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Mike McFarland

Mike McFarland

Actor, also producer and writer · Died September 9, 2026, aged 56 · Texas City, Texas, USA

Michael McFarland was an American voice actor, 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 Jean Havoc in Fullmetal Alchemist, Buggy the Clown in the Funimation dub of One Piece, and Jean Kirstein in Attack on Titan. He had 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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Biography from TMDB.

Born
July 14, 1970
Died
September 9, 2026 (aged 56)
From
Texas City, Texas, USA
Works as
Actor, also producer and writer
Titles
29 on MovieCove · 33 credits in all

What are Mike McFarland's films like?

Across their 25 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.

What they feel like to watch

their average across 6 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

Grounded 0 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 2

Gentle 0 · Charged 2 · Intense 4

Steady 2 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0

Slow burn 0 · Even-paced 6 · Relentless 0

Casual 2 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 1

Resolved 4 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 0

Roles they play

3 analyzed roles
Mentor
1 of 3
Ally
1 of 3
Hero
1 of 3

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
19
Melancholic
11
Dread
6
Thrilling
7
Hopeful
7
Other
19

How their films end · 8 with a twist

  • Happy4
  • Bittersweet13
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous7

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Mike McFarland's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 23 of their 29 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Crunchyroll (17).

Subscription and free streaming for Mike McFarland's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

33 credits, 29 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

Career shape

Star power in the 69th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 10 titles from 1992 to 2017; peak year 2012.

Film career

19922017

Peak 2012 · steadily prominent in film for years. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting10 of 10: 10 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score75th

By decade

1990s1 · acting2000s3 · acting2010s6 · acting

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Mike McFarland's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 75th percentile, the median of all 9; across their 6 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 81st percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

81stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 6

Approval · how many liked their films

64thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 6

Reach · how many have seen their films

86thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 6

Midcredits score across 29 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up15
  • 50th to 74th5
  • 25th to 49th7
  • Below 25th2

Shape of the crowd

12 of their 29 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved3
  • Loved with Detractors1
  • Divisive1
  • Cult Classic2
  • Crowd Pleaser12
  • Mixed10

Reviewers score the acting 66/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles; fans 71, detractors 40. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Mike McFarland's work okay for kids?

Across up to 11 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, sex & nudity, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore7 titles51–96 · median 68 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity11 titles17–81 · median 44 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity7 titles29–58 · median 49 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs7 titles20–36 · median 33 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense8 titles46–94 · median 71 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Mike McFarland work with?

People who share at least 2 of Mike McFarland's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Gen Fukunaga shares the most, 8.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Editors

Producers

Mixed roles