James Arnold Taylor

James Arnold Taylor (born July 22, 1969),^[1] also known by his initials JAT,^[2] is an American voice and television actor. He is known for voicing Ratchet in the Ratchet & Clank franchise, the main character Tidus in the Final Fantasy X series, Shuyin in Final Fantasy X-2, Obi-Wan Kenobi in the Star Wars animated features such as Star Wars: The Clone Wars and the franchise's video games, Wooldoor Sockbat in Drawn Together (2004-2007), and the titular character in the animated series Johnny Test (2005-2014) and its revival (2021-2022).

James Arnold Taylor
Taylor at GalaxyCon Austin in 2023
Born	(1969-07-22) July 22, 1969 (age 56) Santa Barbara, California, U.S.
Other names	JAT
Occupations	Voice actor writer producer podcaster
Years active	1995–present (as a voice actor)
Spouse	Allison Taylor ​ (m. 1991)​
Children	1
Website	www.jamesarnoldtaylor.com

Early life and career

Taylor grew up in Santa Barbara, California. ^[3] He dropped out of high school.^[4] Taylor started performing stand up comedy at the age of 16. He later became a radio DJ and comedy writer for various radio personalities such as Jonathon Brandmeier, Mancow, Rick Dees and Howard Stern. Taylor eventually became a production director. He decided to become a voice actor after doing a radio commercial with voice actor Don Messick.^[5] Taylor decided to use his full name to distinguish himself from singer James Taylor due to Screen Actors Guild guidelines. ^[6][7]

Voice acting career

Taylor at the 2023 Phoenix Fan Fusion.

Taylor began his animation voice acting career around 1995, appearing in numerous roles including Ratchet in the Ratchet & Clank video game series and Tidus from Final Fantasy X. From 2005 until 2011, Taylor voiced Fred Flintstone in commercials and promotional material following the death of Fred Flintstone's original voice actor, Henry Corden.^[8] He was also the voice of the titular character on Johnny Test.

In 2013, Taylor published the book JAT 365: 365 Inspirations for the Pursuit of Your Dreams.^[2] In 2018, he began the podcast Talking to Myself.^[9]

Personal life

Taylor is married. As of 2017, his wife Allison is also his manager.^[10][11] Together they have a daughter, Lydia, who was adopted from China.^[12] He starred in Animal Crackers alongside his daughter.^[13][14]

He is a Christian.

Taylor contracted a black mold infection in 2005 which nearly caused him to lose his voice and took almost a year to recover.^[15]

Filmography

Voice-over roles

Film

List of voice performances in feature films

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
2007	TMNT	Leonardo		[16]
2008	Star Wars: The Clone Wars	Obi-Wan Kenobi, 4-A7, Medical Droid		[16]
2012	Foodfight!	Doctor Si Nustrix	Limited theatrical release	[16]
2015	Star Wars: The Force Awakens	Obi-Wan Kenobi	Lines redubbed by Ewan McGregor	[17]
2016	Ratchet & Clank	Ratchet		[18][16]
2017	Animal Crackers	Buffalo Bob	Limited theatrical release
2018	Teen Titans Go! To the Movies	Fake Slade Actor	Character is identified as Shia LaBeouf within the film	[16]
2025	The King of Kings	Matthew, Phillip, Thomas		[19]

List of voice performances in direct-to-video and television films

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
2003	Atlantis: Milo's Return	Milo Thatch		[16]
	The Animatrix	Ash, Raul		[16]
2007	Superman: Doomsday	Officer Tucker		[16]
2008	Justice League: The New Frontier	Captain Cold		[16]
	The Goldilocks and the 3 Bears Show	Cricket, Weasel, Pig Classmate		[16]
2009	Bionicle: The Legend Reborn	Berix, Vastus		[16]
2010	The Drawn Together Movie: The Movie!	Wooldoor Sockbat, Jew Producer
	Gnomes and Trolls: The Secret Chamber	Slim, Prickles, Hilda, Spike		[16]
2011	Green Lantern: Emerald Knights	Tomar-Re		[16]
	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns	Mr. Hudson		[16]
2015	Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League vs. Bizarro League	Barry Allen / Flash, DeSaad		[16][20][21]
	Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League: Attack of the Legion of Doom	Barry Allen / Flash, Sam Lane		[16]
2016	Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League – Cosmic Clash	Barry Allen / Flash		[22][16]
	Lego Scooby-Doo! Haunted Hollywood	Chet Brickton, Narrator		[16]
2018	Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: The Flash	Barry Allen / Flash		[16]
2020	Lego DC Shazam! Magic and Monsters	Barry Allen / Flash, Dummy		[23][16]
2023	Scooby-Doo! and Krypto, Too!	Jimmy Olsen, Rex Ruthor		[24][16]
2025	The Greatest Thing Ever: A Garden Cartoon Movie	Lenny the Lion		[25]

