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{{Short description|Canadian-American actor}}
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|birth_name = David Bryan Hayter
| other_names = Sean Barker
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1969|2|6|df=yes}}
| occupation = {{hlist|Actor|screenwriter|producer|director}}
|birth_place = [[Santa Monica, California|Santa Monica]], [[California]], [[United States]]
| years_active = 1993–present
|alias = Sean Barker
|occupation = Voice actor, Screenwriter, Actor, Director, Producer
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'''David Hayter''' (born February 6, 1969) is a [[Canadian-American]] [[voice acting|voice]] and screen [[actor]] and [[screenwriter]]. He is best known for providing the [[English language|English]] voices of [[Solid Snake]] and [[Big Boss (Metal Gear)|Big Boss (Naked Snake)]] in the ''[[Metal Gear Solid (series)|Metal Gear]]'' video game series, and for writing the [[screenplay]] for ''[[X-Men (film)|X-Men]]'' and co-writing the screenplay for ''[[The Scorpion King]]'' and ''[[X2 (film)|X2]]''. He also wrote the screenplay for ''[[Watchmen (film)|Watchmen]]'' from the comic book series of the same name, which received an enthusiastic reception from the director and original illustrator. Earlier in his acting career, he played the lead role in the live-action ''[[Guyver: Dark Hero]]''.
'''David Hayter''' is a Canadian-American actor, screenwriter, director, and producer. He is well known as the English-language voice actor for [[Solid Snake]] and [[Big Boss (Metal Gear)|Naked Snake]] in the ''[[Metal Gear]]'' video game series. He wrote the film ''[[X-Men (film)|X-Men]]'' and co-wrote ''[[X2 (film)|X2]]'' and ''[[Watchmen (2009 film)|Watchmen]]'', and was awarded the [[Saturn Award for Best Writing]] in 2000 for his work on ''X-Men''. Hayter voiced [[King Shark]] on ''[[The Flash (2014 TV series)|The Flash]]''.


==Early life==
==Early life==
Hayter was born in [[California]] to [[Canada|Canadian]] parents. He started acting at the age of 9. Hayter spent most of his childhood living around the world and at the age of 15, Hayter moved to [[Kobe]] in [[Japan]] where he graduated from the [[Canadian Academy]], an international school, in 1987. After high school, he attended [[Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute]] for two years until transferring to [[Ryerson University]] in [[Toronto]], [[Canada]] where he stayed until the age of 20 when he moved to [[Hollywood]].<ref>http://thisweekingeek.net/interviews/twig-david-hayter-special-interview?q=node/128</ref> He did some live acting in the early 1990s, but became interested in voice acting after making a cameo appearance in an episode of the [[situation comedy|sitcom]] ''[[Major Dad]]'', and later landed the role of [[Captain America]] in the popular 1994 ''[[Spider-Man (1994 TV series)|Spider-Man]]'' [[list of animated television series|animated series]]. He also provided the voice of [[Arsène Lupin III]] in the English version of the [[anime]] film ''[[The Castle of Cagliostro]]'' and the voice of [[Tamahome]] in the English version of the anime series ''[[Fushigi Yūgi]]''.
Hayter's father, Stephen, worked in the [[pharmaceutical industry]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Inside information. My father worked in this industry his entire life. #WearAMask|url=https://twitter.com/davidbhayter/status/1328393230732333058|access-date=November 16, 2020|website=Twitter}}</ref> David Hayter started acting at the age of nine. He spent most of his childhood living around the world, and moved to [[Kobe]] at the age of 15, graduating from its international [[Canadian Academy]] in 1987. After this, he attended [[Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute]] for two years until transferring to the [[Toronto Metropolitan University]] in [[Toronto]]. He stayed there until the age of 20, when he moved to [[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thisweekingeek.net/news/interviews/twig-david-hayter-special-interview|title=TWiG – David Hayter Special Interview|first=TWiG|last=Crew}}{{Dead link|date=November 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>


