David Kaye (voice actor)

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**David V. Hope** (born October 14, 1964), better known by his stage name **David Kaye**, is a Canadian voice actor. He is best known for his roles in animation, including Megatron in five of the *Transformers* TV series (*Beast Wars*, *Beast Machines*, *Armada*, *Energon* and *Cybertron*), Optimus Prime in *Transformers: Animated*, Professor X and Apocalypse in *X-Men Evolution*, Cronus in *Class of the Titans*, Khyber and Shocksquatch in *Ben 10: Omniverse*, several characters in *Avengers Assemble* and Reginald in *Regular Show*. He is also well known for his anime roles (such as Sesshomaru in *Inuyasha* and Treize Khushrenada in *Mobile Suit Gundam Wing*) and his video game roles (such as Clank in the *Ratchet & Clank* series and Nathan Hale in the *Resistance* series). His voice is also featured in the Academy Award-winning Disney/Pixar film *Up* and is the announcer for *Last Week Tonight with John Oliver* on HBO.

## Career

During the 1980s, Kaye moved to Vancouver to work in radio. He also did theater, starring in plays such as *Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf*, where he played George and *Harvey*, where he played Elwood P. Dowd.

Kaye's voice-over career began in 1989 with General Hawk in the DiC animated series *G.I. Joe*. Working as an on-air talent for radio station CKLG (LG73), he quickly became less interested as both on camera and behind the mic roles started taking up more time. On camera opportunities came in the form of guest roles on numerous TV series and movies such as *The X-Files*, *Battlestar Galactica* and *Happy Gilmore* with Adam Sandler.

During this time, Kaye was cast in several animation shows and video games, including a role as Megatron in *Beast Wars*. This began an almost a twenty-year relationship with the *Transformers* franchise. In 2007, he become the first actor in the franchise to play both Megatron and Optimus Prime, voicing the latter for Cartoon Network's *Transformers: Animated*. Kaye also lent his voice to the later series *Transformers: Prime* and *Transformers: Robots in Disguise*.

In anime, Kaye has been the voice behind Sesshomaru in the English dubbed *InuYasha* series, Treize Khushrenada in *Mobile Suit Gundam Wing*, Recoome in *Dragon Ball Z* (1996–98) and as Soun Tendo in *Ranma ½*. His involvement in anime has led to several appearances at conventions.

Kaye became a Los Angeles based voice artist. He has worked on *Ben 10: Omniverse* as the villain Khyber, with J. G. Quintel on *Regular Show* as Reginald, and Clay Bailey, F-Bot & Chase Young on *Xiaolin Chronicles*. He is voicing several characters on the *Avengers Assemble* animated series and Max Tennyson in the reboot of *Ben 10*.

He shared the role of the Stretch Monster with Miguel Ferrer in *Stretch Armstrong and the Flex Fighters*, and also took over in the late actor's role of Vandal Savage in *Young Justice: Outsiders*.

Alongside conventional voicework, Kaye also narrates movie trailers, network promo for ABC, Fox, The CW, National Geographic, TLC, FX and other commercial work.

