Joel McDonald

Joel McDonald is an American voice actor, voice director, and scriptwriter who worked on English versions of anime series at Funimation.

For the Australian footballer and businessman, see Joel Macdonald.

Joel McDonald
McDonald in 2014
Occupations
  • Voice actor
  • voice director
  • scriptwriter
Years active2009-present
SpouseMarie Charlson[1]
Children2

Biography

Since McDonald was 7, he had a love for acting. He acted in plays at school and church, participating in community theater, secondary school theater and in speech competitions. Later, he acquired a BFA in Acting and Directing from Sam Houston State College. From that point onwards, McDonald took up acting professionally, taking parts in a national kids' theater tour, landing different roles in a couple dozen stage shows.

In 2006, after years of stage work in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, McDonald became involved in voice acting and also got into ADR directing and adaptive scriptwriting.[2]

Career

McDonald has provided voices for a number of English language versions of Japanese anime films and television shows, and video games. He is best known as the voice of Takumi Fujiwara from the Initial D series, Meow from Space Dandy, and Minato Sahashi from the Sekirei series, as well as the ADR director for the Funimation One Piece dub, in addition to Sgt Frog, Deadman Wonderland, Space Dandy and Initial D.[3]

In the 2010s, McDonald has been cast in more lead/major roles, such as Akane from Divine Gate, Mikage from the Kamisama Kiss series, Bartholomew Kuma from One Piece, Zeref from Fairy Tail, Brief from Panty and Stocking, Hien from Chaos Dragon, Koki Mimura from Assassination Classroom, Azusa Hanai from Big Windup, Toshimitsu Kubo from the Baka and Test series, Hayato Ike from the second season of Shakugan no Shana onwards, Jacuzzi Splot from Baccano, Motoharu Kaido from Aesthetica of a Rogue Hero, Ikta Solok from Alderamin on the Sky, and Dilandau Albatou from the Funimation redub of The Vision of Escaflowne.

On February 15, 2018, he has resigned from Funimation as a director.[4]

Personal life

On March 18, 2016, Joel announced the birth of his son, Beck Austin McDonald.[5] He is married to fellow voice actress Marie Charlson in 2014. His second son, Finn McDonald, was born on June 15, 2018.[6]

