Jason Adam Griffith is an American actor. Best known for his

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work, he portrayed

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and

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for the

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English dub of the anime ''

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'', and reprised both roles for ''

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from 2005 to 2010. His other voice roles for 4Kids Entertainment include Usopp in ''

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'', and Brawly in ''

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'', among others. He parted ways with the company in 2010 and has since done voice work for NYAV Post and DuArt Film and Video.

Early life

Jason Griffith was born in Lakeline, Ohio. He graduated from the North High School in Eastlake, Ohio in 1999.

Career

Griffith began his acting career in 1997, at seventeen years old. He made his feature film debut in the romantic

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film, '' Edge of Seventeen'' in an uncredited role as Scott. He also had an uncredited role as Cassius in the 2008

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, '' 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

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. He served as in-house voice talent for the children's television

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4Kids TV, which led him to voice many characters in various animated media including Tom Majors in '' Chaotic'' and Miyamoto Usagi in ''

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''. 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 ''

'', Griffith was brought on by

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to portray

(replacing Ryan Drummond),

(replacing David Humphrey), and Jet the Hawk in the mainline video games for the ''

'' series. The role began with 2005's ''

'' and ended with 2010's '' Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing'', until role was thereafter succeeded by

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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. 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.'' In 2020, 2021 and 2024, Griffith reprised his role as Sonic and Shadow in the

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fan series ''Sonic and Tails R''.

Personal life

Griffith married Melissa Ryan on August 15, 2015. They have two sons.

Filmography

Live-action

Film

Television

Voice roles

Film

Anime

Animation

Video games

Web

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Griffith, Jason Living people American male film actors American male television actors American male video game actors American male voice actors Male actors from Ohio Sega people Year of birth missing (living people)