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[[Image:DavidKaye1.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Just keep that [[Raksha|crazy snake-woman]] away from me!]]
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'''David Kaye''' (born '''David V. Hope''' on [[October 14]], 1964) is a Canadian voice actor. Some of his more popular roles include Professor X from ''X-Men Evolution'', Treize Khushrenada from ''Mobile Suit Gundam Wing'', [[Captain America]] in the ''Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2'' video game and Sesshomaru from ''InuYasha''. He's also voiced a [[Megatron (Armada)|certain Decepticon]] several times. [[Megatron (BW)|Yeeessssss...]]
'''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 and characters in ''[[Ben 10]]: Omniverse'' (and later [[Paul Eiding|Grandpa Max]], Shock Rock, and Humungousaur in the 2016 reboot along with a few others), Clank in the ''[[James Arnold Taylor|Ratchet]] & Clank'' franchise, JARVIS and Vision in numerous [[Marvel]] projects, [[Superman]] and Hawkman in ''DC Super Friends'', the second voice of Vandal Savage in ''Young Justice'', General Tandin in ''[[Star Wars (franchise)|Star Wars: The Clone Wars]]'', 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''.


He has a '''BIG''' boost of confidence!
In the world of anime dubbing, Kaye has played [[Ryōtarō Okiayu|Treize Khushrenada]] in ''Mobile Suit Gundam Wing'', [[Ken Narita|Sesshomaru]] in ''InuYasha'' and its sequel series ''Yashahime'', Soun Tendo in ''Ranma 1/2'', [[Show Hayami|Gibeon]] on ''[[Pokéformers|Pokémon Horizons'']], ProtoMan.exe in Mega Man NT Warrior and [[Kenji Utsumi|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 out of Vancouver (though he was originally born in Peterborough, Ontario). 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==
==Voice roles==
===''Beast Wars''===
===''Beast Wars''===
*[[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]
*[[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]]
*[[Teletraan I]] ("[[Nemesis Part 2]]")
*[[Larry DiTillio]] ([[Visitations]] script reading)
 
===''Beast Wars Transmetals Game''===
*Megatron
*[[Megatron X (BW)|Megatron X]]


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


===''Armada''===
===''Armada''===
*[[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron/Galvatron]]
*[[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron/Galvatron]]
 
===''[[OTFCC Live-Action Drama]]''===
*[[Megatron (Armada)|Unicron Trilogy Megatron]]


===''Energon''===
===''Energon''===
*Megatron/Galvatron
*Megatron/Galvatron
*[[Unicron]]
*[[Scorponok (Energon)|Scorponok]] ("[[A Heroic Battle]]", dubbing error)
*Autobot A ("[[Break Through]]")


===''Cybertron''===
===''Cybertron''===
*Megatron/Galvatron
*Megatron/Galvatron (except "[[Fallen (episode)#Trivia|Fallen]]")


===''Transformers Animated''===
===''Transformers Animated''===
{{collist|3|
*[[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]]
*[[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]]
*[[Lugnut]]
*[[Lugnut (Animated)|Lugnut]]
*[[Security Bot]] ([[Total Meltdown]])
*[[Eddie Fairchild and Matt Conroy|Eddie Fairchild]] ("[[Transform and Roll Out]]")
*[[Police drone|Security Bot]] ("[[Total Meltdown]]")
*[[Grimlock (Animated)|Grimlock]]
*[[Grimlock (Animated)|Grimlock]]
*[[Trash Bot]] ([[Sound and Fury]])
*[[Trash Bot]] ([[Sound and Fury (episode)|Sound and Fury]])
*[[News Bot]] ([[Headmaster (episode)|Headmaster]])
*[[News Bot]] ([[Headmaster (episode)|Headmaster]])
*[[Sparkplug (Animated human)|Sparkplug]] ([[Sari, No One's Home]])
*[[Sparkplug (Animated human)|Sparkplug]] ("[[Sari, No One's Home]]")
*[[Cliffjumper (Animated)|Cliffjumper]]
*[[Cliffjumper (Animated)|Cliffjumper]]
*[[Highbrow (Animated)|Highbrow]]
*[[Highbrow (Animated)|Highbrow]]
*[[Warpath (Animated)|Warpath]]
*[[Warpath (Animated)|Warpath]]
*[[Copterdrone]]
*[[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")
* Dispatch ("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 (episode)|Sound and Fury]]")
* [[Irate Citizen]] ("[[Garbage In, Garbage Out]]")
* Driver ("[[Velocity (episode)|Velocity]]")
}}
===[[Transformers (film)|''Transformers'' (2007 movie)]]===
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] (ABC Television Broadcast Promo)
===''Transformers Prime''===
* [[Hardshell]]
* [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicon]] ("[[Hurt]]")
===[[Bee in the City 2: Electric Bugaloo]]===
*[[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]
*[[Lugnut (Animated)|Lugnut]]


====Incidentals====
===''Transformers: Robots in Disguise''===
* Technician 1 ([[Transform and Roll Out]])
* [[Hammerstrike (RID)|Hammerstrike]]
* Firefighter (Transform and Roll Out)
* [[Slashmark]]
* Fan #2 (Transform and Roll Out)
* Race Annoucer ("[[Disordered Personalities]]")
* Fan #1 ([[Home Is Where the Spark Is]])
 
* Nature Show Narrator (Home Is Where the Spark Is)
===''[[The Hot Rod]]''===
* Customer ([[Nanosec (episode)|Nanosec]])
* [[Lio Convoy (BW)|Lio Convoy]]
* Man ([[Along Came a Spider]])
* [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]]
* Intercom Voice ([[Sound and Fury]])
* [[Irate Citizen]] ([[Garbage In, Garbage Out]])
* Driver ([[Velocity]])


