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Jason Gray-Stanford
19 May 1970, Vancouver, British Columbia
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Jason Gray-Stanford provided back-up vocals for Russell Crowe's band, Thirty Odd Foot of Grunt's CD, Gaslight.
First and foremost I would like to say thank you, because without you guys, without the fans, without people who watch the show, without people who embrace me on the show as Leiutenant Randy Disher there would be no show.
Jason Gray-Stanford
Jason Gray-Stanford
Canadian actor Jason Gray-Stanford was born on May 19, 1970. He graduated from the University of British Columbia with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Theater, but his acting experience goes well beyond the stage. He has lent his voice to many Japanese anime films and series and worked as a background vocalist for the album (titled Gaslight) of Russell Crowe’s band, Thirty Odd Foot of Grunts. The album was not the only time that Gray-Stanford worked with the Oscar winner. Gray-Stanford co-starred with Crowe on two separate occasions. The first was for a film called Mystery Alaska, followed by the highly-acclaimed film, A Beautiful Mind. Although Gray-Stanford is now more well-known as Lieutenant Randall Disher on the USA Network’s Monk, he has been on a number of television shows which includes the Emmy award-winning miniseries, Taken.
Jason Gray-Stanford is credited for his wide range of work in voice acting. However, he has made appearances in episodes of The Commish and Highlander, and got a small role in the drama Dangerous Indiscretion. He later found himself acting in Hawkeye, Sliders and Strange Luck, and has worked on TV productions like The Surrogate and Hostile Force. He is also recognized by anime fans as the voice of Kento Rei Faun in Ronin Warriors, and as the original English voice of Raditz and Cui in the dub for Dragonball Z. He also voiced the characters Shinnosuke and Kengyu in the English dub of Ranma 1/2. He also voiced Donatello on more than 20 episodes of Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation. Jason Gray-Stanford was soon cast in guest roles for Stargate SG-1, Queer as Folk, Harsh Realm, First Wave, The Collector and Cold Squad. He later joined the cast of Monk, playing the overly ambitious Lieutenant Disher. Jason Gray-Stanford was also seen in the films Flags of Our Fathers and Lonely Hearts.
Jason was nominated for a Screen Actor's Guild Award for Best Cast in A Beautiful Mind.
Jason met and became friends with Russell Crowe while filming Mystery, Alaska. The two remain friends and have since worked on other projects together including the film A Beautiful Mind.
Jason dated actress Emmanuelle Vaugier for a while, and she even appeared on an episode of Monk alongside Jason.
Jason wanted to be a professional basketball player growing up, but he ended up going with acting.
Despite Jason being really funny, he would never do stand-up comedy because he thinks it’s the most courageous job ever.
Growing up, Jason loved TV and films. By the time high school started, he decided to combine the two and got really serious and decided to pursue acting then.
In addition to being a TV actor, Jason Gray-Stanford is a stage actor as well. He's appeared in a variety of stage productions across Canada
Jason appeared in the hit 2006 movie Flags of Our Fathers as Lt. Schrier
Jason holds a BFA degree from the University of British Columbia in theatre.
(About Russell Crowe): I've worked with him twice now, and I've had an exquisite time both times. He's a private guy. He's a family guy. He loves his farm and his family and his friends.
(About his character on “Monk”): If there is anything I would change about Randy, I would like to see him solve some more crimes and not be so far behind Monk. I’d like to see him catch up to Monk just a little bit
(About his character on “Monk”): I think Randy is loyal, ambitious, and eager. I think he often leaps before he looks which gets him into a little bit of trouble, but overall, I would say that Randy just wants to be a really great cop.
(About “Monk”): We’re very lucky to have such a great crew and an awesome cast. I’m very lucky and very fortunate to work with a really good bunch of people. It’s a lot of laughs on the show.
(About “Monk”): Monk as a show is most successful when all of the characters they there oddball moments mixed in with their serious moments.
(About “Monk”): In any episode of the show, I love it when Randy is being a goofball one second, and kind of in the next scene, he’s being a really diligent cop.
I love watching films and I love watching other good actors. That is an avid passion of mine.
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