David Kaye (voice actor)

Template:Short description {{#invoke:Other people|otherPeople}} Template:Use Canadian English Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox person David Kaye is a Canadian voice actor. He is best known for animation roles such as Megatron in five of the Transformers series (Beast Wars, Beast Machines, Armada, Energon, and Cybertron), Optimus Prime in Transformers: Animated, Professor X in X-Men: Evolution, Cronus in Class of the Titans, Khyber in Ben 10: Omniverse, several characters in Avengers Assemble, and Duckworth in the reboot of DuckTales. He is also known for anime roles including Sesshōmaru in Inuyasha and Treize Khushrenada in Mobile Suit Gundam Wing, and video game roles such as Clank in the Ratchet & Clank series and Nathan Hale in the Resistance series. He is also the announcer for Last Week Tonight with John Oliver on HBO and voiced the Celestial Arishem in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Eternals. He did voice work for various other studios in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada for many years while occasionally doing voice work in Los Angeles, California, US, before fully relocating there in 2007.

Early life

During the 1980s, Kaye moved to Vancouver to work in radio. He also did theatre, playing George in a production of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and Elwood P. Dowd in a production of Harvey.<ref>069 – David Kaye on Talkin Toons with Rob Paulsen – Weekly Voice Acting and Voice Over Tips Template:Webarchive. techjives.net. December 7, 2012</ref>

Career

Kaye's voice acting 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 voice roles started taking up more of his time. On-camera opportunities came in the form of guest roles on TV series and movies such as The X-Files, Battlestar Galactica, and Happy Gilmore. During this time, he was cast in several animation shows and video games, including a role as Megatron in Beast Wars. This began a decades-long relationship with the Transformers franchise. In 2007, Kaye become the first and (as of 2021) only actor in the franchise to play both Megatron and Optimus Prime in regular roles, voicing the latter for Cartoon Network's Transformers: Animated. He 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 later moved to Los Angeles and has since worked on Ben 10: Omniverse as the villain Khyber, on Regular Show as Reginald, and on Xiaolin Chronicles as Clay Bailey, F-Bot, and Chase Young. He has voiced 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 succeeded Ferrer as Vandal Savage in Young Justice: Outsiders following his death.

Kaye also narrates film trailers and network promos for ABC, Fox, The CW, National Geographic, TLC, FX, and others.

Personal life

Kaye and his wife, Maria Hope, have a daughter named Tianna.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Filmography