## Filmography

### Animation

* *Avengers Assemble* – Vision, J.A.R.V.I.S., Helmut Zemo / Citizen V, Ultron, Corvus Glaive, Heinrich Zemo, Space Phantom, Blood Brother #1, Roxxon Guard #1, Guardsman, Additional voices
* *The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes* – Supreme Intelligence
* *Be Cool, Scooby-Doo!* – Headless Count, Bradwick
* *Beast Machines: Transformers* – Megatron
* *Beast Wars: Transformers* – Megatron
* *Being Ian* – Jousting Tournament Announcer, Chopin
* *Ben 10* – Max Tennyson, Shock Rock, Humungosaur, Fisherman, Steve. Trucker, Spider, Shock-O, Boxer, Clown #2, Lester, Guard, Mr, Billions, Tour Guide (2nd Time), Melvin, Lagrange, Lord Decibel, Karl, Azmuth
* *Ben 10/Generator Rex: Heroes United* – Shocksquatch
* *Ben 10: Omniverse* – Khyber, Cannonbolt, Shocksquatch, Gravattack, Heatblast, Sunder, Frankenstrike, Mallice, Warlord Gar, Ultimate Gravattack, Thumbskull, Forever King, Joseph Chadwick (2nd Time), Lord Transyl, Deefus Veeblepister, Unitaur, Slapstrike, Exo-Skull, Skurd
* *Class of the Titans* – Cronus
* *Coconut Fred's Fruit Salad Island* – Bunga Berry, Additional Voices
* *D'Myna Leagues* – Barry
* *Dan Vs.* – Additional Voices
* *DC Nation Shorts: Shazam* – Shazam, Ibac
* *DC Nation Shorts: Tales of Metropolis* – Bizarro
* *DuckTales* – Duckworth, Rhutt Betlam
* *Electric City* – Dr. Loman
* *Exosquad* – General Draconis, Lt. Hallas
* *Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes* – Iron Man (Ep. "Shell Games")
* *Fat Dog Mendoza* – Cry Baby Cry Announcer, Superboots Spokesperson, Pterodactyl, Big Al
* *Generation O!* – Fred Topple
* *G.I. Joe* – General Hawk (season 2)
* *G.I. Joe: Renegades* – Narrator (uncredited), Patrick O'Hara
* *Gadget and the Gadgetinis* – Additional Voices (uncredited)
* *GeoTrax* – Tex/Sir John
* *Geronimo Stilton* – Chippy P. Crunchrat
* *Guardians of the Galaxy* – Corvus Glaive
* *Hot Wheels Battle Force 5* – Kromulax
* *Hurricanes* – Narrator
* *Jackie Chan Adventures* – Elvin Elf, Santa Claus
* *Kleo the Misfit Unicorn* – Slim, Various
* *Kong: The Animated Series* – Professor Ramon De la Porta
* *Mummies Alive!* – Talos
* *NASCAR Racers* – Additional Voices
* *ReBoot* – Head Spectral (Ep. "Where No Sprite Has Gone Before")
* *Regular Show* – Reginald, Various
* *Rescue Heroes* – Rock Miner
* *RoboCop: Alpha Commando* – Additional Voices
* *Robot Chicken* – Megatron, Invisible Man, 8-bit Blacksmith
* *Roswell Conspiracies: Aliens, Myths and Legends* – Additional Voices
* *Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated* – Argus Fentonpoof, Dr. Phobos, Bill Buntman
* *Skysurfer Strike Force* – Jack Hollister / Skysurfer One (season 2)
* *Star vs. the Forces of Evil* – TBA
* *Star Wars: The Clone Wars* – General Tandin, Citizen, Rebel
* *Street Fighter* – Akuma
* *Street Sharks* – Dr. Robert Bolton
* *Stretch Armstrong and the Flex Fighters* – Stretch Monster, Epsilon Interviewer
* *Stroker and Hoop* – Ansel, Announcer
* *Teen Titans Go!* – Death, Ferryman, Whimsy Robin, Whimsy Cyborg, Buster, Dragon
* *The Cramp Twins* – News Anchor, Man (Ep. "News Whale/Twisted Ending")
* *The Wacky World of Tex Avery* – Narrator
* *Tom and Jerry Tales* – Mauricio (Ep. "Tiger Cat/Feeding Time/Polar Peril")
* *Transformers: Animated* – Optimus Prime, Grimlock, Lugnut, Cliffjumper, Warpath, Highbrow, Sparkplug Witwicky
* *Transformers: Prime* – Hardshell, Vehicon Trooper #1
* *Transformers: Robots in Disguise* – Hammerstrike, Slashmark, Race Announcer (Ep. 55)
* *The Twisted Whiskers Show* – Dander, Claude, Dash, Fishmonger
* *Ultimate Spider-Man* – J.A.R.V.I.S. (Ep. "The Avenging Spider-Man: Part 1")
* *Walter Melon* – Alien Father, NASA Reporter
* *We Bare Bears* – Additional Voices
* *Xiaolin Chronicles* – Clay Bailey, Chase Young, F-Bot
* *X-Men: Evolution* – Professor Charles Xavier, Apocalypse
* *Yakkity Yak* – Additional Voices
* *Young Justice: Outsiders* – Vandal Savage, Steve Lombard
* *Yvon of the Yukon* – Additional Voices

### Anime dubbing

* *Dragon Ball Z* – Recoome (Ocean dub)
* *Eat-Man '98* – Bolt Crank
* *Fatal Fury 2: The New Battle* – Kim Kaphwan
* *Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex* OVAs – Batou
* *Inuyasha* – Sesshomaru (1st voice, also movies)
* *Key the Metal Idol* – Tomoyo Wakagi
* *Maison Ikkoku* – Soichiro Otonashi
* *MegaMan NT Warrior* – ProtoMan.EXE
* *Mobile Suit Gundam Wing* – Treize Khushrenada
* *Monster Rancher* – Monol, Captain Clay, Celius, End Bringer, Moo
* *Night Warriors: Darkstalkers' Revenge* – Pyron
* *Ranma ½* – Soun Tendo, The Gambling King, Daisuke, Additional Voices
* *Ronin Warriors* – The Ancient One, Narrator
* *Tico of the Seven Seas* – James
* *Tokyo Underground* – Pairon, Narrator
* *Transformers: Armada* – Megatron / Galvatron
* *Transformers: Cybertron* – Megatron / Galvatron
* *Transformers: Energon* – Megatron / Galvatron

