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.

Personal life 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. Two days later, on January 12, voice actress 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. 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.

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.

Filmography Anime

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Films

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