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 Raditz in the Ocean Productions dub of Dragon Ball Z.
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Career
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 films 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 include 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 has also had several notable television appearances, including Monday Mornings, Grey's Anatomy, Justified, The X-Files, Bones, the NCIS and Stargate franchises, the series Republic of Doyle, and The Boys.
Among his many voice-over performances, Gray-Stanford voiced the roles of Donatello in Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation and Sherlock Holmes in Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century. He was also the voice of Kento Rei Faun in the anime Ronin Warriors, the original English voice of Raditz and Cui in the Ocean Group dub of Dragon Ball Z, and the voice of Shinnosuke in the English dub of Ranma ½ and Joe Higashi in the Fatal Fury OVAs and film. Gray-Stanford is also recognized as the original voice of Yusaku Godai in Maison Ikkoku.
Personal life
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.
He became an American citizen in 2019.
