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name: "David McCharen"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/david-mccharen"
fi1m_id: "david-mccharen"
imdb_id: "nm0565567"
tmdb_id: 952996
wikidata_id: "Q11855854"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "16 April 1950"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 7
average_fi1m_score: 68
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 7
updated: "2026-10-05T01:51:45.380208+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# David McCharen

## Identity

David McCharen

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/david-mccharen
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** david-mccharen
- **IMDb ID:** nm0565567
- **TMDB ID:** 952996
- **Wikidata ID:** Q11855854
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11855854, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0565567/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/952996

Actor. Born 16 April 1950 in Japan.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 16 April 1950, Japan
- **Active:** 1980–2000
- **Also known as:** David Wayne McCharen
- **Average Fi1m score:** 68, as actor, over 7 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 61 (3), 1990s 79 (3), 2000s 52 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 72 to 64 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Family 5, Adventure 3, Animation 3, Comedy 3, Drama 3, Action 2
- **Screen time:** 11 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,802m across 7 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11855854, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0565567/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/952996

## Biography

David Wayne McCharen (born 16 April 1950) is a Japanese-American actor and voice actor. He provided the voice of Shredder / Oroku Saki in *Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles* (1990) and its sequel *Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze* (1991).

McCharen has worked extensively as an additional voice artist. His credits include *The Lion King* (1994), *The Nightmare Before Christmas* (1993), *Dinosaur* (2000), *Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within* (2001) and *Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs* (2009). Earlier film roles include Harry Hotcash in *Popeye* (1980).

*Sources: imdb.com, themoviedb.org.*

## On Fi1m (7)

- *Dinosaur* (2000), Fi1m 52, as Additional Voices (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/dinosaur.md)
- *The Lion King* (1994), Fi1m 84, as Additional Voices (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/the-lion-king.md)
- *The Nightmare Before Christmas* (1993), Fi1m 82, as Additional Voices (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/the-nightmare-before-christmas.md)
- *Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles* (1990), Fi1m 71, as The Shredder / Oroku Saki (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles.md)
- *Fatal Attraction* (1987), Fi1m 70, as Party Guest — [page](https://film.one/film/fatal-attraction.md)
- *Nice Dreams* (1981), Fi1m 50, as Chicken Man — [page](https://film.one/film/nice-dreams.md)
- *Popeye* (1980), Fi1m 64, as Harry Hotcash — [page](https://film.one/film/popeye.md)

## Complete filmography (31)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs* (2009), as Additional Voice (voice)
- *Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within* (2001), as Additional Voices (voice)
- *Bounce* (2000), as Infinity Air Commercial Narrator
- *Dinosaur* (2000), as Additional Voices (voice) — Fi1m 52, [page](https://film.one/film/dinosaur.md)
- *The Lion King* (1994), as Additional Voices (voice) — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-lion-king.md)
- *The Nightmare Before Christmas* (1993), as Additional Voices (voice) — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-nightmare-before-christmas.md)
- *Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze* (1991), as Shredder (voice)
- *White Palace* (1990), as Additional Voice (voice)
- *Ghost Dad* (1990), as Additional Voices (Voice)
- *Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles* (1990), as The Shredder / Oroku Saki (voice) — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles.md)
- *Coupe de Ville* (1990), as Additional Voices (voice)
- *Fatal Attraction* (1987), as Party Guest — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/fatal-attraction.md)
- *Annie Oakley* (1986), as Cowboy Pete
- *Ponce de Leon* (1986), as Enrique
- *Johnny Appleseed* (1986), as Bart
- *The Princess Who Had Never Laughed* (1986), as Weird William
- *Tall Tales & Legends* (1985), series, as Van Der Meer, Bart, Enrique, Cowboy Pete
- *The Legend of Sleepy Hollow* (1985), as Van Der Meer
- *Starchaser: The Legend of Orin* (1985), as (voice)
- *The Snow Queen* (1985), as Guard #2
- *The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers* (1984), as Gargoyle / Horrible Man #1
- *Thumbelina* (1984), as The Swallow
- *The Princess and the Pea* (1984), as Royal Messenger
- *Off the Wall* (1983), as Birdman
- *They Call Me Bruce?* (1982), as Cowboy on Horse
- *Faerie Tale Theatre* (1982), series, as Royal Messenger, The Swallow, Gargoyle / Horrible Man #1, Guard #2, Alfred, Peasant #1, Weird William, Out-of-Breath Prince
- *Pandemonium* (1982), as Chicken Patient
- *The Luck of Roaring Camp* (1982), as Buck
- *Nice Dreams* (1981), as Chicken Man — Fi1m 50, [page](https://film.one/film/nice-dreams.md)
- *Popeye* (1980), as Harry Hotcash — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/popeye.md)
- *Pray TV* (1980), as Mohandis Hani

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