Editing Solid Snake (section)

===Voice actors===
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In the games, Solid Snake has been voiced by [[Akio Ōtsuka]] in the Japanese version, and by [[David Hayter]] in the English adaptations. When working in ''[[Captain Planet]]'', Hayter met the casting director of this show, [[Kris Zimmerman]], who would later also be the voice-over director for ''Metal Gear'' games. When debuting in ''Metal Gear Solid'', Hayter was impressed by the game's cutscenes and the amount of dialogue. One of Snake's lines that Hayter liked was "I just didn't expect a world-class designer of military technology to be so… cute." when Snake interacts with Mei Ling, believing it showed a more fun side of him. Solid Snake's English voice was inspired by Hayter's experience with Japan's storytelling, resulting in minor changes for the script. Hayter himself felt shocked when ''Sons of Liberty'' was released as the narrative focused more on newcomer Raiden rather than him. Although there were no news about Snake's future role in ''Metal Gear'', the actor believes ''Guns of the Patriots'' gave the character a proper closure.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metalgearinformer.com/?p=13843|title=DAVID HAYTER ON HIS ROLE AS SNAKE: 'I TRIED TO DO SOMETHING VERY SPECIFIC WITH THIS CHARACTER'|website=Metal Gear Informer|date=6 April 2014|access-date=March 26, 2020}}</ref> One of Snake's final scenes in this game bothered Hayter as during the ending the character hesitates to kill himself despite having killed multiple enemies in fights. Nevertheless, Hayter stated that he "loves" the character he was given to portray.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/olliebarder/2016/05/11/david-hayter-on-voicing-snake-in-metal-gear-and-the-joys-of-being-covered-in-goo/#2c7aa2615bcb|title=David Hayter On Voicing Snake In 'Metal Gear' And The Joys Of Being Covered In Goo|website=Forbes|access-date=March 26, 2020}}</ref>

Other than the aforementioned voice actors, Solid Snake has also been dubbed in four different languages for the European localization of ''Metal Gear Solid''; in French by [[Emmanuel Bonami]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://fr.ign.com/metal-gear-solid-gb/55923/news/framboise-gommendy-mgs-une-interview-touchante |title=Metal Gear Solid : Framboise Gommendy, traductrice et doubleuse, livre une interview touchante |access-date=October 7, 2022 |date=September 9, 2011 |publisher=IGN France |language=fr |archive-date=September 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210909131506/https://fr.ign.com/metal-gear-solid-gb/55923/news/framboise-gommendy-mgs-une-interview-touchante}}</ref> in German by [[Stephan Grothgar]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.turn-on.de/article/unterirdisch-13-spiele-mit-einer-grausigen-synchronisation-76465 |title=Unterirdisch: 13 Spiele mit einer grausigen Synchronisation |language=de |date=September 6, 2016 |author=aktualisiert |access-date=October 7, 2022 |website=Turn on}}</ref> in Italian by Alessandro Ricci,<ref name="player">{{cite web|url=https://www.player.it/speciali/352195-intervista-ad-alessandro-ricci-la-storica-voce-di-solid-snake.html |title=Intervista ad Alessandro Ricci, la storica voce di Solid Snake |website=player.it |author=Amerigo "ilCirox" Cirelli  |date= August 19, 2018 |access-date=October 7, 2022 |language=it}}</ref> and in Spanish by [[Alfonso Vallés]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blogs.gamefilia.com/momone/11-07-2010/34371/dobladores-ilustres-05 |title=Artículo acerca de la carrera de Alfonso Vallés |language=es |date=July 11, 2010 |author=momone |access-date=October 7, 2022 |archive-date=October 18, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101018040221/http://blogs.gamefilia.com/momone/11-07-2010/34371/dobladores-ilustres-05}}</ref>