### Film

* *Barbie and the Three Musketeers* – Alexander
* *Barbie as Rapunzel* – Hugo
* *Barbie: Mariposa* – Royal Guard
* *Broken Saints* – Lear Dunham
* *Casper's Haunted Christmas* – Narrator
* *Fatal Fury: The Motion Picture* – Kim Kaphwan
* *Hot Wheels AcceleRacers* – Deezel "Porkchop" Riggs
* *Iron Man & Captain America: Heroes United* – J.A.R.V.I.S., Computer Voice #1
* *Iron Man & Hulk: Heroes United* – J.A.R.V.I.S.
* *Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade* – Additional Voices
* *Night of the Living Carrots* – The Missing Link
* *Barbie in Princess Power* - Wes Rivers
* *Ratchet & Clank* – Clank
* *Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie* – Cupid
* *Scooby-Doo! and the Beach Beastie* – Grafton Brownstone
* *Scooby-Doo! and the Gourmet Ghost* – Henry Metcalf, Chef Edward DuFlay
* *The Ant Bully* – Wrangler Ant, Sleeping Ant #2, Guard Ant #3
* *The Hero of Color City* – Black, King Scrawl
* *Up* – Newsreel Announcer

### Video games

* *Assassin's Creed 2* – Additional Voices
* *Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood* – Salai (*Da Vinci's Disappearance* DLC)
* *Batman: Arkham City* – James Gordon
* *Beetle Adventure Racing* – Game Announcer
* *Ben 10: Omniverse* – Cannonbolt, Gravattack, Heatblast, Khyber, Shocksquatch, Arachdroid
* *Ben 10: Omniverse 2* – Cannonbolt, Gravattack, Incursean Frog Commando, Swampfire
* *Dead Island* – Logan Carter
* *Dead Island: Riptide* – Logan Carter
* *Disney Infinity 3.0* – J.A.R.V.I.S., Mysterio
* *Hot Shots Golf Fore!* – Clank
* *Fuse* – Oculus
* *Impossible Creatures* – Upton Julius
* *Inuyasha: Feudal Combat* – Sesshomaru
* *Kessen* – Narrator
* *Kingdom Hearts III* – Olympus Narrator
* *Lost: Via Domus* – John Locke
* *Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects* – Iron Man
* *Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2* – Captain America, Colonel Nick Fury
* *Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order* – Corvus Glaive, Mysterio, Vision
* *Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite* – Jedah Dohma
* *Matt Hazard: Blood Bath and Beyond* – Matt Hazard
* *Mobile Suit Gundam: Encounters in Space* – Random Pilots
* *Need for Speed* series – Game Announcer
* *Overstrike* – Dalton Brooks (Trailer)
* *PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale* – Clank
* *PlayStation Move Heroes* – Clank
* *Psychonauts* – Ford Cruller
* *Ratchet & Clank* series – Clank, Klunk
* *Resistance* series – Nathan Hale
* *Spider-Man: Friend or Foe* – Electro
* *Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions* – Mysterio
* *Super Bomberman R* – Clank (PlayStation 4 version)
* *The Cave* – Magician, Weight Guesser, Roulette Barker
* *The Wolf Among Us* – Dr. Swineheart
* *Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow* – Suhadi Sadono
* *Transformers* – Megatron
* *Transformers Animated: The Game* – Optimus Prime, Lugnut

### Other

* *BBC Radio 1* – Announcer: Coverage of Miami Winter Music Conference 2007 Radio 1 In Miami
* *I Know That Voice* – Himself

### Live-action

* *Battlestar Galactica* – James McManus
* *Carpool* – Scott Lewis
* *Death Note* – Koreyoshi Kitamura (voice, English dub)
* *Edge of Tomorrow* – UDF Commercial (voice)
* *Happy Gilmore* – Reporter
* *Last Week Tonight with John Oliver* – Announcer (voice)
* *Martian Child* – Andy
* *The Quest* – Narrator (voice)
* *The X-Files* – (2 episodes)
* *X2: X-Men United* – TV Host (uncredited)

## References

1. ↑ 069 – David Kaye on Talkin Toons with Rob Paulsen – Weekly Voice Acting and Voice Over Tips. techjives.net. December 7, 2012
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* Interview with David Kaye – Jan 2004

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