David V. Hope (born October 14, 1964 in Peterborough, Ontario,
Canada), better known by his stage name David Kaye, is a
Canadian-American voice actor. He is best known for his roles in
animation, including Megatron in five of the Transformers TV series
(Beast Wars, Beast Machines, Armada, Energon and Cybertron), Optimus
Prime in Transformers: Animated, Professor X and Apocalypse in X-Men
Evolution, Cronus in Class of the Titans, Khyber and Shocksquatch in
Ben 10: Omniverse, several characters in Avengers Assemble and
Reginald in Regular Show. He is also well known for his anime roles
(such as Sesshomaru in Inuyasha and Treize Khushrenada in Mobile Suit
Gundam Wing) and his video game roles (such as Clank in the Ratchet &
Clank series and Nathan Hale in the Resistance series). His voice is
also featured in the Academy Award-winning Disney/Pixar film Up and is
the announcer for Last Week Tonight with John Oliver on HBO. Kaye also
voices the character of Duckworth in the cartoon series DuckTales
(2017).During the 1980s, Kaye moved to Vancouver to work in radio. He
also did theater, starring in plays such as Who's Afraid of Virginia
Woolf, where he played George and Harvey, where he played Elwood P.
Dowd.Kaye's voice-over 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 behind the mic roles started taking up more time. 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.
Canada), better known by his stage name David Kaye, is a
Canadian-American voice actor. He is best known for his roles in
animation, including Megatron in five of the Transformers TV series
(Beast Wars, Beast Machines, Armada, Energon and Cybertron), Optimus
Prime in Transformers: Animated, Professor X and Apocalypse in X-Men
Evolution, Cronus in Class of the Titans, Khyber and Shocksquatch in
Ben 10: Omniverse, several characters in Avengers Assemble and
Reginald in Regular Show. He is also well known for his anime roles
(such as Sesshomaru in Inuyasha and Treize Khushrenada in Mobile Suit
Gundam Wing) and his video game roles (such as Clank in the Ratchet &
Clank series and Nathan Hale in the Resistance series). His voice is
also featured in the Academy Award-winning Disney/Pixar film Up and is
the announcer for Last Week Tonight with John Oliver on HBO. Kaye also
voices the character of Duckworth in the cartoon series DuckTales
(2017).During the 1980s, Kaye moved to Vancouver to work in radio. He
also did theater, starring in plays such as Who's Afraid of Virginia
Woolf, where he played George and Harvey, where he played Elwood P.
Dowd.Kaye's voice-over 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 behind the mic roles started taking up more time. 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.
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