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and DuArt Film and Video. He is best known as the voice of

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and

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in the English dub of ''

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'', as well as in ''

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from 2005 to 2010.

Early life

Jason Griffith was born in Lakeline, Ohio. He graduated from the

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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

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comedy-drama 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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, ''

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''. In television, he appeared in an episode of '' Blue Bloods'' as Suit in Red Sportscar. Since 2003, Griffith has been working extensively as a

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. He voiced many characters in various animated films, television shows and video games, including

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in ''

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'' and

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in ''

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''. He also did the voice of Bongo the Monkey in the Danimals commercials, he also appeared in the 2015 kids television show ''

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'' as Bello and was a promo announcer for ''

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'', '' The CW4Kids'' and ''

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''. Griffith is well known as the former voice of SEGA mascot

(replacing

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), as well as

(replacing David Humphrey) and Jet the Hawk, in the ''

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series, where he is credited as Jason Griffith and Adam Caroleson. In 2010, his role as Sonic was passed to

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, his role as Shadow was passed to

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, and his role as Jet was passed to Michael Yurchak. Griffith did however, continued to voice Sonic for

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promotions until September 27, 2014, when the Vortexx program came to an end. From 2011 to 2012, he starred in the web comedy series ''Casters'' as Cal.

Personal life

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

Filmography

Film

Television

Animated film

Anime

Animation

Video games

Web

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Griffith, Jason Living people American male actors American male film actors American male television actors American male video game actors American male voice actors Male actors from Ohio Sega people 1980 births