| David Kaye | |
| Occupation: | Voice actor |
| Years Active: | 1989–present |
| Spouse: | Maria Hope |
| Children: | 1 |
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 , Professor X in , Cronus in Class of the Titans, Khyber in , 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.
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.[1]
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 . He also lent his voice to the later series 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 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 following his death.
Kaye also narrates film trailers and network promos for ABC, Fox, The CW, National Geographic, TLC, FX, and others.
Kaye and his wife, Maria Hope, have a daughter named Tianna.[2]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996–1999 | Megatron | |||
| 1997 | Kleo the Misfit Unicorn | Various voices | [3] | |
| 1997 | Mummies Alive! | Talos | 3 episodes | |
| 1997 | ReBoot | Head Spectral | Episode: "Where No Sprite Has Gone Before" | |
| 1998 | Fat Dog Mendoza | Various voices | ||
| 1999–2000 | Megatron, Noble | |||
| 2000–2001 | D'Myna Leagues | Barry, Dave Maven | ||
| 2000–2006 | Ramon de la Porta, Lex, News Anchor | |||
| 2000–2003 | Professor X, Apocalypse | Main role | ||
| 2003 | Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law | Officers, Police Guard | Episode: "Deadomutt" | |
| 2005 | The Cramp Twins | Newscaster, Man | Episode: "News Whale" | |
| 2005 | Stroker & Hoop | Ansel, Announcer | Episode: "Just Voodoo It" | |
| 2005 | Being Ian | Jousting Announcer | Episode: "Joust Kidding Around" | |
| 2005–2006 | Coconut Fred's Fruit Salad Island | Bunga Berry, various voices | ||
| 2006–2008 | Class of the Titans | Chronos, Arges, Logus, various voices | ||
| 2006 | Tom and Jerry Tales | Mauricio | Episode: "Feeding Time" | |
| 2007 | Iron Man | Episode: "Shell Games" | ||
| 2007–2009 | Optimus Prime, Lugnut, Cliffjumper, Grimlock, various voices | |||
| 2009 | 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)" | |
| 2010 | DC Super Friends | Superman, Hawkman | ||
| 2010–2017 | Regular Show | Various voices | ||
| 2011 | Shocksquatch | Television film | ||
| 2012 | Star Wars: The Clone Wars | General Tandin | 2 episodes | |
| 2012 | Hardshell, Trooper | 2 episodes | ||
| 2012 | Supreme Intelligence | Episode: "Live Kree or Die" | ||
| 2012–2014 | 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 | |||
| 2012–2019 | Avengers Assemble | Vision, J.A.R.V.I.S., Baron Zemo, Corvus Glaive, Space Phantom, Blood Brother, additional voices | ||
| 2013–2014 | Xiaolin Chronicles | Clay Bailey, Chase Young, various voices | ||
| 2013–2014 | DC Nation Shorts | Shazam, Bizarro, Ibac | [4] [5] | |
| 2014 | Ultimate Spider-Man | J.A.R.V.I.S. | Episode: "The Avenging Spider-Man" | |
| 2014–2023 | Teen Titans Go! | Death, Ferryman, Whimsy Robin, Whimsy Cyborg, Dragon, Wizard of Weakness, Abraham Lincoln, various voices | ||
| 2015–2016 | TripTank | Police Dispatcher, Pilot, Interrogator | 2 episodes | |
| 2015–2016 | Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! | Various voices | ||
| 2015–2017 | Transformers: Robots in Disguise | Slashmark, Hammerstrike, Race Announcer | ||
| 2015–2017 | Guardians of the Galaxy | Corvus Glaive, Nova Corps Controller | ||
| 2015–2019 | We Bare Bears | Various voices | ||
| 2016–2021 | Ben 10 | Max Tennyson, Lord Decibel, LaGrange, Shock-O, Shock Rock, Humungousaur, various voices | ||
| 2017–2018 | Stretch Armstrong and the Flex Fighters | Stretch Monster, Epsilon Interviewer | 3 episodes | |
| 2018 | Legend of the Three Caballeros | Various voices | ||
| 2018–2021 | DuckTales | Duckworth, Rhutt Betlam | ||
| 2018–2019 | King Peppy, various voices | |||
| 2019–2022 | Young Justice | Vandal Savage, Elongated Man, Arion, Ryus Nereus, Steve Lombard, Kirby Jacobs | ||
| 2019–2022 | Green Eggs and Ham | Various voices | ||
| 2020–2022 | Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? | Various voices | ||
| 2021–2022 | He-Man and the Masters of the Universe | Cringer / Battle Cat | [6] |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986–1987 | Maison Ikkoku | Soichiro Otonashi | ||
| 1988–1989 | Ronin Warriors | Narrator, Ancient One | ||
