Editing David Hayter (section)

== Career ==
=== Early acting career ===
Hayter did some live acting in the early 1990s, most notably in an episode of the sitcom ''[[Major Dad]]'', but soon became more interested in voice acting and later landed the role of [[Captain America]] in the popular 1994 ''[[Spider-Man (1994 TV series)|Spider-Man]]'' animated series.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pcgamesn.com/marvel-heroes-2015/a-chat-with-solid-snake-david-hayter-on-marvel-heroes-voice-acting-and-if-video-game-movies-will-ever-be-good|title=A chat with Solid Snake: David Hayter on Marvel Heroes, voice acting, and if video game movies will ever be good|website=PCGamesN|date=March 10, 2015 }}</ref> He also provided the voice of [[Arsène Lupin III]] in the English version of the [[anime]] film ''[[The Castle of Cagliostro]]'' and the voice of [[Tamahome]] in the English version of the anime series ''[[Fushigi Yūgi]]''. He also starred in the 1994, straight-to-video movie, ''[[Guyver: Dark Hero]]'', as the protagonist, Sean Barker (a [[The Guyver#Reception|role]] he took over from the previous actor, [[Jack Armstrong (actor)|Jack Armstrong]]); Hayter has since gone-on to use the character's name as an alias in various work credits.

=== ''Metal Gear Solid'' series ===
Hayter began providing the English voice of ''[[Metal Gear]]'' series protagonist [[Solid Snake]] in the 1998 video game ''[[Metal Gear Solid (1998 video game)|Metal Gear Solid]]'', which also served as the series's transition from 2D to 3D. Hayter would go on to play Solid Snake and his progenitor [[Big Boss (Metal Gear)|Naked Snake]] throughout all the succeeding installments (including spinoffs, re-releases and adaptations) up to and including ''[[Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker]]'' (2010). Hayter also has an extended live-action cameo as himself in one of the fictional TV programs prior to the start of ''[[Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots]]'' (2008); where he wears the "Solid Eye", the technologically advanced eye patch that the main character wears throughout the game. Outside the ''Metal Gear'' series, Hayter also voiced the character in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' (2008).

His work with the ''Metal Gear'' series has also led Hayter to do voice work in other video game projects such as ''[[Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem]]'' and ''[[Star Wars: The Old Republic]]''. He cited the series as an influence on his screenwriting, stating that "Kojima and I have different styles," "but I've certainly learned things from him, especially about ambiguity and telling a story without giving all the answers."<ref name="HayterSnake">{{cite web|url=http://www.1up.com/news/anime-expo-david-hayter-critical|title=Anime Expo: David Hayter Critical of Some MGS Moments|date=May 7, 2008|publisher=1UP.com|author=Fitch, Andrew|access-date=March 2, 2012}}</ref>

Hayter is one of the few ''Metal Gear'' actors to have played and completed the games he's voiced in.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://uk.psp.gamespy.com/playstation-portable/kojima-productions-project/747389p1.html|access-date=December 15, 2006|title=UK PSP|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070117025248/http://uk.psp.gamespy.com/playstation-portable/kojima-productions-project/747389p1.html|archive-date=January 17, 2007}}</ref> According to [[Paul Eiding]], Hayter gave up half of his own paycheck in order to bring back the cast of the original ''Metal Gear Solid'' for the 2004 remake ''[[Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes]]''.{{citation needed|date=May 2013}}

Following the announcement of ''[[Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain]]'' in the 2013 [[Game Developers Conference]], Hayter announced that he was not asked to reprise as the main character for this entry.<ref>{{cite news|title=Beloved Solid Snake Voice Actor Says He Wasn't Asked to Be in Metal Gear Solid V|url=http://kotaku.com/beloved-solid-snake-voice-actor-says-he-wasn-t-asked-to-461256492|first=Evan|last=Narcisse|work=[[Kotaku]]|publisher=[[Gawker Media]]|date=March 27, 2013|access-date=March 27, 2013}}</ref> This was later confirmed when Konami announced that [[Kiefer Sutherland]] would be the character's voice during [[Electronic Entertainment Expo|E3]] the same year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ca.ign.com/articles/2013/06/06/kiefer-sutherland-playing-snake-in-metal-gear-solid-v|title=Kiefer Sutherland Playing Snake in Metal Gear Solid V|last=Goldfarb|first=Andrew|publisher=IGN|date=June 6, 2013|access-date=June 6, 2013}}</ref> Hayter has since revealed in an interview that he had to re-audition for the role suggesting that the series' creator [[Hideo Kojima]] was already considering recasting the part much earlier, with [[Kurt Russell]] ([[Snake Plissken]] in ''[[Escape from New York]]'' and ''[[Escape from L.A.]]'') having been allegedly offered the role during the development of ''[[Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater]]'' (2004).<ref name=gameinformerpodcast>{{cite web|url=https://www.gameinformer.com/b/podcasts/archive/2016/03/25/the-inside-story-of-recording-metal-gear-solid.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160326203211/http://www.gameinformer.com/b/podcasts/archive/2016/03/25/the-inside-story-of-recording-metal-gear-solid.aspx|url-status=live|archive-date=March 26, 2016|title= The Inside Story Of Recording Metal Gear Solid|last=Carson|first=Ben|publisher=Game Informer|date=March 25, 2016|access-date=April 11, 2016}}</ref>

