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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) Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Other names	Jason Gray Standford
Citizenship	Canada United States
Alma mater	University of British Columbia
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1992–present
Spouse	Jes Macallan ​ ​(m. 2012; div. 2017)​

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

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.

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.

Filmography

References

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.

External links

• Jason Gray-Stanford at IMDb

• Living people
• American male film actors
• American male television actors
• American male voice actors
• American people of Canadian descent
• Canadian male film actors
• Canadian male television actors
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• University of British Columbia alumni
• 20th-century Canadian male actors
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• 21st-century American male actors
• 1970 births