posted on 2026-08-07 17:05 EDT by Alex Mateo
Michael Donovan
Image via Ian James Corlett's Instagram page
The digital summer issue of 2026 SAG-AFTRA's quarterly magazine is listing that Canadian voice actor Michael Donovan (listed as Michael David Donovan) had died on March 4. His fellow voice actor Ian James Corlett made a post about Donovan's death after he had learned about it from the magazine. He was 72 in March, and would have turned 73 this year on June 12.

Donovan had numerous roles in anime, including Ryoga Hibiki in the original Ranma ½ anime, Cye Mouri in Ronin Warriors, Zouken Matou in Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel, Master Roshi in an older dub of Dragon Ball, and Primus in Transformers: Cybertron.

He also had other memorable roles in animated series such as Mike The TV and Phong in ReBoot, Guile in Street Fighter, Jack Hollister in Skysurfer Strike Force, Wes Weasley in The Adventures of Sonic The Hedgehog, Eggplant Wizard in Captain N: The Game Master, and Sabertooth in X-Men: Evolution.

Source: SAG-AFTRA's summer 2026 magazine, Ian James Corlett's Instagram page

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