== ''Metal Gear Solid'' ==
== Career ==
=== Early acting career ===
In 1998, Hayter voiced protagonist Solid Snake in the highly successful [[video game]] ''[[Metal Gear Solid]]''. He provided Snake's voice in later ''[[Metal Gear (series)|Metal Gear]]'' games such as ''[[Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty]]'' and ''[[Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes]]'' (which was a remake of ''Metal Gear Solid''), and provided the voice for a closely related character, [[Big Boss (Metal Gear)|Naked Snake]], a young Big Boss, in the [[prequel]]s ''[[Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater]]'' and ''[[Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops]]''. Most recently he has voiced Solid Snake (renamed Old Snake) in ''[[Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots]]'' and Naked Snake in the [[PlayStation Portable|PSP]] game ''[[Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker]]''. Also, he had a brief acting role in ''[[Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots]]'' during one of the beginning commercial propaganda scenes, starring as himself in the alternate reality of the Metal Gear world. In the scene, he wears the "Solid Eye", the technologically advanced eye patch that Old Snake wears throughout the game. It is confirmed that he will not be voicing Snake in ''[[Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain]]''.<ref>http://kotaku.com/beloved-solid-snake-voice-actor-says-he-wasn-t-asked-to-461256492</ref>
Hayter did some live acting in the early 1990s, most notably in an episode of the sitcom ''[[Major Dad]]'', but soon became more interested in voice acting and later landed the role of [[Captain America]] in the popular 1994 ''[[Spider-Man (1994 TV series)|Spider-Man]]'' animated series.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pcgamesn.com/marvel-heroes-2015/a-chat-with-solid-snake-david-hayter-on-marvel-heroes-voice-acting-and-if-video-game-movies-will-ever-be-good|title=A chat with Solid Snake: David Hayter on Marvel Heroes, voice acting, and if video game movies will ever be good|website=PCGamesN|date=March 10, 2015 }}</ref> He also provided the voice of [[Arsène Lupin III]] in the English version of the [[anime]] film ''[[The Castle of Cagliostro]]'' and the voice of [[Tamahome]] in the English version of the anime series ''[[Fushigi Yūgi]]''. He also starred in the 1994, straight-to-video movie, ''[[Guyver: Dark Hero]]'', as the protagonist, Sean Barker (a [[The Guyver#Reception|role]] he took over from the previous actor, [[Jack Armstrong (actor)|Jack Armstrong]]); Hayter has since gone-on to use the character's name as an alias in various work credits.


=== ''Metal Gear Solid'' series ===
Hayter also provided the voice of Solid Snake for the character's guest appearance in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'', a [[Wii]] fighting game unrelated to the ''Metal Gear'' series. Hayter is one of the few ''Metal Gear Solid'' actors to date to have played and beaten the ''Metal Gear'' games he's voiced in,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://uk.psp.gamespy.com/playstation-portable/kojima-productions-project/747389p1.html|accessdate = 15 December 2006|title= UK PSP}}</ref> while co-star [[Christopher Randolph]] has only played ''Metal Gear Solid''.
Hayter began providing the English voice of ''[[Metal Gear]]'' series protagonist [[Solid Snake]] in the 1998 video game ''[[Metal Gear Solid (1998 video game)|Metal Gear Solid]]'', which also served as the series's transition from 2D to 3D. Hayter would go on to play Solid Snake and his progenitor [[Big Boss (Metal Gear)|Naked Snake]] throughout all the succeeding installments (including spinoffs, re-releases and adaptations) up to and including ''[[Metal 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 of ''[[Metal 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 the ''Metal Gear'' series, Hayter also voiced the character in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' (2008).


His work with the ''Metal Gear'' series has also led Hayter to do voice work in other video game projects such as ''[[Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem]]'' and ''[[Star 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."<ref name="HayterSnake">{{cite web|url=http://www.1up.com/news/anime-expo-david-hayter-critical|title=Anime Expo: David Hayter Critical of Some MGS Moments|date=May 7, 2008|publisher=1UP.com|author=Fitch, Andrew|access-date=March 2, 2012}}</ref>
According to an interview with [[Paul Eiding]], Hayter gave up half of his own paycheck in order to bring back the cast of ''Metal Gear Solid'' for the remake, ''[[Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes|The Twin Snakes]]''. This is the reason why the voice acting in ''The Twin Snakes'' was almost completely redone with the same voice actors, one of the few differences being the actor for [[List of recurring Metal Gear characters#Gray Fox|Gray Fox]], [[Greg Eagles]], who was replaced by [[Rob Paulsen]].<ref>http://mgstus.org/downloads/audio/interview_peiding/peiding_p1.mp3</ref>


