Jason Marsden

Jason Christopher Marsden^[1] (born January 3, 1975)^[1] is an American actor, director and producer, who has done numerous voice roles in animated films, as well as various television series and video games. He is best known for his voice roles as the voice of the Disney character Max Goof, since 1995, Haku in the English dub of Spirited Away, Chester McBadbat in The Fairly OddParents, Matt Olsen/Shaygon in W.I.T.C.H., Chase Young in Xiaolin Showdown, Richie Foley/Gear in Static Shock, Tino Tonitini in The Weekenders, Nermal in The Garfield Show and the title character in the Tak and the Power of Juju video game trilogy (Tak and the Power of Juju, Tak 2: The Staff of Dreams and Tak: The Great Juju Challenge) from 2003 to 2005. He is also known for voicing Thackery Binx in Disney's cult classic film Hocus Pocus (1993).

Jason Marsden
Marsden at Animate! Des Moines in 2023
Born	Jason Christopher Marsden (1975-01-03) January 3, 1975 (age 50) Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.
Occupations	Actor director producer
Years active	1986–present
Spouse	Christy Hicks ​ ​ (m. 2004; div. 2020)​
Children	1
Website	www.jasonmarsden.com

Early life

Jason Christopher Marsden was born in Providence, Rhode Island, on January 3, 1975, to Linda (née Williams),^[2][3] and Myles Marsden (1936–2019).^[4][1][5] Linda was a former fashion model and Myles was a former premier danseur of the Yugoslav National Ballet.^[6][1][7] He has three older half-siblings from his father's first marriage to Croatian dancer Ivanka Herci Munitic: Ana Fox (née Marsden),^[8][9] ballet dancer Richard Anton "Rick" Marsden,^[10] and Mark Marsden.^[11][12]

Career

In 1986, Marsden got his first professional acting job as the character A. J. Quartermaine, in the television series General Hospital. In 1987, at the age of 12, Marsden booked his first major film role in the science fiction film Robot Jox, which was released two years after filming because of the studio's financial problems. 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, Marsden voiced Cavin in Adventures of the Gummi Bears and became the announcer of The Mickey Mouse Club.

Marsden continued his career with many guest star appearances on prime time sitcoms. In 1990, he was the voice of Peter Pan in Peter Pan and the Pirates, which ran for two seasons and in 1992, he landed the role of Dash X in Eerie, Indiana.

He provided the voice of Thackery Binx's cat form in Hocus Pocus (1993), and reprised the role in the Hocus Pocus Villain Spelltacular.

His next roles included voicing Goofy's son Max Goof in Disney's A Goofy Movie (1995), as well as in the sequel An Extremely Goofy Movie (2000) and also had a supporting role in White Squall (1996). Marsden also did the voice of Garrett Miller on Extreme Ghostbusters and the younger versions of Shere Khan and King Louie on Jungle Cubs, which was a prequel to Disney's hit film Jungle Book and also continued his role as Max Goof on Disney's House of Mouse.

Marsden in 2008

Some other on-camera roles 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, though after making a commitment with Dragon Con, Marsden did not reprise his role as Nelson in the sequel Fuller House instead Hal Sparks (who actually replaced Marsden as Tak in Tak and the Power of Juju series based on the 2003 video game of the same name) took over the role as Nelson. On Boy Meets World the part of "Jason" was written for him by show's creator/producer Michael Jacobs, whom Jason had worked with previously on the short-lived reboot of The Torkelsons called Almost Home. When it was time for Mr. Feeny (Played by William Daniels) to address "Jason" the writers thought it might be funny if he called Jason by his real last name. Jason agreed, and thus Eric Matthews' best friend "Jason Marsden" was played by Jason Marsden, after his departure from Boy Meets World after finishing Season 2, his character was replaced by Jack Hunter (Played by Matthew Lawrence) in Seasons 5–7. He played the young Burt Ward/Robin in the 2003 television movie Return to the Batcave: The Misadventures of Adam and Burt. In 1999, he was featured in Walt Disney Animation Studios' Tarzan as a member of the gorilla family, a role given by the film's director, Kevin Lima, who also helmed A Goofy Movie.

