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

thumb|Taylor at the 2023 [[Phoenix Fan Fusion.]]

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 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

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| TMNT

| Leonardo

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| Star Wars: The Clone Wars

| Obi-Wan Kenobi, 4-A7, Medical Droid

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| Ratchet & Clank

| Ratchet

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| Atlantis: Milo's Return

| Milo Thatch

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| Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League: Attack of the Legion of Doom

| Barry Allen / Flash, Sam Lane

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|The Christmas King!: A Garden Cartoon Movie

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Animation

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| || Johnny Bravo || rowspan="3" | Various voices ||   ||

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|Loonatics Unleashed

|Bugsy the Bug

|Episode: "In the Pinkster"

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|2012–20

|Doc McStuffins

|Boppy

|5 episodes

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| Lego DC Comics: Batman Be-Leaguered || Barry Allen / Flash || &nbsp; ||

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| We Wish You a Merry Walrus || Roofhowse || &nbsp; ||

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| || Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero || Additional voices || &nbsp; ||

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|2015–17

|Ultimate Spider-Man

|Triton, Molten Man, Blastaar, Leader, Hydro-Man, additional voices

|&nbsp;

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|2019

|Victor and Valentino

|Chip

|Episode: "The Collector"

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| Tales of the Jedi || Obi-Wan Kenobi || ||

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|Batman: Caped Crusader

|Marcus Driver, Client

|3 episodes

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Anime

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| || Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind || Muzu || &nbsp; ||<!-- url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Cir3_8YUZY -->

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| rowspan="9" | || Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith || Obi-Wan Kenobi || &nbsp; ||

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|Spider-Man: Battle for New York

|Spider-Man

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| Free Realms || Chatty || &nbsp; ||

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|Speed Racer: The Videogame

|Jack "Cannonball" Taylor, Colonel Colon

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| How to Train Your Dragon|| Fishlegs Ingerman || &nbsp;||

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| Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 Remix || Captain Jack Sparrow, The Prince || Archive audio ||

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| Disney Infinity 3.0 || Obi-Wan Kenobi, Plo Koon, TD-54 || &nbsp; ||

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| Transformers: Devastation || Menasor, Seeker 1 || &nbsp; ||

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Live action roles

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| The Comedy Team of Pete & James

| Himself

| Documentary; also writer and producer

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| X-treme Weekend

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| Executive producer

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| The Audition

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| Associate producer

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|Big Time Rush

| Regional Manager Taylor

| Episode: 'Big Time Demos'

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| I Know That Voice

| Himself

| Documentary

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| Summer '78

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| Producer

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| A Certain Point of View

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| Producer (3 episodes)

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| Clone Wars Conversations

| Himself/host

| Also writer and producer

| &nbsp;

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| Kenobi: A Star Wars Fan Film

| Captain Leegus

| Fan film

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| The Last Blockbuster

| Himself

| Documentary

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Web

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| –present

| James Arnold Taylor's Talking to Myself

| Himself/host

| Also writer and producer

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References

  • Interview with James Arnold Taylor about Batman: Brave & the Bold (Legions of Gotham)