David Kaye

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[[File:DavidKaye1.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|For a Canadian, he sure does play [[Superman|a lot]] [[Captain America|of American]] [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|superheroes]].]]
'''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 Professor Xavier in ''[[X-Men|X-Men Evolution]]'', [[Khyber]] and several Omnitrix aliens in ''Ben 10: Omniverse'' (and [[Paul Eiding|Grandpa Max]] in the 2016 reboot), Clank in the ''[[James Arnold Taylor|Ratchet]] & Clank'' franchise, [[Superman]] and Hawkman in ''DC Super Friends'', and he's well known within the ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe]]'' franchise, having voiced [[Hawk (G.I. Joe)|General Hawk]] in both the final season of ''G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero'' and in ''[[Sgt. Savage|Sgt. Savage and his Screaming Eagles]]'', and Patrick O'Hara (father to [[Scarlett]]) in ''G.I. Joe: Renegades''.

In the world of dubbing, Kaye has played Treize Khushrenada in ''Mobile Suit Gundam Wing'', Sesshomaru in ''InuYasha'' and Recoome in the Ocean Group dub of ''Dragon Ball Z''. He is also the announcer for ''Last Week Tonight with John Oliver'', and voiced all those commercials for Enzyte 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

===''Transformers Animated''===
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*[[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]]
*[[Lugnut (Animated)|Lugnut]]
*[[Police drone|Security Bot]] ("[[Total Meltdown]]")
*[[Grimlock (Animated)|Grimlock]]
*[[Trash Bot]] ([[Sound and Fury]])
*[[News Bot]] ([[Headmaster (episode)|Headmaster]])
*[[Sparkplug (Animated human)|Sparkplug]]
*[[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)
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====Incidentals====
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* 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 (episode)|Velocity]]")
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===''Transformers Prime''===
* [[Hardshell (Prime)|Hardshell]]
* [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicon]] ("[[Hurt]]")

===''Transformers: Robots in Disguise''===
* [[Hammerstrike (RID)|Hammerstrike]]
* [[Slashmark]]

==Convention appearances==
* [[BotCon]] ([[BotCon 1997|1997]], [[BotCon 1998|1998]], [[BotCon 2007|2007]], [[BotCon 2008|2008]], [[BotCon 2009|2009]], [[BotCon 2011|2011]], [[BotCon 2012|2012]], [[BotCon 2014|2014]], [[BotCon 2016|2016]])
* [[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)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] as regular roles. Kaye has also lent his voice to '''eight''' separate ''Transformers'' series, the most for any single ''Transformers'' voice actor.
* Ironically, when auditioning for ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'', Kaye originally read for the role of [[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] while [[Garry Chalk]] read for the sinister [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]].
* Kaye has described his take on Megatron as being "a cross between [[Anthony Hopkins]], Sean Connery, and a lizard".
*[[Bill Fagerbakke]] says his mom is hot. This disturbs him. '''And''' us.
*Kaye was interviewed as a special feature for [[Rhino Entertainment|Kid Rhino]]'s ''Beast Machines'' The Complete Series DVD set, and also on [[Madman Entertainment]]'s ''Beast Wars'' season 3 box set.
*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.
*When ''Transformers'' fan [http://twitter.com/Moosetron Moosetron] was dying of leukemia in late 2013, Kaye recorded a private video greeting for him as a final [[Christmas]] gift, partially done in character as ''Armada'' Galvatron, along with [[Steve Blum]].
*As noted in the caption above, he's the ''only'' actor who's played Superman, Captain America and Optimus Prime. Talk about the red, white and blue!
* Kaye spoofed Transmetal Megatron in the 4-parter "The Day the Night Stopped Beginning to Shine and Became Dark Even Though it Was the Day" of Teen Titans Go (season 4). He is that cool. Yeeeessss

==External links==
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0443286/ David Kaye at the Internet Movie Database]
*[https://twitter.com/dkayevo David Kaye's Twitter feed]

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