Filmography

Anime
List of English dubbing performances in anime
Year Title Role Notes Source[7]
2009 Big Windup! Azusa Hanai [2]
2009 Baccano! Jacuzzi Splot [8]
2009 Nabari no Ou Yoite [9]
2009 Sgt. Frog Saburo Mutsumi [10]
2010 One Piece Bartholomew Kuma, Megalo, Pacifistas Funimation dub, ADR Director [11]
2010 Sekirei Minato Sahashi also season 2 [12]
2010 Initial D Takumi Fujiwara Funimation dub, ADR Director [13]
2010 Linebarrels of Iron Hideaki Yajima [14]
2010 Rin: Daughters of Mnemosyne Mary Ep. 3 [15]
2010 Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood Urey Rockbell [16]
2012 Darker Than Black Hotel Manager 1 episode, credited under "EXTRAS" [17]
2012 Shakugan no Shana Hayato Ike season 2-3 [18]
2012 Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt Brief [19]
2012 Black Butler Ronald Knox season 2 [20]
2012 Hetalia: Axis Powers Poland season 2 onwards [21]
2012 Okami-san and Her Seven Companions Ryoshi Morino [22]
2012 Shangri-La Medusa [23]
2012 Deadman Wonderland ADR Director [3]
2013 Aesthetica of a Rogue Hero Motoharu Kaido [24]
2013 Baka and Test Toshimitsu Kubo ADR Director, also season 2 and OVA [25]
2013 Future Diary Ouji Kosaka [26]
2013 We Without Wings Takashi Haneda [27]
2013 Last Exile: Fam, the Silver Wing Fritz [28]
2013 Guilty Crown Daryl Yan [29]
2013 Tenchi Muyo! War on Geminar Alan [30]
2013 Sankarea: Undying Love ADR Director [31]
2013 Good Luck Girl! Ibuki ADR Director [32]
2014–2019 Fairy Tail Zeref Dragneel, Alios Stand-In with Justin Briner [33]
2014 Space Dandy Meow ADR Director [34]
2014 Attack on Titan Milieus Zermusky also Attack on Titan: Junior High [35]
2014 Red Data Girl Manatsu Soda [10]
2014 Date A Live ADR Director [36]
2014 Robotics;Notes ADR Director [37]
2014 Laughing Under the Clouds Rakuchō Takeda ADR Director [38]
2015 Assassination Classroom Koki Mimura ADR Director, also Koro-sensei Q! [39]
2015 Kamisama Kiss Mikage also season 2 [40]
2015 Sky Wizards Academy Kanata Age [41]
2015 Ninja Slayer From Animation Disturbed Ep. 8 [42]
2015 Yona of the Dawn Jaeha [43]
2016 91 Days Arturo Tronco Ep. 3 [44]
2016 Alderamin on the Sky Ikta Solok [45]
2016 All Out!! Sunao Ōsaka [46]
2016 Chaos Dragon Hien [47]
2016 Dimension W Blue Eps. 4-5 [48]
2016 Divine Gate Akane [49]
2016 Drifters Allister [50]
2016 Handa-kun Takashi Ishida Eps. 1-2 [51]
2016 Joker Game Jitsui ADR Director [52]
2016 Lord Marksman and Vanadis Tigrevurmud Vorn [53]
2016 Maria the Virgin Witch Gilbert [44]
2016 Monster Hunter Stories: Ride On Cheval [54]
2016 Prince of Stride: Alternative Asuma Mayuzumi [55]
2016 No-Rin Kaoru Hanazono [56]
2016 The Seven Deadly Sins ADR Script [57]
2016 Trickster Kanda [44]
2016 The Vision of Escaflowne Dilandau Albatou Funimation dub, also movie [58][59]
2016 Yuri!!! on Ice Phichit Chulanont [60][61]
2016The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.Reita Toritsuka[62]
2016–presentMy Hero AcademiaYuga Aoyama[63]
2017 ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Dept. Beurre Ep. 4 [64]
2017 Chain Chronicle: The Light of Haecceitas Melchior [64]
2017 Nanbaka Daisen Rokuriki [65]
2017Kenka Bancho Otome: Girl Beats BoysTakayuki Konparu[66]
2017 The Royal Tutor Ernst Rosenberg [66]
2017Code Geass: Akito the ExiledAshley Ashra[67]
2017 The Ancient Magus' Bride Oberon [68]
2017 Black Clover Abra Ep. 13 [68]
2017Garo: Vanishing LineAlfilEp. 11[69]
2018Hakyu Hoshin EngiKokutenko[70]
2019Fire ForceTojoEp. 11[71]

Film
List of English dubbing performances in films
Year Title Role Notes Source
2010 Initial D: Third Stage Takumi Fujiwara
2012Fafner in the Azure: Heaven and EarthMisao Kurusu[72]
2012 Dragon Age: Dawn of the Seeker Alte
2013 Shakugan no Shana: The Movie Hayato Ike
2017 One Piece Film: Gold Mohkin ADR Director [73][74]
2017 Black Butler: Book of the Atlantic Ronald Knox [20]
2017Genocidal OrganLeland[75]
2017Fairy Tail: Dragon CryZeref
2017 Initial D: Legend 1 - Awakening Takumi Fujiwara
2018 Initial D: Legend 2 - Dream
2018 Initial D: Legend 3 - Racer


Video games
List of performances in video games
Year Title Role Notes Source
2012 Borderlands 2 Capt Flynt, Jim, Tector Hodunk [76]
2013 The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct Deputy Albert Lee [77]
2014 Smite Mercury [78]
2014 Tales of Xillia 2 Chronos English Dub [78]
2018 Dragon Ball Legends Zahha English Dub [79]
2019 Borderlands 3 Burger Bot, Fanatic Male 1, Bandit 3, Nilly, Bandit Walla [77]
2020 My Hero One's Justice 2 Yuga Aoyama English Dub [77]

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  79. McDonald, Joel [@AtYes2Ats] (April 21, 2018). "So I'm in #DragonBallLegends if any of y'all were on the fence about getting into the whole 'Dragon Ball' thing" (Tweet). Retrieved January 4, 2021 – via Twitter.
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