Mike McFarland

Michael McFarland is an American voice actor, ADR director, script writer and line producer who works on English dubs of Japanese anime. He is known as the original English voice of Master Roshi and Yajirobe in Funimation's dubs of Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z. McFarland's other notable roles include Teppei Sugo in Psycho-Pass, Jean Havoc in Fullmetal Alchemist, Buggy the Clown in the Funimation dub of One Piece, and Jean Kirstein in Attack on Titan. He has voice directed on multiple Funimation titles including Dragon Ball, Fullmetal Alchemist, Case Closed, and Attack on Titan, the Rebuild of Evangelion films, and Summer Wars.

Mike McFarland
Occupations	Voice actor ADR director script writer line producer
Years active	1997–present
Website	http://www.mikemcfarland.com/

Filmography

Anime

List of dubbing performances in anime

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source[1]
1999–2003; 2005	Dragon Ball Z	Master Roshi, Yajirobe, Pui Pui, Mez, Android 8	Funimation dub, assistant ADR director, ADR scriptwriter
2000	Dragon Ball Z: The History of Trunks	Master Roshi	Funimation dub, TV Special
2000	Dragon Ball Z: Bardock - The Father of Goku	Tora, Toolo	Funimation dub, TV Special
2001–2003	Dragon Ball	Master Roshi, Android 8, Yajirobe, Little Flower's Father	Funimation dub, assistant ADR director, ADR director
2002-2006	Yu Yu Hakusho	Komada, Butajiri, M3/Kai, Kazemaru, Risho	assistant ADR director
2002–2003	Fruits Basket	Ritsu Soma
2003–2005	Dragon Ball GT	Baby, Master Roshi, Yajirobe	Funimation dub
2004–2005	Fullmetal Alchemist	Jean Havoc	ADR director, ADR scriptwriter
2004	Dragon Ball GT: A Hero's Legacy	Master Roshi, Baby
2005	The Galaxy Railways	Bruce J. Speed	Co-ADR director
2005	Gantz	Giant Buddha Statue, Male Teacher
2005	Burst Angel	Leo Jinno
2005	Baki the Grappler	Kitazawa
2005	Basilisk		line producer
2006	Diamond Daydreams	Dr. Amakasu
2006	Desert Punk	Haru Kawaguchi
2006	Trinity Blood	Cain NightRoad	ADR director, line producer, Script Adaptation
2006	Black Cat	Belze Rochefort, Gilberth
2007	Beet the Vandel Buster	Alside
2007	School Rumble	Jiro Yoshidayama
2007	Mushi-shi	Koro	ADR director, line producer, ADR scriptwriter
2007	Gunslinger Girl	Franco, Giorgio	ADR director, line producer
2007	Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad		Music director	[2]
2007–present	One Piece	Buggy the Clown, Helmeppo (episode 68 onwards), Richie, Eyelash, Masshikaku, Yokozuna	ADR director, ADR scriptwriter, ADR Producer (Funimation dub)
2008	Shuffle!	Oshita
2008	Black Blood Brothers	Janaway
2008	Aquarion	Glen Anderson
2008	Jyu-Oh-Sei	Theo Klein
2008	Claymore	Big Yoma
2008	Negima!?	Magic School Principal
2008	Ouran High School Host Club	Ryoji "Ranka" Fujioka	line producer	[3]
2008–2009	Hetalia: Axis Powers	Estonia	line producer	[4]
2009	I"s	Yasumasa Teratani
2009	D.Gray-man	Toma
2009	Romeo × Juliet	Tybalt
2009	Sgt. Frog	Masayoshi Yoshiokadaira
2009	Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple	Ukita Kozo
2009	El Cazador de la Bruja	Eye Patch Man
2009	Bamboo Blade	MC
2009	Spice and Wolf	Village Mayor
2009	Eden of the East	Osamu Yamamoto	ADR director, line producer	[5]
2010	Rin: Daughters of Mnemosyne	Stamp
2010	Sands of Destruction	Cat Master
2010	Case Closed	George Kaminski, Jeremiah, Michel, Albert Jordenly, Archie Gailand, Old Man, Dr. Charles Lanning, Stu Hogan	ADR director
2010	Corpse Princess	Shuuji Isaki
2010	Birdy the Mighty	Boila
2010	Oh! Edo Rocket	Ankles
2010	Linebarrels of Iron	Jiro Aonuma	ADR director (eps 25-26) assistant ADR director, line producer
2010	Shiki	Yuuki	ADR director, line producer	[6]
2010–2013; 2017–2018	Dragon Ball Z Kai	Roshi, Yajirobe, Pui Pui, Android 8
2010–2011	Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood	Jean Havoc	ADR director, line producer	[7][8]