Hayter is one of the few ''Metal Gear'' actors to have played and completed the games he's voiced in.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://uk.psp.gamespy.com/playstation-portable/kojima-productions-project/747389p1.html|access-date=December 15, 2006|title=UK PSP|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070117025248/http://uk.psp.gamespy.com/playstation-portable/kojima-productions-project/747389p1.html|archive-date=January 17, 2007}}</ref> According to [[Paul Eiding]], Hayter gave up half of his own paycheck in order to bring back the cast of the original ''Metal Gear Solid'' for the 2004 remake ''[[Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes]]''.{{citation needed|date=May 2013}}
An interview with David Hayter by ''[[Game Informer]]'' in 2001, showed that Hayter wished for the then-unconfirmed ''Metal Gear Solid'' movie to be [[anime|animated]] or made in [[computer-generated imagery|CGI]], possibly so he could provide the voice of Solid Snake. He also wished to write the screenplay for the film, going so far as writing an unused treatment.<ref>{{cite web|title=Screenrant.com|url=http://screenrant.com/metal-gear-solid-movie-david-hayter-sandy-63108/|accessdate=2010}}</ref>


Following the announcement of ''[[Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain]]'' in the 2013 [[Game Developers Conference]], Hayter announced that he was not asked to reprise as the main character for this entry.<ref>{{cite news|title=Beloved Solid Snake Voice Actor Says He Wasn't Asked to Be in Metal Gear Solid V|url=http://kotaku.com/beloved-solid-snake-voice-actor-says-he-wasn-t-asked-to-461256492|first=Evan|last=Narcisse|work=[[Kotaku]]|publisher=[[Gawker Media]]|date=March 27, 2013|access-date=March 27, 2013}}</ref> This was later confirmed when Konami announced that [[Kiefer Sutherland]] would be the character's voice during [[Electronic Entertainment Expo|E3]] the same year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ca.ign.com/articles/2013/06/06/kiefer-sutherland-playing-snake-in-metal-gear-solid-v|title=Kiefer Sutherland Playing Snake in Metal Gear Solid V|last=Goldfarb|first=Andrew|publisher=IGN|date=June 6, 2013|access-date=June 6, 2013}}</ref> Hayter has since revealed in an interview that he had to re-audition for the role suggesting that the series' creator [[Hideo Kojima]] was already considering recasting the part much earlier, with [[Kurt Russell]] ([[Snake Plissken]] in ''[[Escape from New York]]'' and ''[[Escape from L.A.]]'') having been allegedly offered the role during the development of ''[[Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater]]'' (2004).<ref name=gameinformerpodcast>{{cite web|url=http://www.gameinformer.com/b/podcasts/archive/2016/03/25/the-inside-story-of-recording-metal-gear-solid.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160326203211/http://www.gameinformer.com/b/podcasts/archive/2016/03/25/the-inside-story-of-recording-metal-gear-solid.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 26, 2016|title= The Inside Story Of Recording Metal Gear Solid|last=Carson|first=Ben|publisher=Game Informer|date=March 25, 2016|access-date=April 11, 2016}}</ref>
His work with ''Metal Gear Solid'' has also led Hayter to other video game voices, such as characters in ''[[Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem]]'', by [[Silicon Knights]], who also developed ''[[Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes]]'' for the [[Nintendo GameCube]]. He also cited the ''Metal Gear'' 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."<ref name="HayterSnake">{{cite web|url=http://www.1up.com/news/anime-expo-david-hayter-critical|title=Anime Expo: David Hayter Critical of Some MGS Moments|date=May 7, 2008|publisher=1UP.com|author=Fitch, Andrew|accessdate=March 2, 2012}}</ref>


After Kojima's departure from Konami, Hayter would reprise the role in a ''Metal Gear Solid''-themed advertisement for the [[Ford Focus (third generation)|2016 Ford Focus SE]] aired in 2016.<ref name=fordfocus>{{cite web|url=http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2016-04-08-david-hayter-reprises-metal-gear-solid-role-in-ford-commercials|title=David Hayter reprises Metal Gear Solid role in Ford commercials|publisher=Eurogamer.net|date=April 8, 2016|access-date=April 9, 2016}}</ref> 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) and ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine
After the announcement of ''[[Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain]]'', Hayter confirmed he will not reprise his role as Big Boss aka Naked Snake. His official website was recently updated with a short video of him running away from a computer-generated plane crashing, which may allude to the recent news.
|last1=Hilliard |first1=Kyle |title=David Hayter Is Voicing Snake For His Return In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate |url=https://www.gameinformer.com/e3-2018/2018/06/12/david-hayter-is-voicing-snake-for-his-return-in-super-smash-bros-ultimate |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612211303/https://www.gameinformer.com/e3-2018/2018/06/12/david-hayter-is-voicing-snake-for-his-return-in-super-smash-bros-ultimate |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 12, 2018 |magazine=Game Informer |access-date=June 12, 2018 |language=en}}</ref>


