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David Hayter
Hayter at the 2024 Game On Expo
Other namesSean Barker
Occupations
  • Actor
  • screenwriter
  • producer
  • director
Years active1993–present

David Hayteris a Canadian-American actor, screenwriter, director, and producer. He is well known as the English-language voice actor forSolid SnakeandNaked Snakein theMetal Gearvideo game series. He wrote the filmX-Menand co-wroteX2andWatchmen,and was awarded theSaturn Award for Best Writingin 2000 for his work onX-Men.Hayter voicedKing SharkonThe Flash.

Early life

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Hayter's father, Stephen, worked in thepharmaceutical industry.[1]David Hayter started acting at the age of nine. He spent most of his childhood living around the world, and moved toKobeat the age of 15, graduating from its internationalCanadian Academyin 1987. After this, he attendedRensselaer Polytechnic Institutefor two years until transferring to theToronto Metropolitan UniversityinToronto.He stayed there until the age of 20, when he moved toHollywood.[2]

Career

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Early acting career

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Hayter did some live acting in the early 1990s, most notably in an episode of the sitcomMajor Dad,but soon became more interested in voice acting and later landed the role ofCaptain Americain the popular 1994Spider-Mananimated series.[3]He also provided the voice ofArsène Lupin IIIin the English version of theanimefilmThe Castle of Cagliostroand the voice ofTamahomein the English version of the anime seriesFushigi Yūgi.He also starred in the 1994, straight-to-video movie,Guyver: Dark Hero,as the protagonist, Sean Barker (arolehe took over from the previous actor,Jack Armstrong); Hayter has since gone-on to use the character's name as an alias in various work credits.

Metal Gear Solidseries

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Hayter began providing the English voice ofMetal Gearseries protagonistSolid Snakein the 1998 video gameMetal Gear Solid,which also served as the series's transition from 2D to 3D. Hayter would go on to play Solid Snake and his progenitorNaked Snakethroughout all the succeeding installments (including spinoffs, re-releases and adaptations) up to and includingMetal Gear Solid: Peace Walker(2010). Hayter also has an extended live-action cameo as himself in one of the fictional TV programs prior to the start ofMetal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots(2008); where he wears the "Solid Eye", the technologically advanced eye patch that the main character wears throughout the game. Outside theMetal Gearseries, Hayter also voiced the character inSuper Smash Bros. Brawl(2008).

His work with theMetal Gearseries has also led Hayter to do voice work in other video game projects such asEternal Darkness: Sanity's RequiemandStar Wars: The Old Republic.He cited the series as an influence on his screenwriting, stating that "Kojima and I have different styles," "but I've certainly learned things from him, especially about ambiguity and telling a story without giving all the answers."[4]

Hayter is one of the fewMetal Gearactors to have played and completed the games he's voiced in.[5]According toPaul Eiding,Hayter gave up half of his own paycheck in order to bring back the cast of the originalMetal Gear Solidfor the 2004 remakeMetal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes.[citation needed]

Following the announcement ofMetal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Painin the 2013Game Developers Conference,Hayter announced that he was not asked to reprise as the main character for this entry.[6]This was later confirmed when Konami announced thatKiefer Sutherlandwould be the character's voice duringE3the same year.[7]Hayter has since revealed in an interview that he had to re-audition for the role suggesting that the series' creatorHideo Kojimawas already considering recasting the part much earlier, withKurt Russell(Snake PlisskeninEscape from New YorkandEscape from L.A.) having been allegedly offered the role during the development ofMetal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater(2004).[8]

After Kojima's departure from Konami, Hayter would reprise the role in aMetal Gear Solid-themed advertisement for the2016 Ford Focus SEaired in 2016.[9]In 2018, Hayter provided the character's voice in two video games:Super Bomberman R(which added two playable characters based on both Solid Snake and Naked Snake in an update) andSuper Smash Bros. Ultimate.[10]

Filmmaking

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In 2000, he wrote the screenplay for the movie version ofX-Men,for which he was awarded the 2000Saturn Award for Best Writing,[11]and then went on to co-write the screenplay for its sequelX2with writing teamMichael DoughertyandDan Harris.Shortly after his work onX-Men,Hayter was hired to write and direct a project based on the heroineBlack Widow.[12]However, due to the limited success of similar themed films featuring female vigilante protagonists at the time, Marvel withdrew their offer to Hayter stating, "We don't think it's time to do this movie". Hayter's daughter Natasha, born whilst he was writing theBlack Widowscript, is named after the titular character.[13]