2011	Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom	Abel
2011	Hero Tales	Kanyo
2011	Fairy Tail	Nab Lasaro, Vidalus Taka, Nab (Edolas)
2011	Heaven's Lost Property	Sky Master
2012	The Legend of the Legendary Heroes	Claugh Klom
2012	Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt	Flat U. Lance
2012	Space Battleship Yamato 2199	Saburo Kato
2012	A Certain Magical Index	Hajime Hitotsui
2012	Appleseed XIII	Magus
2013	Lupin the Third: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine	Goemon Ishikawa
2013	High school DxD	Undine
2013	Last Exile: Fam, the Silver Wing	Alex Row		[9]
2013	Is This a Zombie?	Demon Baron
2013	Sankarea: Undying Love	Jogoro Furuya
2013	We Without Wings	Karura Itami
2013	Aquarion Evol	Izumo Kamurogi
2013	Hyperdimension Neptunia: The Animation		ADR director, scriptwriter	[10]
2014	Kamisama Kiss	Aotake
2014–2024	Attack on Titan	Jean Kirstein	ADR director	[11][12]
2014	Laughing Under the Clouds	Shi Qian-Lang
2014	High School DxD New	Kokabiel
2015	Assassination Classroom	Gastro
2015	Tokyo Ravens	Takahiro Tsuchimikado
2015	Noragami	Rabo	ADR director	[13]
2015	Sky Wizards Academy		assistant ADR director
2015	Attack on Titan: Junior High	Jean Kirstein	ADR director	[14]
2015	Parasite Dolls	Meyers
2015	Blood Blockade Battlefront	Deldro Brody	ADR director	[15]
2015	Ninja Slayer	Myrmidon
2015	Show by Rock!!	Crow
2015	Danganronpa: The Animation	Makoto's Father
2016–present	My Hero Academia	Mashirao Ojiro, Ectoplasm, Bird Hero Hitchcock-a-Doodle
2016	Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash	Brittany	Co-ADR director	[16]
2016	Divine Gate	Pavlov
2016	Chaos Dragon	Kaguraba Raihou Gramstahl	scriptwriter, assistant ADR director	[17]
2016	Black Butler: Book of Circus	Kelvin
2016	Puzzle & Dragons X	Charo's Father
2016	Servamp	Belkia
2016	Monster Hunter Stories: Ride On	Guild Master
2016	One-Punch Man	Carnage Kabuto	ADR script adaptation	[18]
2016	Drifters	Doug
2016	Overlord	Captain of the Black Scripture
2016	The Vision of Escaflowne	Mole Man
2016	Aquarion Logos	Shintaro Hayashi
2016	No-Rin		ADR director	[19]
2016	Barakamon		ADR director	[20]
2016	Handa-kun		ADR director	[21]
2016	Trickster	Yoshio's Father	ADR director	[22]
2017	Koro Sensei Quest	Gastro
2017	Sakura Quest	Doku (Young)
2017	Tokyo Ghoul	Kotaro Amon	ADR director; also :re	[23]
2017	Hyouka		ADR director (eps 1-12, 18-22)	[24]
2017	18if		ADR director	[25]
2017–2019	Dragon Ball Super	Master Roshi, Yajirobe	Funimation dub	[26]
2018	Pop Team Epic	Pipimi
2018	Space Battleship Yamato 2202	Saburo Kato
2018	Junji Ito Collection	Mori	ADR director (eps 1-10)	[27]
2018	Full Metal Panic! Invisible Victory	George Lovelock	ADR director
2018	Legend of the Galactic Heroes	Murai		[28]
2018	The Master of Ragnarok & Blesser of Einherjar		ADR director
2018	Double Decker! Doug & Kirill	William Jefferson	ADR director
2018	That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime	Fuze
2018–2021	Zombie Land Saga	Hochu		[29]
2019	Boogiepop and Others	Jin Asukai	5 episodes, ADR director (eps 1-9; 14-18), assistant ADR director (eps 10-13)	[30][31]
2019	Magical Girl Spec-Ops Asuka	Kim Kanth
2019	The Quintessential Quintuplets		assistant ADR director
2019	Afterlost	Taiyo	ADR director
2019–2021	Fruits Basket	Ritsu Soma	2019 reboot	[32]
2019	Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest		ADR director	[33]
2019	Kemono Michi	Saigo		[34]
2019	Dr. Stone	Argo
2019	African Office Worker	Sheep		[35]
2020	Bofuri	Dread		[36]
2020	Our Last Crusade or the Rise of a New World		Co-ADR director
2021	Bottom-tier Character Tomozaki		Co-ADR director	[37]
2022	Odd Taxi	Hiroshi Odokawa	Crunchyroll dub; ADR script writer	[38]
2022	Date A Live IV	Big Bad Wolf
2023	Trigun Stampede	E.G. Mine		[39]

Animation

List of voice performances in animation

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source[1]
2016–2017	RWBY	Fennec Albain, Mayor	Volume 4-5	[40]

