Austin St. John
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St. John in June 2014.
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| Born |
Jason Geiger September 17, 1975 Roswell, New Mexico |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1993–2003, 2009, 2016-Present |
Austin St. John (born Jason Geiger; on September 17, 1975) is an American paramedic, actor, and martial artist, mainly known for his role as Jason Lee Scott, the original Red Ranger and first leader of the Power Rangers in the popular children's television series Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.
St. John has been practicing martial arts since he was five years old and holds a second-degree black belt in Taekwondo, a first-degree black belt in Judo, and he also practices Kenpo.
His stage name came as his management team at Pat O'Brien Management Talents thought Jason Geiger was not a strong name, with the actor coming up with "St. John" himself, and Austin being suggested by the managers inspired by Steve Austin, from The Six Million Dollar Man.
St. John's first major acting role was in 1993, when he starred as Jason Lee Scott, the Red Power Ranger, in Saban Entertainment's Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. Mighty Morphin Power Rangers was an instant success and quickly became one of the highest-rated children's television programs ever. However, Austin left the series midway through the second season, after a contract and pay dispute, and was replaced as the Red Ranger on the show by Steve Cardenas as Rocky DeSantos.
St. John later returned to the franchise as the Gold Ranger in Power Rangers: Zeo and in a supporting role as the recently retired-Ranger Jason Lee Scott in the second feature film Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie, along with his former castmate Amy Jo Johnson (Kimberly Hart, the original Pink Power Ranger). He also co-hosted the 1999 Power Rangers special titled "The Lost Episode," with his former castmate and close friend Walter Emanuel Jones (Zack Taylor, the original Black Power Ranger), in which they both discussed the history of Power Rangers up to that point and also presented the original, never-before-seen pilot of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.
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