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Jason Gray-Stanford

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Jason Gray-Stanford
Gray-Stanford at the Paley Center for Media on December 2, 2008
Born (1970-05-19) May 19, 1970 (age 54)
Other namesJason Gray Standford
Citizenship
  • Canada
  • United States
Alma materUniversity of British Columbia
OccupationActor
Years active1992–present
Spouse
(m. 2012; div. 2017)
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Jason Gray-Stanford (born May 19, 1970) is a Canadian actor. He is best known for playing Lieutenant Randy Disher in the USA Network television series Monk and for voicing the role of Raditz in the Ocean Productions dub of Dragon Ball Z.

Career

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Gray-Stanford earned a BFA degree from the University of British Columbia in theatre. He has done extensive voice-over work for various Japanese anime movies and series, and also contributed background vocals to Russell Crowe's 30 Odd Foot of Grunts album Gaslight.

He played Deputy Bobby Michan in Mystery Alaska and appeared in A Beautiful Mind, both starring Crowe. Other notable film credits includes Flags of our Fathers, Earth to Echo, The Miracle Season, Caroline and Jackie, Lonely Hearts, and Summer of 84.

While mostly known for his role in the series Monk, he also has had a lot of notable television appearances ranging from his roles on Monday Mornings, Grey's Anatomy, Justified, The X-Files, Bones, both NCIS and Stargate franchises, the series Republic of Doyle and the hit Amazon Prime Video series The Boys.

Among his many voice-over performances, Gray-Stanford voiced the role of Donatello in Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation and was the voice of Sherlock Holmes in Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century. He was also the voice of Kento Rei Faun in the anime Ronin Warriors, and was the original English voice of Raditz and Cui in the Ocean Group dub of Dragonball Z, as well as the voice of Shinnosuke in the English dub of Ranma ½ and the voice of Joe Higashi in the Fatal Fury OVAs and film. Gray-Stanford is also recognized as the original voice of Yusaku Godai in Maison Ikkoku.

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Gray-Stanford was married to Jes Macallan from 2012 to 2017.

In 2018, Gray-Stanford was diagnosed with an arrhythmia in his heart, which was controlled for several years with medications and other treatments. In November 2020, he underwent a successful heart transplant. Doctors told him afterwards that he would have probably lived for only a few more weeks without the transplant.[2]

He became an American citizen in 2019.[3]

