Adam McArthur

Adam McArthur is an American actor based in Los Angeles, California.^[1] His best-known role is voicing Marco Diaz in Star vs. the Forces of Evil, Prince Lee-Char in Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Ricky and Patrick in Shadows House, Yuri in Sakugan, Chifuyu Matsuno in Tokyo Revengers, and Yuji Itadori in Jujutsu Kaisen. He also voices characters on other animation shows, and on-screen on some nationally aired commercials. In martial arts, he specializes in kung fu, has been a champion at some tournaments, and has been the featured subject of several documentaries that have aired on PBS.

Adam McArthur
McArthur at the 2022 WonderCon
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Pepperdine University
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2002–present

Biography

McArthur grew up in Pinole, California in the San Francisco Bay Area^[2][3] He graduated from Pepperdine University in 2005 with a degree in Acting and Television Production, and has worked with improv groups in the Los Angeles area.^[4][5] As a martial artist, he specializes in Wushu kung fu,^[6] and other forms such as judo.^[7] He started when he was 11.^[8] In 2003, he was an All Around Grand Champion in the Adult Male Traditional category at the UC Berkeley Chinese Martial Arts Tournament.^[9] In 2006, he was selected for the documentary Kung Fu: Journey to the East where he and fellow martial arts practitioner Kristi Jordan visited China to learn from martial arts experts and perform at a stage presentation at the Shaolin Temple. The show was broadcast on PBS.^[10] He would return in 2014 for another PBS-broadcast documentary called Shaolin Kung Fu Monks where he follows the group as they go on a worldwide tour with stops in Moscow, New York City, and Los Angeles.^[11][12]

McArthur's first major role in animation voice-over was in Star vs. the Forces of Evil, which premiered as one of the top animated shows on the Disney XD channel (which he would later become the announcer for), and which was ordered for a second season ahead of its regular broadcast of the first season.^[13] He voices Marco Diaz, a teenage boy whose family hosts the title character as an exchange student, and who becomes her partner in their adventures. Daron Nefcy said he brings something special to the character, making Marco charming as well as smart and aware of the world around him.^[14] He voiced in the series Star Wars: The Clone Wars as Mon Cala Prince Lee-Char for a story arc in season 4. In an interview with TheForce.net, McArthur said he used his regular voice for his character.^[15]

McArthur was involved in theater throughout high school and college, and has worked at ComedySportz in Los Angeles as part of their improv team.^[8][16] In 2015, he starred in an Audi commercial called "The Scripted Life" which aired during the 2015 Emmy Awards and was also nominated for several awards among film festivals and advertising critics.^[17][18] In 2022, McArthur was nominated for Best VA Performance (EN) at the Crunchyroll Anime Awards for his performance as Yuji Itadori in Jujutsu Kaisen.^[19]

Filmography

Live-action

• Motocross Kids (2004) – Male reporter
• Jack & Bobby (2004) – The Track Guy (Ep. 9: "Chess Lessons")^[20]
• Kung Fu: Journey to the East (2006) – Himself – Documentary, featured subject^[10][21][22]
• El Dorado (2009) – Jack Thompson^[23]
• Scooby-Doo! Spooky Camp Stories (2010) – Counselor Cooper^[23][24]
• Shaolin Kung Fu Monks (2014) – Himself – Documentary, featured subject^[11][25][12]
• "The Scripted Life" (2015) – Carl – Audi television commercial ^{[17][18][26][27]}
• Krampus (2015)^[28] - Gingerbread Men

Animation

• Phantom Investigators (2002) – Max (Ep. 11: "Ghosts on Film")
• The LeBrons (2011) – Erik^[23][29]
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2011) – Mon Cala Prince Lee-Char^[15][30][31] (Eps.: "Prisoners" and "Water War"/"Gungan Attack"^[32])
• The Adventures of Puss in Boots (2015) – Chad^[33] (Ep. 3: "Brothers")^[29]
• Star vs. the Forces of Evil (2015–2019) – Marco Diaz^{[34][35][36][37]}
• Ollie and Scoops (2019) – Rudy
• Too Loud (2019) – Hilarious Larry
• Big City Greens (2020) – Ashton
• Hailey's On It! (2020) - Scott Denoga (Pilot only as Scott Ferderman)^[38][39]
• S.A.L.E.M. (2021) – Oliver
• Chibiverse (2024–present) – Marco Diaz

Anime

• Jujutsu Kaisen (Crunchyroll dub) (2020) – Yuji Itadori
• Shadows House (FUNimation dub) (2021) – Ricky/Patrick
• My Hero Academia (FUNimation dub) (2021) – Koku Hanabata/Trumpet
• The Saint's Magic Power is Omnipotent (FUNimation dub) (2021) – Kyle Salutania
• Tokyo Revengers (Crunchyroll dub) (2021) – Chifuyu Matsuno
• Sakugan (Crunchyroll dub) (2021) – Yuri
• Sing a Bit of Harmony (FUNimation dub) (2022) – Prince
• The Orbital Children (Netflix dub) (2022) – Taiyo Tsukuba
• Fruits Basket: Prelude (Crunchyroll dub) (2022) – Teacher
• Goodbye, Don Glees! (GKIDS dub) (2022) – Rōma Kamogawa
• Bungo Stray Dogs (Crunchyroll dub) (2023) – Saigiku Jouno
• The First Slam Dunk (GKIDS dub) (2023) – Sota Miyagi^[40]
• Kaiju No. 8 (Crunchyroll dub) (2024) – Reno Ichikawa^[41]

Video games

• Final Fantasy Type-0 HD (2015) – Joker^[29]
• Far Cry 5 (2018)
• Ghostwire: Tokyo – Man A, Boy B^[42]
• Sand Land – Additional voices^[43]
• Shadow of the Tomb Raider (2018)
• WWE 2K24 (2024) – Troy Simpkin^[29]
• Date Everything! (2025) – Cam^[29]
• WWE 2K25 (2025) - Troy Simpkin