Jason Griffith
Born
Jason Adam Griffith

(1980-11-29) November 29, 1980 (age 43)
New York City, New York, United States
Other namesJ. Griff
Adam Caroleson
DJ Tanner
Occupation(s)Actor, voice actor
Years active1998–present
Known forVoice of Sonic (2003–2010)
Notable workSonic the Hedgehog
as Sonic the Hedgehog, Shadow the Hedgehog, Jet the Hawk
Chaotic
as Tom Majors
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
as Miyamoto Usagi
Spouse
Melissa Ryan
​
(m. 2015)​
[1][2]
Children1[3]

Jason Adam Griffith (born November 29, 1980)[4] is an American actor and voice actor who has worked for 4Kids Entertainment, NYAV Post and DuArt Film and Video. He is best known as the voice of Sonic the Hedgehog and Shadow the Hedgehog in Sonic X, as well as in Sonic the Hedgehog video games from 2005 to 2010.

Career

Griffith is known for voicing characters including 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.[citation needed]

Griffith appeared in the 2015 kids TV show, Super Wings, as Bello.

Griffith was 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.[5][6][7]

Personal life

Griffith has been married to his wife Melissa Ryan since August 15, 2015;[1][2] Together they have a son, Austin Liam Griffith, who was born in August 2017.[8]

Filmography

Animation

List of voice performances in animation
Year Title Role Notes
2004–09 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Utrom, Miyamoto Usagi, Additional Voices
2005–06 Winx Club Lord Darkar 4Kids version
2005–06 G.I. Joe Sigma 6 Snake Eyes Flashbacks
2006–09 Viva Piñata Terry Tigermisu
2006–10 Chaotic Tom Majors, Zhade, Frafdo Credited as Adam Caroleson
2008 Three Delivery Additional Voices
2008–09 TMNT: Back to the Sewer Miyamoto Usagi
2009 Astonishing X-Men Elixir Motion comic
2010 Iron Man: Extremis Iron Man/Tony Stark Motion comic
2009 Angel's Friends Sulfus
2011–12 GoGoRiki Chikoriki
2011–12 Tai Chi Chasers Yanima
2011 Shaktimaan Animated Vehaan/Shaktimaan[4]
2013–16 Alisa Knows What to Do! [9]
2016 World of Winx Ace[10]
2016 The Snow Queen 3: Fire and Ice Kai
2017 Miles from Tomorrowland Miles

Anime

List of voice performances in anime
Year Title Role Notes
2003–06 Sonic X Sonic the Hedgehog/Super Sonic/Dark Sonic, Shadow the Hedgehog/Super Shadow Credited as J. Griff
2004 Gravitation Tatsuha Uesugi[11]

Films

List of voice performances in direct-to-video, television films and feature films
Year Title Role Notes
2008 Sonic: Night of the Werehog Sonic the Hedgehog / Sonic the Werehog Short
2009 Turtles Forever Mirage 1984 Leonardo As Adam Caroleson[4]
2010 Animals United Toto [4]
2012 The Painting Additional Voices
2015 009 Re:Cyborg 009/Joe Shimamura[4]
2016 Psychic School Wars Saito[4]