== Film ==
=== Filmmaking ===
[[File:David Hayter 2006-09-21.jpg|thumb|Hayter in 2006]]
Hayter's first movie appearance was in [[Guyver: Dark Hero]]. In 2000 he wrote the screenplay for the movie version of ''[[X-Men (film)|X-Men]]'', and then went on to co-write the screenplay for its sequel ''[[X2 (film)|X2]]'' with writing team [[Michael Dougherty]] and [[Dan Harris (screenwriter)|Dan Harris]]. Shortly after his work on ''X-Men'', Hayter was hired to write and direct a project based on the heroine [[Black Widow (Natalia Romanova)|Black Widow]]. 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 the ''Black Widow'' script, is named after the titular character.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.latinoreview.com/news/david-hayter-talks-what-happened-to-marvel-s-black-widow-9307 }}</ref>
In 2000, he wrote the screenplay for the movie version of ''[[X-Men (film)|X-Men]]'', for which he was awarded the 2000 [[Saturn Award for Best Writing]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Past Saturn Awards |url=http://www.saturnawards.org/past.html#writing |website=The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films |publisher=[[Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100209012608/http://www.saturnawards.org/past.html#writing |archive-date=February 9, 2010}}</ref> and then went on to co-write the screenplay for its sequel ''[[X2 (film)|X2]]'' with writing team [[Michael Dougherty]] and [[Dan Harris (screenwriter)|Dan Harris]]. Shortly after his work on ''X-Men'', Hayter was hired to write and direct a project based on the heroine [[Black Widow (Natalia Romanova)|Black Widow]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/movies/news/a585310/x-mens-david-hayter-wants-to-revive-black-widow-film/|title=Could Marvel revive Black Widow film?|website=[[Digital Spy]] |date=July 21, 2014}}</ref> 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 the ''Black Widow'' script, is named after the titular character.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://io9.gizmodo.com/5481408/how-aeon-flux-killed-black-widow-and-made-iron-man-2-the-movie-it-is-today|title=How Aeon Flux Killed Black Widow and Made Iron Man 2 the Movie it is Today|work=i09|first=Graeme|last=McMillan|date=February 28, 2010}}</ref>


Hayter also wrote an adaptation of the graphic novel ''[[Watchmen]]'' by [[Alan Moore]] and 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 ''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."<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1120854,00.html | work=Entertainment Weekly | first=Jeff | last=Jensen | title=Watchmen: An Oral History | date=2005-10-21}}</ref> 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 screenwriter Hayter.<ref>{{cite news | author=Gregory Ellwood | url=http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117947044 | title=World awaits ''Watchmen'' | publisher=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] | date=2006-07-18 | accessdate=2006-09-23 }}</ref> The script did not keep the contemporary atmosphere that Hayter created, but instead returned to the original [[Cold War]] setting of the ''Watchmen'' comic.<ref name="exclusive">{{cite news | url=http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=19672 | title=Exclusive: Zack Snyder talks ''Watchmen'' | publisher=[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]] | date=2006-10-05 | accessdate = 2006-10-05 }}</ref> Warner Bros. was amenable to the 1980s setting, and the director also added a title montage sequence to introduce the audience to the events of [[alternate history (fiction)|alternate history]] United States in that time period.<ref>{{cite news | author=Patrick Lee | url=http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?id=38891 | title=Snyder: ''Watchmen'' Remains True | publisher=[[Sci Fi Wire]] | date=2006-11-09 | accessdate=2006-11-09 |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20070901191605/http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?id=38891 <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 2007-09-01}}</ref>
Hayter also wrote an adaptation of the graphic novel ''[[Watchmen]]'' by [[Alan Moore]] and 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."<ref>{{cite magazine| url=http://www.ew.com/article/2005/10/21/watchmen-oral-history | magazine=Entertainment Weekly | first=Jeff | last=Jensen | title=Watchmen: An Oral History | date=October 21, 2005}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news | author=Gregory Ellwood | url=https://variety.com/2006/film/markets-festivals/world-awaits-watchmen-1200339571/ | title=World awaits ''Watchmen'' | publisher=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] | date=July 18, 2006 | access-date=September 23, 2006 }}</ref> The script did not keep the contemporary atmosphere that Hayter created, but instead returned to the original [[Cold War]] setting of the ''Watchmen'' comic.<ref name="exclusive">{{cite news | url=https://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=19672 | title=Exclusive: Zack Snyder talks ''Watchmen'' | publisher=[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]] | date=October 5, 2006 | access-date = October 5, 2006 }}</ref> Warner Bros. was amenable to the 1980s setting, and the director also added a title montage sequence to introduce the audience to the events of [[alternate history (fiction)|alternate history]] United States in that time period.<ref>{{cite news | author=Patrick Lee | url=http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?id=38891 | title=Snyder: ''Watchmen'' Remains True | publisher=[[Sci Fi Wire]] | date=November 9, 2006 | access-date=November 9, 2006 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070901191605/http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?id=38891 <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = September 1, 2007}}</ref>


