Jason Griffith

Glad to see Jason still doing dubs!

Congratulations on reaching 100 roles, Jason!

I've heard that he will be the Dub for 'FLCL Progressive'.

If this means that he's still going to be Doing Dub voice work, then I'm happy with this news.

The Steve Staley and Brad Swaile of the Big Apple. In fact, he could actually make a good Light Yagami if Death Note was given to NYAV Post. He can also make a good Rock if Black Lagoon was given to NYAV Post.

Anyways, Sonic is my favorite role from Griffith. Wish he did more roles.

WHOLE PACK OF ROBOTS!

Happy (Belated) Birthday Jason Griffith

He Was Truly Phenominal as Cyborg 009/ Joe Shimamura.

Hopefully His Son will live a Happy and Fulfilling Life, in spite of the Health Problems he's been suffering from.

Happy Birthday Jason Griffith!

My top 10 favourite roles of his are:

1.) Sonic the Hedgehog (Sonic The Hedgehog)
2.) Shadow The Hedgehog (Sonic The Hedgehog)
3.) Cilan (Pokemon)
4.) Miyamoto Usagi (TMNT)
5.) Jin Kanzaki (Zetman)
6.) Cyborg 009/Joe Shimamura (009 Re:Cyborg)
7.) Sir Aaron (Pokemon)
8.) Iron Man/Tony Stark (Iron Man: Extremis)
9.) Cheren (Pokemon)
10.) Jonathan Crane (The Dark Knight Rises: The Mobile Game)

Happy birthday, Jason.

Once again, happy birthday, Jason.

Happy Birthday Jason Griffith my favorite Sonic the Hedgehog better be again

Jason will alway's be my favorite Sonic voice!, along with Ryan Drummond as well. Both voices I grew up with as a kid! Roger Craig Smith is still doing a great job as Sonic too!

If Jason Griffith ever works on a Transformers Motion Comic, He Would be Fantastic as Bumblebee.

His early roles were.. yeah, not so great. His Sonic always sounded topsy-turvy (WOOooAH, THIS is NEEEW) except near the end, and Usopp.. I'll just say I'd like to see what his Usopp sounds under way better direction. He's become a way better actor over the years and to this day.

With that said, dude seems like a genuinely nice guy. I hope he and his wife have a safe life with their child.

He and his wife just had a baby a few weeks ago and unfortunately they've been having some medical issues. They've set up a Gofundme for anyone to help contribute to.

https://www.gofundme.com/austingriffith

Really hope it works out for him and his family. Health issues with a newborn baby are something nobody should ever have to go through.

GRIFFITH

Happy Birthday Jason Griffith the true Sonic the Hedgehog I Hope too be Sonic again

Happy Birthday Jason Griffith! Happy Birthday Sonic! Hope you & your Successor Roger Craig Smith become Good Friends too. Like with you & Ryan Drummond cause 3 Sonics are better than 1!!)

Once again, happy birthday, Jason. I hope you take care of yourself and keep up the good work. I will always remember you as Sonic and Shadow (even Jet, to a certain extent). Maybe one day you'll decide to move to L.A. so you could get great material to work with. Who knows? I guess only time will tell.

Hbd Sonic the Hedgehog, Shadow the Hedgehog, and Cilan

So is his birthday the 26th or the 29th? Happy (possibly belated) birthday. Keep up the good work.

Happy Birthday Jason Griffith!

Happy Birthday J. Griff!!!

I have a lot of nostalgia for his performances in Sonic X, but I thought he got really good as those characters by SSBB and Sonic and The Black Knight. I also enjoyed his performances as Mirage Leonardo, Usagi Yojimbo, Atticus Rhodes, and his various characters in Pokemon.

That all being said, he's now become a seriously good VA, and gives incredibly epic, dramatic performances. I really liked him as Iron Man and Cyborg 009/Joe Shimamura. He was also good as Elixir.

I've heard good things about his Keita Ibuki & Jin Kanzaki, so I may have to check those shows out someday.

Also, I never knew he was Bongo the Monkey in those Danimals commercials. XD

Happy Birthday Jason Griffith!

Even though he wasn't my favourite Sonic VA I still thought he improved a lot in the role. Sonic and The Black Knight and Sonic Rivals 2 were the games that he performed the best as him IMO.

He was also great as Atticus Rhodes. Giving him a pretty lovable voice and performance. His Nightshroud sounded appropriately dark and threatening too!

