David Kaye (born David V. Hope on October 14, 1964) is a Canadian voice actor and, man, he is in everything. Some of his more popular roles in the world of animation include Khyber and several Omnitrix aliens in Ben 10: Omniverse (and Grandpa Max in the 2016 reboot), Professor Xavier and Apocalypse in X-Men Evolution, Superman and Hawkman in DC Super Friends, Iron Man in Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes, the Supreme Intelligence in The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, and he's well known within the G.I. Joe franchise, having voiced General Hawk in both the final season of G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero and in Sgt. Savage and his Screaming Eagles, and Patrick O'Hara (father to Scarlett) in G.I. Joe: Renegades.
In the world of dubbing, he's played Treize Khushrenada in Mobile Suit Gundam Wing, Sesshomaru in InuYasha, Recoome in the Ocean Group dub of Dragon Ball Z, Protoman.EXE in Mega Man NT Warrior, and Batou in Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex. In video games, he's best known as Clank in the Ratchet and Clank franchise, played Captain America and Nick Fury in Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2, Mysterio in Spider-Man Shattered Dimensions, Commissoner Gordon in Batman: Arkham City, and Logan Carter in Dead Island.
He is also the announcer for Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, and voiced all those commercials for Viagra featuring the eternally-creepily-smiling "Bob".
Kaye originally began his voice acting career as a member of the Canadian voice acting union, doing voice over work exclusively in Canada. In 2007, he moved to the US, joining the American voice acting union in LA and now does voice over work exclusively in the States.
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Beast Wars[]
Beast Wars Transmetals Game[]
- Megatron
- Megatron X
Beast Machines[]
- Megatron
- Savage/Noble