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Ryan Drummond (born January 10, 1973)[1][2][3] is an American actor, comedian, singer, clown, mime artist and performer who is best known for his role as the original voice of Sonic the Hedgehog in the Sonic the Hedgehog video game franchise from 1998 to 2004.[2][3][4]

Ryan Drummond
Born	(1973-01-10) January 10, 1973 (age 49)[1] Lima, Ohio, U.S.[1]
Education	Eastern Michigan University (BA)
Occupation	Actor comedian singer clown mime artist performer
Years active	1980–present
Spouse	Lisa Drummond ​ ​ (m. 2002; div. 2019)​
Children	2
Musical career
Genres	Pop musical theatre jazz opera
Instruments	Vocals
Member of	The A.Y.U. Quartet
Comedy career
Medium	Film television theatre
Genres	Sketch comedy improvisational comedy physical comedy clowning mime
Website	www.ryandrummond.com (archive)
Musical artist

Early life

Ryan Drummond was born in Lima, Ohio, on January 10, 1973.[1] He attended Clague Middle School in Ann Arbor, Michigan, were he participated in various children's theatre, beginning in 1980 at seven years old.[3][5] Both of his parents also worked in theatre, his mother and father was both actors and theatre directors of the children theatre plays that Ryan participated in while in school.[3]

In 1993, he got his first paid acting job at a dinner theater while still attending college.[2] He graduated from the Eastern Michigan University in 1995, with a degree in theater.[3] Upon graduating, he moved to San Diego, California in 1996 to pursue his acting career.[2]

Career

In 1997, Drummond got his first television acting role as DJ Johnny Jam in an episode of the television drama series Baywatch. He would later star in several other television shows, such as Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place, The Chronicle, The Invisible Man, Point Pleasant and Trauma. He also made a guest appearance in an episode on The Rosie O'Donnell Show in December 1998, during the Toys For Tots segment.[3] In film, he made his feature film debut in the 2000 teen cheerleading comedy film, Bring It On as Theatre Boy.

As a voice actor, he has provided many character voices in various video games titles. In 1998, he became the voice of Sonic the Hedgehog in the video games series for SEGA, he continued to voice the character for six more years until 2004, the video games includes Sonic Adventure, Sonic Adventure 2, Sonic Heroes, Sonic Shuffle, Sonic Battle and Sonic Advance 3.[2][3][6][7][8]

He also voiced Knuckles the Echidna in Sonic Shuffle, Metal Sonic in Sonic Heroes and has also briefly voiced Shadow the Hedgehog in the Final Hazard level in Sonic Adventure 2, when David Humphrey was unavailable.[9][10][11]

Additionally, he also voiced Elliot Ballade in Blue Stinger, Insider in AirBlade, Bill Bardi in The Godfather II, J. Edgar Hoover and various other characters in Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth, Kevin Kertsman in Illbleed and has recently voiced the Doctor character in Mafia: Definitive Edition, where he also did the motion-capture.

Drummond initially wanted to play Sonic in the anime adaptation Sonic X, and even offered to move to New York so he could play the role, 4Kids instead hired Jason Griffith who later became his successor.[12][2]

In an interview, Drummond stated he was offered the chance by Sega to re-audition as a third Sonic, a version from the Dreamcast era that was planned for Sonic Generations, but he rejected the role because Sega refused to give him a union contract.[13]

He also did voice work in commercials, such as The Padres, McDonald's, Wheel Of Fortune, Sega Dreamcast, Oceans Eleven, Checkmate Inc., Clear Factor Skincare, Hoist Fitness Systems, and Diedrich Coffee.[14] Additionally, he has done voices for theme parks including SeaWorld Orlando as Shamu for a few years and has also provided various voices in Legoland California.[4]

Outside of acting, Drummond has also worked in comedy, such as a mime artist and a clown.[2]

Today, Drummond mainly works in theatre. He starred in a musical comedy theatre show in San Diego titled Forever Plaid.[15] He would later star in many other musical theatre productions, such as Godspell, Into the Woods, City of Angels, Zhivago, The Producers, Hairspray, The Wedding Singer, Anything Goes, Singin' in the Rain, Mary Poppins, Sunday in the Park with George and most recently, Groundhog Day.

Additionally since 2017, he has been the main performer of the theatrical play, Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus.[3][16]

Music career

Since 1991, he has been a member and the bass vocalist in the music group, The A.Y.U. Quartet.[2] Together, the music group has released three albums.[5]

Personal life

Upon moving to San Diego, California, Drummond met his wife Lisa.[2] The couple were married on October 8, 2002.[2] Together they have two sons, Daniel and Tommie.[2] As of 2019, the couple have since divorced.[2] He and his sons currently reside in San Francisco, California.[17]

Drummond would update his fans about his personal life from time to time on his online blog.[18]

Filmography

Film

List of acting performances in feature films

Year	Title	Role(s)	Notes
2000	Bring It On	Theatre Boy	[19]
2001	Poor Man	Mime	Short film[19]
2008	Based on a True Story	Man	[19]

Television

List of acting performances in television shows

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997	Baywatch	DJ Johnny Jam	Episode: "Baywatch at Sea World"[20]
1998	Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place	Isaac Glickstein	Episode: "Two Guys, a Girl and an Elective"[20]
	The Rosie O'Donnell Show	Himself/Sonic the Hedgehog	1 episode[3][20]
2001	The Chronicle	Andy	Episode: "What Gobbles Beneath"[20]
	The Invisible Man	Mime, Man	Episodes: "Money for Nothing: Part 2", "Immaterial Girl"[20]
2004	Veronica Mars	Associate	Episode: "You Think You Know Somebody"[20]
2005	Point Pleasant	Booth Vendor	Episode: "Hell Hath No Fury Like a Woman Choked"[20]
2009	Trauma	Fair Patron	Episode: "All's Fair"
2011	Dual Suspects	Robert Evans	Episode: "Fast Food Fatality"

