Joel McDonald

Joel McDonald (born December 23, 1980) is an American script writer and voice actor formerly affiliated with FUNimation Entertainment. He is married to fellow voice actress Marie Charlson.

Biography
Since McDonald was 7, he had a love for acting. He soon started acting 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.

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 One Piece, in addition to Sgt. Frog, Deadman Wonderland, Space☆Dandy and Initial D.

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 & Stocking with Garterbelt, 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.

Anime

 * Crayon Shin-chan (1992-present) - Vince (ep. 61), Additional Voices
 * Yu Yu Hakusho (1992-1995) - Sorai (Blu-Ray Remaster)
 * The Vision of Escaflowne (1996) - Dilandau Albatou (FUNimation Dub)
 * Initial D: First Stage (1998) - Takumi Fujiwara (FUNimation Dub)
 * One Piece (1999-present) - Bartholomew Kuma, Megalo, Judge (ep. 51), Louis Arnote (eps. 70, 78) , Additional Voices (FUNimation Dub)
 * Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE (2005-2006) - Kumara, Young Man (ep. 30), Additional Voices
 * D.Gray-man (2006-2008) - Jasdero, Akuma Wind, Michael
 * Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple (2006-2007) - Kaoru Shiratori, Student A (ep. 5), Takashi Furukawa (ep. 8)
 * El Cazador de la Bruja (2007) - Bounty Hunter B (ep. 6), Additional Voices
 * Black Butler (2008-2009) - Additional Voices
 * Michiko & Hatchin (2008-2009) - Miguel (eps. 21-22)
 * Rosario + Vampire (2008) - Additional Voices
 * Soul Eater (2008-2009) - Kilik Lung
 * Dragon Ball Z Kai (2009-2011) - Cowboy Store Owner (ep. 68), Bus Driver (ep. 70) , Nickytown Citizen (ep. 71) , ZZTV Staff (ep. 83) , West City Civilian (ep. 85) , Namekian (ep. 87) , Additional Voices
 * Fairy Tail (2009-2019) - Zeref Dragneel, Wobbly (ep. 31), Additional Voices
 * Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (2009-2010) - Urey Rockbell (ep. 22), Additional Voices
 * Black Butler II (2010) - Ronald Knox
 * Dance in the Vampire Bund (2010) - Cinva (eps. 8-9, 12)
 * Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt (2010) - Brief
 * Shiki (2010) - Mikiyasu Yasumori, Additional Voices
 * The Future Diary (2011-2012) - Ouji Kousaka
 * Guilty Crown (2011-2012) - Daryl Yan
 * Kamisama Kiss (2012-2015) - Mikage
 * Lupin the 3rd: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine (2012) - Additional Voices
 * Robotics;Notes (2012-2013) - Additional Voices
 * Attack on Titan (2013-present) - Milieus Zermusky (ep. 5), Additional Voices
 * Brothers Conflict (2013) - Chiaki (ep. 10)
 * Dragon Ball Z Kai: The Final Chapters (2014-2015) - Trainer (ep. 102), Monk (ep. 106) , Additional Voices
 * Tokyo Ghoul (2014-2015) - Take Hirako
 * The Heroic Legend of Arslan (2015) - Additional Voices
 * Drifters (2016) - Allister
 * Joker Game (2016) - Jitsui
 * My Hero Academia (2016-present) - Yūga Aoyama, Additional Voices
 * The Ancient Magus' Bride (2017) - Oberon
 * Black Clover (2017-2021) - Abra (eps. 12-13)
 * Garo: Vanishing Line (2017-2018) - Alfil (ep. 11)
 * Pop Team Epic (2018) - GTR (ep. 4)
 * Tokyo Ghoul: re (2018) - Take Hirako
 * Fire Force (2019-present) - Tojo (ep. 11)

OVAs & Specials

 * Tsubasa: Tokyo Revelations (2007-2008) - Fūma Monou
 * Tsubasa: Spring Thunder Chronicles (2009) - Fūma Monou
 * Code Geass: Akito the Exiled (2012-2016) - Ashley Asra
 * One Piece 3D2Y: Overcoming Ace's Death! Luffy's Pledge to His Friends (2014) - Additional Voices

Anime Films

 * Case Closed: Captured in Her Eyes (2000) - Sheffield
 * Case Closed: Countdown to Heaven (2001) - Additional Voices
 * Evangelion 1.11 You Are (Not) Alone (2007) - Additional Voices (FUNimation Dub)
 * Evangelion 2.22 You Can (Not) Advance (2009) - Additional Voices (FUNimation Dub)
 * Summer Wars (2009) - Additional Voices
 * The Boy & the Beast (2015) - Additional Voices
 * One Piece Film: Gold (2016) - Morkin, Additional Voices
 * Black Butler: Book of the Atlantic (2017) - Ronald Knox
 * Fairy Tail: Dragon Cry (2017) - Zeref
 * My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising (2019) - Yūga Aoyama

Video Game Dubbing

 * Tales of Xillia 2 (2014) - Chronos
 * Dragon Ball Legends (2018) - Zahha
 * My Hero One's Justice 2 (2020) - Yūga Aoyama
 * Tales of Arise (2021) - Chronos

Voice Director

 * Initial D: First Stage (FUNimation Dub)
 * Joker Game
 * Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple
 * One Piece (eps. 332-336, 361-433, 452-491, 493-516, 529-541, 543-552)
 * One Piece Film: Gold
 * One Piece Film: Z
 * One Piece 3D2Y: Overcoming Ace's Death! Luffy's Pledge to His Friends
 * Robotics;Notes
 * Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE
 * Tsubasa: Spring Thunder Chronicles

Writer

 * Code Geass: Akito the Exiled
 * D.Gray-man
 * Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works
 * Hero Mask
 * Hunter x Hunter
 * The Seven Deadly Sins
 * Sirius the Jaeger