On April 12, 2011, it was announced that Hayter has been tapped to write the feature film screenplay for the science fiction/fantasy novel ''[[Dragonflight]]'' by [[Anne McCaffrey]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Comingsoon.net|url=http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=76374}}</ref> On September 7, 2012, it was announced that Hayter would pen the screen adaptation [[Charlie Huston|''Caught Stealing'']], and would star [[Patrick Wilson (actor)|Patrick Wilson]] and [[Alec Baldwin]].<ref>{{cite web|title=The Hollywood Reporter|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/toronto-2012-patrick-wilson-alec-368741|accessdate=09 September 2012}}</ref>
On September 7, 2012, it was announced that Hayter would pen the screen adaptation [[Charlie Huston|''Caught Stealing'']], and would star [[Patrick Wilson]] and [[Alec Baldwin]].<ref>{{cite news|title=The Hollywood Reporter|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/toronto-2012-patrick-wilson-alec-368741|access-date=September 9, 2012 | first=Pamela|last=McClintock|date=September 7, 2012}}</ref>


On September 13, 2012, Hayter began filming on his directorial debut, ''Wolves''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Dark Horizons|url=http://www.darkhorizons.com/news/24928/casting-news-mchattie-upham-rockwell}}</ref>
On September 13, 2012, Hayter began filming on his directorial debut, ''[[Wolves (2014 film)|Wolves]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Dark Horizons|url=http://www.darkhorizons.com/news/24928/casting-news-mchattie-upham-rockwell|access-date=September 14, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120915050625/http://www.darkhorizons.com/news/24928/casting-news-mchattie-upham-rockwell|archive-date=September 15, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>

On July 8, 2013, Hayter was hired by [[Lakeshore Entertainment]] to write the film ''[[The Sword (2014 film)|The Sword]]'', based on the [[Image Comics]] series.<ref>{{cite web|last=Sneider|first=Jeff|title='Watchmen' Writer David Hayter to Adapt 'The Sword' for Lakeshore|url=https://www.thewrap.com/movies/column-post/watchmen-writer-david-hayter-adapt-sword-lakeshore-101661|publisher=The Wrap|access-date=August 12, 2013|date=July 8, 2013}}</ref>

===Television===
On August 7, 2013, it was announced Hayter was developing a television show on Fox tentatively titled ''World 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.<ref>{{cite web|last=Marnell|first=Blair|title=Fox Starts 'World War III' With David Hayter|url=http://www.craveonline.com/tv/articles/548901-fox-starts-world-war-iii-with-david-hayter|publisher=Crave Online|access-date=August 12, 2013}}</ref>

On September 28, 2018, Hayter announced he was co-writing and producing the Netflix series ''[[Warrior Nun (TV series)|Warrior Nun]]'', based on the 1994 comic book series ''[[Warrior Nun Areala]]'', with [[Simon Barry]] serving as series creator and showrunner.<ref>{{cite web|last=Hayter|first=David|url=https://twitter.com/DavidBHayter/status/1045721641785774080|title=I am so proud... To finally announce this secret, badass show I've been co-writing. WARRIOR NUN|access-date=July 7, 2020|date=September 28, 2018}}</ref> 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 game ''[[American McGee's Alice]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title='X-Men' Scribe David Hayter Boards TV Adaptation of EA's 'American McGee's Alice' Game (Exclusive) |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/x-men-scribe-david-hayter-boards-tv-adaptation-of-eas-american-mcgees-alice-game-exclusive-1235083248/ |website=Hollywood Reporter |date=January 31, 2022 |access-date=January 31, 2022}}</ref>


