David Kaye - Career

Career

David Kaye’s voice over career began with, General Hawk in the DIC animation series, "G.I. Joe" in 1989. Working as an on air talent for radio station CKLG (LG73) quickly became less interesting as both on camera and behind the mic roles started taking up more time. Over the next decade and a half David’s on camera burgeoned along with his voice career. On camera opportunities came in the form of guest roles on numerous TV series and movies such as the "X-Files", "Battlestar Galactica" and "Happy Gilmore" with Adam Sandler.

Also during this time Kaye was being cast in some of the first of hundreds of animation shows and video games. So many, in fact, this now became the main focus of his career and he’s never looked back.

David’s biggest moment was when he was cast as Megatron in 1994 in the wonderfully popular series "Transformers". As a new animation art form was taking off bolstered by Mainframe Entertainment, "Beast Wars" was born (Beasties in Canada) and would run for four seasons of “…the most fun you could ever have!” says David. Thus began an almost a twenty year relationship with the ‘Transformers’ franchise. In 2007, David “crossed over” to become the only actor in the history of the franchise to play the lead villain and the lead hero when he was cast as Optimus Prime for Cartoon Network’s "Transformers: Animated".

Once again, David finds himself returning to a franchise he first engaged in years before. This time going back to the beginning with G.I. Joe. Not only can he be heard as Scarlett’s father, but also introducing every episode as the expo voice during the opening titles!

For Anime fans, David 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" (’96-’98) and as the high strung father, Soun Tendo in "Ranma 1/2". His anime work still brings fans to conventions to meet him.

After commuting between Vancouver and Los Angeles for almost 10 years a full time move to LA was inevitable. Shortly after the move, David landed a role in Disney/Pixar’s Oscar winning movie, "Up".

As the work keeps coming in, David’s voice can be heard in Insomniac Games' "Ratchet & Clank" video game series as the loveable robot Clank. He’s also been featured in "Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions" as Mysterio, Nick Fury and Captain America in "Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2", Missing Link in "Monsters vs. Aliens (video game)" and many more.

David is now working on another highly popular series "Ben 10" as the lead villain. As well as working with the great JG Quintel on "The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack" and "The Regular Show".

With ongoing commitments now for movie trailers, network promo for ABC, Fox, CW and a host of radio and television affiliates and a lot of commercial work, the days get a little tight from time to time. So much so, that he even has a unit that he can use to record from his car. “Don’t worry, I actually have to pull over”, he says.

David says “You won’t ever hear me complain, though. I’m working with the coolest people on the planet and deeply love what I do… I’ve put a request in for a 28 hour day!”