Information about Jason Marsden

Jason Marsden
Birth name	Jason Christopher Marsden
Born	January 3 1975 (1975--) (age 32) Providence, Rhode Island
Died
Spouse(s)	Christy Marsden (2004-Present)
Children	Ryan and Brian, Lizzy
Official site	[1]

Jason Christopher Marsden (born January 3, 1975) is an American screen and voice actor largely known for numerous voice roles in animated films, as well as various television series.

Biography

Born in Providence, Rhode Island, Marsden is the youngest of four children (he has two step brothers, Rick and Mark and one step sister Ana. His mother's name is Linda, a former fashion model and his father, Myles Marsden former Premier danseur of the Yugoslav National Ballet and co-founded of the first regional ballet company in New England called [State Balletof Rhode Island).

Jason and his parents moved from Rhode Island to California in August of 1985 when he was 10. He was discovered by producer Bud Barth (Director of Del Mar Media Arts). Barth introduced the young actor and his parents to one of Hollywoods top childrens agencies Cunningham, Escott and Dipene. CED Childrens agent, Bob Preston, was extremely impressed with Jason and immediately signed him for representation. It wasn't lomg after that when Marsden booked his first major role, a movie called Robot Jox which was filmed in Rome, followed by a national commercial for McDonalds for Halloween featuring the Mcpumpkin. He went on to do various commercials and memorable reoccuring roles. He played Alan Quartermaine, Jr., in the long running American soap opera General Hospital. He continued this role for two years, while still attending elementary school. This was followed soon afterwards by the role of Eddie Munster in the TV series remake of The Munsters titled The Munsters Today. At the same time, Jason also had his first voice acting role in a cartoon, that of Cavin in the Disney cartoon TV series Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bearsas well as being the young announcer of the (new) Mickey Mouse Club and other disney informercials.

Jason continued his career with many guest star appearances on prime time sitcoms and became very much in demand as a voice over artist at a very young age. He was well respected by his peers in the voice over world actors who had been in the business more years than the young actors age. More guest starring roles in sitcoms, cartoons, and films continued to come his way until 1992, when he landed the role of Dash X in Eerie, Indiana. While the program only ran for 19 episodes, and Jason only appeared for six of them, the program gathered a cult following and is still enjoyed today.

Although starring in a TV film, providing voices for cartoons, and guest-starring in sitcoms, Jason's next memorable roles were voice-acting ones, those of Goofy's son Max Goof in the animated film A Goofy Movie (1995). A prominent role in White Squall (1996) closely followed this, where Jason had the opportunity of working with the famous director Ridley Scott and actors Jeff Bridges, Ryan Phillippe, and Ethan Embry.

Some other roles that made him a household name were that of Rich Halke (J.T's best friend) in Step by Step, which was from 1995 until the show's cancellation in 1998; and Nelson Burkhard (D.J.'s rich boyfriend) in Full House. In Boy Meets World he played a character who was the best friend of Eric Matthews, who was played by Marsden's real-life best friend Will Friedle.

Since Step by Step, Jason has provided voices for numerous animated television shows and computer games, appeared in a direct-to-video film, been the voice of Kovu in , the voice of Haku in the American dub of Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (more commonly known as Spirited Away) (2001), starred in several TV films, and has made guest appearances on some of the most popular American sitcoms out there. He played the young Burt Ward/Robin in the 2002 television movie . In , he voiced several characters, most notably Lilarcor the talking sword, and the druid Cernd.

Jason is also famed for voicing the Sarcastic Scott McCloud in Lloyd in Space since series 5 (Scotts Debut)onwards, providing the comical and bring the shows hilarity to a whole new level

Jason has a passion for acting and directing. His first foray into directing was an episode of the Nickelodeon series The Journey of Allen Strange (1997). He also directed, wrote, produced, and edited The Greatest Short Film Ever!!! in 2004. He is known for his talent for physical and vocal comedy, multi-faceted acting skills, and short stature (as he is five feet, three inches tall^[]).

In recent years he is probably best known for his voice over work on the various DC Warner Bros animated series such as . Justice League, Static Shock, Teen Titans, Batman Beyond, Loonatics Unleashed, and The Batman.