==Filmography==
==Filmography==
=== Live Action roles ===
* ''[[Major Dad]]'' (1993) (TV): Misha Sarotsky (guest appearance) "From Russia with Like" (Season 4 episode 17, 1993)
* ''Long Shadows'' (1994) (TV)
* ''[[Guyver 2: Dark Hero]]'' ([[1994 in film|1994]]): Sean Barker/Guyver
* ''[[Drive (1998 film)|Drive]]'' ([[1997 in film|1997]]): Cop #1
* ''Burn'' (1998)
* ''Wild on the Set'' (2000) TV Series
* ''[[X-Men (film)|X-Men]]'' (2000): Museum Cop
* ''The Devil's Mile'' (2013) Toby McTeague


===Voice Acting roles===
===Anime (English dubbing)===
{| class="wikitable"
* ''[[The Castle of Cagliostro]]'' ([[1979 in film|1979]]): [[Arsène Lupin III]] (2000 [[Manga Entertainment]] English dub)
|-
* ''[[They Were Eleven]]'' ([[1986 in film|1986]]) (voice: English version)
! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes
* ''[[Yōtōden|Wrath of the Ninja]]'' (1987) ([[OVA]]): Sakon Hayate (English Version)
|-
* ''[[Gundam 0080|Gundam 0080: War In the Pocket]]'' (1989) [[Bernard Wiseman]] (English version)
| 1994 || ''[[Moldiver]]'' || Hiroshi Ozora ||
* ''[[Giant Robo: The Animation]]'' ([[1991 in film|1991]]) (V) (English version)
|-
* ''[[Moldiver]]'' (''Morudaibâ'') ([[1993 in film|1993]]): Hiroshi Ozora
| rowspan="2"| 1996 || ''[[Rakusho! Hyper Doll]]'' || Reporter || as Sean Barker
* ''[[Yu Yu Hakusho: The Movie]]'' (1994): [[Kurama (YuYu Hakusho)|Kurama]] (English version)
|-
* ''[[Spider-Man: The Animated Series]]'' (1994): [[Captain America]]
|| ''[[They Were Eleven]]'' || Doricas Soldam IV || as Sean Barker
* ''[[Hyper Doll (OVA)|Rakusho! Hyper Doll]]'' ([[1995 in film|1995]]) (V) (English version)
|-
* ''[[Street Fighter II V]]'' (1995) TV Series (English version)
| rowspan="2"| 1997 || ''[[Street Fighter II V]]'' || Additional Voices || as Sean Barker (Animaze dub)
* ''[[Fushigi Yūgi]]'' (1995): Tamahome
|-
* ''[[Metal Gear Solid]]'' (1998): [[Solid Snake]]
|| ''[[Black Jack (manga)#OVA|Black Jack]]{{Broken anchor|date=2024-10-02|bot=User:Cewbot/log/20201008/configuration|target_link=Black Jack (manga)#OVA|reason=Anchor "Black Jack (manga)#OVA" links to a specific web page: "OVA". The anchor (OVA) [[Special:Diff/1143740604|has been deleted]].}}'' || Leslie Harris || as Sean Barker
* ''[[Dual! Paralle lunlun monogatari]]'' (1999) TV Series (English version)
|-
* ''[[X-Men: Evolution]]'' (2000) TV Series: [[Captain America]]
| 1998–2000 || ''[[Fushigi Yûgi]]'' || Tamahome / Taka Sukunami / Yoshui || as Sean Barker
* ''[[Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty]]'' (2001): Solid Snake
|-
* ''[[Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem]]'' (2002): Roman Legionnaire I/Roman Legionnaire II/Angkor Thom guard
| rowspan="2"| 1998 || ''[[Giant Robo (OVA)|Giant Robo: The Animation]]'' || Shoji Gen || as Sean Barker
* ''[[Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater]]'' (2004): Naked Snake
|-
* ''[[Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes]]'' (2004): Solid Snake
|| ''[[Yu Yu Hakusho: The Movie]]'' || [[Kurama (YuYu Hakusho)|Kurama]] ||as Sean Barker
* ''[[Howl's Moving Castle (film)|Howl's Moving Castle]]'' (2004) Additional voices
|-
* ''[[Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops]]'' (2006): [[Big Boss (Metal Gear)|Naked Snake]]
| 1999 || ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket]]'' || Bernard Wiseman || as Sean Barker<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/buried-treasure/2007-08-16 |title = Buried Treasure - Gundam 0080| date=July 8, 2023 }}</ref><!-- Other roles (including David "Solid Snake" Hayter as Bernard and Wendee Lee as Al's next-door-neighbor and Federation pilot Chris turn in solid performances. -->
* ''[[Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots]]'' (2008): [[Solid Snake|Old Snake]] and Himself in the beginning videos
|-
* ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' (2008): Solid Snake
| 2000 || ''[[The Castle of Cagliostro]]'' || [[Arsène Lupin III]] || as Sean Barker (Manga dub)
* ''[[Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker]]'' (2010): Big Boss
|-
* ''[[Star Wars: The Old Republic]]'' (2011): Jedi Knight (Male) class
| 2000–01 || ''[[Dual! Parallel Trouble Adventure]]'' || Additional Voices ||
* ''[[République]]'' (2013)
|}