Film

List of dubbing performances in direct-to-video and television films

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source[1]
1998	Dragon Ball: Sleeping Princess in Devil's Castle	Master Roshi, Count Lucifer, Ghastel	Funimation dub
1999	Chuck E. Cheese in the Galaxy 5000	Harry the Hermit	Chuck E Cheese special
2000	Dragon Ball: Mystical Adventure	Master Roshi, Emperor Pilaf, Gatchans		[41]
2001	Dragon Ball Z: Lord Slug	Master Roshi, Yajirobe
2002	Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge	Doore, Yajirobe, Master Roshi	assistant ADR director	[41]
2002	Dragon Ball Z: The Return of Cooler	Master Roshi, Yajirobe
2003	Dragon Ball Z: Super Android 13	Master Roshi
2003	Dragon Ball: The Path to Power	Master Roshi, Android 8		[41]
2003	Dragon Ball Z: Broly – The Legendary Super Saiyan	Master Roshi	ADR director
2004	Dragon Ball Z: Bojack Unbound	Master Roshi	Funimation dub	[41]
2005	Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone	Master Roshi	Funimation dub	[41]
2005	Dragon Ball Z: The World's Strongest	Master Roshi	Funimation dub	[41]
2005	Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of Might	Master Roshi	Funimation dub	[41]
2006	Dragon Ball Z: Wrath of the Dragon	Master Roshi	Funimation dub	[41]
2006	Fullmetal Alchemist: Conqueror of Shamballa	Jean Havoc	ADR director	[42][43]
2008	Vexille	Murata	ADR director, line producer
2010	Evangelion 1.0: You Are Not Alone	Makoto Hyuga, Eva	ADR director, line producer	[44][45]
2010	Summer Wars	Shota Jinnouchi	ADR director, line producer	[46]
2010	Dragon Ball: Curse of the Blood Rubies	Master Roshi	Funimation dub	[41]
2012	Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos		ADR director	[47]
2011	Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance	Makoto Hyuga	ADR director, line producer	[48]
2012	Dragon Age: Dawn of the Seeker	Lazarro	ADR director
2012	Tales of Vesperia: The First Strike	Yurgis	ADR director, line producer	[49]
2013	Wolf Children	Kuroda	ADR director	[50]
2013	Blood-C: The Last Dark	Kuroto Magami	ADR director	[50]
2014	Hal	Nepalese	ADR director	[51]
2014	One Piece: Film Z	Helmeppo		[41][52]
2014	Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods	Master Roshi		[41]
2014	Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo	Makoto Hyuga	ADR director	[53]
2015	Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F'	Master Roshi
2015	Joseph: Beloved Son, Rejected Slave, Exalted Ruler	Joseph		[54]
2016	The Boy and the Beast		ADR director	[55]
2016	Psycho-Pass: The Movie	Teppei Sugo		[56]
2016	The Empire of Corpses	Alexei Karamazov	ADR director	[57]
2016	Escaflowne	Mole Man	Funimation dub
2019	Dragon Ball Super: Broly	Male Saiyan C		[58]
2019	One Piece: Stampede	Buggy, Helmeppo	ADR Director	[59]
2022	Sing a Bit of Harmony	Class Teacher		[60]
2022	Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero	Yajirobe
2023	Psycho-Pass Providence	Teppei Sugo		[61]

Video games

List of dubbing performances in video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source[1]
2002–present	Dragon Ball games	Master Roshi, Yajirobe, Baby Vegeta, Android 8, Pui Pui, Doore, Tora, Dodoria	Dodoria in Raging Blast only	[41]
2004	Seven Samurai 20XX	Additional voices		[62]
2009	Case Closed: The Mirapolis Investigation	George Kaminsky		[41]
2012	Street Fighter X Tekken	Paul Phoenix		[41]
2016	Street Fighter V	Nash		[41]
2017	Orcs Must Die! Unchained	Blackpaw
2020	One-Punch Man: A Hero Nobody Knows	Carnage Kabuto		[41]
2020	Fire Emblem Heroes	Caellach		[63]

Brain tumor and recovery

On January 10, 2025, it was announced by a representative of Central Florida Comic Con on Twitter that McFarland would not be attending the event due to an illness.^[64] Two days later, on January 12, voice actor Colleen Clinkenbeard revealed in a tweet that McFarland was admitted to a hospital due to a brain tumor, and underwent emergency surgery, but was recovering.^[65] Clinkenbeard also linked a GoFundMe page for McFarland on her post, which was spread by several past and present voice actors in the industry, as well as fans.

On January 16, McFarland posted an update to his Twitter assuring his fans he was feeling better and thanking everyone for their support. ^[66]

On August 18, it was announced that McFarland had been diagnosed with glioblastoma, a form of brain cancer. The website Anime News Network, along with J. Michael Tatum and Brandon McInnis, posted an update on McFarland's recovery and a GoFundMe link.^[67][68]