==Convention appearances==
==Convention appearances==
* [[BotCon]] ([[BotCon 1997|1997]], [[BotCon 1998|1998]], [[BotCon 2007|2007]], [[BotCon 2008|2008]], [[BotCon 2009|2009]])
* [[BotCon 1997]]
* [[BotCon 1998]]
* [[OTFCC 2003]]
* [[OTFCC 2003]]
* [[Unofficial conventions|TFcon 2004]]
* [[BotCon 2007]]
* [[BotCon 2008]]
* [[BotCon 2009]]
* [[BotCon 2011]]
* [[BotCon 2012]]
* [[BotCon 2014]]
* [[BotCon 2016]]
* [[Unofficial conventions|TFcon]] (2004, 2010, 2018, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026)
* TFNation 2024


==Trivia==
==Notes==
*He is the only voice actor who has voiced both [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] as regular roles.
* 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.
* He has appeared in six separate ''Transformers'' series, the most for any single TF voice actor.
* Ironically, when auditioning for ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'', Kaye originally read for the role of [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] while [[Garry Chalk]] read for the sinister [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]].
*When originally 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]].
** Kaye has stated that he's unsure as to how he was specifically chosen for the role of ''Animated'' Optimus.
*He voices two Transformers whose alt modes are Tyrannosaurus rex: [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] and [[Grimlock (Animated)|Grimlock]].
* Kaye has described his take on Megatron as being "a cross between [[Anthony Hopkins]], {{w|Sean Connery}}, and a lizard".
*He is a wonderful human being.{{fact}}
* 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.
*[[Bill Fagerbakke]] says his mom is hot. This disturbs him. '''And''' us.
* He has been known to [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9iXlC6mwPc oblige requests at conventions] to sing the ''{{w|Sesame Street}}'' Rubber Ducky song in his Beast Wars Megatron voice. And to this day, it's very catchy.
*He brought his father to TFcon 2004 with him.
* 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]].
*He is one of the only original ''[[Beast Wars (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' cast members that expresses fondness for ''[[Beast Machines (cartoon)|Beast Machines]]''.
* 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!
* Every year, on his YouTube channel, David Kaye gives Christmas greetings, partially in character as Megatron.
* Kaye's favourite character in ''Beast Wars'' was [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]].
* Kaye also provided the voice of the [[live-action film series]] [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] for a commercial promo in character when [[Transformers (film)|Transformers]] was broadcast on the ABC Network in [[2010]], Kaye was specifically hired due to his long time work with the network as well as having previously voiced Optimus in ''Transformers Animated''.
* Kaye's favourite episode of Beast Wars is "[[Nemesis Part 2]]" as it has his favourite quote in the series "I am alpha and omega, optimal Optimus. Now and forever, until the end of time!"
* Kaye had received a call back audition for [[Optimus Prime (One)|Orion Pax/Optimus Prime]].


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


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For a Canadian, he sure does play a lot of American 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 Evolution, Khyber and several Omnitrix aliens and characters in Ben 10: Omniverse (and later Grandpa Max, Shock Rock, and Humungousaur in the 2016 reboot along with a few others), Clank in the Ratchet & Clank franchise, JARVIS and Vision in numerous Marvel projects, Superman and Hawkman in DC Super Friends, the second voice of Vandal Savage in Young Justice, General Tandin in Star Wars: The Clone Wars, 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 anime dubbing, Kaye has played Treize Khushrenada in Mobile Suit Gundam Wing, Sesshomaru in InuYasha and its sequel series Yashahime, Soun Tendo in Ranma 1/2, Gibeon on Pokémon Horizons, ProtoMan.exe in Mega Man NT Warrior 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 out of Vancouver (though he was originally born in Peterborough, Ontario). 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

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Beast Wars Transmetals Game

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Beast Machines

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Armada

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OTFCC Live-Action Drama

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Energon

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Cybertron

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Transformers Animated

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Incidentals

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Transformers (2007 movie)

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Transformers Prime

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Bee in the City 2: Electric Bugaloo

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Transformers: Robots in Disguise

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The Hot Rod

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Convention appearances

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  • He is the only voice actor who has voiced both Optimus Prime and 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, Kaye originally read for the role of Optimus Primal while Garry Chalk read for the sinister Megatron.
    • Kaye has stated that he's unsure as to how he was specifically chosen for the role of Animated Optimus.
  • Kaye has described his take on Megatron as being "a cross between Anthony Hopkins, [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}Sean Connery|{{#if:||Sean Connery}}]], and a lizard".
  • Kaye was interviewed as a special feature for 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 oblige requests at conventions to sing the [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}Sesame Street|{{#if:||Sesame Street}}]] Rubber Ducky song in his Beast Wars Megatron voice. And to this day, it's very catchy.
  • When Transformers fan 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!
  • Every year, on his YouTube channel, David Kaye gives Christmas greetings, partially in character as Megatron.
  • Kaye's favourite character in Beast Wars was Tarantulas.
  • Kaye also provided the voice of the live-action film series Optimus Prime for a commercial promo in character when Transformers was broadcast on the ABC Network in 2010, Kaye was specifically hired due to his long time work with the network as well as having previously voiced Optimus in Transformers Animated.
  • Kaye's favourite episode of Beast Wars is "Nemesis Part 2" as it has his favourite quote in the series "I am alpha and omega, optimal Optimus. Now and forever, until the end of time!"
  • Kaye had received a call back audition for Orion Pax/Optimus Prime.
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