Video games

List of voice performances in video games

Year	Title	Role(s)	Notes
1998	Sonic Adventure	Sonic the Hedgehog	[21]
1999	Nancy Drew: Stay Tuned for Danger	Rick Arlen	[21]
	Blue Stinger	Eliot Ballade	[21]
	Twisted Metal 4	Pizza Boy
2000	The Three Decoders: Riddle of the Ring	Sheldon	[2]
	The Three Decoders 2: Key to the Carousel		[2]
	Evil Dead: Hail to the King	Merchant	[21]
	Danger Girl	Additional voices
	The Mummy	Jonathan Carnahan
	Sonic Shuffle	Sonic the Hedgehog, Super Sonic, Knuckles the Echidna
2001	Undying	Various
	Illbleed	Kevin Kertsman	[22][23]
	Sonic Adventure 2	Sonic the Hedgehog, Shadow the Hedgehog (few lines)	[11]
2002	AirBlade	Insider	[21]
	NASCAR Racing 2002 Season	Spotter	[21]
	Sonic Adventure 2: Battle	Sonic the Hedgehog	Archive footage
	Backyard Baseball 2003	Albert Pujols, Alex Rodriguez, Cliff Floyd, Frank Thomas, Achmed Khan, Ernie Steele, Pablo Sanchez, Tony Delvecchio	[23]
	Backyard Football	Achmed Khan, Amir Khan, Ernie Steele, Pablo Sanchez, Tony Delvecchio	[23]
2003	Chrome	Additional voices
	Rogue Ops
	Backyard Soccer 2004	Additional voices	[23][24]
	Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut	Sonic the Hedgehog	Archive footage
2004	Duel Masters	Additional voices
	Sonic Battle	Sonic the Hedgehog
	Sonic Heroes	Sonic the Hedgehog, Metal Sonic	[10]
	Gangland	Black Boss, Bouncer, Croupier, Civilian, Sniper, Cop, Ninja, Additional voices
	Spy Fiction	Michael Kwain
	Sonic Advance 3	Sonic the Hedgehog
	Sega Superstars
2005	Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth	J. Edgar Hoover, Seaman Willie Thompson, Experiment, Poorhouse Resident, Cutter Urania Seaman, Yithian, Additional voices
	Cold War	Carter, scientist, Civilian
2006	Scared Rings	Additional voices
2008	The Godfather II: Crime Rings	Bill Bardi
2009	The Godfather II	Bill Bardi, Additional voices
	Guitar Hero: Van Halen	Additional voices
2020	Mafia: Definitive Edition	Doctor	Also motion-capture[25][21]

Web

List of voice performances in web series

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2020–2021	Sonic and Tails R	Sonic the Hedgehog	10 episodes YouTube audio drama series

Theme parks

• SeaWorld San Diego – Shamu[4]
• Legoland California[4]

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	Festival Of Christmas: Once Upon A Time...	Thorr	[26]
2000–2005	Forever Plaid	Smudge	[15][27][28][26]
2002	Godspell		[26][28]
2003	Cotton Patch Gospel	Rock	[26][28]
	Festival of Christmas: It's Christmas And It's Live!	Ronald Harmon	[26]
2005	Palm Beach	Ensemble	[26]
2006	Zhivago	Performer	[26][28]
	Into the Woods	Baker	[26][28]
2008	Silicon Valley	Stuart Gellman	[26]
2009	The Producers	Leo Bloom	[26]
	The Wedding Singer	Robbie Hart	[26]
	On the Town	Ozzie	[26]
2010	A Grand Night for Singing		[26]
	Hairspray	Corny Collins	[26]
	She Loves Me	Georg Nowack	[26]
2011	Curtains	Lieutenant Frank Cioffi	[26]
	The Fantasticks	El Gallo	[26]
2012	Anything Goes	Moonface Martin	[26]
	Assassins	Samuel Byck	[26]
	Pal Joey	Ludlow Lowell	[26]
2013	Singin' in the Rain	Cosmo Brown	[26]
	Carnival	Paul Berthalet	[26]
	1776	Richard Henry Lee	[26]
2013–2014	Edward Gant's Amazing Feats of Loneliness!	Dearlove	[26]
2014	Painting the Clouds With Sunshine	Russell James	[26]
	Du Barry Was a Lady	Jones, Le Docteur, Paingrille	[26]
	Life Could Be a Dream	Denny	[26]
2015	Nick & Nora	Nick Charles	[26]
	Company	David	[26]
2015, 2016	Scrooge in Love	Jacob Marley	[26]
2016	City of Angels	Buddy Fidler, Irwin S. Irving	[26]
2017	La Cage aux Folles	Georges	[26]
2017–2018	A Christmas Story	The Old Man	[26]
2017–present	Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus	Performer	[3][16]
2018	Sunday in the Park with George	Jules, Bob Greenberg	[26]
2018–2019	Mary Poppins	Mr. George Banks	[26]
2019–2020	Groundhog Day	Phil Connors	San Francisco Playhouse[29][26]

Discography

• S.C.R.A.M., 1994 studio album by the A.Y.U. Quartet – Harmony, lead vocals
• Atomic Young Ultrasonics, 1996 studio album by The A.Y.U. Quartet – Harmony, lead vocals
• Acappella Yuletide Uproar, 2010 studio album by The A.Y.U. Quartet – Harmony, lead vocals

References

External links

• Official website (archived)
• Ryan Drummond at IMDb
• Ryan Drummond on Twitter

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