 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, David was being cast in some of the first, of what soon would be 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 1996, in the hugely popular series Beast Wars ("Beasties" in Canada) that would go on to run for three seasons of "the most fun you could ever have!" says David. Thus began a twenty year relationship with the "Transformers" franchise, from his role as the "Decepticon" Megatron from the Armada series all the way up to 2007, when 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."
After twenty-plus years AWAY from the part that started it all, David found himself returning to the franchise where it all began... G.I. Joe! In the Renegades series, he could be heard as Scarlett's father, and he also introduced every episode as the expo voice during the opening titles!
As the work keeps coming in, David's voice can be heard in Insomniac's "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" the game, and many more.
David is now working on another highly popular series "Marvel's Avengers Assemble" as J.A.R.V.I.S., as well as working on the HBO series "Last Week Tonight with John Oliver".
With on-going commitments for movie trailers, network promos 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.
The projects continue to line up and unfortunately, the days don't get any longer. 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 just need to put in a request for a 28 hour day!"
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