# Jason Marsden

Jason Christopher Marsden (born January 3, 1975) 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).

## Early life

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

## 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.
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). He also directed, wrote, produced and edited The Greatest Short Film Ever!!! and multiple indie music videos.
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.
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.
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.

## Personal life

Marsden married Christy Hicks in October 2004. In 2020 they divorced after 16 years of marriage. Their son was born on February 10, 2010. Marsden lives in Nashville, Tennessee.
In 2005, Marsden and Hicks opened up a Yoga studio in Burbank, California, entitled, "Yoga Blend" which relocated to bigger location in 2007. 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.
In 2020, Marsden revealed he has a girlfriend during an interview for a YouTube series.

## Filmography
### Live-action
#### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1990 | Robot Jox | Tommy | |
| 1990 | Almost an Angel | Boy #2 | |
| 1992 | Mr. Saturday Night | Buddy, age 15 | |
| 1993 | Hocus Pocus | Thackery Binx (as a cat) | Voice |
| 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 | |
| 2005 | Fun with Dick and Jane | Convenience Store Clerk | |
| 2007 | Misty & Sara | n/a | Short film; director and executive producer |
| 2008 | Animated American | n/a | Short film; executive producer |
| 2009 | Locker 13 | Edgar | Also director |
| 2011 | Pizza Man | Professor Baldini | |
| 2012 | Blue Like Jazz | Kenny | |
| 2013 | I Know That Voice | Himself | Documentary |
| 2023 | The Shift | Cyrus | |

#### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 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 |
| 1989 | Murphy Brown | Young Miles Silverberg | Episode: "The Summer of '77" |
| 1991 | Tales from the Crypt | Jess | Episode: "Undertaking Palor" |
| 1991 | Star Trek: The Next Generation | Raymond Marr | Voice, uncredited |
| 1992 | Eerie, Indiana | Dash X | 6 episodes |
| 1992 | Baywatch | Pier Pressure | Episode: "Pier Pressure" |
| 1992 | Blossom | Eddie Warwick | Episode: "The Making of the President" |
| 1993 | Almost Home | Gregory Morgan | 13 episodes |
| 1993 | 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 |
| 1994 | The Secret World of Alex Mack | Carlton Hendy | Episode: "Science Fair" |
| 1994–1995 | Full House | Nelson Burkhard | 4 episodes |
| 1994–1995 | 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" |
| 2002 | Even Stevens | Norman Squirelli | Episode: "Your Toast" |
| 2003 | Return to the Batcave: The Misadventures of Adam and Burt | Young Robin | Television film |
| 2003 | 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 |
| 1995 | A Goofy Movie | Max Goof | |
| 1999 | Tarzan | Mungo | |
| 2001 | Spirited Away | Haku | |
| 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 | |
| 2000 | An Extremely Goofy Movie | Max Goof | |
| 2002 | The Boy Who Cried Alien | Principal | |
| 2004 | Tales of a Fly on the Wall | Kip | |
| 2004 | Felix the Cat Saves Christmas | Professor | |
| 2004 | Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas | Max Goof | |
| 2004–2006 | The Jimmy Timmy Power Hour | Chester McBadbat | |
| 2007 | Garfield Gets Real | Nermal | |
| 2008 | Dragonlance: Dragons of Autumn Twilight | Tasslehoff Burrfoot, Goblin #2, Goblin Servant | |
| 2008 | Batman: Gotham Knight | Thomas Wayne | |
| 2008 | Garfield's Fun Fest | Nermal, Ramone | |
| 2009 | Garfield's Pet Force | Nermal, Abnermal | |
| 2010 | DC Showcase: Jonah Hex | Young Man, Bartender | Short film; direct-to-video |
| 2014 | We Wish You a Merry Walrus | Sydmull | Television special |
| 2023 | Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham | Dick Grayson, young Bruce Wayne | |

#### Television

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

#### Video games

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

### 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 | |