David Hayter
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David Bryan Hayter (born February 6, 1969 in Santa Monica, California) is an American voice actor, actor, and screenwriter. He is most notable for providing the English voices of Solid Snake and later Naked Snake in the popular Metal Gear Solid video game series, and for co-writing the screenplays of the first two X-Men movies.
Biography
Though born in California, Hayter's parents were Canadian. He did some live acting in the early 1990s, but became interested in voice acting after appearing in an episode of the sitcom Major Dad as a character with a Russian accent. This led to his role as the voice of Captain America in the popular 1994 Spider-Man animated series. He also did some voices in various anime dubs, such as The Castle of Cagliostro. Contrary to popular belief, Hayter did not voice Wolverine/Logan in the X-Men animated series; that was the voice work of Cathal J. Dodd.Hayter is known to be a huge fan of the Black Widow comic books. It is said that he named his daughter Natasha after "Black Widow's" main character with the same name.
In 1998, Hayter voiced the character Solid Snake in the highly successful PlayStation video game Metal Gear Solid. The deep, gruff voice of the game's protagonist is instantly recognizable and extremely popular with fans. He provided Snake's voice in later Metal Gear games such as ' and ' (which was a remake of Metal Gear Solid), and provided the voice for a related character, Naked Snake, in the 2004 prequel, .
A popular myth is that Hayter is the voice of EA Sports (saying "EA Sports: It's in the game!") when in fact it is Andrew Anthony. Hayter has voiced characters in other video games, such as .
For some voiceover projects, Hayter used the alias Sean Barker, the name of the character he played in the 1994 movie . He also used this alias for his anime dub work in YuYu Hakusho when he voiced Kurama.
Hayter wrote the screenplay of the comic book movies X-Men and co-wrote its sequel, X2: X-Men United. He also co-wrote The Scorpion King and produced unused drafts for Hulk and The Chronicles of Riddick.
Currently Hayter is working on a number of projects. He is penning the screenplays for the upcoming comic book movies The Black Widow (which he's also slated to direct), Iron Man, and the currently on hiatus Watchmen.
It is speculated that Hayter could play Solid Snake in the announced live-action Metal Gear Solid movie, or possibly work on the screenplay adaptation.
Selected works
- Super Smash Bros. Brawl (2007): Solid Snake
- (2006): Naked Snake
- (2004): Naked Snake
- (2004): Solid Snake
- (2002): Solid Snake
- (2002) (VG) (voice)
- (2001): Solid Snake
- X-Men (2000) (screenplay + actor: 'Statue Of Liberty Security Guard')
- Wild on the Set (2000) TV Series
- (1999): Solid Snake
- (1999): Solid Snake
- Dual! Paralle lunlun monogatari (1999) TV Series (voice: English version)
- Metal Gear Solid (1998): Solid Snake
- Burn (1998)
- Drive (1997)
- Fushigi Yūgi: The Mysterious Play - Reflections OAV 2: Tamahome
- Fushigi Yūgi: The Mysterious Play - Reflections OAV 3: Tamahome
- Fushigi Yūgi: Memories First OAV (1996): Tamahome
- Rakusho! Hyper Doll (1995) (V) (voice: English version)
- Street Fighter II V (1995) TV Series (voice: English version)
- Long Shadows (1994) (TV)
- (1994)
- (1994) Kurama (voice: English version)
- Moldiver (Morudaibâ) (1993): Hiroshi Ozora
- (1991) (V) (voice: English version)
- Présumé dangereux (1990)
- Gundam 0080: War In the Pocket (1989) (miniseries) (voice: English version)
- Jûichi-nin iru! (1986) (voice: English version)
- The Castle of Cagliostro (1979): Arsene Lupin III (Manga Video English dub)
Trivia
- Metal Gear Solid: Integral had English voice acting with Japanese subtitles. One possible reason for this is that Kojima is rumored to have said he liked the English voice acting better, and possibly the English voice of Solid Snake, David Hayter's character. The Japanese version of had English voice acting, possibly for the same reason.
- According to [GameFAQs] user Chris Ho's audio interview with Paul Eiding, David Hayter gave up half of his own paycheck in order to bring back the cast of Metal Gear Solid for The Twin Snakes. This may be the reason why the voice acting in The Twin Snakes was completely redone with the same actors.
- An interview with David Hayter by Game Informer in 2001 showed that Hayter wished for the then-unconfirmed Metal Gear Solid movie to be animated or made in 3D. He also wished to be the screenwriter under the possible supervision of Hideo Kojima.
External links
- [10 Questions: David Hayter] at IGN
- [Interview from MetalGearSolid.org] (includes photos)
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