His best man at his wedding in 2004 to wife Christy Marsden, a script supervisor, was his best friend, actor Will Friedle (known in recent years for playing Terry McGinnis/Batman in Batman Beyond). The two have worked together in the series in a couple of episodes.

His hobbies are ice-skating, rollerblading, drawing, swimming, and collecting Disney videos. As he is a huge Walt Disney fan, his pets are named Aladdin, Jasmine, and Lady.

From late Summer 2004 to early Spring 2007, Jason was the head announcer for Toon Disney (excluding Jetix), but he also serves as a part-time announcer for Disney Channel. He was recently seen in the film Fun with Dick and Jane as the cashier at the gas station, and is cast as Tasslehoff Burrfoot in the upcoming movie . ^[1]

Trivia

• Although not related to actor James Marsden, Jason's wife Christy and James' wife Lisa Linde have been best friends since they were six.^[0]

Selected filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1986-1988	General Hospital	Alan "A.J." Quartermaine, Jr. #3
1988-1991	The Munsters Today	Edward Wolfgang "Eddie" Munster
1989-1990	The Gummi Bears	Cavin #4	voice
1990	Peter Pan and the Pirates	Peter
1990	Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue	Michael
	Robot Jox	Tommy
	Almost an Angel	Boy #2
1992	Eerie, Indiana	Dash X
1992	Mr. Saturday Night	Buddy, age 15
1993	Almost Home	Gregory Morgan
	The Schnookums and Meat Funny Cartoon Show	Shnookums	voice
1993	Hocus Pocus	Voice of Thackery Binx
1994	Tom	Mike Graham
1994-1995	Full House	Nelson Burkhard
1994-1995	Boy Meets World	Jason Marsden	fictional character
1995-1998	Step by Step	Rich Halke
1995		Billy Dooley
	A Goofy Movie	Max Goof	voice
1996	White Squall	Shay Jennings, First Albatross Mate
1996		Teenage Clark Kent	voice
1996-1997	Jungle Cubs	Shere Khan the Tiger/Prince Louie the Ape #1
1997	Extreme Ghostbusters	Garrett Miller
1997	Trojan War	Josh
1998		Adult Kovu	voice
1998	Fallout 2	Myron	voice
1999		Jack
1999	Tarzan	Additional Voices	voice
2000	An Extremely Goofy Movie	Max Goof
2000-2004	The Weekenders	Tino Tonitini
	Static Shock	Richie Foley/Gear
2001	Spirited Away	Haku	voice (English version)
	How to Make a Monster	Bug
2001-2002	Disney's House of Mouse	Max Goof	voice
	Invader Zim	Torque Smakey, The Hall Monitor, Zootch	Recurring voices
2001-2003	The Legend Of Tarzan	Mungo
2001-2004	Justice League	Snapper Carr	voice recurring
2002	Will & Grace (Season 5, Episode 5)It's The Gay Pumpkin, Charlie Brown	Kim
2002	The Boy Who Cried Alien	Principal
		Young Burt Ward/Robin
2003		Rosh Penin	voice
2001—	The Fairly OddParents	Chester McBadbat #2/Imaginary Gary	voice
2004	Tales of a Fly on the Wall	Kip
	Felix the Cat Saves Christmas		voice
	Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas	Max Goof
	The Batman	Firefly
2004-2005	¡Mucha Lucha!	Rikochet #2
2004-2006	Xiaolin Showdown	Chase Young/Reptilian Chase
2005	Nice Guys	Wendell
	Lloyd in Space	Scott McCloud	Voice
2005	Fun with Dick and Jane	Convenience Store Clerk
2005—	W.I.T.C.H.	Matt Olsen/Shagon	voice recurring
	Loonatics Unleashed	Danger Duck	voice
2007		Tasslehoff Burrfoot	voice filming
2007	Garfield Gets Real	Nermal	voice

Notes

Jason Marsden plays Tak in the Tak and the Power of Juju video game series.

External links

• Jason Marsden at the Internet Movie Database
• article at Memory Alpha, a Star Trek wiki
• Jason Marsden interview at findyourfav. 2007.