David Kaye

2012-04-23T22:08:41Z

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[[Image:DavidKaye1.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Just keep that [[Raksha|crazy snake-woman]] away from me!]]
'''David Kaye''' (born '''David V. Hope''' on [[October 14]], [[1964]]) is a Canadian voice actor. Some of his more popular roles include Professor Charles Xavier from ''X-Men Evolution'', Treize Khushrenada from ''Mobile Suit Gundam Wing'', [[Captain America]] and [[Nick Fury]] in the ''Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2'' video game, Clank in the ''Ratchet and Clank'' series, Mysterio in ''[[Spider-Man]] Shattered Dimensions'', [[Superman]] and Hawkman in ''DC Super Friends'', Commissoner James Gordon in ''[[Batman]]: Arkham City'', Cronus from ''Class of the Titans'' and Sesshomaru from ''InuYasha''. He's also voiced a [[Megatron (Armada)|certain Decepticon]] several times. [[Megatron (BW)|Yeeessssss...]] He recently did the opening narration and voiced Patrick [[Scarlett|O'Hara]] in ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe: Renegades]]'', and doing additional voices in ''Regular Show''.

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.

He has a '''BIG''' boost of confidence!

==Voice roles==
===''Beast Wars''===
*[[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]

===''Beast Wars Transmetals Game''===
*Megatron
*[[Megatron X]]

===''Beast Machines''===
*Megatron
*[[Noble|Savage/Noble]]

===''Armada''===
*[[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron/Galvatron]]

===''Energon''===
*Megatron/Galvatron
*[[Unicron]]

===''Cybertron''===
*Megatron/Galvatron

===''Transformers Animated''===
{{collist|3|
*[[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]]
*[[Lugnut (Animated)|Lugnut]]
*[[Security Bot]] ([[Total Meltdown]])
*[[Grimlock (Animated)|Grimlock]]
*[[Trash Bot]] ([[Sound and Fury]])
*[[News Bot]] ([[Headmaster (episode)|Headmaster]])
*[[Sparkplug (Animated human)|Sparkplug]] ([[Sari, No One's Home]])
*[[Cliffjumper (Animated)|Cliffjumper]]
*[[Highbrow (Animated)|Highbrow]]
*[[Warpath (Animated)|Warpath]]
*[[Dead End (Animated)|Dead End]] (Botcon 2011 Script Reading)
*[[Toxitron (Animated)|Toxitron]] (Botcon 2011 Script Reading)
}}
====Incidentals====
{{collist|3|
* Technician 1 ([[Transform and Roll Out]])
* Firefighter (Transform and Roll Out)
* Fan #2 (Transform and Roll Out)
* Fan #1 ([[Home Is Where the Spark Is]])
* Nature Show Narrator (Home Is Where the Spark Is)
* Customer ([[Nanosec (episode)|Nanosec]])
* Man ([[Along Came a Spider]])
* Intercom Voice ([[Sound and Fury]])
* [[Irate Citizen]] ([[Garbage In, Garbage Out]])
* Driver ([[Velocity]])
}}

===''Transformers Prime''===
*TBA

==Convention appearances==
* [[BotCon]] ([[BotCon 1997|1997]], [[BotCon 1998|1998]], [[BotCon 2007|2007]], [[BotCon 2008|2008]], [[BotCon 2009|2009]], [[BotCon 2011|2011]], [[BotCon 2012|2012]])
* [[OTFCC 2003]]
* [[Unofficial conventions|TFcon]] (2004, 2010)

==Notes==
*He is the only voice actor who has voiced both [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] as regular roles.
* Beast Wars Megatron was David's first time voicing a bad guy.
* He has appeared in seven separate ''Transformers'' series, the most for any single TF voice actor.
*When auditioning for ''[[Beast Wars (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'', Kaye originally read for the role of [[Optimus Primal]] while [[Garry Chalk]] read for the sinister [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]].
*[[Bill Fagerbakke]] says his mom is hot. This disturbs him. '''And''' us.
*He is one of the few original ''[[Beast Wars (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' cast members that expresses fondness for ''[[Beast Machines (cartoon)|Beast Machines]]''.
*Kaye was interviewed as a special feature for [[Kid Rhino]]'s ''[[Beast Machines (cartoon)|Beast Machines]]'' The Complete Series DVD set, and also on [[Madman Entertainment]]'s ''Beast Wars'' season 3 box set.
*He is the only one in the whole world who ever voiced Optimus Prime, Superman, and Captain America altogether. Talk about the Red, White, And Blue eh?
*He even made a Predacon themed [[Christmas]] video.
*He has been known to [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9iXlC6mwPc oblige requests at conventions] to sing the ''[[Wikipedia:Sesame Street|Sesame Street]]'' Rubber Ducky song in his Beast Wars Megatron voice. And to this day, it's very catchy.