Animation

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996–1999	Beast Wars: Transformers	Megatron
1997	Kleo the Misfit Unicorn	Various voices	citation	CitationClass=web }} A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.</ref>
1997	Mummies Alive!	Talos	3 episodes
1997	ReBoot	Head Spectral	Episode: "Where No Sprite Has Gone Before"
1998	Fat Dog Mendoza	Various voices	<ref name="btva" />
1999–2000	Beast Machines: Transformers	Megatron, Noble
2000–2001	D'Myna Leagues	Barry, Dave Maven	<ref name="btva" />
2000–2006	Kong: The Animated Series	Ramon de la Porta, Lex, News Anchor
2000–2003	X-Men: Evolution	Professor X, Apocalypse	Main role
2003	Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law	Officers, Police Guard	Episode: "Deadomutt"<ref name="btva" />
2005	The Cramp Twins	Newscaster, Man	Episode: "News Whale"<ref name="btva" />
2005	Stroker & Hoop	Ansel, Announcer	Episode: "Just Voodoo It"<ref name="btva" />
2005	Being Ian	Jousting Announcer	Episode: "Joust Kidding Around"<ref name="btva" />
2005–2006	Coconut Fred's Fruit Salad Island	Bunga Berry, various voices	<ref name="btva" />
2006–2008	Class of the Titans	Chronos, Arges, Logus, various voices	<ref name="btva" />
2006	Tom and Jerry Tales	Mauricio	Episode: "Feeding Time"<ref name="btva" />
2007	Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes	Iron Man	Episode: "Shell Games"
2007–2009	Transformers: Animated	Optimus Prime, Lugnut, Cliffjumper, Grimlock, various voices	<ref name="btva" />
2009	Iron Man: Armored Adventures	Fin Fang Foom	Episode: "Tales of Suspense"
2010	The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack	Captain Santiago	Episode: "These Boots Were Made for Walking (On Your Face)"<ref name="btva" />
2010	DC Super Friends	Superman, Hawkman	<ref name="btva" />
2010–2017	Regular Show	Various voices	<ref name="btva" />
2011	Ben 10/Generator Rex: Heroes United	Shocksquatch	Television film
2012	Star Wars: The Clone Wars	General Tandin	2 episodes<ref name="btva" />
2012	Transformers: Prime	Hardshell, Trooper	2 episodes<ref name="btva" />
2012	The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes	Supreme Intelligence	Episode: "Live Kree or Die"<ref name="btva" />
2012–2014	Ben 10: Omniverse	Khyber, Shocksquatch, Cannonbolt, Gravattack, Heatblast, Swampfire, Skurd, Lord Transyl, Sunder, Frankenstrike, Joseph Chadwick, Gar Red Wind, Exo-Skull, Mole-Stache, Mallice, Thumbskull, Deefus Veeblepister, George Washington	<ref name="btva" />
2012–2019	Avengers Assemble	Vision, J.A.R.V.I.S., Baron Zemo, Corvus Glaive, Space Phantom, Blood Brother #1, additional voices	<ref name="btva" />
2013–2014	Xiaolin Chronicles	Clay Bailey, Chase Young, various voices	<ref name="btva" />
2013–2014	DC Nation Shorts	Shazam, Bizarro, Ibac	<ref>Template:Cite tweet</ref><ref>Template:Cite tweet</ref>
2014	Ultimate Spider-Man	J.A.R.V.I.S.	Episode: "The Avenging Spider-Man"<ref name="btva" />
2014–2024	Teen Titans Go!	Death, Ferryman, Whimsy Robin, Whimsy Cyborg, Dragon, Wizard of Weakness, Abraham Lincoln, Superman, various voices	<ref name="btva" />
2015–2016	TripTank	Police Dispatcher, Pilot, Interrogator	2 episodes<ref name="btva" />
2015–2016	Be Cool, Scooby-Doo!	Various voices	<ref name="btva" />
2015–2017	Transformers: Robots in Disguise	Slashmark, Hammerstrike, Race Announcer	<ref name="btva" />
2015–2017	Guardians of the Galaxy	Corvus Glaive, Nova Corps Controller	<ref name="btva" />
2015–2019	We Bare Bears	Various voices	<ref name="btva" />
2016–2021	Ben 10	Max Tennyson, Lord Decibel, LaGrange, Shock-O, Shock Rock, Humungousaur, various voices	<ref name="btva" />
2017–2018	Stretch Armstrong and the Flex Fighters	Stretch Monster, Epsilon Interviewer	3 episodes<ref name="btva" />
2018	Legend of the Three Caballeros	Various voices	<ref name="btva" />
2018–2021	DuckTales	Duckworth, Rhutt Betlam	<ref name="btva" />
2018–2019	Trolls: The Beat Goes On!	King Peppy, various voices	<ref name="btva" />
2019–2022	Young Justice	Vandal Savage, Elongated Man, Arion, Ryus Nereus, Steve Lombard, Kirby Jacobs	<ref name="btva" />
2019–2022	Green Eggs and Ham	Various voices	<ref name="btva" />
2020–2022	Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?	Various voices	<ref name="btva" />
2021–2022	He-Man and the Masters of the Universe	Cringer / Battle Cat	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="btva" />
2024	Lego Marvel Avengers: Mission Demolition	Vision, Hot Dog Suit Vendor	Disney+ Television Special<ref name="btva" />
	What If...?	Arishem the Judge	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2025	Iron Man and His Awesome Friends	Vision	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Anime

