Joel McDonald is an American voice actor, voice director, and
scriptwriter who worked on English versions of anime series at
Funimation.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 the Funimation One
Piece dub, in addition to Sgt Frog, Deadman Wonderland, Space Dandy
and Initial D.
scriptwriter who worked on English versions of anime series at
Funimation.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 the Funimation One
Piece dub, in addition to Sgt Frog, Deadman Wonderland, Space Dandy
and Initial D.
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