David Kaye
Biography
David Kaye is a Canadian voice actor who moved to Vancouver during the 1980s to work in radio and performed in theater. He started voice acting in 1989 as General Hawk in the animated G.I. Joe series. He became known for Transformers roles, especially two versions of Megatron across Beast Wars, Beast Machines, Armada, Energon plus Cybertron. In 2007 he became the first actor in the franchise to voice both Megatron and Optimus Prime as regular characters, taking the Optimus role in Transformers: Animated. His anime roles include Sesshomaru in Inuyasha, Treize Khushrenada in Mobile Suit Gundam Wing, and Soun Tendo in Ranma ½. Video game roles include Clank in the Ratchet & Clank series, Nathan Hale in Resistance, and Ford Cruller in Psychonauts. He voiced Khyber in Ben 10: Omniverse and characters in Avengers Assemble, and voiced the Celestial Arishem in Eternals. He narrates trailers and network promos and is the announcer on Last Week Tonight with John Oliver.
61years old
Turns 62 on October 14in 2 days
- Born Peterborough
- Star sign: LibraThe sign runs September 23 to October 22
Movie Career
- Films
- 37
- Career span
- 36 years1986 to 2022
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A first
In 2007, Kaye was the first actor in the franchise to hold regular roles as both Megatron and Optimus Prime, and as of 2021 he remained the only one. He provided the voice of Optimus for Cartoon Network's Transformers: Animated.
First role
Kaye started voice acting in 1989, playing General Hawk in the DiC animated series G.I. Joe. At the time he was an on-air talent at radio station CKLG.
A change of course
Before voice acting, Kaye moved to Vancouver in the 1980s to work in radio, and he also did theater there, playing George in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and Elwood P. Dowd in Harvey.
David Kaye movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
- Iron Man and Captain America: Heroes United2014as Jarvis / Computer Voice 1voice
IMDb rating 5.52.2K votes
- Ben 10 vs. the Universe: The Movie2020as Grandpa Ken / Max Tennyson / Azmuth Humungousaur / Omni-Kix Humungousaur / Omni-Naut Humungousaur / Shock Rock / Omni-Naut Shock Rockvoice
IMDb rating 5.31.2K votes
Most often with
Andrew Duncan directed four of these films, Henrique Jardim three and Sam Liu two. Kathleen Barr appears in twelve of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Kathleen Barr's page
Brian Drummond's page
Kelly Sheridan's page
Terry Klassen6 films together, 1992 to 2009
Terry Klassen's page
Tara Strong's page
Dee Bradley Baker's page
All films by Andrew Duncan
Henrique JardimDirector, 3 films, 2020 to 2021
All films by Henrique Jardim
Sam LiuDirector, 2 films, 2010 to 2017
All films by Sam Liu
Also five films together5 more actors
- Tabitha St. GermainRatchet & Clank (2016), Barbie in Princess Power (2015), Barbie and the Three Musketeers (2009), Barbie Mariposa (2008) and Casper's Haunted Christmas (2000)
- Lee TockarRatchet & Clank (2016), Planet Hulk (2010), Barbie Mariposa (2008), Casper's Haunted Christmas (2000) and Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie (1998)
- Paul DobsonPlanet Hulk (2010), Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie (1998), Fatal Fury: Legend of the Hungry Wolf (1992), Ranma ½: The Movie 2 — The Battle of Togenkyo: Rescue the Brides! (1992) and Grey: Digital Target (1986)
- Lisa Ann BeleyPlanet Hulk (2010), Hot Wheels AcceleRacers: Breaking Point (2005), Hot Wheels AcceleRacers: The Speed of Silence (2005), Hot Wheels AcceleRacers: The Ultimate Race (2005) and Hot Wheels Acceleracers: Ignition (2005)
- Michael DonovanHot Wheels AcceleRacers: Breaking Point (2005), Hot Wheels AcceleRacers: The Speed of Silence (2005), Hot Wheels AcceleRacers: The Ultimate Race (2005), Hot Wheels Acceleracers: Ignition (2005) and Ranma ½: The Movie 2 — The Battle of Togenkyo: Rescue the Brides! (1992)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What David Kaye's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$832 million
9 of the 37 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 37 films: 9 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 14 never in cinemas; 13 figure not found.
- 9Worldwide figure
- 1US gross only
- 14Never in cinemas
- 13Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$735M88.4% of the total
- 2$52M6.3% of the total
- 3$19M2.3% of the total
- 4$9.4M1.1% of the total
- 5$8.8M1.1% of the total
- 6Planet Hulk2010$7.0M0.8% of the total
- 7$113K0.0% of the total
- 8Ben 10 vs. the Universe: The Movie2020as Grandpa Ken / Max Tennyson / Azmuth Humungousaur / Omni-Kix Humungousaur / Omni-Naut Humungousaur / Shock Rock / Omni-Naut Shock Rock (voice)$51K0.0% of the total
$32,188from the other 1 film with a worldwide figure, 0% of the total
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