And while I haven't watched much of Kurokami. His work as Keita was phenomenal from what I heard (like that scream he did was VERY well-done.j

Sonic's the name, speed's my game. Come on, step it up! Happy Birthday, Jason Griffith! I'm going to echo pretty much everyone's sentiments here: he's come so far as a VA. Of course I'll always remember Griffith for his performances as the Blue Blur himself and Shadow the Hedgehog, but he also managed to pleasantly surprise me via roles like Tony Stark/Iron Man, Bongo the Monkey, Sir Aaron, Cilan, Cyborg 009/Joe Shimamura, and Usagi Yojimbo.

the Brad Swaile of New York.

I really really liked his performances in Zetman, Slayers and 009 Re:Cyborg. He has come so far from early days of Sonic X!

He was a great Sonic the Hedgehog.

Hearing his Joe & Iron Man voices, I gotta say Jason is an incredible actor now. It would be awesome if he does more VAing.

I enjoyed some of his other older roles, but man, he's great now.

WHOA WHOA WHOA. I just found out. . . Jason Griffith also voiced Sulfus from Angel's Friends!!

I'm a little bit unnerved about this. . . .

My favorite role of his actually would have to be Miyamoto Usagi from the 2003 TMNT cartoon. It's a shame the character only appeared in roughly six episodes.

Really talented guy he Great as Sonic, Keita, Kanzaki, Sir Aaron, and Cyborg 009

Ahh, Sonic. :D

He was great as Atticus in Yu-Gi-Oh GX.

"I posses far too much power to be anything but the real thing!"

I am not, nor have I ever been, a big fan of this guy, but his Shadow was definitely better than Kirk Thornton's at any rate, I have to give him credit for that.

Happy Birthday Sonic!

Happy birthday, Jason.

Happy birthday Sonic

Happy birthday, J. Griff!

Happy Birthday Jason Griffith!

I swear Jason continues to get better and better each year

I actually did enjoy him as Sonic the Hedgehog (not the biggest fan of the character) but I found he had a good amount of energy for the role even if he was a bit grating at times. His Shadow is pretty darn cool sounding, I think he might be my favourite of the voices he's had thus far.

Outside of Sonic he has some fantastic range to also play characters like Sir Aaron, Cilan, Abel Lanzard, Usagi Yojimbo, Tony Stark/Iron Man and even Jin Kanzaki. Seriously his Jin was awesome....that voice was way to good for that crappy series.

I hope he gets to voice more awesome roles in the future.

Happy Birthday Sonic the Hedgehog, Sir Aaron, Usagi Yojimbo, Shadow the Hedgehog, Lord Darkar, and Cilan.

Happy Birthday Jason Griffith my favorite true Sonic the Hedgehog to be again

What if Jason decides to work at Funimation?

Shadow also.

Best Sonic Ever. No doubt about it.

I wish Sega let Jason stay as Sonic.

Jason Griffith got so much better since his early days. Kurokami, Iron Man: Extremis, and the upcoming 009 movie (haven't seen Zetman yet). Major props. Hope he gets more stuff. He's amazing now.

Jason you may have gotten unwanted critiques from the Sonic and One Piece fanbases for debatable reasons but at least you made for the perfect Miyamoto Usagi.

Jason, you are my favorite Sonic.

I love Sonic.

Happy Birthday Jason. While I wasn't fond of his work at first (that was also during a time when I only listened to other peoples opinions without forming my own), I came to appreciate him over time. Granted, I still find his early roles weak, but you can blame the voice direction for that, as well as his lack of experience. Over time, he has turned in some great performances, like his last outing in Sonic and the Black Knight, Kurokami, Iron Man: Extremis, and Zetman!!!

Happy birthday Jason.

Happy Birthday Jason Griffith my favorite True Sonic the Hedgehog I hope to be Sonic again Sonic X Best and Cilan from Pokemon too I do like Shadow and Jet the Hawk

Happy Birthday Jason.

Happy Birthday Sonic, Shadow, Jet, Usopp and Usagi. You are great as Iron Man/Tony Stark as well

Fun Fact: He appeared on Blue Bloods!!

Skip to 0:18: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uit7gW2MvTQ.

I was watching bits and pieces of his performance in Kurokami, and all I can say is DAMN!!!! To think the guy who had one of the oddest deliveries ever in the past (ALL RIGHT!!! NOw we're taLKing!!!), could hold his own against Laura Bailey, Patrick Seitz, Troy Baker, Stephanie Sheh among others. He's come a long way, that's for sure. I actually prefer him more as Keita than Sonic.

Originally auditioned for Chris Thorndyke? I wonder who would have voiced Sonic in Sonic X had they not insisted he become Sonic.....