After Kojima's departure from Konami, Hayter would reprise the role in a ''Metal Gear Solid''-themed advertisement for the [[Ford Focus (third generation)|2016 Ford Focus SE]] aired in 2016.<ref name=fordfocus>{{cite web|url=http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2016-04-08-david-hayter-reprises-metal-gear-solid-role-in-ford-commercials|title=David Hayter reprises Metal Gear Solid role in Ford commercials|publisher=Eurogamer.net|date=April 8, 2016|access-date=April 9, 2016}}</ref> In 2018, Hayter provided the character's voice in two video games: ''[[Super Bomberman R]]'' (which added two playable characters based on both Solid Snake and Naked Snake in an update) and ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'' (which simply reused his performance from ''Brawl'').<ref>{{cite magazine
|last1=Hilliard |first1=Kyle |title=David Hayter Is Voicing Snake For His Return In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate |url=https://www.gameinformer.com/e3-2018/2018/06/12/david-hayter-is-voicing-snake-for-his-return-in-super-smash-bros-ultimate |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612211303/https://www.gameinformer.com/e3-2018/2018/06/12/david-hayter-is-voicing-snake-for-his-return-in-super-smash-bros-ultimate |url-status=live |archive-date=June 12, 2018 |magazine=Game Informer |access-date=June 12, 2018 |language=en}}</ref>

=== Filmmaking ===
[[File:David Hayter 2006-09-21.jpg|thumb|Hayter in 2006]]
In 2000, he wrote the screenplay for the movie version of ''[[X-Men (film)|X-Men]]'', for which he was awarded the 2000 [[Saturn Award for Best Writing]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Past Saturn Awards |url=http://www.saturnawards.org/past.html#writing |website=The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films |publisher=[[Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100209012608/http://www.saturnawards.org/past.html#writing |archive-date=February 9, 2010}}</ref> and then went on to co-write the screenplay for its sequel ''[[X2 (film)|X2]]'' with writing team [[Michael Dougherty]] and [[Dan Harris (screenwriter)|Dan Harris]]. Shortly after his work on ''X-Men'', Hayter was hired to write and direct a project based on the heroine [[Black Widow (Natalia Romanova)|Black Widow]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/movies/news/a585310/x-mens-david-hayter-wants-to-revive-black-widow-film/|title=Could Marvel revive Black Widow film?|website=[[Digital Spy]] |date=July 21, 2014}}</ref> However, due to the limited success of similar themed films featuring female vigilante protagonists at the time, Marvel withdrew their offer to Hayter stating, "We don't think it's time to do this movie". Hayter's daughter Natasha, born whilst he was writing the ''Black Widow'' script, is named after the titular character.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://io9.gizmodo.com/5481408/how-aeon-flux-killed-black-widow-and-made-iron-man-2-the-movie-it-is-today|title=How Aeon Flux Killed Black Widow and Made Iron Man 2 the Movie it is Today|work=i09|first=Graeme|last=McMillan|date=February 28, 2010}}</ref>