==External links==
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0443286/ David Kaye at the Internet Movie Database]
*[http://twitter.com/#!/dkayevo David Kaye's Twitter feed]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hJkvwoddxY David Kaye-Megatron YEEEEEEESSSS! vs No]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0avVLnSGFZU&feature=related David Kaye-Megatron Xmas]
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David Kaye

2012-04-23T21:36:52Z

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{{disambig3|David}}

[[Image:DavidKaye1.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Just keep that [[Raksha|crazy snake-woman]] away from me!]]
'''David Kaye''' (born '''David V. Hope''' on [[October 14]], [[1964]]) is a Canadian voice actor. Some of his more popular roles include Professor Charles Xavier from ''X-Men Evolution'', Treize Khushrenada from ''Mobile Suit Gundam Wing'', [[Captain America]] and [[Nick Fury]] in the ''Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2'' video game, Clank in the ''Ratchet and Clank'' series, Mysterio in ''[[Spider-Man]] Shattered Dimensions'', [[Superman]] and Hawkman in ''DC Super Friends'', Commissoner James Gordon in ''[[Batman]]: Arkham City'', Cronus from ''Class of the Titans'' and Sesshomaru from ''InuYasha''. He's also voiced a [[Megatron (Armada)|certain Decepticon]] several times. [[Megatron (BW)|Yeeessssss...]] He recently did the opening narration and voiced Patrick [[Scarlett|O'Hara]] in ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe: Renegades]]'', and doing additional voices in ''Regular Show''.

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.

He has a '''BIG''' boost of confidence!

==Voice roles==
===''Beast Wars''===
*[[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]

===''Beast Wars Transmetals Game''===
*Megatron
*[[Megatron X]]

===''Beast Machines''===
*Megatron
*[[Noble|Savage/Noble]]

===''Armada''===
*[[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron/Galvatron]]

===''Energon''===
*Megatron/Galvatron
*[[Unicron]]

===''Cybertron''===
*Megatron/Galvatron

===''Transformers Animated''===
{{collist|3|
*[[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]]
*[[Lugnut (Animated)|Lugnut]]
*[[Security Bot]] ([[Total Meltdown]])
*[[Grimlock (Animated)|Grimlock]]
*[[Trash Bot]] ([[Sound and Fury]])
*[[News Bot]] ([[Headmaster (episode)|Headmaster]])
*[[Sparkplug (Animated human)|Sparkplug]] ([[Sari, No One's Home]])
*[[Cliffjumper (Animated)|Cliffjumper]]
*[[Highbrow (Animated)|Highbrow]]
*[[Warpath (Animated)|Warpath]]
*[[Dead End (Animated)|Dead End]] (Botcon 2011 Script Reading)
*[[Toxitron (Animated)|Toxitron]] (Botcon 2011 Script Reading)
}}
====Incidentals====
{{collist|3|
* Technician 1 ([[Transform and Roll Out]])
* Firefighter (Transform and Roll Out)
* Fan #2 (Transform and Roll Out)
* Fan #1 ([[Home Is Where the Spark Is]])
* Nature Show Narrator (Home Is Where the Spark Is)
* Customer ([[Nanosec (episode)|Nanosec]])
* Man ([[Along Came a Spider]])
* Intercom Voice ([[Sound and Fury]])
* [[Irate Citizen]] ([[Garbage In, Garbage Out]])
* Driver ([[Velocity]])
}}

===''Transformers Prime''===
*TBA

==Convention appearances==
* [[BotCon]] ([[BotCon 1997|1997]], [[BotCon 1998|1998]], [[BotCon 2007|2007]], [[BotCon 2008|2008]], [[BotCon 2009|2009]], [[BotCon 2011|2011]], [[BotCon 2012|2012]])
* [[OTFCC 2003]]
* [[Unofficial conventions|TFcon]] (2004, 2010)

==Notes==
*He is the only voice actor who has voiced both [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] as regular roles.
* Beast Wars Megatron was David's first time voicing a bad guy.
* He has appeared in seven separate ''Transformers'' series, the most for any single TF voice actor.
*When auditioning for ''[[Beast Wars (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'', Kaye originally read for the role of [[Optimus Primal]] while [[Garry Chalk]] read for the sinister [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]].
*[[Bill Fagerbakke]] says his mom is hot. This disturbs him. '''And''' us.
*He is one of the few original ''[[Beast Wars (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' cast members that expresses fondness for ''[[Beast Machines (cartoon)|Beast Machines]]''.
*Kaye was interviewed as a special feature for [[Kid Rhino]]'s ''[[Beast Machines (cartoon)|Beast Machines]]'' The Complete Series DVD set, and also on [[Madman Entertainment]]'s ''Beast Wars'' season 3 box set.
*He is the only one in the whole world who ever voiced Optimus Prime, Superman, and Captain America altogether. Talk about the Red, White, And Blue eh?
*He even made a Predacon themed [[Christmas]] video.
*He has been known to [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9iXlC6mwPc oblige requests at conventions] to sing the ''[[Wikipedia:Sesame Street|Sesame Street]]'' Rubber Ducky song in his Beast Wars Megatron voice. And to this day, it's very catchy.

==External links==
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0443286/ David Kaye at the Internet Movie Database]
*[http://twitter.com/#!/dkayevo David Kaye's Twitter feed]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0avVLnSGFZU&feature=related David Kaye-Megatron Xmas]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kaye, David}}
[[Category:Convention guests]]
[[Category:Mainframe Entertainment]]
[[Category:English voice actors]]
[[Category:Hasbro Studios]]

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