Since Step by Step, Marsden has provided voices for numerous animated television shows and computer games. He did the voice of Kovu in The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (1998) and narrated many of the special features on the Lion King Special edition DVD. He was the voice of Haku in the American dub of Spirited Away (2001). He has also provided the voice of Richie Foley/Gear in the television series Static Shock. In Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn, he voiced several characters, most notably Lilarcor the talking sword, and the druid Cernd.

His first foray into directing was an episode of the Nickelodeon series The Journey of Allen Strange (1997).^{[citation needed]} He also directed, wrote, produced and edited The Greatest Short Film Ever!!! and multiple indie music videos.^{[citation needed]}

Marsden in 2018

He has done voice-over work on multiple DC Comics-inspired animated series; as Clark Kent as a teenager in Superman: The Animated Series, as Snapper Carr in Justice League, as Billy Numerous in Teen Titans, as Donny Grasso on an episode of Batman Beyond, as Danger Duck in Loonatics Unleashed and as the villain Firefly in The Batman and as Paco in Batman: The Brave and the Bold. More recently, he played Impulse and Atom in Young Justice: Invasion. He also voiced Chase Young in Xiaolin Showdown from 2003 to 2006, and from 2003 to 2004, voiced Todd Sweeney in the Christmas episode of My Life as a Teenage Robot.

He also voiced for Tak in the game Tak and the Power of Juju along with Tak 2: The Staff of Dreams and Tak: The Great Juju Challenge. He voiced two recruitable companion characters in the Fallout game series, Myron in Fallout 2 (1998) and Boone in Fallout: New Vegas (2010).

From late summer 2004 to early spring 2007, Marsden was the head announcer for Toon Disney (excluding Jetix), but he also served as a part-time announcer for Disney Channel. He had a cameo in the film Fun with Dick and Jane as the cashier at the gas station, and was Tasslehoff Burrfoot in the movie Dragonlance: Dragons of Autumn Twilight.^[13]

In 2012, Marsden did the voice of Final Fantasy XIII-2 character Noel Kreiss, Kade Burns and Fingers on The Hub series Transformers: Rescue Bots and Kaijudo, and continues to provide the voices of Nermal, Vito, Doctor Bonkers and numerous others on The Garfield Show.

In 2013, he did the voice of Aye-Aye in The Legend of Korra.

Marsden at GalaxyCon Richmond in 2022

In 2014, he voiced Sumo and Belson in the pilot episode of the Cartoon Network animated series Clarence. After this episode, the voices of Sumo and Belson were handed to Tom Kenny and Roger Craig Smith, respectively.

In 2019, Marsden returned to voice Bart Allen / Kid Flash in Young Justice: Outsiders.

In 2020, Marsden began producing an online web series for YouTube called The Mars Variety Show. Following the style of The Dean Martin Show, it features Indie musicians, comedians, and alternative performers.^[14]

Personal life

Marsden married Christy Hicks in October 2004.^[15] In 2020, they divorced after 16 years of marriage.^[16][17] Their son was born on February 10, 2010.^[16][17][18] Marsden lives in Nashville, Tennessee.^[19]

In 2005, Marsden and Hicks opened up a Yoga studio in Burbank, California entitled, "Yoga Blend" which relocated to bigger location in 2007.^[20][17][21] In March 2020, "Yoga Blend" was shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic and closed permanently on December 30, 2020, due to financial issues.^[22][23]

In 2020, Marsden revealed he has a girlfriend during an interview for a YouTube series.^[24]