Hayter also wrote an adaptation of the graphic novelWatchmenbyAlan Mooreand David Gibbons. Noted for being a harsh critic of translations of his works to film, Moore said of the script "David Hayter's screenplay was as close as I could imagine anyone getting to [a film version of]Watchmen.That said, I shan't be going to see it. My book is a comic book. Not a movie, not a novel. A comic book. It's been made in a certain way, and designed to be read a certain way. "[14]Hayter and writer Alex Tse shared credit on the finished screenplay. Tse drew "the best elements" from two of the project's previous drafts written by Hayter.[15]The script did not keep the contemporary atmosphere that Hayter created, but instead returned to the originalCold Warsetting of theWatchmencomic.[16]Warner Bros. was amenable to the 1980s setting, and the director also added a title montage sequence to introduce the audience to the events ofalternate historyUnited States in that time period.[17]

On September 7, 2012, it was announced that Hayter would pen the screen adaptationCaught Stealing,and would starPatrick WilsonandAlec Baldwin.[18]

On September 13, 2012, Hayter began filming on his directorial debut,Wolves.[19]

On July 8, 2013, Hayter was hired byLakeshore Entertainmentto write the filmThe Sword,based on theImage Comicsseries.[20]

Television

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On August 7, 2013, it was announced Hayter was developing a television show on Fox tentatively titledWorld War III,about a fiction global conflict that chronicles "a perfect storm of world events places us in the center of a global battle which may bring the world as we know it to an end." Hayter will be writing the series' story bible and pilot episode, as well as producing and serving as showrunner.[21]

On September 28, 2018, Hayter announced he was co-writing and producing the upcoming Netflix seriesWarrior Nun,based on the 1994 comic book seriesWarrior Nun Areala,withSimon Barryserving as series creator and showrunner.[22]Season 1 debuted on Netflix on July 2, 2020.

On January 31, 2022, it was announced that Hayter would be writing and producing a television adaptation of the 2000 video gameAmerican McGee's Alice.[23]

Filmography

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Anime (English dubbing)

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Year Title Role Notes
1994 Moldiver Hiroshi Ozora
1996 Rakusho! Hyper Doll Reporter as Sean Barker
They Were Eleven Doricas Soldam IV as Sean Barker
1997 Street Fighter II V Additional Voices as Sean Barker (Animaze dub)
Black Jack Leslie Harris as Sean Barker
1998–2000 Fushigi Yûgi Tamahome / Taka Sukunami / Yoshui as Sean Barker
1998 Giant Robo: The Animation Shoji Gen as Sean Barker
Yu Yu Hakusho: The Movie Kurama as Sean Barker
1999 Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket Bernard Wiseman as Sean Barker[24]
2000 The Castle of Cagliostro Arsène Lupin III as Sean Barker (Manga dub)
2000–01 Dual! Parallel Trouble Adventure Additional Voices

Animation

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Year Title Role Notes
1996–97 Spider-Man Captain America TV series; 8 episodes
2006 Metal Gear Solid: Digital Graphic Novel Solid Snake
2013 Metal Gear Solid 2: Digital Graphic Novel Solid Snake Motion comic adaptation of theMetal Gear Solid 2graphic novel included as extra content inMetal Gear Solid: The Legacy Collection