Keita Ibuki is by far the best role you've ever done, hope one day you will move to LA or even funimation, and you'll be seen more often next to actors/actresses like Laura Bailey or Julie Ann Taylor one day :).

I'm surprised that he was only born in 1980 (5 years younger than Craig Smith, and 7-8 years younger than Drummond). Surely he's not the Youngest to have voiced a Sonic Character(s) or the Youngest 4Kids Voice Actor.

Started off blah in Sonic X(though Shadow is more consistent with the games that came after) but he soon became the Ultimate Sonic when he was dubbing the games

He will always be remembered for years to come

Happy Birthday Jason! Fantastic job as Sonic, Shadow, Jet the Hawk and Jin Kanzaki. Hopefully you'll get more roles soon.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JASON!!! my second favorite voice for Sonic and Shadow and the original Jet the Hawk voice. I hope you have an awesome birthday!! I find you an inspiration.

Happy Birthday again Jason Griffith my favorite Sonic the Hedgehog and Cilan from Pokemon I do like Shadow the Hedgehog and Jet the Hawk

he is definitely second best at voicing Shadow. he did a great job with that role and Jet the Hawk. he's definitely my 2nd favorite voice actor for Shadow. he didn't do bad as Sonic either.

Started off a bad Sonic but eventually became the best Sonic actor of all time. Sonic 4ever.

Hmph.. it fascinates me, when he began: Jason was the WEAKEST Sonic voice. However he did have pretty bad direction during his time as Sonic. Then... he got better, then he became awesome, now holds the standard as Sonic.

As for his other roles... again he's brilliant. Why is he NOT in a Final Fantasy, Assassin's Creed or Resident Evil game!?

I'm glad Jason Griffith got a chance to play in Pokemon again. It's a shame Veronica Taylor, Rachael Lillis, Eric Stuart, and most of the other original cast couldn't return.

I have to admit that, even though I'm still not big fan of his work in general, I've really grown to respect/admire Jason as a voice actor; Cilan in Pokémon is a prime example of his talent, and is easily my favorite role of his.

Sir Aaron and Marcus would have to be runner-ups, though I admit I'm biased since I still enjoy the Pokémon movies. ^^;

I'll admit that in my youth I didn't think highly of Griffith because I was so used to Drummond as Sonic and hated that he was replaced. However, looking back, he really wasn't bad in the role. Not in the least.

Even though Roger Craig Smith's Sonic is my current favorite, Griffith was still very well cast in the role.

Bongo the Monkey from Danimals commercials, and his roles in Pokemon were phenomenal.

Hello Mr.Griffith. I really loved your roles as Sonic, Shadow Jet and Professor Pickles' assistant in the Sonic series. It was actually really hard for me to get used to when I heard Kirk Thornton was replacing you in Sonic Free Riders, I actually cried for months, I know that's lame but it happened, I have grown to love your voice over time and I still prefer it. ^^; I don't know if you read these type of websites but I'm really grateful you did those roles in my favourite video games and one of my favourite anime and I want to say thank you. I still miss you as all three of the main SEGA characters too, Shadow especially, but I miss you as Jet because I don't like the new voice as much as the way you did him =( It would be so amazing if you returned as Shadow one day as well as Sonic, I grew to love you as him also, and definitely Jet. I know the reason for the voice changes I heard was because of a contract expiring or something, but still... Thank you, Mr. Griffith for the memories, I'm forever grateful to get to experience your amazing voice talent. ^^

Happy B-day Griffith! ;)

Happy Birthday Jason!

Happy Birthday Jason Griffith my favorite Sonic,Shadow the Hedgehog and Jet the Hawk and Cilan from Pokemon awesome Sonic X good

I have to ask all the 4Kids/Jason fans something; is he REALLY one of, if not your #1 favorite voice actor? I mean honestly, did any of you even look around BTVA outside of the Sonic-related pages?

Jason can be a great voice actor! Just get him some good direction and writing he can work with. He didn't do horrible as Sonic, but I feel that he could've been alot better during his time as the blue blur. His last performance in Sonic and the Black Knight was, in my opinion, the best. I also love him as Miyamoto Usagi too. (Not Usagi Yojimbo! That's the name of his comics, the character's name is MIYAMOTO USAGI!) Also, he does get better as time goes by, which is the best part about his acting. It's a shame he was removed from his Sonic role just as he gave the best, but maybe SEGA will give him a cameo sometime.

Is it just me or does his interpretation of Sonic sound like Goku From Dragon Ball Z? Which is ironic, or coincidental, because of Super Sonic.

The ultimate voice for Sonic, Shadow, and Jet! No one can ever replace the awesomess he gave them.