Animation

List of voice performances in animation

Year	Series	Role	Notes	Source
1997	Johnny Bravo	Various voices		[16]
2003–07	Codename: Kids Next Door	Various voices	10 episodes	[16]
2003	Whatever Happened to... Robot Jones?	Various voices	2 episodes	[16]
2003	Teen Titans	Overload	Episode: "Car Trouble"	[16]
2003–04	The Powerpuff Girls	Various voices	5 episodes	[16]
2003–05	Star Wars: Clone Wars	Obi-Wan Kenobi, additional voices		[16]
2004	Static Shock	Eddie Felson/Speedwarp	Episode: "Now You See Him..."	[16]
	The Fairly OddParents	Sprig Speevak / Crash Nebula	Episode: "Crash Nebula"	[16]
	Justice League Unlimited	Kaznian Private	Episode: "Hawk and Dove"	[16]
	Game Over	Various characters		[16]
2004–07	Danny Phantom	Walker, Monster, Ghost Cops		[16]
2004–08	Drawn Together	Wooldoor Sockbat, Jew Producer, various characters
2005	My Life as a Teenage Robot	Kenny/Y-K9, Oblivious Guy, Customer	Episode: "Love 'Em or Leash 'Em"	[16]
2005	Duck Dodgers	Rogue's Assistant, Lifomatica	2 episodes	[16]
2005	Stroker and Hoop	Ron Howard, Answering Machine Guy	2 episodes	[16]
2005–14	Johnny Test	Johnny Test, various voices		[16]
2005–07	A.T.O.M.	Axel Manning, Sebastian Manning, TIllian	52 episodes	[16]
2006	The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy	Fred Flintstone	Episode: "Modern Primatives"	[16]
2006–07	Legion of Super Heroes	Mekt Ranzz / Lightning Lord	3 episodes	[26]
2007	Loonatics Unleashed	Bugsy the Bug	Episode: "In the Pinkster"	[16]
	Afro Samurai	Yashichi	Episode: "The Dream Reader"	[16]
2008–09	The Spectacular Spider-Man	Harry Osborn, Frederick Foswell / Patch, Homonculi, Alan O'Neil		[16]
2008	Ben 10: Alien Force	Raff	Episode: "X = Ben + 2"	[16]
2008–11	Batman: The Brave and the Bold	Green Arrow, Blue Bowman, Guy Gardner, Major Disaster, Wotan, Nabu, Jace, Arges		[16]
2008–14, 2020	Star Wars: The Clone Wars	Obi-Wan Kenobi, Plo Koon, Rako Hardeen, others		[16]
2010	G.I. Joe: Renegades	Sheriff Terry, Matty, Russel Clemens		[16]
2011	Generator Rex	Trig Student, Video Kid	Episode: "Without a Paddle"	[16]
	ThunderCats	Old Emrick, Khamai	Episode: "Song of the Petalars"	[16]
	T.U.F.F. Puppy	Biff, Citizen	Episode: "Dog Save the Queen"	[16]
2011–13, 2019–2022	Young Justice	Barry Allen / Flash, Hawkman, Topo, G. Gordon Godfrey, Neutron, King Shark, additional voices		[16]
2012	Kaijudo: Rise of the Duel Masters	King Tritonus
2012–20	Doc McStuffins	Boppy	5 episodes	[16]
2013	Teen Titans Go!	Hadji, Benton Quest, Race Bannon	Episode: "La Larva de Amor"
	Beware the Batman	William Benjamin	Episode: "Control"	[16]
2013–15	Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H.	Leader, Blastaar, Triton, Human Torch, Moon-Boy, Junior, additional voices		[16]
2014	Star Wars Rebels	Obi-Wan Kenobi	Episode: "Spark of Rebellion"	[27]
	Lego DC Comics: Batman Be-Leaguered	Barry Allen / Flash		[16][28]
	We Wish You a Merry Walrus	Roofhowse		[16][29]
2015	Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero	Additional voices		[30]
2015–17	Ultimate Spider-Man	Triton, Molten Man, Blastaar, Leader, Hydro-Man, additional voices		[16]
2015–2019	Guardians of the Galaxy	Cosmo the Spacedog, Yondu, additional voices		[16]
2016	Turbo Fast	Ant Leader, Grasshopper	Episode: "The Ants and the Grasshoppers"	[16]
	SpongeBob SquarePants	Nick Fishkins	Episode: "Sold!"	[16]
2016–18	DreamWorks Dragons	Throk, Trader Zachariah, various voices		[16]
2016–17	Avengers Assemble	Leader, additional voices	3 episodes	[16]
	Transformers: Robots in Disguise	Boostwing, Crazybolt, Arnold, Teenage Boy	3 episodes	[16]
2017	Be Cool, Scooby-Doo!	Mort, Teenage Boy	Episode: "El Bandito"	[16]
	Billy Dilley's Super-Duper Subterranean Summer	Count Wretcher, Maria		[16]
	LEGO Marvel Super Heroes – Guardians of the Galaxy: The Thanos Threat	Yondu	Television film	[16]
2017–present	The Loud House	Various voices		[16]
2017–18	Stretch Armstrong and the Flex Fighters	Circuit-Stream, Controller, Security Guard	2 episodes	[16]
2019–2022	Lego City Adventures	Tippy Dorman		[31]
2019	Victor and Valentino	Chip	Episode: "The Collector"	[16]
2020	The Casagrandes	Pierre, Little Burger	Episode: "Fast Feud"	[16]
	Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous	Eddie	Episode: "Happy Birthday, Eddie!"	[16]
	The Lego Star Wars Holiday Special	Obi-Wan Kenobi, Ben Kenobi		[16]
2021	Lego Star Wars: Terrifying Tales	Ben Kenobi, Cozler		[16]
	Looney Tunes Cartoons	Russian Dog
2021–22	Johnny Test	Johnny Test, various voices		[16]
2022	Lego Star Wars: Summer Vacation	Obi-Wan Kenobi, Jawa		[16]
	Batwheels	Toyman	2 episodes	[32]
	Tales of the Jedi	Obi-Wan Kenobi		[33][16]
2024	Mr. Birchum	Brad	4 episodes	[34][35][36]
2024	Batman: Caped Crusader	Marcus Driver, Client	3 episodes	[16]
2025	Gabriel and the Guardians	Malachros		[37]

