Jason Griffith

Career

Jason Adam Griffith, an American actor, began his career in 1997 at age seventeen. His first film appearance was an uncredited role as Scott in the romantic comedy-drama Edge of Seventeen. He later had another uncredited part as Cassius in the 2008 thriller Kill Kill Faster Faster. On television, he played a man in a suit inside a red sports car on an episode of Blue Bloods.

In 2003, Griffith moved heavily into voice acting, becoming in-house talent for the 4Kids TV children's block. This led to roles such as Tom Majors in Chaotic and Miyamoto Usagi in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. He also occasionally announced promotions for 4Kids TV, The CW4Kids, and Toonzai, and voiced Bongo the Monkey in Danimals commercials. His work as Sonic the Hedgehog in the 4Kids English dub of Sonic X led Sega to hire him for the video game series.

He took over Sonic from Ryan Drummond and Shadow the Hedgehog from David Humphrey, and also voiced Jet the Hawk. Griffith voiced Sonic and Shadow starting with 2005's Shadow the Hedgehog and ending with 2010's Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing. He voiced Jet from 2006's Sonic Riders through 2009's Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games. During this period, he was often credited as Adam Caroleson.

In 2010, Roger Craig Smith took over as Sonic, Kirk Thornton as Shadow, and Michael Yurchak as Jet. Beyond these characters, Griffith voiced Sonic the Werehog and Professor Pickle's Assistant in Sonic Unleashed, and a newscaster and a prison guard in Sonic X. From 2011 to 2012, he starred as Cal in the web series Casters. In 2015, he worked on the English dub of Super Wings. In 2020, 2021, and 2024, he returned to voice Sonic and Shadow in the YouTube fan series Sonic and Tails R. Griffith married Melissa Ryan on August 15, 2015, and they have two sons.