Video games

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Year Title Role Notes
1998 Metal Gear Solid Solid Snake English dub
2001 Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty Solid Snake / Iroquois Pliskin English dub
2002 Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem Roman Legionnaire 1 / Roman Legionnaire 2 / Angkor Thom Guard
2004 Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes Solid Snake
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater Naked Snake English dub
2005 Metal Gear Acid 2 Snake English dub
2006 Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops Naked Snake English dub
2008 Super Smash Bros. Brawl Snake English dub
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots Old Snake English dub; Also has a live-action cameo playing himself.
2010 Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker Naked Snake English dub
2011– Star Wars: The Old Republic Jedi Knight Male[25]
2013 Marvel Heroes Winter Soldier
2013–15 République Daniel Zager
2014 Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty! Mudokons
2015 Dragon Age: Inquisition Lieutenant Renn The DescentDLC
2016 The Long Dark Jeremiah
Deponia Doomsday Old Rufus
2018 Super Bomberman R Solid Snake Bomber / Naked Snake Bomber English dub; Characters added in the Ver. 2.1 update patch, released on June 27, 2018
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Solid Snake[26] English dub; re-uses voice work recorded forSuper Smash Bros. Brawl
2019 Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night Zangetsu, Narrator[27]
2020 Phantom: Covert Ops General Nikolai Zhurov
2020 Yakuza: Like a Dragon Osamu Kashiwagi ( "The Bartender" ) English dub[28]
2020 Super Bomberman R Online Solid Snake Bomber / Naked Snake Bomber / Old Snake Bomber English dub; Old Snake Bomber was added on May 27, 2021
2021 Retroninjacyberassassin Doc Ninja[29] David recorded a few voice lines for Doc Ninja, the healer character,[30]they were added in an update to the early access version.
2023 Synapse Colonel Peter Conrad[31]
2024 Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth Osamu Kashiwagi ( "The Bartender" ), additional voices English dub[32]
TBD Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater Naked Snake English dub; re-uses voice work recorded forMetal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater[33]

Live action

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Year Film Director Writer Producer Notes
1998 Burn No No Yes Unreleased on home media. Uploaded on David Hayter's Youtube channel on May 2, 2019.[34]
2000 X-Men No Yes No
2002 Lost in Oz No Yes Yes TV movie
The Scorpion King No Yes No
2003 X2 No Yes No
2009 Watchmen No Yes No
2010 Chasm Yes Yes No Short film
2014 Wolves Yes Yes No Directorial debut
2015 A Christmas Horror Story No No Executive
2020 Warrior Nun No Yes Supervising producer 2 episodes
TBA UntitledVoltronlive-action film No Yes No

Acting roles

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Year Film Role Notes
1993 Major Dad Misha Sarotsky Episode: "From Russia with Like"
1994 Guyver: Dark Hero Sean Barker
Long Shadows Ed's secretary TV movie
1996 The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century Voice Episodes: "Stalemate" and "Total War"
1997 Drive Cop #1
1998 Burn Tom Rice
2000 Wild on the Set Narrator TV series
X-Men Museum Cop
2014 Devil's Mile Toby McTeague
2016–2019 The Flash King Shark 4 episodes
Voice only
2022 Turning Red Additional Voices

Webshow

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Year Webshow Role Notes
2009 Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin'? Episode: "The Sons of Big Boss"
Voice only
2017 The Jimquisition Episode: "Slay to Pay"
Voice only
2018 Boundary Break Solid Snake Episode: "Metal Gear Solid"[35]
2019 Khonjin House Solid Snake Episode: "Infiltrator 2"
Voice only
2022 Did You Know Gaming? Narrator Episode: "Metal Gear Solid's Cut Content"[36]
Episode: "Metal Gear Solid's Insane Cut Content"[37]
Voice only