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1986–1987	Maison Ikkoku	Soichiro Otonashi
1988–1989	Ronin Warriors	Narrator, Ancient One
1989–1991	Ranma ½	Soun Tendo
1993	Fatal Fury 2: The New Battle	Kim Kaphwan
1994–1997	Key the Metal Idol	Tomoyo Wakagi
1995–1996	Mobile Suit Gundam Wing	Treize Khushrenada
1997–2001	Dragon Ball Z	Recoome	Ocean Productions dub
1997	Night Warriors: Darkstalkers' Revenge	Pyron
1998	Eat-Man	Bolt Crank	Episode: "Bye Bye Aimie"
1999–2001	Monster Rancher	Monol, Captain Clay, Celius, End Bringer, Moo
2000–2004	Inuyasha	Sesshōmaru
2002	Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex	Batou
2002	Tokyo Underground	Pairon, Narrator
2002–2004	MegaMan NT Warrior	ProtoMan.EXE
2003–2004	Transformers: Armada	Megatron, Galvatron
2004	Transformers: Energon	Megatron, Galvatron
2005–2006	Transformers: Cybertron	Megatron, Galvatron
2020–2021	Yashahime	Sesshōmaru

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1994	Fatal Fury: The Motion Picture	Kim Kaphwan	<ref name="btva" />
1996	Super Kid	Rockpile	English dub<ref name="btva" />
1996	Adventures of Mowgli	Akela	English dub<ref name="btva" />
1998	Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie	Cupid	<ref name="btva" />
2000	Casper's Haunted Christmas	Narrator
2002	Barbie as Rapunzel	Hugo, General	<ref name="btva" />
2004	Inuyasha the Movie: Affections Touching Across Time	Sesshomaru	<ref name="btva" />
2005	Hot Wheels: AcceleRacers	Deezel "Pork Chop" Riggs	<ref name="btva" />
2006	The Ant Bully	Sleeping Ant, Guard Ant, Wrangler Ant	<ref name="btva" />
2006	Inuyasha the Movie: Fire on the Mystic Island	Sesshomaru	<ref name="btva" />
2006	Barbie in the 12 Dancing Princesses	Royal Doctor, Sentry	<ref name="btva" />
2006	Kong: Return to the Jungle	Ramon de la Porta	<ref name="btva" />
2007	Barbie as the Island Princess	Guard	<ref name="btva" />
2007	Max Steel: Dark Rival	Warren Hunter	<ref name="btva" />
2008	Barbie: Mariposa	Royal Guard	<ref name="btva" />
2009	Up	Newsreel Announcer	<ref name="btva" />
2011	Night of the Living Carrots	The Missing Link
2013	Iron Man & Hulk: Heroes United	J.A.R.V.I.S.	<ref name="btva" />
2014	Edge of Tomorrow	UDF Commercial
2014	Iron Man & Captain America: Heroes United	J.A.R.V.I.S., Computer Voice	<ref name="btva" />
2014	The Hero of Color City	Black, King Scrawl	<ref name="btva" />
2015	Scooby-Doo! and the Beach Beastie	Grafton Blackstone	<ref name="btva" />
2016	Ratchet & Clank	Clank	<ref name="btva" />
2018	Teen Titans Go! To the Movies	Announcer, Trailer Voice	<ref name="btva" />
2018	Scooby-Doo! and the Gourmet Ghost	Henry Metcalf, Edward Du Flay	<ref name="btva" />
2021	Eternals	Arishem the Judge	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2021	DC Showcase: Blue Beetle	Question	<ref name="btva" />
2024	Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths	Question, Satellite, Cardonian Lantern	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="btva" />