=== Screenwriting ===
===Animation===
{| class="wikitable"
*''[[X-Men (film)|X-Men]]'' ([[2000 in film|2000]]) - writer
|-
*''[[The Scorpion King]]'' ([[2002 in film|2002]]) - co-writer
! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes
*''[[X2 (film)|X2: X-Men United]]'' ([[2003 in film|2003]]) - co-writer
|-
*''[[Watchmen (film)|Watchmen]]'' ([[2009 in film|2009]]) - co-writer
| 1996–97 || ''[[Spider-Man (1994 TV series)|Spider-Man]]'' || [[Captain America]] || TV series; 8 episodes
* ''Wolves'' (2013) - writer
|-
* ''[[Dragonflight]]'' (????) - writer
| 2006 || ''[[Metal Gear Solid (1998_video_game)#Related media|Metal Gear Solid: Digital Graphic Novel]]'' || [[Solid Snake]] ||
* ''Caught Stealing'' (????) - writer
|-
| 2013 ||''[[Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty#Related media|Metal Gear Solid 2: Digital Graphic Novel]]''||Solid Snake || Motion comic adaptation of the ''Metal Gear Solid 2'' graphic novel included as extra content in ''[[Metal Gear Solid: The Legacy Collection]]''
|}


===Directing===
===Video games===
{| class="wikitable"
* ''Wolves'' (2013)
|-
! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes
|-
| 1998 || ''[[Metal Gear Solid (1998 video game)|Metal Gear Solid]]'' || [[Solid Snake]] || English dub
|-
| 2001 || ''[[Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty]]'' || [[Solid Snake|Solid Snake / Iroquois Pliskin]] || English dub
|-
| 2002 || ''[[Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem]]'' || Roman Legionnaire 1 / Roman Legionnaire 2 / Angkor Thom Guard ||
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2004 || ''[[Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes]]'' || Solid Snake ||
|-
| ''[[Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater]]'' || [[Big Boss (Metal Gear)|Naked Snake]] || English dub
|-
| 2005 || ''[[Metal Gear Acid 2]]'' || Snake || English dub
|-
| 2006 || ''[[Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops]]'' || Naked Snake || English dub
|-
| rowspan="2"| 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<ref>{{cite video game | date=December 20, 2011 | developer =[[BioWare]] | publisher = [[Electronic Arts]], [[LucasArts]] | title = [[Star Wars: The Old Republic]] | scene=closing credits, 9:50 in, English Cast }}</ref> ||
|-
| 2013 || ''[[Marvel Heroes (video game)|Marvel Heroes]]'' || [[Bucky Barnes|Winter Soldier]] ||
|-
| 2013–15 || ''[[République (video game)|République]]'' || Daniel Zager ||
|-
| 2014 || ''[[Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty!]]'' || Mudokons ||
|-
| 2015 || ''[[Dragon Age: Inquisition]]'' || Lieutenant Renn || ''[[Dragon Age: Inquisition#The Descent|The Descent]]'' DLC
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2016 ||''[[The Long Dark]]'' || Jeremiah ||
|-
|''[[Deponia Doomsday]]'' || Old Rufus ||
|-
| rowspan="2"| 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<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/DavidBHayter/status/1006580149540700160|title=Tweet|last=Hayter|first=David|date=June 12, 2018|website=@DavidBHayter|language=en|access-date=April 20, 2020}}</ref>|| English dub; re-uses voice work recorded for ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''
|-
| 2019 || ''[[Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night]]'' || Zangetsu, Narrator<ref name="BRotN">{{cite video game | developer=ArtPlay | title=Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night | publisher=[[505 Games]] | scene=Ending credits, 18:04 and 18:13 in, English Voice Actors | year=2019}}</ref><!-- url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncqiSgJO3QY --> ||
|-
| 2020 || ''Phantom: Covert Ops'' || General Nikolai Zhurov ||
|-
| 2020 || ''[[Yakuza: Like a Dragon]]'' || Osamu Kashiwagi ("The Bartender") || English dub<ref>{{cite video game | developer=[[Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio]] | title=Yakuza: Like a Dragon | publisher=[[Sega]] | scene=Ending credits, 0:34 | year=2020}}</ref><!-- url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AeWrTpNFww -->
