Jason Adam Griffith is an American actor best known for his voice acting work, he portrayed Sonic the Hedgehog and Shadow the Hedgehog in the 4Kids Entertainment English dub of the anime Sonic X, and reprised both roles from 2005 to 2010, and Jet the Hawk from 2006 to 2009, for Sonic the Hedgehog video games.

His other voice roles for 4Kids Entertainment include Usopp in One Piece, and Brawly in Pokémon, 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 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, Sonic the Hedgehog, for the 4Kids English dub of Sonic X, Griffith was brought on by Sega to portray Sonic (replacing Ryan Drummond), Shadow the Hedgehog (replacing David Humphrey), and Jet the Hawk in the mainline video games for the Sonic the Hedgehog series. Griffith began voicing Sonic and Shadow with 2005's Shadow the Hedgehog and ended with 2010's Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing, and began voicing Jet with 2006's Sonic Riders and ended with 2009's Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games. During this time, he was often credited as "Adam Caroleson". His role as Sonic was passed to Roger Craig Smith, while his role as Shadow was passed to Kirk Thornton and his role as Jet was passed to Michael Yurchak in 2010. Other than Sonic, Shadow and Jet, Griffith also voiced Sonic the Werehog and Professor Pickle's Assistant in Sonic Unleashed and Newscaster in episode 16 and Prison Guard in episode 42 in Sonic X.

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 YouTube fan series Sonic and Tails R.

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

Filmography Live-action Film Year Title Role Notes 1998 Edge of Seventeen Scott Uncredited 2007 Am I Evil Greg 2008 Kill Kill Faster Faster Cassius Uncredited The Machine Girl Ryota, Additional voices English dub 2009 ManDate Chris Short 2013 The Penny Dreadful Picture Show Clive 2016 Monsterland Doctor Segment: "The Grey Matter"C Street Congressman Wood 2017 Hold on Loosely Ronnie Short 2018 Yucatán Additional voices English dub2019 Threebound Matt Cahill Also producer Mr. Styx and Me Teo Short 2020 Psycho Sally Manny Short 2021 Andromeda Griffin Short 2022 Lift Edward Short 2024 A Complete Unknown Additional voices

Television Year Title Role Notes 2011 Blue Bloods Suit in Red Sportscar Episode: "Black and Blue" 2020 The Last Word Konstantin Nowak (voice) English version5 episodes 2022 The Orville Krill Soldier Episode #3.10 2023 Chronicles of Jessica Wu Officer Miller Episode: "Wanna get away?"

Voice roles Film Year Title Role Notes 2006 Pokémon: Lucario and the Mystery of Mew Sir Aaron 2008 Sonic: Night of the Werehog Sonic the Hedgehog / Sonic the Werehog Short2009 Pokémon: Arceus and the Jewel of Life Marcus Turtles Forever 1984 Mirage Leonardo As Adam Caroleson 2010 Animals United Toto 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 2013 Pokémon the Movie: Genesect and the Legend Awakened 2015 009 Re:Cyborg 009/Joe Shimamura 2016 Psychic School Wars Saito 2017 The Guardian Brothers Chet Spiritman GadgetGang in Outer Space Robots 2018 The Snow Queen 3: Fire and Ice Kai, Admiral, Additional voices Pixi Saves Christmas Melchior, Elfreud, Anelfmari 2019 UglyDolls Additional voices Tall Tales from the Magical Garden of Antoon Krings Benny Mazinger Z: Infinity Mucha 2021 Sheep and Wolves: Pig Deal Skinny, Additional voices Vivo Additional voices Night of the Animated Dead Scientist #2, Police Officer 2022 Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank Additional voices