Filmography

Live-action

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
1990	Robot Jox	Tommy
	Almost an Angel	Boy #2
1992	Mr. Saturday Night	Buddy, age 15
1993	Hocus Pocus	Thackery Binx (as a cat)	Voice	[25][26]
1996	White Squall	Shay Jennings, First Albatross Mate
1997	Trojan War	Josh
2001	How to Make a Monster	Bug
2004	The Greatest Short Film Ever!!!	n/a	Short film; director and producer
2005	Nice Guys	Wendell
	Fun with Dick and Jane	Convenience Store Clerk
2007	Misty & Sara	n/a	Short film; director and executive producer
2008	Animated American		Short film; executive producer
2009	Locker 13	Edgar	Also director
2011	Pizza Man	Professor Baldini
2012	Blue Like Jazz	Kenny		[27]
2013	I Know That Voice	Himself	Documentary	[28][29]
2023	The Shift	Cyrus		[30][31]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
1986–1988	General Hospital	A.J. Quartermaine
1987	Webster	David	Episode: "Games People Play"
1988–1991	The Munsters Today	Edward Wolfgang "Eddie" Munster
1989	Nightingales	Unknown role	1 episode
	Murphy Brown	Young Miles Silverberg	Episode: "The Summer of '77"
1991	Tales from the Crypt	Jess	Episode: "Undertaking Palor"
	Star Trek: The Next Generation	Raymond Marr	Voice, uncredited
1992	Eerie, Indiana	Dash X	6 episodes
	Baywatch	Pier Pressure	Episode: "Pier Pressure"
	Blossom	Eddie Warwick	Episode: "The Making of the President"
1993	Almost Home	Gregory Morgan	13 episodes
	The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.	Jason Barkley	Episode: "Senior Spirit"
1993–1998	Step by Step	Rich Halke	53 episodes
1994	Tom	Mike Graham	12 episodes
	The Secret World of Alex Mack	Carlton Hendy	Episode: "Science Fair"
1994–1995	Full House	Nelson Burkhard	4 episodes
	Boy Meets World	Jason	9 episodes
1995	Family Reunion: A Relative Nightmare	Billy Dooley	Television film
1996	Star Trek: Deep Space Nine	Grimp	Episode: "Bar Association"
1997–1999	The Journey of Allen Strange	n/a	Director (9 episodes)
2002	Will & Grace	Kim	Episode: "It's the Gay Pumpkin, Charlie Brown"
	Even Stevens	Norman Squirelli	Episode: "Your Toast"
2003	Return to the Batcave: The Misadventures of Adam and Burt	Young Robin	Television film
	Just Shoot Me!	Tony Zitelli	Episode: "The Talented Mr. Finch"
2012	Space Guys in Space	Cal	Also executive producer

Voice roles

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
1995	A Goofy Movie	Max Goof		[32][25]
1999	Tarzan	Mungo		[33]
2001	Spirited Away	Haku		[25]
2006	Brother Bear 2	Kenai	Original trailer; replaced by Patrick Dempsey in the final film
2013	Monsters University	Monster Student #1
2016	The Secret Life of Pets	Additional Voices