References

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  1. ^"Inside information. My father worked in this industry his entire life. #WearAMask".Twitter.RetrievedNovember 16,2020.
  2. ^Crew, TWiG."TWiG – David Hayter Special Interview".[permanent dead link]
  3. ^"A chat with Solid Snake: David Hayter on Marvel Heroes, voice acting, and if video game movies will ever be good".PCGamesN.March 10, 2015.
  4. ^Fitch, Andrew (May 7, 2008)."Anime Expo: David Hayter Critical of Some MGS Moments".1UP.com.RetrievedMarch 2,2012.
  5. ^"UK PSP".Archived fromthe originalon January 17, 2007.RetrievedDecember 15,2006.
  6. ^Narcisse, Evan (March 27, 2013)."Beloved Solid Snake Voice Actor Says He Wasn't Asked to Be in Metal Gear Solid V".Kotaku.Gawker Media.RetrievedMarch 27,2013.
  7. ^Goldfarb, Andrew (June 6, 2013)."Kiefer Sutherland Playing Snake in Metal Gear Solid V".IGN.RetrievedJune 6,2013.
  8. ^Carson, Ben (March 25, 2016)."The Inside Story Of Recording Metal Gear Solid".Game Informer. Archived fromthe originalon March 26, 2016.RetrievedApril 11,2016.
  9. ^"David Hayter reprises Metal Gear Solid role in Ford commercials".Eurogamer.net. April 8, 2016.RetrievedApril 9,2016.
  10. ^Hilliard, Kyle."David Hayter Is Voicing Snake For His Return In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate".Game Informer.Archived fromthe originalon June 12, 2018.RetrievedJune 12,2018.
  11. ^"Past Saturn Awards".The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films.Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films.Archived fromthe originalon February 9, 2010.
  12. ^"Could Marvel revive Black Widow film?".Digital Spy.July 21, 2014.
  13. ^McMillan, Graeme (February 28, 2010)."How Aeon Flux Killed Black Widow and Made Iron Man 2 the Movie it is Today".i09.
  14. ^Jensen, Jeff (October 21, 2005)."Watchmen: An Oral History".Entertainment Weekly.
  15. ^Gregory Ellwood (July 18, 2006)."World awaitsWatchmen".Variety.RetrievedSeptember 23,2006.
  16. ^"Exclusive: Zack Snyder talksWatchmen".Empire.October 5, 2006.RetrievedOctober 5,2006.
  17. ^Patrick Lee (November 9, 2006)."Snyder:WatchmenRemains True ".Sci Fi Wire.Archived fromthe originalon September 1, 2007.RetrievedNovember 9,2006.
  18. ^McClintock, Pamela (September 7, 2012)."The Hollywood Reporter".RetrievedSeptember 9,2012.
  19. ^"Dark Horizons".Archived fromthe originalon September 15, 2012.RetrievedSeptember 14,2012.
  20. ^Sneider, Jeff (July 8, 2013)."'Watchmen' Writer David Hayter to Adapt 'The Sword' for Lakeshore ".The Wrap.RetrievedAugust 12,2013.
  21. ^Marnell, Blair."Fox Starts 'World War III' With David Hayter".Crave Online.RetrievedAugust 12,2013.
  22. ^Hayter, David (September 28, 2018)."I am so proud... To finally announce this secret, badass show I've been co-writing. WARRIOR NUN".RetrievedJuly 7,2020.
  23. ^"'X-Men' Scribe David Hayter Boards TV Adaptation of EA's 'American McGee's Alice' Game (Exclusive) ".Hollywood Reporter.January 31, 2022.RetrievedJanuary 31,2022.
  24. ^"Buried Treasure - Gundam 0080".July 8, 2023.
  25. ^BioWare(December 20, 2011).Star Wars: The Old Republic.Electronic Arts,LucasArts.Scene: closing credits, 9:50 in, English Cast.
  26. ^Hayter, David (June 12, 2018)."Tweet".@DavidBHayter.RetrievedApril 20,2020.
  27. ^ArtPlay.Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night.505 Games.Scene: Ending credits, 18:04 and 18:13 in, English Voice Actors.
  28. ^Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio.Yakuza: Like a Dragon.Sega.Scene: Ending credits, 0:34.
  29. ^An00bus.Retroninjacyberassassin.Scene: Credits Screen.{{cite book}}:CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  30. ^Hayter, David (October 10, 2021)."Doc Ninja".Mod DB.RetrievedFebruary 27,2022.
  31. ^Shepherd, James (May 24, 2023)."Immersive PS VR2 action-shooter, Synapse, launches on July 4".PlayStation.Blog.RetrievedMay 25,2023.
  32. ^"David Hayter (visual voices guide)".Behind The Voice Actors.RetrievedFebruary 26,2024.A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its opening and/or closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information.{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  33. ^Ampoloquio, Ray (June 1, 2023)."Konami will reuse the original voice lines for Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater".xfire.com.RetrievedOctober 12,2023.
  34. ^"Burn (1998)".Youtube.May 2, 2019.Archivedfrom the original on December 22, 2021.RetrievedAugust 1,2020.
  35. ^"Off Camera Secrets | Metal Gear Solid - Boundary Break Ft. David Hayter".YouTube.Shesez. January 5, 2018.RetrievedMay 10,2020.
  36. ^"Metal Gear Solid's Cut Content Ft. David Hayter".YouTube.DidYouKnowGaming?. April 9, 2022.RetrievedApril 9,2022.
  37. ^"Metal Gear Solid's Insane Cut Content Ft David Hayter [NEW]".YouTube.DidYouKnowGaming?. September 11, 2022.RetrievedSeptember 11,2022.
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