Jason Griffith facts for kids

Jason Adam Griffith is an American actor who uses his voice to bring characters to life! He is super famous for being the voice of Sonic the Hedgehog and Shadow the Hedgehog. He voiced these characters in the Sonic X TV show and many Sonic the Hedgehog video games from 2005 to 2010.

Jason Griffith also voiced other well-known characters like Usopp in One Piece and Brawly in Pokémon. He has worked with different companies over the years, including 4Kids Entertainment, NYAV Post, and DuArt Film and Video.

Early Life and Beginnings

Jason Griffith was born in Lakeline, Ohio, in the United States. He finished high school at North High School in Eastlake, Ohio, in 1999.

He started his acting journey in 1997 when he was seventeen years old. He had small roles in movies like Edge of Seventeen and Kill Kill Faster Faster. He also appeared in a TV show called Blue Bloods.

Becoming a Voice Actor

In 2003, Jason Griffith started doing a lot of voice acting. He became a regular voice actor for a kids' TV channel called 4Kids TV. This led him to voice many characters in animated shows. For example, he was Tom Majors in Chaotic and Miyamoto Usagi in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. He even voiced Bongo the Monkey in commercials for Danimals yogurt!

Voicing Sonic and Friends

One of Jason Griffith's biggest roles was voicing Sonic the Hedgehog for the English version of the Sonic X TV show. Because of this, the video game company Sega chose him to voice Sonic in their video games too. He also became the voice of Shadow the Hedgehog and Jet the Hawk in the Sonic the Hedgehog game series.

He started voicing these characters in 2005 with the game Shadow the Hedgehog. He continued until 2010, when other actors took over the roles. Sometimes, he was credited as "Adam Caroleson" for his work. Even after new actors took over in the games, Jason continued to voice Sonic for 4Kids TV promotions until 2014.

Other Voice Acting Roles

After 2010, Jason Griffith continued to do voice work for many other projects. From 2011 to 2012, he was in a web comedy series called Casters. In 2015, he voiced characters in the English version of the animated children's show Super Wings.

Personal Life

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

Voice Roles in Movies and TV Shows

Jason Griffith has lent his voice to many animated movies and TV shows.

Animated Movies

• Pokémon: Lucario and the Mystery of Mew (2006) – Sir Aaron
• Sonic: Night of the Werehog (2008) – Sonic the Hedgehog / Sonic the Werehog
• Turtles Forever (2009) – 1984 Mirage Leonardo
• Animals United (2010) – Toto
• Pokémon the Movie: Black—Victini and Reshiram and White—Victini and Zekrom (2011) – Cilan
• 009 Re:Cyborg (2015) – 009/Joe Shimamura
• The Guardian Brothers (2017) – Chet Spiritman
• UglyDolls (2019) – Additional voices
• Vivo (2021) – Additional voices

Animated TV Shows

• Sonic X (2003–2006) – Sonic the Hedgehog, Shadow the Hedgehog
• Pokémon (2003–present) – Brawly, Cilan, Looker, and many other voices
• One Piece (2004–2007) – Usopp, Yasopp (4Kids version)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2004–2009) – Miyamoto Usagi, and other voices
• Yu-Gi-Oh! GX (2005–2008) – Atticus Rhodes, Nightshroud
• Chaotic (2006–2010) – Tom Majors, Zhade
• Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's (2008–2011) – Primo, Ghost
• Super Wings (2015, 2017) – Bello
• Vinland Saga (2023) – Snake, Berge (Netflix dub)

Voice Roles in Video Games

Jason Griffith has voiced characters in many popular video games, especially for the Sonic the Hedgehog series.

• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: Battle Nexus (2004) – Slashuur, Miyamoto Usagi
• Sonic Rush (2005) – Sonic the Hedgehog
• Shadow the Hedgehog (2005) – Shadow the Hedgehog, Sonic the Hedgehog
• Sonic Riders (2006) – Sonic the Hedgehog, Jet the Hawk, Shadow the Hedgehog
• Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) – Sonic the Hedgehog, Shadow the Hedgehog
• Sonic and the Secret Rings (2007) – Sonic the Hedgehog, Shadow the Hedgehog
• Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (2007) – Sonic the Hedgehog, Shadow the Hedgehog
• Sonic Unleashed (2008) – Sonic the Hedgehog / Werehog
• Super Smash Bros. Brawl (2008) – Sonic the Hedgehog, Shadow the Hedgehog
• Sonic and the Black Knight (2009) – Sonic the Hedgehog, Shadow the Hedgehog, Jet the Hawk
• Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (2009) – Sonic the Hedgehog, Shadow the Hedgehog, Jet the Hawk
• Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing (2010) – Sonic the Hedgehog, Shadow the Hedgehog
• Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links (2017) – Primo
• Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty (2023) – Yuan Shao