Direct-to-video

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1990	Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue	Michael	Television special
1998	The Lion King II: Simba's Pride	Adult Kovu		[25]
2000	An Extremely Goofy Movie	Max Goof		[25]
2002	The Boy Who Cried Alien	Principal
2004	Tales of a Fly on the Wall	Kip
	Felix the Cat Saves Christmas	Professor		[25]
	Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas	Max Goof
2004–2006	The Jimmy Timmy Power Hour	Chester McBadbat		[25]
2007	Garfield Gets Real	Nermal		[25]
2008	Dragonlance: Dragons of Autumn Twilight	Tasslehoff Burrfoot, Goblin #2, Goblin Servant		[25]
	Batman: Gotham Knight	Thomas Wayne		[25]
	Garfield's Fun Fest	Nermal, Ramone		[25]
2009	Garfield's Pet Force	Nermal, Abnermal		[25]
2010	DC Showcase: Jonah Hex	Young Man, Bartender	Short film; direct-to-video	[25]
2014	We Wish You a Merry Walrus	Sydmull	Television special	[25]
2023	Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham	Dick Grayson, young Bruce Wayne		[34]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
1988–1990	Adventures of the Gummi Bears	Cavin	7 episodes	[35]
1990	Fox's Peter Pan & the Pirates	Peter Pan
1993	Sonic the Hedgehog	Dirk	Episode: "Warp Sonic"
	Mighty Max	Young Norman	Episode: "Norman's Conquest"
	Marsupilami	Shnookums
1994	Batman: The Animated Series	Spunky Spencer	Episode: "Baby-Doll"	[25]
1995	The Shnookums and Meat Funny Cartoon Show	Shnookums
	The Mask	Skillit	2 episodes
1996	Superman: The Animated Series	Teenage Clark Kent, Owen		[25]
	Project G.e.e.K.e.R.	Cappery Employee, Kid Dinosaur	Episode: "Geekasaurus"
1996–1997	Jungle Cubs	Shere Khan, Prince Johar, Louie	Season 1
1997	Extreme Ghostbusters	Garrett Miller
1998–1999	Histeria!	William Ramsey, Bucky	2 episodes	[25]
1999	Xyber 9: New Dawn	Jack
	Recess	James Stone	Episode: "The Spy Who Came in from the Playground"
	Batman Beyond	Donny Grasso	Episode: "Hooked Up"	[25]
	Pinky, Elmyra & the Brain	Taylor Tyler Hoovie	Episode: "That's Edutainment"	[25]
2000	Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles	Private Max Brutto	Episode: "Spirits of the Departed"
	Buzz Lightyear of Star Command	Flash Flemming	Episode: "Inside Job"	[25]
2000–2004	The Weekenders	Tino Tonitini, Colby, Nail, Stefan, Bobby Roy, Rhett, Secret Service Man		[25]
	Static Shock	Richie Foley/Gear, Carmen Dillo	Main role	[25]
2001–2003	House of Mouse	Max Goof	8 episodes	[36][37]
	The Legend of Tarzan	Mungo
2001–2002	Invader Zim	Torque Smackey, Hall Monitor, Zootch, Rob, Miserable Teen, Reporter #3	3 episodes	[25]
2001–2004	Justice League	Snapper Carr		[25]
2002	Even Stevens	Norman Squirelli	Episode: "Your Toast"
2002–2005	¡Mucha Lucha!	Rikochet	Season 3 only	[25]
2002	Teamo Supremo	Ollie Jimson
	Rugrats	Smedley	Episode: "The Perfect Twins"	[25]
	Oh Yeah! Cartoons	Principal	Episode: "The Boy Who Cried Alien"	[25]
2003–2004	My Life as a Teenage Robot	Todd Sweeney, Lon, Lieutenant, various voices	3 episodes	[25]
2003	Lilo & Stitch: The Series	Waiter, Baby Jumba Jookiba	2 episodes
	Totally Spies!	Ian	Episode: "I Want My Mummy"
2003–2011	The Fairly OddParents	Chester McBadbat		[25]
2004–2007	Kim Possible	Felix Renton
2004	The Batman	Firefly, Boy #1, Boy #2		[25]
	Dave the Barbarian	Galder	Episode: "Rite of Pillage"	[25]
2004–2006	Xiaolin Showdown	Chase Young	17 episodes	[25]
	A.T.O.M.	Master Guan
	W.I.T.C.H.	Matt Olsen, Shagon
2005–2007	Loonatics Unleashed	Danger Duck, Pilot #2, Robo-Amigo, Rupes Oberon	Main role	[25]
2005	Codename: Kids Next Door	Windsor, Jerry Rassic
	Danger Rangers	Alex, Lucky, Kevin, Jack, Rusty		[25]
2006	Teen Titans	Red Star, Billy Numerous		[25]
2007	Afro Samurai	Sasuke		[25]
2008	The Replacements	Dustin Dreamlake
2008–2011	Batman: The Brave and the Bold	Paco, Speedy, Scooby-Doo Robin		[25]
2008–2016	The Garfield Show	Nermal, Various characters		[25]
2010	Generator Rex	Skwydd, Lieutenant, Hipster, Scientist #1	6 episodes	[25]
	G.I. Joe: Renegades	Duke, Cobra Trooper #2, Intel Agent, Mitchell, Guard #1	25 episodes	[25]
2010–2013	MAD	Ty Pennington, Freddie Benson, Edward Cullen, Zeke, Jacob Black, Sqaush, Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III, Joe Lamb, Phil Coulson, Kid Flash, Lolcat, various characters		[25]
2011	The Super Hero Squad Show	Nova	2 episodes
	Ben 10: Ultimate Alien	Young Max Tennyson, Antonio		[25]
2011–2016	Transformers: Rescue Bots	Kade Burns, Various characters		[25]
2012–2013 & 2019–2022	Young Justice	Bart Allen/Impulse/Kid Flash, Ray Palmer/Atom, Danny Chase, Lok-Ron, Thomas Tompkins, Reach Commercial Singer		[25]
2012	Kaijudo: Rise of the Duel Masters	Joseph "Fingers", Minion 33		[25]
	ThunderCats	Leo	Episode: "Birth of the Blades"	[38]
	Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated	Horbert Feist	Episode: "Web of the Dreamweaver!"
	Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil	Various characters
2013	Doc McStuffins	Teddy B.		[25]
	Ultimate Spider-Man	Oliver Osnick/Steel Spider, Weird Kid, News Guy	2 episodes	[25]
	Doctor Lollipop	Nurse Crackers
2013–2014	The Legend of Korra	Aye-Aye, Huan, Settler, Suyin Beifong's Friend		[25]
2014	Clarence	Sumo, Belson, Brian	Episode: "Pilot"	[25]
	Beware the Batman	Young Bruce Wayne	Episode: "Fall"	[25]
2015	Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H.	Thad	Episode: "Days of Future Smash, Part 5: The Tomorrow Smashers"	[25]
2016	Looped	Hector the Collector	3 episodes	[25]
2016, 2019	The Lion Guard	Kovu	2 episodes	[25]
2017	DuckTales	Hack Smashnikov, Funso, Manager, Host	2 episodes	[25]
2022–present	Transformers: EarthSpark	Agent Conway, GHOST Agent #1, Holographic Boy		[39][25]
2024	Batman: Caped Crusader	Gorman, Reporter	2 episodes	[25]