| 1989–1991 | Ranma ½ | Soun Tendo | ||
| 1993 | 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 | Batou | |||
| 2002 | Tokyo Underground | Pairon, Narrator | ||
| 2002–2004 | MegaMan NT Warrior | ProtoMan.EXE | ||
| 2003–2004 | Megatron, Galvatron | |||
| 2004 | Megatron, Galvatron | |||
| 2005–2006 | Megatron, Galvatron | |||
| 2020–2021 | Yashahime | Sesshōmaru |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Kim Kaphwan | ||
| 1996 | Super Kid | Rockpile | English dub |
| 1996 | Adventures of Mowgli | Akela | English dub |
| 1998 | Cupid | ||
| 2000 | Casper's Haunted Christmas | Narrator | |
| 2002 | Barbie as Rapunzel | Hugo, General | |
| 2004 | Sesshomaru | ||
| 2005 | Deezel Riggs | ||
| 2006 | The Ant Bully | Sleeping Ant, Guard Ant, Wrangler Ant | |
| 2006 | Sesshomaru | ||
| 2006 | Barbie in the 12 Dancing Princesses | Royal Doctor, Sentry | |
| 2006 | Kong: Return to the Jungle | Ramon de la Porta | |
| 2007 | Barbie as the Island Princess | Guard | |
| 2007 | Warren Hunter | ||
| 2008 | Royal Guard | ||
| 2009 | Up | Newsreel Announcer | |
| 2011 | Night of the Living Carrots | The Missing Link | |
| 2013 | J.A.R.V.I.S. | ||
| 2014 | Edge of Tomorrow | UDF Commercial | |
| 2014 | J.A.R.V.I.S., Computer Voice | ||
| 2014 | The Hero of Color City | Black, King Scrawl | |
| 2015 | Scooby-Doo! and the Beach Beastie | Grafton Blackstone | |
| 2016 | Ratchet & Clank | Clank | |
| 2018 | Teen Titans Go! To the Movies | Announcer, Trailer Voice | |
| 2018 | Scooby-Doo! and the Gourmet Ghost | Henry Metcalf, Edward Du Flay | |
| 2021 | Eternals | Arishem the Judge | |
| 2021 | DC Showcase Blue Beetle | Question | |
| 2024 | [7] | ||
| Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths – Part Two | Question, Satellite | [8] | |
| Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths – Part Three | Question, Cardonian Lantern | [9] |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | JumpStart 1st Grade Math | Captain Hop, Spider Maestro | ||
| 2002 | Ratchet & Clank | Clank, Bob, Blarg Scientist, Scrap Merchant | ||
| 2003 | Impossible Creatures | Upton Julius, Henchman | ||
| 2003 | Clank, Hypnotist Head, Employee | |||
| 2003 | Soldiers, Pilots | |||
| 2004 | Habdazar Doomwing, Artemis, Dorn Redbear | |||
| 2004 | Jonathan St. Claire, Graham | |||
| 2004 | Transformers | Megatron | ||
| 2004 | Hot Shots Golf Fore! | Clank | ||
| 2004 | Clank | |||
| 2004 | Sesshomaru | |||
| 2005 | Psychonauts | Ford Cruller, Hulking Lungfish, Captain O'Lungfish | ||
| 2005 | Sesshomaru | |||
| 2005 | Clank, Robot C | |||
| 2007 | Clank | |||
| 2007 | Clank | |||
| 2009 | Terminator Salvation | O'Grady, Resistance Helicopter Pilot | ||
| 2009 | Where the Wild Things Are | Carol | ||
| 2009 | Clank | |||
| 2010 | Mysterio | |||
| 2011 | PlayStation Move Heroes | Clank | ||
| 2011 | Dead Island | Logan Carter | ||
| 2011 | Clank | |||
| 2011 | Commissioner Jim Gordon | |||
| 2012 | Ben 10: Omniverse | Khyber, Heatblast, Cannonbolt, Gravattack, Shocksquatch, Arachnoid | ||
| 2012 | PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale | Clank | ||
| 2012 | Clank | |||
| 2013 | The Cave | Weight Guesser, Roulette Barker, Magician | ||
| 2013 | Logan Carter | |||
| 2013 | Fuse | Lyndon Burgess, Scientist, Pilot | ||
| 2013 | The Wolf Among Us | Dr. Swineheart | ||
| 2013 | Cannonbolt, Gravattack, Swampfire | |||
| 2013 | Clank, Stone Stonefield | |||
| 2014 | Disney Infinity 2.0 | J.A.R.V.I.S., Mysterio | ||
| 2015 | Disney Infinity 3.0 | Vision | ||
| 2016 | Adrift | Samuel Hocking | ||
| 2016 | Ratchet & Clank | Clank, Dallas Wannamaker, Announcer, Warbot | ||
| 2017 | Super Bomberman R | Clank | ||
| 2017 | LawBreakers | AEGIS | ||
| 2017 | Jedah | |||
| 2019 | Corvus Glaive, Vision, Mysterio | |||
| 2021 | Clank | |||
| 2021 | Psychonauts 2 | Ford Cruller, Ride Operator, Strawberry, Audience | ||
| 2021 | Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl | Powdered Toast Man | ||
| 2022 | Powdered Toast Man | |||
| 2022 | Remington Kurtzman | |||
| 2023 | Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2 | Powdered Toast Man | ||
| 2023 | Cookie Run The Darkest Night | Darkest Lord Cookie, Elder Gnome |