Jason Marsden

Jason Marsden is an American screen and voice actor who played the role of Grimp in the fourth season episode . He previously voiced Raymond Marr in the fifth season episode , for which he received no screen credit. 
Marsden was born in Providence, Rhode Island, but he moved to Fullerton, California with his parents in 1985. As an actor, he is remembered for his roles on such popular sitcoms as Full House, Boy Meets World, and Step By Step. As a voice actor, he is known for playing such characters as Cavin on Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears, Max Goof in A Goofy Movie, and Chester McBadbat in The Fairly OddParents.
== Screen acting roles ==
Marsden started acting in 1986, becoming the third actor to play Alan 'A. J.' Quartermaine, Jr. on the soap opera General Hospital. He made his film debut in (1990, featuring Jeffrey Combs).
From 1988 through 1991, Marsden starred as Eddie Munster in The Munsters Today. John Schuck played his on-screen father, Herman Munster, and Lee Meriwether played his mother, Lily Munster. Marsden was nominated for four Young Artist Awards for his performance on this show. 
Marsden also received Young Artist Award nominations for his guest appearances on (1991, starring Jamie Lee Curtis, with Ann Magnuson) and . He was also nominated for his performance in (1991, starring David Paymer and Julie Warner, featuring Mary Mara and Tim Russ). 
In 1992, Marsden played the mysterious Dash X on (with Francis Guinan, René Auberjonois, Ray Walston, Gregory Itzin, Stephen Root, William Newman, Leland Orser and Sachi Parker). The following year, he became a regular on the short-lived NBC comedy series Almost Home (formerly known as The Torkelsons), for which he received another Young Artist Award nomination. In the Almost Home episode "To Date or Not to Date?", his character Gregory Morgan complains about missing Deep Space Nine to have a family dinner.
During the 1994-1995 television season, Marsden had a recurring role on two television series: Full House (as "Nelson Burkhand") and Boy Meets World (as a character also named "Jason Marsden"). His work on the latter earned him his last Young Artist Award nomination and also allowed him to work with fellow Star Trek alumni Shay Astar, Katie Jane Johnston, Herschel Sparber, and Musetta Vander.
Marsden had a supporting role in (1996, starring John Savage) and (1997). From 1997 through 1998, Marsden played "Rich Halke" as a regular on , having previously played the role as a recurring character between 1993 and 1996. 
Since 2000, Marsden has made guest appearances on such shows as , (starring Wendie Malick), and . He also made two appearances on CBS' (starring /s Jeri Ryan). In addition, Marsden had roles in the TV movies How to Make a Monster (with Steven Culp) and Return to the Batcave: The Misadventures of Adam and Burt (with Ray Buktenica, Christopher Darga, Frank Gorshin, James W. Jansen, Lee Meriwether, Todd Merrill, Julie Newmar, Julia Rose, Joel Swetow, and Steve Vinovich). His film credits have included (2005, with Scott L. Schwartz) and (2006, co-starring Andy Dick).
== Voice-over roles ==
Marsden was the fourth actor to voice Cavin, the Human boy who befriends the Gummi Bears, in Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears. He voiced the character for the show's fourth and fifth seasons (1988 and 1989, respectively), after which he was replaced by another Star Trek alumnus, R.J. Williams. Marsden, however, was the only actor to voice Cavin for more than one season.
Following his work on Gummi Bears, Marsden voiced Peter Pan on Peter Pan and the Pirates, which also featured Tony Jay. For his work on this series, Marsden was nominated for a Young Artist Award in the "Outstanding Voice-Over in an Animation Series" category. He received another Young Artist Award nomination for voicing Thackery Binx (a boy turned into a cat) in (1993, with Charles Rocket, Michael McGrady, Doug Jones and Teda Bracci).
Over the span of nine years, Marsden voiced Maximilian "Max" Goof, the teenage son of classic Disney cartoon character Goofy. The first time was in (1995, featuring the voice of Wallace Shawn). Marsden reprised the role of Max in (2000, with Bebe Neuwirth) and subsequently played the character on the television series House of Mouse and in the video Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas (narrated by Clive Revill).
Marsden was the voice of young Shere Khan the Tiger (a character voiced as an adult by the aforementioned Tony Jay) and young Prince Louie the Ape in , with Pamela Segall voicing Baloo the Bear and David L. Lander and Michael McKean voicing Arthur and Cecil, a pair of vultures. Marsden's subsequent television voice-over roles include: Garrett Miller on Extreme Ghostbusters; Jack on Xyber 9: Red Dawn (with René Auberjonois voicing the title character and Tony Jay voicing Machestro); Mungo the ape on Disney's The Legend of Tarzan (starring Olivia d'Abo as the voice of Jane); Tino Tonitini on Disney's The Weekenders; Richie Foley aka Gear on Static Shock; Snapper Carr on Justice League; Chase Young on Xiaolin Showdown; Matt Olsen aka Shagon on W.I.T.C.H.; and Danger Duck on Loonatics Unleashed. 
In addition, Marsden was a voice actor in (1998). In this movie, Marsden is the voice of the adult Kovu, while former Voyager cast member Jennifer Lien voiced Kovu's sister, Vitani, and Voyager guest star Andy Dick voiced Kovu's brother, Nuka. Interestingly, Kovu's singing voice was supplied by Gene Miller, who also sang the theme song for Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears, which Marsden had been a part of ten years earlier.
Marsden was the voice of Chester McBadbat on 's from 2003 to 2011. He took over the role from Frankie Muniz.
== Other Trek connections ==
=== Films ===
*Almost an Angel (1990) with Parley Baer
=== Television ===
* (1989, with John Hostetter and Rick Scarry)
* (1992, with Gregg Daniel)
* (1994, with Lee Arenberg)
*Family Reunion: A Relative Nightmare (1995 TV movie) with Susan French, Gerrit Graham, and David L. Lander
* (1995) with Dan Gauthier, Bob Gunton, Mariette Hartley, and Patrick Kilpatrick
* (1995, with James W. Jansen)
* (1997, with Wallace Shawn)
* (1998, with Kaj-Erik Eriksen and Randy Oglesby)
* (2002, with Tom Virtue)
* (2005, with Tara Strong and Ed O'Ross)
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