog || 1 episode<br>[[YouTube]] audio drama series |} ==References== {{Reflist|30em|refs= <ref name="btva">{{cite web|title=Behind The Voice Actors - Jason Griffith|url=http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Jason-Griffith/ |publisher=Behind The Voice Actors|access-date=November 27, 2016|postscript=. Green check mark indicates roles that have been verified by BTVA through closing credits screenshots.}}</ref> }} ==External links== *{{ann|people|25281}} *{{IMDb name|1462031|Jason Griffith}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Griffith, Jason}} [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Nintendo people]] [[Category:American male film actors]] [[Category:American male television actors]] [[Category:American male video game actors]] [[Category:American male voice actors]] [[Category:American male actors]]'