Title: Alvin and the Chipmunks (film)
Content: Jason Lee as David "Dave" Seville, a struggling songwriter and father figure to Alvin, Simon and Theodore ; David Cross as Ian Hawke, the chief executive at JETT Records ; Cameron Richardson as Claire Wilson, Dave's ex-girlfriend ; Jane Lynch as Gail, an advertising executive, and Dave's former boss ; Justin Long as Alvin ; Matthew Gray Gubler as Simon ; Jesse McCartney as Theodore ; Kevin Symons as Ted ; Frank Maharajh as Barry ; Veronica Alicino as Amy 
Title: Alvin and the Chipmunks (film)
Content:  Chevy Chase, Jim Carrey, Tim Allen, John Travolta, Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, and Bill Murray were originally considered for the role of David Seville. On March 7, 2007, Jason Lee joined the project to play David Seville, and Cameron Richardson signed on March 21. David was a more clean-cut character for Lee than his past roles, which he appreciated. Patton Oswalt and Brian Posehn were approached to play Ian Hawke but both of whom declined. Bagdasarian and his wife, Janice Karman, had always voiced the chipmunks since they revived the franchise; however, for the film, they were replaced by Justin Long, Matthew Gray Gubler and Jesse McCartney for marketing reasons. , despite the fact for the first trailer of the film, Bagdasarian and Karman voiced the chipmunks. For recording, the chipmunk voice actors spoke their lines slowly to be sped up to normal speed in post-production; McCartney described it as a "tedious process," where "it could take 40 takes for one line." He was such an Alvin and the Chipmunks fan that he even owned the album Chipmunk Punk (1980), and studied 1980s Alvin cartoons for his role in the film.
Title: Alvin and the Chipmunks (film)
Content: Ross Bagdasarian, Jr. — lead guitars and the spoken voice of Dave on track 2 and the sung vocal of Alvin ; Steve Vining — bass on track 8 and the sung vocal of Simon ; Janice Karman — the sung vocal of Theodore ; Jason Lee — spoken voiceover on track 7 (as "David Seville") ; Justin Long - spoken voiceover on tracks 7 (as "Alvin") ; Matthew Gray Gubler — spoken voiceover on tracks 7 (as "Simon") ; Jesse McCartney — spoken voiceover on tracks 7 (as "Theodore") ; Jason Gleed — guest vocals and rhythm guitars ; Chris Classic — secondary guest lead vocals ; Rebecca Jones — tertiary guest 
Title: List of Alvin and the Chipmunks characters
Content:  Alvin Seville is the lead vocalist and the middle brother of the Chipmunks. He typically wears a sweater/hoodie with a yellow "A" and a red baseball cap. Alvin is portrayed as enthusiastic, mischievous, egotistical, and constantly seeking the spotlight. He often makes up crazy schemes to achieve goals, whether it be for benefiting others or getting out of difficult situations. He refers to them as "challenging the ordinary." His pride in his fame often comes off in vain, but Alvin loves his brothers very much, often proving that his heart speaks louder than his voice. Alvin is shown to have a crush on Brittany as the two often argue and compete against each other. Like his brothers, Alvin was originally voiced by Ross Bagdasarian Sr. In the animated series and film, he was voiced by Ross Bagdasarian Jr. Justin Long voiced Alvin in the live-action hybrid film series. On July 30, 2002, Alvin was No. 44 on TV Guide's list of "Top 50 Best Cartoon Characters of All Time". His personality was based on one of Ross Jr.'s brothers, Adam Bagdasarian, who had a rebellious streak.
