James Arnold Taylor

James Arnold Taylor (born July 22, 1969), also known by his initials JAT, He dropped out of high school. 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 where he was focused on radio commercials. He worked at Premiere Radio Networks. He decided to become a voice actor after doing a radio commercial with voice actor Don Messick. Taylor decided to use his full name to distinguish himself from singer James Taylor due to Screen Actors Guild guidelines.

Voice acting career

Taylor began his animation voice acting career in 1997, 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 previous voice actor, Henry Corden in 2005. He was also the voice of the titular character on Johnny Test. Taylor is currently the announcer for Fox’s Animation Domination.

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

Personal life Taylor is married. As of 2017, his wife Allison is also his manager. Together they have a daughter, Lydia, who was adopted from China. He starred in Animal Crackers alongside his daughter.

Taylor is a devout Christian and has discussed his faith on several occasions.

He contracted a black mold infection in 2005 which nearly caused him to lose his voice and took almost a year to recover.

Filmography Voice-over roles Film + List of voice performances in feature films Year Title Role Notes Source TMNT Leonardo Star Wars: The Clone Wars Obi-Wan Kenobi, 4-A7, Medical Droid Ratchet & Clank Ratchet

+ List of voice performances in direct-to-video and television films Year Title Role Notes Source Atlantis: Milo's Return Milo Thatch Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League: Attack of the Legion of Doom Barry Allen / Flash, Sam Lane The Christmas King!: A Garden Cartoon Movie

Animation

Anime + List of dubbing performances in anime Year Series Role Notes Source Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind Muzu Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith Obi-Wan Kenobi Free Realms Chatty Speed Racer: The VideogameJack "Cannonball" Taylor, Colonel Colon How to Train Your Dragon Fishlegs Ingerman Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 Remix Captain Jack Sparrow, The Prince Archive audio Disney Infinity 3.0 Obi-Wan Kenobi, Plo Koon, TD-54 Transformers: Devastation Menasor, Seeker 1 2026Marvel Tokon: Fighting SoulsEnglish dub