Hayter also wrote an adaptation of the graphic novel ''[[Watchmen]]'' by [[Alan Moore]] and David Gibbons. Noted for being a harsh critic of translations of his works to film, Moore said of the script "David Hayter's screenplay was as close as I could imagine anyone getting to [a film version of] ''Watchmen''. That said, I shan't be going to see it. My book is a comic book. Not a movie, not a novel. A comic book. It's been made in a certain way, and designed to be read a certain way."<ref>{{cite magazine| url=http://www.ew.com/article/2005/10/21/watchmen-oral-history | magazine=Entertainment Weekly | first=Jeff | last=Jensen | title=Watchmen: An Oral History | date=October 21, 2005}}</ref> Hayter and writer Alex Tse shared credit on the finished screenplay. Tse drew "the best elements" from two of the project's previous drafts written by Hayter.<ref>{{cite news | author=Gregory Ellwood | url=https://variety.com/2006/film/markets-festivals/world-awaits-watchmen-1200339571/ | title=World awaits ''Watchmen'' | publisher=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] | date=July 18, 2006 | access-date=September 23, 2006 }}</ref> The script did not keep the contemporary atmosphere that Hayter created, but instead returned to the original [[Cold War]] setting of the ''Watchmen'' comic.<ref name="exclusive">{{cite news | url=https://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=19672 | title=Exclusive: Zack Snyder talks ''Watchmen'' | publisher=[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]] | date=October 5, 2006 | access-date = October 5, 2006 }}</ref> Warner Bros. was amenable to the 1980s setting, and the director also added a title montage sequence to introduce the audience to the events of [[alternate history (fiction)|alternate history]] United States in that time period.<ref>{{cite news | author=Patrick Lee | url=http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?id=38891 | title=Snyder: ''Watchmen'' Remains True | publisher=[[Sci Fi Wire]] | date=November 9, 2006 | access-date=November 9, 2006 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070901191605/http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?id=38891 <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = September 1, 2007}}</ref>

On September 7, 2012, it was announced that Hayter would pen the screen adaptation [[Charlie Huston|''Caught Stealing'']], and would star [[Patrick Wilson]] and [[Alec Baldwin]].<ref>{{cite news|title=The Hollywood Reporter|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/toronto-2012-patrick-wilson-alec-368741|access-date=September 9, 2012 | first=Pamela|last=McClintock|date=September 7, 2012}}</ref>

On September 13, 2012, Hayter began filming on his directorial debut, ''[[Wolves (2014 film)|Wolves]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Dark Horizons|url=http://www.darkhorizons.com/news/24928/casting-news-mchattie-upham-rockwell|access-date=September 14, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120915050625/http://www.darkhorizons.com/news/24928/casting-news-mchattie-upham-rockwell|archive-date=September 15, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>

On July 8, 2013, Hayter was hired by [[Lakeshore Entertainment]] to write the film ''[[The Sword (2014 film)|The Sword]]'', based on the [[Image Comics]] series.<ref>{{cite web|last=Sneider|first=Jeff|title='Watchmen' Writer David Hayter to Adapt 'The Sword' for Lakeshore|url=https://www.thewrap.com/movies/column-post/watchmen-writer-david-hayter-adapt-sword-lakeshore-101661|publisher=The Wrap|access-date=August 12, 2013|date=July 8, 2013}}</ref>

===Television===
On August 7, 2013, it was announced Hayter was developing a television show on Fox tentatively titled ''World War III'', about a fiction global conflict that chronicles "a perfect storm of world events places us in the center of a global battle which may bring the world as we know it to an end." Hayter will be writing the series' story bible and pilot episode, as well as producing and serving as showrunner.<ref>{{cite web|last=Marnell|first=Blair|title=Fox Starts 'World War III' With David Hayter|url=http://www.craveonline.com/tv/articles/548901-fox-starts-world-war-iii-with-david-hayter|publisher=Crave Online|access-date=August 12, 2013}}</ref>

On September 28, 2018, Hayter announced he was co-writing and producing the Netflix series ''[[Warrior Nun (TV series)|Warrior Nun]]'', based on the 1994 comic book series ''[[Warrior Nun Areala]]'', with [[Simon Barry]] serving as series creator and showrunner.<ref>{{cite web|last=Hayter|first=David|url=https://twitter.com/DavidBHayter/status/1045721641785774080|title=I am so proud... To finally announce this secret, badass show I've been co-writing. WARRIOR NUN|access-date=July 7, 2020|date=September 28, 2018}}</ref> Season 1 debuted on Netflix on July 2, 2020.

On January 31, 2022, it was announced that Hayter would be writing and producing a television adaptation of the 2000 video game ''[[American McGee's Alice]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title='X-Men' Scribe David Hayter Boards TV Adaptation of EA's 'American McGee's Alice' Game (Exclusive) |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/x-men-scribe-david-hayter-boards-tv-adaptation-of-eas-american-mcgees-alice-game-exclusive-1235083248/ |website=Hollywood Reporter |date=January 31, 2022 |access-date=January 31, 2022}}</ref>