Anime

List of dubbing performances in anime

Year	Series	Role	Notes	Source
2005	Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind	Muzu		[16]

Video games

List of voice performances in video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
2001	Final Fantasy X	Tidus		[16]
2002	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	Pippin Took		[16]
2003	Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge	Sheriff, DeCarlo, Cajun, Red Skull		[16]
	Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando	Ratchet, additional voices		[16]
	Final Fantasy X-2	Tidus, Shuyin		[16]
2004	Scooby-Doo! Mystery Mayhem	Jeremy Rhodes, additional voices		[16]
	Shrek 2	Gingerbread Man, Prince Charming, additional voices		[16]
	Spider-Man 2	Quentin Beck / Mysterio		[16]
	Tales of Symphonia	Lord Yggdrasill, Gnome		[16]
	Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal	Ratchet, Maxmillian, additional voices		[16]
	Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines	Vandal, Julius, Killer		[38]
2005	Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith	Obi-Wan Kenobi		[16]
	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory	Willy Wonka		[16]
	X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse	Iceman, Sugar Man		[16]
	Jak X: Combat Racing	Ratchet		[16]
	Shrek SuperSlam	Humpty Dumpty, Prince Charming		[16]
	Ratchet: Deadlocked	Ratchet, Announcer		[16]
	Nicktoons Unite!	Walker, Male Fairy, Doomsday Trooper		[16]
	Star Wars: Battlefront II	Obi-Wan Kenobi		[16]
	Neopets: The Darkest Faerie	King Altador
2006	Kingdom Hearts II	Jack Sparrow		[16]
	Shrek Smash n' Crash Racing	Gingerbread Man, Prince Charming, Humpty Dumpty		[39][16]
	X-Men: The Official Game	Cyclops		[16]
	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Legend of Jack Sparrow	Marty, additional voices		[16]
	Marvel: Ultimate Alliance	Iceman		[16]
	Spider-Man: Battle for New York	Spider-Man		[16]
2007	Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters	Ratchet		[16]
	TMNT	Leonardo		[16]
	Shrek the Third	Artie, Prince Charming, Gnome		[16]
	Hot Shots Tennis	Kent		[16]
	Spider-Man: Friend or Foe	Peter Parker / Spider-Man		[16]
	Shrek: Ogres & Dronkeys	Dwarf		[16]
	Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction	Ratchet		[16]
2008	Secret Agent Clank
	Ratchet & Clank Future: Quest for Booty
	Lego Batman: The Videogame	Robin, Nightwing
	Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Lightsaber Duels	Obi-Wan Kenobi, Plo Koon		[16]
2009	Cartoon Network Universe: FusionFall	Eddy		[16]
	Free Realms	Chatty		[16]
	Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen	The Fallen		[16]
	Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs	Crash		[16]
	Dissidia Final Fantasy	Tidus		[16]
	Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron	Obi-Wan Kenobi, Ferroda
	Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Republic Heroes	Obi-Wan Kenobi, Plo Koon		[40]
	Speed Racer: The Videogame	Jack "Cannonball" Taylor, Colonel Colon		[16]
	Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time	Ratchet		[16]
2010	Final Fantasy XIII	Cocoon Inhabitants		[41]
	How to Train Your Dragon	Fishlegs Ingerman		[16]
	Despicable Me: The Game	Minions		[16]