Title: Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked
Content: Jason Lee as David "Dave" Seville ; David Cross as Ian Hawke ; Jenny Slate as Zoe ; Justin Long as Alvin Seville (voice) ; Ross Bagdasarian Jr. as Alvin Seville (singing voice) ; Matthew Gray Gubler as Simon Seville (voice) ; Steve Vining as Simon Seville (singing voice) ; Alan Tudyk as "Simone", Simon's adventurous French alter ego after getting bitten by a spider that gives him amnesia. (voice) ; Jesse McCartney as Theodore Seville (voice) ; Janice Karman as Theodore Seville and the Chipettes (singing voice) ; Christina Applegate as Brittany (voice) ; Janice Karman as Brittany (singing voice) ; Anna Faris as Jeanette (voice) ; Janice Karman as Jeanette (singing voice) ; Amy Poehler as Eleanor (voice) ; Janice Karman as Eleanor (singing voice) ; Andy Buckley as Captain Correlli ; Tucker Albrizzi as Kite Kid ; Phyllis Smith as Flight Attendant 
Title: Alvin and the Chipmunks (film)
Content: 1Denotes original song ; 2Performed by Ross Bagdasarian, Sr. as David Seville. This version is technically without the Chipmunks. ; 3Featuring Ross Bagdasarian, Sr. as David Seville (speaking only) and the singing voice for Alvin, Simon and Theodore. A soundtrack sampler was released along with the DVD of the film in a two-pack sold exclusively at Walmart. This features five songs produced exclusively for the soundtrack. 
Title: Alvin and the Chipmunks (film)
Content:  A tree that three young chipmunk brothers Alvin, Simon, and Theodore live in, is cut down and driven to Los Angeles after JETT Records purchases it as a Christmas tree. There, struggling songwriter and composer David Seville has his latest demo rejected by their chief executive, Ian Hawke, his college roommate, who suggests that Dave give up writing songs. The Chipmunks hop into a basket of muffins that Dave stole from one of Ian's coworkers, and follow Dave home. Once there, Dave discovers the Chipmunks and kicks them out of the house, only to hear them sing "Only You (And You Alone)" and "Funkytown." Dave then makes a deal with the Chipmunks to 
Title: Alvin and the Chipmunks in film
Content:  In a tree farm, three musically inclined chipmunks, Alvin (Justin Long), the mischievous troublemaker, Simon (Matthew Gray Gubler), the smart one in the trio, and Theodore (Jesse McCartney) the chubby sweethearted chipmunk, find their tree cut down and are transported to Los Angeles. Once there, they meet frustrated songwriter David Seville (Jason Lee), and despite a poor house-wrecking first impression, they impress him with their singing talent. Seeing the opportunity for success, both human and chipmunks make a pact for them to sing his songs. While that ambition proves a frustrating struggle with the difficult trio, the dream does come true after all. However, that success presents its own trials as their unscrupulous record executive, Ian Hawke (David Cross), plans to break up this family to exploit the boys. Can Dave and the Chipmunks discover what they really value amid the superficial glamour around them?
Title: Alvin and the Chipmunks
Content:  Alvin and the Chipmunks, originally David Seville and the Chipmunks or simply The Chipmunks, are an American animated virtual band created by Ross Bagdasarian for a novelty record in 1958. The group consists of three singing animated anthropomorphic chipmunks named Alvin, Simon, and Theodore. They are managed by their human adoptive father, David "Dave" Seville. Bagdasarian provided the group's voices sped up to create high-pitched squeaky voices (which wasn't entirely new to him, having worked on "Witch Doctor" earned the record two Grammy Awards for engineering). "The Chipmunk Song" became a number-one single in the United States. After Bagdasarian died in 1972, the characters’ voices were provided by his son Ross Bagdasarian Jr. and the latter's wife Janice Karman in the subsequent incarnations of 
Title: Alvin and the Chipmunks (1983 TV series)
Content: Ross Bagdasarian, Jr. – Alvin Seville, Simon Seville, Dave Seville, Grandpa Seville (second voice), most additional male voices (1988–1991) ; Janice Karman – Theodore Seville, Brittany Miller, Jeanette Miller, and Eleanor Miller, most additional female voices (1988–1991) ; Dody Goodman – Beatrice Miller ; Thomas H. Watkins – Uncle "Adventure" Willy, Lilly the dog (1988–1991) ; Rainy Hayes – Chipette Song vocal artist ; Sherwood Ball – Chipmunk Song vocal artist ; Vanessa Bagdasarian ; Michael Bagdasarian ; Derek Barton ; Natalie Brown 

Question: who plays david in alvin and the chipmunks?
Answer: Jason Lee.