Is the guy below who's name is "jasongriffith" really Jason Griffith? Oh, well....I really don't care about him voicing Sonic anymore, I like Roger better. I guess Jason earned his spot in Pokemon...

Best Sonic voice EVER!!!

Happy birthday, Mr. Griffith. While the new voices are great, you will be the best Sonic and Shadow forever!

Griffith as Sonic in Sonic Rivals 2 seems to be the best inb4 Sonic Unleashed.

Griffith's on par with Smith with Sonic, but Griffith hands down is THE BEST Shadow there is.

I hope the Werehog is in Generations and Jason voices him....
Even if not a lot of people liked the Werehog, many praised the voice and it would be fun to have a boss battle or cut-scenes a least.
It would be awesome to have him return somehow....

Ahhh, Jason Griffith. I love this guy not really because of a single role he's done, but because of how much he's improved.
Being a Sonic fan, obviously the first time I heard him was in Sonic X, his very first voice role. And to be completely honest, it shows how inexperienced he was when I go back and watch it again. When he got it right, he was pure gold. When he got it wrong, I cringed a little.

This pattern follows into the games, but I don't honestly think this was all Jason's fault. I have a nasty feeling that the recording sessions were rushed because a lot of the more experienced actors on the cast (like Lisa Ortiz and Dan Green) don't sound right in places either.
But to me, Jason was still Sonic. I'd never heard Ryan Drummond voicing our blue hero so when I thought Sonic, I automatically thought of Jason. His voice was just what I was used to.

There are a lot of positive comments here now, but believe it or not when Jason first replaced Ryan as Sonic in the games, there was a HORRIBLE backlash from fans who hated the change. To a certain extent I understood, because when you get used to a certain voice, it sounds really jarring when it changes. The older fans were used to Ryan Drummond; I was used to Jason Griffith, and it was really shocking to see how unpleasant the fans were being about him.
But gradually people got used to him and he slipped very naturally into the role, like all good actors do. (And now he's been replaced, the same thing's happening again, but I won't go into that.)

I don't just love Jason for his performance as Sonic, though. I also think he's great as Atticus in GX and Sir Aaron from Pokemon. He literally made me BAWL with his performance as Sir Aaron and I thought that was as good as he was going to get.
I was wrong.

Everyone, if you're even remotely a fan of Jason Griffith, check out his performance as Keita Ibuki. I swear it's the best performance he has ever given - yes, EVEN BETTER THAN SONIC. Sometimes in Kurokami, I thought Jason's performance could even stand up beside maestros in anime dubbing like Vic Mignogna. Yes, I just said that. I actually wish he would do more dramatic anime roles if it results in epic awesomeness like that.

Jason Griffith, wow! have you improved and I am proud to have you on my list of very favourite voice actors. I know now that my faith in you was totally justified. Obviously I'll miss you as Sonic - as you were my Sonic - but it's great to see what you're doing with your career in the meantime. Please carry on giving us epic awesomeness.

And to all the haters out there, just... just check out his performance as Keita before you dismiss him completely.

He voices the Sonic characters the very best, especially Sonic! I wish he would come back in Generations! ANd beyond that!

I never knew him and Ryan Drummond were friends, so that's pretty cool. I admit I didn't like him at first but he did get better as Sonic and Shadow, it's just a shame they replaced him as soon as he started nailing the roles. Oh well.

He's a good voice actor ! :) His voice for Sonic and Shadow are my favorites.

I like this guy for one reason only... He doesn't voice Sonic any more. Hopefully he shan't ever again. :)

Okay, that's cruel and unfair. I actually liked his Shadow voice, but his Sonic voice? I dunno, I didn't think his inflections were quite right. :/

PLEASE STOP making comments asking him to return as Sonic. One, Jason doesn't run the site, so he probably won't see these, and two, the odds of him returning are VERY LOW. If you make these comments, they will be deleted. Thank you.

Jason, please come back to us as Sonic, Shadow and Jet because I grew up hearing your voice in all my life and I think you and the rest of the 4kids cast have bring great honour as Sonic and Friends to me. Thank You. :')

Jason you were an awesome Sonic thank you for dealing with all the haters in the past and never giving up your role. I wish you luck for your future voicing and you have my support

he is GOOD FRIENDS with Ryan . So fans you should stop bagging on Ryan's Sonic then.

Jason Griffith I still cant believe hes been replaced he did a really Good job with Both Sonic and Shadow EVEN JET you have a lot of talent im really gonna miss having him voice characters in the sonic series... the hell im gonna miss the whole damn cast(4 Kids) I wish him and the others GOOD LUCK IN THE FUTURE :)