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- Height5′ 11″ (1.80 m)
- Jason David Frank is well-known for his role of Tommy Oliver in the long-running family television show Power Rangers. He is the voice of Emissary in Transformers: Titans Returns and brings Bloodshot to life in the highly-anticipated project Ninjak vs.the Valiant Universe. Always one looking for adventure, Jason shares his exciting life in the extremely popular series My Morphin Life, which is now in its fourth season.
Arguably the most popular and famous Power Ranger, Jason's character was only intended to be in ten episodes. Due to his popularity, he was morphed into the most amount of different rangers in the show's twenty-four year history. He began as the Mighty Morphin Green Ranger, a bad boy turned good, and subsequently morphed into the Mighty Morphin White Ranger, Red Zeo, Red Turbo, and then returned in 2004 as the Black Dino Thunder Ranger.
Throughout Power Ranger history, Jason David Frank's character has appeared in 225 total episodes and counting, more episodes than any other ranger. He also starred in the series both full-length movies, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers the Movie (1995) and Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie (1997). In 2013, Jason David Frank reprised his role of the Green Ranger in the Power Ranger's 20th Anniversary season, which featured a mega-war with many rangers from the show's long history, and was most recently had a cameo in the Power Rangers movie. With his dynamic screen presence and outstanding martial arts, he has catapulted Tommy to legendary fame in the Power Ranger fandom and to this day, maintains an enormous fan base that stretches around the world.
His martial arts is not just for television and films, Jason, an inductee of the World Karate Union Hall of Fame, is a highly accomplished and respected martial artist with 39 years of experience. In 1994, he created his own martial arts system, "Toso Kune Do," which means "Way of the Fighting Fist" and incorporates many different aspects of martial arts. He holds an eighth degree black belt in American Karate, a purple belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, and in February 2013, he received the title of Master of Muay Thai by the world renowned Muay Thai trainer Grand Master Toddy (Arjan). He is the owner and operator of Rising Sun Karate and MMA, with three schools in Texas and one in California.
In January 2013, Jason David Frank became the Guinness World Record Holder for most 1 inch pine board broken during freefall. Jason, who was introduced to skydiving during Power Rangers, shattered the previous record with seven broken pine boards.
On November 19, 2022, Jason David Frank took his own life by hanging himself in the bathroom at the Texas hotel and died at the age 49.
- IMDb mini biography by: Kathy Lymberopoulos
- SpousesTammie Frank(May 17, 2003 - November 19, 2022) (his death, 1 child)Shawna Frank(May 8, 1994 - April 11, 2001) (divorced, 3 children)
- ChildrenJacob FrankHunter FrankSkye FrankShayla Frank
- ParentsJanice Christine Soter
- RelativesErik Frank(Sibling)Drayden(Grandchild)
- Athletic, fierce combat choreography
- Rough, distinctive voice
- Was best known as Tommy on the 'Power Rangers'.
- Founder of the martial art "Toso Kune Do" (Translation: "Way of the Fighting Fist").
- Children are Jacob Frank, Hunter Frank and Skye Frank (with Shawna Frank) and Jenna Frank (by Tammie Frank).
- He had played the same character (Tommy Oliver) in six different series: Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (1993), Power Rangers Zeo (1996), Power Rangers Turbo (1997), Power Rangers Wild Force (2002), Power Rangers DinoThunder (2004) and Power Rangers Megaforce (2013). He also appeared in the 25th anniversary episode for the franchise Power Rangers Ninja Steel (2017): Dimensions in Danger (2018).
- As Tommy, he had been on the "Power Rangers" series longer than any other Ranger.
- The Price is Right - contestant. He won a car.
- I try to motivate people and inspire them, to let them know that they're not alone.
- I have high standards I hold myself to, besides Christianity.
- I have always been a martial arts fighter; it goes to back when I was eighteen. I was competing on the circuit, but when you're performing, you tend to pull punches because you don't want to hurt anyone.
- If you live day by day and do the best you can, then you'll have a great future. If you worry about the future, and you don't live the best day, you're not going to have a future.
- 'Power Rangers' has changed a lot of lives.
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