David Kaye

David Kaye is a voice I grew up with without ever knowing his face, which is exactly the mark of a great voice actor. This Ontario-born Canadian defined Megatron across multiple Transformers series, then flipped sides to play Optimus Prime in the animated reboot, plus Professor X, Khyber, and roles in Ratchet & Clank. The range floors me: he can make a villain genuinely menacing and a hero quietly noble using nothing but tone. Building a decades-long career purely on vocal craft is harder than people realize. To me he is a true artisan, the kind of performer whose work outlasts the trends.

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Name (English)

David Kaye

Name (Japanese)

デビッド・ケイ

Reading

でびっど・けい

Born

October 14, 1964 (age 61)

Origin

Peterborough, Ontario, Canada

Occupation

voice actor / actor / television actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Dragon

Filmography / notable works

• Official sitehttps://www.davidkaye.com/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Kaye%20(voice%20actor)
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%87%E3%83%93%E3%83%83%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B1%E3%82%A4
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3018199

Tags

• Ontario
• voice actor
• actor
• television actor

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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