Ryan Drummond (born January 10, 1973 in Lima, Ohio) is an American voice actor, comedian, singer, and actor who is best known for being the first regular English voice actor for Sonic the Hedgehog in the video games.
Drummond moved to San Diego, California, in 1996 to pursue his acting career. After playing a character in an educational Lightspan game, Drummond was encouraged to audition for the role of Sonic the Hedgehog. As Drummond describes it
, his audition simply consisted of seeing a photo of Sonic and reading a single line in the voice that would come out that character. Shortly thereafter, Drummond was hired.
Drummond played Sonic from 1999 to 2004, when he was replaced by Jason Griffith. While he was disappointed he had to give up playing the spiky blue hedgehog, he is on good terms with Griffith, and Griffith's eventual replacement, Roger Craig Smith.
Today, Drummond primarily works in theater, but - after a long spell from playing the blue hedgehog - he was able to return to the franchise by playing Sonic in the audio drama Sonic and Tails R, alongside his successor as Shadow. Ryan's return to the iconic role saw much acclaim and celebration among the Sonic fanbase.
His Twitter can be found here.
Not to be confused with Brian Drummond.
Notable roles from Ryan Drummond:
- Sonic the Hedgehog in the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise (1999-2004)
- Sonic Adventure
- Sonic Shuffle (as well as voicing Knuckles)
- Sonic Adventure 2 (as well as voicing Shadow for some lines)
- Sonic Heroes
- Sonic Battle
- Sonic Advance 3 (final role)
- Sonic the Hedgehog in Sonic and Tails R
