David V. Hope (born 14 October 1964), known professionally as David Kaye, is a Canadian actor who is better recognized for his work as a voice actor. His most well-known roles are as Sesshomaru in the shōnen anime, InuYasha, Megatron in 5 Transformers series (Beast Wars, Beast Machines, Armada, Energon and Cybertron) and Clank in the Ratchet And Clank series of video games.
Career
Kaye began his career in radio in the early 1980s, working in London, Ontario and eventually transferring to station LG73 (also known as CKLG, which became CHMJ (AM) in 2001) in British Columbia, Vancouver from 1989 to 1994. Whilst there he was part of "The Morning Zoo" team, writing and improvising material as well as creating characters such as "Cowboy Dick." Kaye also had his own slot, the time of which changed over the years. In 1991 his slot aired from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., Mondays to Fridays.
His acting studies include film and television, cold reading, classical theater acting and character voice study.
His big break in animation came in 1989, when he was cast as the voice of General Hawk in G.I Joe. Consequently, Kaye became disinterested in radio, an integral reason behind his departure from LG73. Since then, he has voiced hundreds of characters, his excellent range allowing a wide variety of ages, accents and dialects. For many, his most notable role is of Megatron in Beast Wars. Kaye continued to voice the subsequent incarnations of Megatron in Transformers: Armada, Transformers: Energon, and Transformers: Cybertron series. Kaye was not asked to voice Megatron for the Transformers: Robots in Disguise series. He originally was not going to play the character in Transformers: Cybertron, however, Kaye was later asked to reprise his role after a handful of episodes were recorded with a different actor. This gap was the reason the initial three episodes of the series did not air in the United States until later (and even then, the first two were compressed into a single episode) He has played Megatron for the longest duration when compared with other voice actors of the character. Kaye currently provides the voice of Megatron's antithesis Optimus Prime in Transformers: Animated, which makes him the first actor who has voiced both Megatron and Optimus Prime on a regular basis.
He is also well versed in automated dialogue replacement (ADR, commonly known as dubbing) in anime, playing Sesshomaru in the popular InuYasha and Soun Tendo in Ranma.
His voice has also carried him into audiobooks, video games and commercial radio and television announcing and advertising. He is the current voice over for the Fox Sports Network and can be heard on radio stations worldwide.
Kaye's live action roles consist of a large majority from the Sci-fi genre, such as Battlestar Galactica, The X Files, and The Twilight Zone. He is often typecast as a television reporter or anchor. Kaye has stated that he often becomes more interested with the technical aspects of live action acting rather than preparing for the roles themselves.[citation needed] Consequently, his on-camera roles have waned. Besides there is little time, as 12 hour days in studio recording tend to cut into his time to seriously pursue on-camera roles. He's been asked on several occasions to 'jump back in'. "When the time is right and I can devote more time to the craft, you bet." Additionally, his theatre work has included the popular plays A Streetcar Named Desire and Of Mice and Men.
Currently, Kaye has chosen to dedicate his working hours to voice work, placing his theatre and live action roles on the sidelines.
Filmography
Animation
Dragon Ball Z - Recoome, Brocco
MegaMan NT Warrior - ProtoMan.EXE
Ronin Warriors - The Ancient One/Narrator
Coconut Fred's Fruit Salad Island - Bunga Berry
Beast Wars/Beast Machines - Megatron and Savage/Noble
Exosquad - General Draconis, Lt. Hallas
Skysurfer Strike Force - Jack Hollister/Skysurfer One (season 2)
X-Men: Evolution - Professor X, Apocalypse
InuYasha - Sesshomaru
Gundam Wing - Treize Khushrenada
Key the Metal Idol - Tomoyo Wakagi
Ranma ½ - Soun Tendo, The Gambling King, Additional Voices
Street Fighter - Akuma
Transformers Armada, Transformers Energon, Transformers Cybertron - Megatron, Galvatron
Kleo The Misfit Unicorn - Slim and Various
Class of the Titans - Cronus
Broken Saints - Lear Dunham
Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes - Iron Man
The Greatest Heroes of the Bible - Various voices
Transformers: Animated - Optimus Prime, Grimlock, Lugnut
Fatal Fury 2: The New Battle/Fatal Fury: The Motion Picture - Kim Kaphwan
Night Warriors: The Anime - Pyron
Eat-Man '98 - Bolt Crank (Only in the first two episodes; the remaining episodes were not dubbed into English)
Maison Ikkoku - Master of Cha-Cha Maru
Monster Rancher - Monol, Captain Clay, Celius, End Bringer
Rapunzel - Hugo, General
Live action
Martian Child - Alex
Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series) - James McManus (Season 1: Colonial Day Season 2:Lay Down Your Burdens (Part 1), Lay Down Your Burdens (Part 2))
X2: X-Men United - TV Host (Uncredited)
Happy Gilmore - Reporter
The X Files - (2 episodes)
Carpool - Scott Lewis
Video games
Ratchet & Clank series - Clank
Resistance: Fall of Man, Resistance 2 - Nathan Hale
Psychonauts - Ford Cruller
Kessen - Narrator
Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects - Iron Man
Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2: Fusion - Iron Man
InuYasha: Feudal Combat - Sesshomaru
Mobile Suit Gundam: Encounters in Space - Random Pilots
Beetle Adventure Racing - Game Announcer
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow - Suhadi Sadono
Transformers (2004 video game) - Megatron
Destroy All Humans!4 : Furon Millennium 3000 (2008 Video Game) - Darth Vader-Like Cryptosporidium 140
Spider-Man: Friend or Foe - Electro
Lost: Via Domus - John Locke
Transformers Animated (video game) - Optimus Prime and Lugnut
Need For Speed series -Game Announcer
Other
8th PBS ident - Man with cowboy hat in "Cowboy", voice of announcer for "Performers", voice of announcer for "Cowboy"
BBC Radio 1 - Announcer: Coverage of Miami Winter Music Conference 2007Radio 1 In Miami
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