Anime Year Title Role Notes 2003–2006 Sonic X Sonic the Hedgehog, Shadow the Hedgehog, Newscaster (ep 16), Prison Guard (ep 42) 78 episodes 2003–2023 Pokémon Brawly, Cilan, Looker, Timmy Grimm, Tate, Marcus, Additional voices 207 episodes 2004 Gravitation Tatsuha Uesugi 2004–2007 One Piece Usopp, Yasopp 95 episodes4Kids version 2005 G.I. Joe Sigma 6 Snake Eyes Flashbacks, 4Kids version 2005–2008 Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Atticus Rhodes, Nightshroud, Harrington Rosewood, Osamu 22 episodes 2008–2011 Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Primo, Ghost, Taka, Shira, Robert Pearson 2009 Kurokami: The Animation Keita Ibuki 2010 Slayers Evolution-R Abel Ranzaad Bakuman Hayato, Kawasaki 13 episodes 2011–2015 Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal Nistro, Caswell Francis 46 episodes 2015–2017 Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V Herk, Reed Pepper, Iggy Arlo, Officer 227 2 episodes 2018 FLCL Progressive Masurao 5 episodes 2022 Romantic Killer Kazuki Tsukasa 2023 Vinland Saga Snake, Berge Netflix dub 2025 My Happy Marriage Season 2 Tadakiyo Kudo 2025 New Panty & Stocking Farm Boy Episode 4 Paramount+

Animation Year Title Role Notes 2002–2003 Mission Odyssey Zephyr 2004–2023 GoGoRiki Chikoriki (Yozhik/Ежик) 4Kids dub 2004–2009 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Utrom, Miyamoto Usagi, Raxis, additional voices 12 episodes 2005 Winx Club Darkar 23 episodes4Kids version 2006–2010 Chaotic Tom Majors, Zhade, Frafdo Credited 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 Sulfus Episode: "Volare con le proprie ali" 2010 Iron Man: Extremis Iron Man/Tony Stark Motion comic 2004–2006 Blue's Room The Small Green Thing Tai Chi Chasers Yanima 2011 Shaktimaan: The Animated Series Vehaan Arya / Shaktimaan Virus Attack 2013–2014 The Crumpets Grownboy Distribimage version 2013–2016 Alisa Knows What to Do! Professor Salazar 2014–2015 Super 4 Additional voices 2015, 2017 Super Wings Bello 3 episodes2016 World of Winx Ace Lastman Additional voices 4 episodes 2017 Tip the Mouse Snail #2 2018–2019 Space Chickens in Space Chuck 2023 Hero Inside Ginseng Man, Lucy's Father Episode: "Revolution"

Video games Year Title Voice role Notes 2004 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: Battle Nexus Slashuur, Miyamoto Usagi 2005 One Piece: Grand Battle Usopp Sonic Rush Sonic the Hedgehog 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 Sonic the Hedgehog Sonic the Hedgehog, Shadow the Hedgehog Sonic Rivals 2007 Sonic and the Secret Rings Credited as Adam Caroleson Sonic Rush Adventure Sonic the Hedgehog 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 Hedgehog Credited as Adam Caroleson Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sonic the Hedgehog, Shadow the Hedgehog Sega Superstars Tennis Archive audio Alone in the Dark Hammet, Jack the Watchman PC and 7th-gen versions only 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 Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games Sonic the Hedgehog, Shadow the Hedgehog, Jet the Hawk 2010 Shira Oka: Second Chances Sakuragi Hiroshi Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing Sonic the Hedgehog, Shadow the Hedgehog Archive audio I Spy Spooky Mansion Riddle Reader 2012 Batman: The Dark Knight Rises Jonathan Crane Modern Combat 4: Zero Hour SGS Soldier 2013 Thor: The Dark World Marauder 3, Dark Elf 4, Einharjar 1 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 2021 The Artful Escape Caretaker, Gnarl Sagan, Record Store Clerk 2022 Elex II Falk Neon White Additional voices Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II Additional voices 2023 Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty Yuan Shao English version

Commercials Title Role Ref. 4Kids TV Sonic the Hedgehog, Usopp Danimals Bongo the Monkey Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Sonic the Hedgehog Shadow the Hedgehog Shadow the Hedgehog

Web Year Title Role Notes 2011–2012 Casters Cal 6 episodes 2018 Kappa Crypto Mr. Salazar 8 episodes 2020–2021, 2024 Sonic and Tails R Sonic the Hedgehog, Shadow the Hedgehog 3 episodesYouTube fan-made audio drama series TBA Sonic the Hedgehog: Metal Mania Sonic the Hedgehog YouTube fan-made animated short film

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