By Karan Brar
May 21, 2022
St. John appeared as Jason the Red Ranger in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers for 79 episodes from 1993-94, ending with the episode "Opposites Attract"
Jason Lawrence Geiger, better known under his stage name Austin St. John
For his role, he took the stage name Austin St. John, Austin coming from The Six Million Dollar Man’s Steve Austin and John being a name of his own choosing.
When He was cast in MMPR, he was only 18 years old, making him the youngest actor among the cast when the series' premiered.
Austin St John is 47 years old in 2022 and was born on September 17, 1974, in Roswell, New Mexico, to his parents Steve and Sharon Geiger, becoming brother to Stephen.
With a parent in the armed forces, St John lived all over the United States while growing up.
He is of Native American, German, Irish, Japanese and Spanish descent, and holds a second-degree black belt in Tae-Kwon Do and a first-degree green belt in Judo, and also practices Shenkito and Kenpo.
On May 19, 2022, St. John and 17 other individuals were arrested[3] and charged by the Department of Justice of federal fraud related to the CARES Act.