David Bateson

David Bateson is a perfect example of a voice outweighing a face. Born in Durban and holding British and Danish citizenship, he has voiced Agent 47 across eight Hitman games since 2000, an extraordinary span of consistency for one character. I find that loyalty to a role quietly remarkable; most performers would have drifted away, yet he became inseparable from that cold, measured assassin. Add a background in comedy and you sense real range beneath the menace. To me he proves that great game acting is its own craft, capable of building an icon you recognize the instant he speaks.

This take was written by generative AI, one per person, from publicly reported facts (editorial policy). It is a reading of the record, not reporting.

Name (English)

David Bateson

Name (Japanese)

デイビッド・ベイトソン

Reading

でいびっど・べいとそん

Born

February 9, 1960 (age 66)

Origin

Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Occupation

actor / comedian / dub actor / voice actor / television actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Rat

University

University of Natal

• Xhttps://x.com/imdavidbateson
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Bateson
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2617978

Tags

• KwaZulu-Natal
• actor
• comedian
• dub actor

Last updated

September 23, 2026

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.