Jason Geiger (born September 17, 1974), professionally known as Austin
St. John, is an American actor and martial artist best known for his
portrayal of Jason Lee Scott in the Power Rangers franchise.St. John
was born Jason Geiger in Roswell, New Mexico, U.S. on September 17,
1974, the son of U.S. Marine and martial artist Steve Geiger and his
wife Sharon. He has one sibling, a brother named Stephen. With a
parent in the armed forces, St. John lived all over the United States
while growing up.St. John's first acting role and most well known role
to date came to him when he was just a teenager, when he was cast as
teen superhero Jason Lee Scott, the Red Power Ranger in Mighty Morphin
Power Rangers, the first installment of the Power Rangers franchise,
which debuted on Fox Kids in 1993. For his role, he took the stage
name Austin St. John, Austin coming from The Six Million Dollar Man's
Steve Austin and St. John being a name of his own choosing. Like St.
John, his character had a background in martial arts. Though the
series was hugely successful and brought St. John international
recognition as an actor, long hours on set combined with low pay and
no union recognition presented real challenges for him. As a result,
St. John, along with all of his other co-stars including Jason David
Frank agreed to leave the show during its second season if their
employers rejected their pay demands and unionization attempts, but
when time came, only Walter Emanuel Jones and Thuy Trang joined him in
the ultimatum and ultimately left the show. St. John was replaced by
Steve Cardenas as the Red Ranger. St. John went onto reprise the role
of Jason several times over, in both film and television, making an
appearance as the character in 2002, in an episode of Power Rangers
Wild Force entitled “Forever Red†. He also appeared alongside
Jones, as himself, in the Power Rangers special The Lost Episode in
1999, which focused on the history of the franchise up to that point
and showed the original pilot episode for the series, which had never
before been aired. In 2020, St. John reprised the role of Jason in an
episode for Season 2 of Power Rangers Beast Morphers entitled "Grid
Connection".
St. John, is an American actor and martial artist best known for his
portrayal of Jason Lee Scott in the Power Rangers franchise.St. John
was born Jason Geiger in Roswell, New Mexico, U.S. on September 17,
1974, the son of U.S. Marine and martial artist Steve Geiger and his
wife Sharon. He has one sibling, a brother named Stephen. With a
parent in the armed forces, St. John lived all over the United States
while growing up.St. John's first acting role and most well known role
to date came to him when he was just a teenager, when he was cast as
teen superhero Jason Lee Scott, the Red Power Ranger in Mighty Morphin
Power Rangers, the first installment of the Power Rangers franchise,
which debuted on Fox Kids in 1993. For his role, he took the stage
name Austin St. John, Austin coming from The Six Million Dollar Man's
Steve Austin and St. John being a name of his own choosing. Like St.
John, his character had a background in martial arts. Though the
series was hugely successful and brought St. John international
recognition as an actor, long hours on set combined with low pay and
no union recognition presented real challenges for him. As a result,
St. John, along with all of his other co-stars including Jason David
Frank agreed to leave the show during its second season if their
employers rejected their pay demands and unionization attempts, but
when time came, only Walter Emanuel Jones and Thuy Trang joined him in
the ultimatum and ultimately left the show. St. John was replaced by
Steve Cardenas as the Red Ranger. St. John went onto reprise the role
of Jason several times over, in both film and television, making an
appearance as the character in 2002, in an episode of Power Rangers
Wild Force entitled “Forever Red†. He also appeared alongside
Jones, as himself, in the Power Rangers special The Lost Episode in
1999, which focused on the history of the franchise up to that point
and showed the original pilot episode for the series, which had never
before been aired. In 2020, St. John reprised the role of Jason in an
episode for Season 2 of Power Rangers Beast Morphers entitled "Grid
Connection".
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