Filmography

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Year Title Role Other Notes
1992 Neon Rider Daniel Episode: "Daniel"
1993 The Commish Dave Episode: "Dead Cadet's Society"
The X-Files 1947 Police Officer Episode: "The Jersey Devil"
1994 The Commish Dave Episode: "Dead Cadet's Society"
Highlander Jonah Episode: "The Cross of St. Antoine"
Green Legend Ran Ran Anime dub voice; straight-to-video
Fatal Fury: Legend of the Hungry Wolf Joe Higashi Anime dub voice; straight-to-video
1995 Dangerous Indiscretion Video Store Clerk
The Surrogate Curtis TV movie
Ronin Warriors Gash/Kento Anime dub voice; TV
Ranma ½ Shinnosuke Anime dub voice; straight-to-video (2 OVAs)
M.A.N.T.I.S. Student #1 Episode: "The Delusionist"
Sliders Bellhop Episode: "Luck of the Draw"
Strange Luck First Year Intern Episode: "The Liver Wild"
Fatal Fury 2: The New Battle Joe Higashi Anime dub voice; straight-to-video
Fatal Fury: The Motion Picture Joe Higashi Anime dub voice; straight-to-video
1995–1996 Ogre Slayer Ogre Slayer Anime dub voice; straight-to-video
1996 Key: The Metal Idol Tsukiyama Anime dub voice; straight-to-video
Please Save My Earth Haruhiko Kazama/Shukaido Anime dub voice; straight-to-video
The Sentinel Deputy Matheson Episode: "Reunion"
Pocket Dragon Adventures Zoom-Zoom Episode 1
1996–1998 Dragon Ball Z Raditz/Cui Anime dub voice; TV (8 Episodes)
1996, 1998 The Outer Limits Airman/Dylan Venable 2 Episodes
1996–1999 Maison Ikkoku Yusaku Godai Anime dub voice; straight-to-video (Episodes 1-36)
1997 Doomsday Rock Sgt. Thompson TV movie
Contagious E.R. Doctor #3 TV movie
Hostile Force Arne TV movie
Extreme Dinosaurs Bullzeye Voice; all episodes
1997–1998 Saban's Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation Donatello Voice; 26 Episodes
1998 The Escape Young Guard TV movie
Mummies Alive! The Legend Begins (additional voices) Straight-to-video
The Mighty Kong Ricky Voice; straight-to-video
Poltergeist: The Legacy Bob Meyer Episode: "Debt of Honor"
Millennium Kyle Episode: "Closure"
Stories From My Childhood Various Characters Voice; Episode: "Pinocchio"
1999 Mystery, Alaska Bobby Michan
Stargate SG-1 Orner Episode: "Past and Present"
1999–2001 Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century Sherlock Holmes Voice
2000 Harsh Realm Lieutenant Episode: "Three Percenters"
First Wave Willet Episode: "Still at Large"
Queer as Folk Brian's First Trick Episode: "Pilot"
Cold Squad Kevin Nixon Episode: "Court Appeal"
2001 Last Wedding Matthew
A Beautiful Mind Ainsley
2002 Taken Howard Bowen 3 Episodes
2002–2009 Monk Lt. Randall Disher 124 Episodes
2005 The Collector Larry Emmerich Episode: "The Superhero"
2006 Lonely Hearts Officer Chetnick
Flags of Our Fathers Lieutenant Schrier
2007 Lost in the Dark Roy Evans TV movie
2008 Puppy Love Andy
Upstaged Video short
2009 Convict Officer Nelson
2010 Outlaw Victor Harmon 2 episodes
2011 Grey's Anatomy Josh Englander Episode: "Golden Hour"
Being Bin Laden Amir TV movie
Lucky Christmas Mike Ronowski TV movie
2012 Caroline and Jackie James
NCIS Dr. Jay Berman Episode: "Up in Smoke"
2013 Phantom Sasha
Monday Mornings Atty. Scott Henderson 5 episodes
The Husband She Met Online Craig Miller TV movie
2014 Justified Dylan "Dyllie" Crowe Episode: "A Murder of Crowes"
Red Sky Arliss Skidmore
Earth to Echo Dr. Lawrence Masden
Mistresses FBI Agent Adam Thomas 5 episodes
Republic of Doyle Blake Brogan 7 episodes
2015 Pearly Gates The Assistant
Bones Roger Flender 2 episodes
NCIS: New Orleans Mickey Episode: "Darkest Hour"
2016 Travelers Aaron Donner Episode: "Donner"
Supergirl Rand O’Reilly Episode: "Changing"
2018 The X-Files Rick Eggers Episode: "Familiar"
Summer of 84 Randall Armstrong
The Miracle Season Scott Sanders
2020 Peacock Presents: The At-Home Variety Show Featuring Seth MacFarlane Lt. Randall Disher Episode: "Monk In Quarantine"
The Boys Dennis Episode: " The Bloody Doors Off"
2023 Mr. Monk's Last Case: A Monk Movie Lt. Randall Disher TV movie
Percy Jackson and the Olympians Maron Episode: "I Become Supreme Lord of the Bathroom"

References

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  1. ^ "'Mistresses' Star Jes Macallan Divorcing 'Monk' Actor Jason Gray-Stanford". TMZ. 22 June 2017.
  2. ^ "'Monk' star: I thought maybe I had the flu — it was heart failure". 25 February 2022.
  3. ^ "U.S. Passport Photo". Retrieved February 8, 2022.
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