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997	JumpStart 1st Grade Math	Captain Hop, Spider Maestro	<ref name="btva" />
2002	Ratchet & Clank	Clank, Bob, Blarg Scientist, Scrap Merchant	<ref name="btva" />
2003	Impossible Creatures	Upton Julius, Henchman	<ref name="btva" />
2003	Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando	Clank, Hypnotist Head, Employee	<ref name="btva" />
2003	Mobile Suit Gundam: Encounters in Space	Soldiers, Pilots	<ref name="btva" />
2004	Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance II	Habdazar Doomwing, Artemis, Dorn Redbear	<ref name="btva" />
2004	Pitfall: The Lost Expedition	Jonathan St. Claire, Graham	<ref name="btva" />
2004	Transformers	Megatron	<ref name="btva" />
2004	Hot Shots Golf Fore!	Clank	<ref name="btva" />
2004	Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal	Clank	<ref name="btva" />
2004	Inuyasha: The Secret of the Cursed Mask	Sesshomaru	<ref name="btva" />
2005	Psychonauts	Ford Cruller, Hulking Lungfish, Captain O'Lungfish	<ref name="btva" />
2005	Inuyasha: Feudal Combat	Sesshomaru	<ref name="btva" />
2005	Ratchet: Deadlocked	Clank, Robot C	<ref name="btva" />
2007	Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters	Clank	<ref name="btva" />
2007	Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction	Clank	<ref name="btva" />
2009	Terminator Salvation	O'Grady, Resistance Helicopter Pilot	<ref name="btva" />
2009	Where the Wild Things Are	Carol	<ref name="btva" />
2009	Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time	Clank	<ref name="btva" />
2010	Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions	Mysterio	<ref name="btva" />
2011	PlayStation Move Heroes	Clank	<ref name="btva" />
2011	Dead Island	Logan Carter	<ref name="btva" />
2011	Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One	Clank	<ref name="btva" />
2011	Batman: Arkham City	Commissioner Jim Gordon
2012	Ben 10: Omniverse	Khyber, Heatblast, Cannonbolt, Gravattack, Shocksquatch, Arachnoid	<ref name="btva" />
2012	PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale	Clank	<ref name="btva" />
2012	Ratchet & Clank: Full Frontal Assault	Clank	<ref name="btva" />
2013	The Cave	Weight Guesser, Roulette Barker, Magician	<ref name="btva" />
2013	Dead Island: Riptide	Logan Carter	<ref name="btva" />
2013	Fuse	Lyndon Burgess, Scientist, Pilot	<ref name="btva" />
2013	The Wolf Among Us	Dr. Swineheart	<ref name="btva" />
2013	Ben 10: Omniverse 2	Cannonbolt, Gravattack, Swampfire	<ref name="btva" />
2013	Ratchet & Clank: Into the Nexus	Clank, Stone Stonefield	<ref name="btva" />
2014	Disney Infinity 2.0	J.A.R.V.I.S., Mysterio
2015	Disney Infinity 3.0	Vision
2016	Adrift	Samuel Hocking	<ref name="btva" />
2016	Ratchet & Clank	Clank, Dallas Wannamaker, Announcer, Warbot	<ref name="btva" />
2017	Super Bomberman R	Clank	<ref name="btva" />
2017	LawBreakers	AEGIS	<ref name="btva" />
2017	Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite	Jedah	<ref name="btva" />
2019	Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order	Corvus Glaive, Vision, Mysterio	<ref name="btva" />
2021	Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart	Clank	<ref name="btva" />
2021	Psychonauts 2	Ford Cruller, Ride Operator, Strawberry, Audience	<ref name="btva" />
2021	Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl	Powdered Toast Man	<ref name="btva" />
2022	Nickelodeon Kart Racers 3: Slime Speedway	Powdered Toast Man	<ref name="btva" />
2022	Star Ocean: The Divine Force	Remington Kurtzman	<ref name="btva" />
2023	Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2	Powdered Toast Man	<ref name="btva" />
2023	Cookie Run: The Darkest Night	Darkest Lord Cookie, Elder Gnome	<ref name="btva" />

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