Jason Griffith

Jason Griffith
Born	Jason Adam Griffith
Other names	J. Griff Adam Caroleson DJ Tanner
Occupation	Voice actor, actor
Years active	1998–present
Known for	The voice of Sonic (2003–2010)
Notable work	Sonic the Hedgehog as Sonic the Hedgehog, Shadow the Hedgehog, Jet the Hawk One Piece (4kids dub) as Usopp, Yassop Pokémon as Cilan Chaotic as Tom Majors Kurokami: The Animation as Keita Ibuki Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as Miyamoto Usagi
Spouse(s)	Melissa Ryan (m. 2015)[1][2]

Jason Adam Griffith is an American voice actor and 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 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,^[3] 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.

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.^[4][5][6]

Personal life

Griffith married his wife Melissa Ryan on August 15, 2015.^[1][2]

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
2010	Angel's Friends	Sulfus
2011–12	GoGoRiki	Chikoriki
2011–12	Tai Chi Chasers	Yanima
2011	Shaktimaan Animated	Vehaan/Shaktimaan[7]
2016	World of Winx	Ace[8]

Anime

List of voice performances in anime

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001–13	Pokémon	Cilan, Servine, Brawly, Looker, Additional Voices
2003–06	Sonic X	Sonic the Hedgehog/Super Sonic/Dark Sonic, Shadow the Hedgehog/Super Shadow	Credited as J. Griff
2004	Gravitation	Tatshua Uesugi[9]
2004	F-Zero GP Legend	Additional Voices
2004–07	One Piece	Usopp, Yassop	4Kids dub
2005	Mew Mew Power	Sergio Bucksworth	Episode: "Do Mew Want To Dance"
2005–08	Yu-Gi-Oh! GX	Atticus Rhodes, Nightshroud
2006	Pokémon Chronicles	Gilbert
2006	Yu-Gi-Oh! Capsule Monsters	Additional Voices
2008	The Machine Girl	Ryota, Additional Voices	Live action dub
2008	Freedom	Additional Voices
2009	Kurokami: The Animation	Keita Ibuki
2010	Slayers Revolution	Additional Voices
2010	Slayers Evolution-R	Abel
2010	Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn	Additional Voices
2011	Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's	Bruno/Vizor, Primo, Aporia, Additional Voices
2011–15	Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal	Caswell Francis, Nistro
2011	Bakuman	Hayato, Kawasaki
2013	Zetman	Jin Kanzaki
2015–present	Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V	Reed Pepper, Iggy Arlo

Films

List of voice performances in direct-to-video, television films and feature films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	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	Mirage 1984 Leonardo	As Adam Caroleson[7]
2010	Animals United	Toto	[7]
2011	Pokémon the Movie: Black—Victini and Reshiram and White—Victini and Zekrom	Cilan
2012	The Painting	Additional Voices
2012	Pokémon the Movie: Kyurem vs. the Sword of Justice	Cilan
2013	Pokémon: Meloetta's Moonlight Serenade	Scraggy	Short
2013	Pokémon the Movie: Genesect and the Legend Awakened	Cilan
2015	009 Re:Cyborg	009/Joe Shimamura[7]
2016	Psychic School Wars	Saito[7]

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	[7]
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	PokéPark 2: Wonders Beyond	Scraggy, Sawsbuck, Bisharp, Ferroseed
2013	Thor: The Dark World: The Official Game	Marauder 3, Dark Elf 4, Einherjar 1	[7]

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. "Twitter". Mobile.twitter.com. 2015-08-15. Retrieved 2016-11-01.
2. "Twitter". Mobile.twitter.com. 2015-08-08. Retrieved 2016-11-01.
3. "Kurokami". kurokami.bandai-ent.com. Archived from the original on January 30, 2010. Retrieved January 12, 2010.
4. "Changing of the Guard: New Sonic, Tails In-Game VAs". TSSZ News. Retrieved 2016-11-01.
5. "After 11 Years, Sonic X Has Left The Airwaves". TSSZ News. Retrieved 2016-11-01.
6. "Jason Griffith". amtcworld.com. 2015-09-26. Retrieved 2016-11-01.
7. "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.
8. World of Winx. Episode 1. Netflix.
9. "Gravitation" [Menu->Series->English Staff & Cast]. TSRI. Retrieved January 12, 2010.

External links

• Jason Griffith at the Internet Movie Database
• Jason Griffith at Anime News Network's encyclopedia