Mike McFarland
American voice actor (1970–2026)
Michael McFarland was an American voice actor, automated dialogue replacement (ADR) director, script writer and line producer who worked on English dubs of Japanese anime. He was 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 included Teppei Sugo in Psycho-Pass, Jean Havoc in Fullmetal Alchemist, Buggy the Clown in the Funimation dub of One Piece, Jean Kirstein in Attack on Titan, and Mashirao Ojiro in My Hero Academia. He 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.
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