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
1998	Fallout 2	Myron		[25]
	Baldur's Gate	Ajantis Ilvastarr, Tranzig, Varci, Lothander
2000	Alundra 2: A New Legend Begins	Pirate B, Kings Messenger A
2001	The Lion King: Simba's Mighty Adventure	Kovu		[25]
	Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel	Horus
	Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal	Cernd, Valas
	Floigan Bros.	Hoigle Floigan		[25]
	Disney's Extremely Goofy Skateboarding	Max Goof
2002	Disney Golf
	Disney Sports Skateboarding
	Disney Sports Football
	Disney Sports Basketball
2003	Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy	Rosh Penin		[25]
	Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic	Dustil Onasi / Brejik / Igear
	Gladius	Ludo
	The Fairly OddParents: Breakin' Da Rules	Chester McBadbat / Male Shopper		[25]
	Tak and the Power of Juju	Tak
2004	Tak 2: The Staff of Dreams			[25]
2005	Tak: The Great Juju Challenge			[25]
2006	Syphon Filter: Dark Mirror	Private Janzen
	Xiaolin Showdown	Chase Young		[25]
2010	StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty	Milo Kachinsky		[25]
	Resonance of Fate	Pater		[25]
	Fallout: New Vegas	Craig Boone		[25]
	Marvel Super Hero Squad: The Infinity Gauntlet	Nova		[25]
2011	Killzone 3	ISA Soldiers		[25]
	X-Men: Destiny	Iceman		[25]
	The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim	Aerin, Sven, Gwilin, Eltrys, Onmund, Erik & Mikael
	Jurassic Park: The Game	Billy Yoder		[25]
2012	Final Fantasy XIII-2	Noel Kreiss		[25]
	Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two	Ghost Ian
2013	DuckTales: Remastered	Worker
2014	Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII	Noel Kreiss		[25]
2018	Lego DC Super-Villains	Atom, Owlman		[25]

Theme parks

List of voice performances in theme parks

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
2018	Max Live: Gettin' Goofy with It	Max Goof	Disneyland Paris live show	[40]