	Monkey Island 2 Special Edition: LeChuck's Revenge	Largo LeGrande, Mad Marty, Fisherman, Spitting Contest Referee		[16]
	Valkyria Chronicles II	Shop Clerk		[16]
	Back to the Future: The Game	Young Emmett "Doc" Brown		[16]
2011	Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy	Tidus		[16]
	Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars	Obi-Wan Kenobi, Plo Koon, Nuvo Vindi		[16]
	PlayStation Move Heroes	Ratchet		[16]
	Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One			[16]
	Super Star Kartz	Hiccup		[16]
2012	Kinect Star Wars	Obi-Wan Kenobi		[16]
	Ice Age: Continental Drift – Arctic Games	Squint		[16]
	Marvel Avengers: Battle for Earth	Spider-Man, Thor, Magneto		[16]
	PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale	Ratchet		[16]
	Ratchet & Clank: Full Frontal Assault			[16]
2013	Ratchet & Clank: Into the Nexus			[16]
2012, 2014	Ratchet & Clank Collection		Going Commando and Up Your Arsenal
2013	Marvel Heroes	Magneto, Iceman		[16]
	Lego Marvel Super Heroes	Professor X, Silver Surfer, Spider-Man, Superior Spider-Man, Winter Soldier, Ant-Man
2014	How to Train Your Dragon: School of Dragons	Hiccup, Fishlegs Ingerman		[16]
	Skylanders: Trap Team	Various characters	Grouped under Voice Actors	[42]
	Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 Remix	Captain Jack Sparrow, The Prince	Archive audio	[16]
2015	Infinite Crisis	Nightmare Robin		[43]
	Disney Infinity 3.0	Obi-Wan Kenobi, Plo Koon, TD-54		[44]
	Transformers: Devastation	Menasor, Seeker 1		[16]
2016	Ratchet & Clank	Ratchet		[16]
	Final Fantasy Explorers	Tidus		[16]
	World of Final Fantasy			[16]
2018	Dissidia Final Fantasy NT			[16]
	Super Bomberman R	Ratchet	PlayStation 4 version	[45][16]
	Marvel Powers United VR	Iceman, Magneto		[16]
	Mobius Final Fantasy	Tidus		[46][16]
	Lego DC Super-Villains	Green Arrow
	Star Wars Battlefront II	Obi-Wan Kenobi	Downloadable content
2019	Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order	Cosmo, Iceman		[16]
	Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order	Obi-Wan Kenobi	Reused voice lines from Star Wars Rebels
2020	Star Wars: Squadrons	Feresk Tssat		[16]
2021	Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart	Ratchet		[16]
2022	Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga	Obi-Wan Kenobi
2023	DreamWorks All-Star Kart Racing	Hiccup, King Gristle		[16]
2024	Marvel Rivals	Magneto / Erik Lehnsherr		[47]

Live action roles

List of acting performances and appearances in television and film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
2001	The Comedy Team of Pete & James	Himself	Documentary; also writer and producer
2008	X-treme Weekend	—	Executive producer
	The Audition	—	Associate producer
2010	Big Time Rush	Regional Manager Taylor	Episode: 'Big Time Demos'
2013	I Know That Voice	Himself	Documentary
2015	Summer '78	—	Producer
2015	A Certain Point of View	—	Producer (3 episodes)
2017	Clone Wars Conversations	Himself/host	Also writer and producer
2019	Kenobi: A Star Wars Fan Film	Captain Leegus	Fan film
2020	The Last Blockbuster	Himself	Documentary

Web

List of appearances in web series

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
2018–present	James Arnold Taylor's Talking to Myself	Himself/host	Also writer and producer	[9]
2023-present	The Garden	Lenny the Lion, additional voices		[48]