Video games

List of voice performances in video games
Year Title Role Notes
2004 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: Battle Nexus Slashuur
2005 One Piece: Grand Battle Usopp
2005 Sonic Rush Sonic the Hedgehog/Super Sonic
2005 Shadow the Hedgehog Shadow the Hedgehog/Super Shadow, Shadow Androids, Sonic the Hedgehog
2006 One Piece: Grand Adventure Usopp
2006 One Piece: Pirates' Carnival Usopp
2006 Neverwinter Nights 2 Bevil
2006 Sonic Riders Sonic the Hedgehog/Super Sonic, Jet the Hawk, Shadow the Hedgehog Celebrating Sonic's 15th Anniversary
2006 Sonic the Hedgehog Sonic the Hedgehog/Super Sonic,
Shadow the Hedgehog/Super Shadow		 Celebrating Sonic's 15th Anniversary
2006 Sonic Rivals Sonic the Hedgehog, Shadow the Hedgehog Celebrating Sonic's 15th Anniversary
2007 Sonic and the Secret Rings Sonic the Hedgehog / Darkspine Sonic, Shadow the Hedgehog Credited as Adam Caroleson
2007 Sonic Rush Adventure Sonic the Hedgehog/Super Sonic [4]
2007 Sonic Rivals 2 Sonic the Hedgehog, Shadow the Hedgehog
2007/2008 Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Sonic the Hedgehog, Shadow the Hedgehog A crossover with the Mario franchise
2008 Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity Sonic the Hedgehog/Super Sonic, Jet the Hawk, Shadow the Hedgehog Credited as Adam Caroleson
2008 Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sonic the Hedgehog/Super Sonic, Shadow the Hedgehog Credited as Adam Caroleson; a Super Smash Bros. crossover
2008 SEGA Superstars Tennis Sonic the Hedgehog/Super Sonic, Shadow the Hedgehog/Super Shadow A SEGA crossover; from previous records
2008 Alone in the Dark Hammet, Jack the Watchman
2008 Sonic Unleashed Sonic the Hedgehog / Super Sonic / Sonic the Werehog, Professor Pickle's Assistant
Shadow the Hedgehog (originally, but scrapped)
2009 Sonic and the Black Knight Sonic the Hedgehog / Excalibur Sonic, Shadow the Hedgehog / Sir Lancelot, Jet the Hawk as Sir Lamorak
2009 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Smash Up Foot Ninja
2009 Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games Sonic the Hedgehog, Shadow the Hedgehog, Jet the Hawk A crossover with the Mario franchise
2010 Shira Oka: Second Chances Sakuragi Hiroshi
2010 Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing / With Banjo-Kazooie Sonic the Hedgehog/Super Sonic, Shadow the Hedgehog/Super Shadow A SEGA crossover; from previous records
2012 Batman: The Dark Knight Rises Jonathan Crane [4]
2012 Modern Combat 4: Zero Hour SGS Soldier
2013 Thor: The Dark World: The Official Game Marauder 3, Dark Elf 4, Einherjar 1 [4]
2014 Modern Combat 5: Blackout Alex Hawk

Live-action

List of performances in live-action films and series
Year Title Role Notes
1998 Edge of Seventeen Scott Uncredited
2007 Am I Evil Greg
2008 Kill Kill Faster Faster Cassius Uncredited
2009 ManDate Chris Short
2011 Blue Bloods Suit in Red Sportscar Episode: "Black and Blue"
2011–12 Casters Cal Web series

References

  1. ^ a b "Twitter". twitter.com. 2015-08-15. Retrieved 2016-11-01.
  2. ^ a b "Twitter". twitter.com. 2015-08-08. Retrieved 2016-11-01.
  3. ^ https://twitter.com/jgriff_4real/status/904351163486752768
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Behind The Voice Actors - Jason Griffith". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved November 27, 2016. Green check mark indicates roles that have been verified by BTVA through closing credits screenshots.((cite web)): CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  5. ^ "Changing of the Guard: New Sonic, Tails In-Game VAs". TSSZ News. Retrieved 2016-11-01.
  6. ^ "After 11 Years, Sonic X Has Left The Airwaves". TSSZ News. Retrieved 2016-11-01.
  7. ^ "Jason Griffith". amtcworld.com. 2015-09-26. Archived from the original on 2016-11-01. Retrieved 2016-11-01. ((cite web)): Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  8. ^ https://twitter.com/jgriff_4real/status/904351163486752768
  9. ^ "Alisa Knows What to Do! - Season 1". Hoopla.
  10. ^ World of Winx. Episode 1. Netflix. ((cite episode)): Unknown parameter |serieslink= ignored (|series-link= suggested) (help)
  11. ^ "Gravitation" [Menu->Series->English Staff & Cast]. TSRI. Retrieved January 12, 2010.

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