Jason Griffith

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Jason Griffith
Born
Jason Adam Griffith [1]

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 and Shadow the Hedgehog in the English dub of the anime Sonic X , as well as both characters in Sonic the Hedgehog video games from 2005 to 2010. 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]

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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

YearTitleRoleNotes
1998 Edge of Seventeen ScottUncredited
2007Am I EvilGreg
2008 Kill Kill Faster Faster CassiusUncredited
The Machine Girl Ryota, Additional voicesEnglish dub
2009ManDateChrisShort
2013The Penny Dreadful Picture ShowClive
2016MonsterlandDoctorSegment: "The Grey Matter"
C StreetCongressman Wood
2017Hold on LooselyRonnieShort
2018YucatánAdditional voicesEnglish dub
2019ThreeboundMatt CahillAlso producer
Mr. Styx and MeTeoShort
2020Psycho SallyMannyShort
2021AndromedaGriffinShort
2022LiftEdwardShort

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2011 Blue Bloods Suit in Red SportscarEpisode: "Black and Blue"
2020 The Last Word Konstantin Nowak (voice)English version
5 episodes
2022 The Orville Krill SoldierEpisode #3.10
2023Chronicles of Jessica WuOfficer MillerEpisode: "Wanna get away?"

Voice roles

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
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 SpaceRobots
Lu over the WallAdditional voices
2018 The Snow Queen 3: Fire and Ice Kai, Admiral, Additional voices
Pixi Saves ChristmasMelchior, Elfreud, Anelfmari
2019 UglyDolls Additional voices
Tall Tales from the Magical Garden of Antoon KringsBenny
Mazinger Z: Infinity Mucha
2021 Sheep and Wolves: Pig Deal Skinny, Additional voices
Vivo Additional voices
Night of the Animated DeadScientist #2, Police Officer
2022 Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank Additional voices

Anime

YearTitleRoleNotes
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 voices207 episodes
2004 Gravitation Tatsuha Uesugi [12]
2004–2007 One Piece Usopp, Yasopp95 episodes
4Kids version
2005 MÄR Monkey #3Episode: "Babbo: The Legendary ÄRM!"
G.I. Joe Sigma 6 Snake Eyes Flashbacks, 4Kids version
2005–2008 Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Atticus Rhodes, Nightshroud, Harrington Rosewood, Osamu22 episodes
2008–2011 Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Primo, Ghost, Taka, Shira, Robert Pearson
2009 Kurokami: The Animation Keita Ibuki23 episodes
2010 Slayers Evolution-R Abel Ranzaad
2010 Bakuman Hayato, Kawasaki13 episodes
2011–2015 Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal Nistro, Caswell Francis46 episodes
2015-2017 Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V Herk, Reed Pepper, Iggy Arlo, Officer 2272 episodes
2018 FLCL ProgressiveMasurao5 episodes [13]
2022 Romantic Killer Kazuki Tsukasa [14]
2023–present Vinland Saga SnakeSeason 2
Netflix dub [15]

Animation

YearTitleRoleNotes
2002–2003 Mission Odyssey Zephyr
2004–2023 GoGoRiki Chikoriki (Yoshik/Ежик)4Kids dub
2004–2009 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Utrom, Miyamoto Usagi, Raxis, additional voices12 episodes
2005 Winx Club Darkar 23 episodes
4Kids version
2006–2009 Viva Piñata Terry Tigermisu
2006–2010 Chaotic Tom Majors, Zhade, FrafdoCredited 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 SulfusEpisode: "Volare con le proprie ali"
2010 Iron Man: Extremis Iron Man/Tony Stark Motion comic
2004–2006Blue's RoomThe Small Green Thing
Tai Chi Chasers Yanima
2011 Shaktimaan: The Animated Series Vehaan Arya / Shaktimaan [11]
2011Virus Attack
2013–2014 The Crumpets GrownboyDistribimage version [16]
2013–2016 Alisa Knows What to Do! Professor Salazar [17]
2014-2015 Super 4 Additional voices
2015, 2017 Super Wings Bello3 episodes
2016 World of Winx Ace [18]
Lastman 4 episodes
2017Tip the MouseSnail #2
2018–2019 Space Chickens in Space Chuck

Video games

YearTitleVoice roleNotes
2002Lord KrawsferatuTeslo the Zombie LordCredited 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 HedgehogCredited 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 2Mr. Red
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games Sonic the Hedgehog, Shadow the Hedgehog, Jet the Hawk
2010Shira Oka: Second ChancesSakuragi Hiroshi [20]
Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing / With Banjo-Kazooie Sonic the Hedgehog, Shadow the HedgehogArchive footage
2012Batman: The Dark Knight Rises Jonathan Crane [11]
Modern Combat 4: Zero Hour SGS Soldier
2013 Gangstar Vegas Cop 3, Radio Ads, Additional voicesJason 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 HedgehogUnity 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 ShaoEnglish version

Web

YearTitleRoleNotes
2011–2012CastersCal6 episodes
2018Kappa CryptoMr. Salazar8 episodes
2020–2021Sonic and Tails RShadow the Hedgehog2 episodes
YouTube audio drama series

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