Jason Griffith Biography

Fast Facts

• His first on camera appearance was in the 1998 film "Edge of Seventeen․"
• Best known as the former voice of SEGA mascot Sonic the Hedgehog in the animated series "Sonic X," as well as Shadow the Hedgehog and Jet the Hawk in the "Sonic" video game series, credited as Jason Griffith and Adam Carleson
• Best known as the voice of Sonic in the "Sonic the Hedgehog" franchise from 2003 to 2010
• His voice can also be heard in "Pokémon," "Iron Man: Extremis," "One Piece," and "Gravitation․"
• Besides providing the voice of Cilan, Ash's new traveling companion in "Pokemon: Black & White," also provides additional voices, including Brawly, Garchomp, Looker, Ash's Scraggy and Trip's Serperior
• He is good friends with Ryan Drummond, who voiced the character Sonic from 1998 to 2004
• He originally auditioned for the role of Chris Thorndyke for the "Sonic the Hedgehog" video games, but the SEGA executives told him he had a "Sonic" voice
• His favorite line to say as Sonic was: "Kids, don't use formula one race cars to chase hedgehogs․"
• Out of all his voice roles, he has said Sonic was his favorite one to do