|-
| 2020 || ''[[Super Bomberman R|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<ref>{{cite video game | developer=An00bus | title=Retroninjacyberassassin | publisher= | scene=Credits Screen | year=2021}}</ref> || David recorded a few voice lines for Doc Ninja, the healer character,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.moddb.com/mods/retroninjacyberassassin/videos/doc-ninja-voiced |title=Doc Ninja|last=Hayter|first=David|date=October 10, 2021|website=[[Mod DB]]|language=en|access-date=February 27, 2022}}</ref> they were added in an update to the early access version.
|-
| 2023 ||''Synapse'' ||Colonel Peter Conrad<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shepherd |first=James |date=2023-05-24 |title=Immersive PS VR2 action-shooter, Synapse, launches on July 4 |url=https://blog.playstation.com/2023/05/24/immersive-ps-vr2-action-shooter-synapse-launches-on-july-%ef%bf%bc/ |access-date=2023-05-25 |website=PlayStation.Blog |language=en-US}}</ref>||
|-
| 2024 || ''[[Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth]]'' || Osamu Kashiwagi ("The Bartender"), additional voices || English dub<ref name="btva">{{cite web |title=David Hayter (visual voices guide) |url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/David-Hayter/ |website=Behind The Voice Actors |access-date=26 February 2024|postscript=. 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 credits or other reliable sources of information.}}</ref>
|-
| TBD || ''[[Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater]]'' || [[Big Boss (Metal Gear)|Naked Snake]] || English dub; re-uses voice work recorded for ''[[Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ampoloquio |first=Ray |date=2023-06-01 |title=Konami will reuse the original voice lines for Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater |url=https://www.xfire.com/konami-reuse-original-voice-lines-metal-gear-solid-delta-snake-eater/#:~:text=Instead%20of%20re-recording%20the,confirmed%20this%20with%20The%20Verge. |access-date=2023-10-12 |website=xfire.com |language=en-US}}</ref>
|}

===Live action===
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#b0c4de; text-align:center;"
! Year
! Film
! width="65"| [[Film director|Director]]
! width="65"| [[Screenwriter|Writer]]
! width="65"| [[Film producer|Producer]]
! Notes
|-
|1998
|''Burn''
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|Unreleased on home media. Uploaded on David Hayter's Youtube channel on May 2, 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeVZmlmojf8 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211222/qeVZmlmojf8 |archive-date=December 22, 2021 |url-status=live|title=Burn (1998)|website=Youtube|date=May 2, 2019|access-date=August 1, 2020}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
|-
|2000
|''[[X-Men (film)|X-Men]]''
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|
|-
|rowspan="2"|2002
|''[[Lost in Oz (TV pilot)|Lost in Oz]]''
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|TV movie
|-
|''[[The Scorpion King]]''
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|
|-
|2003
|''[[X2 (film)|X2]]''
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|
|-
|2009
|''[[Watchmen (2009 film)|Watchmen]]''
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|
|-
|2010
|''Chasm''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|Short film
|-
|2014
|''[[Wolves (2014 film)|Wolves]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|Directorial debut
|-
|2015
|''[[A Christmas Horror Story]]''
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|{{yes|Executive}}
|
|-
|2020
|''[[Warrior Nun (TV series)|Warrior Nun]]''
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|{{yes|Supervising producer}}
| 2 episodes
|-
|TBA
|Untitled ''[[Voltron]]'' live-action film
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|
|}

====Acting roles====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Film
! Role
! Notes
|-
|1993
|''[[Major Dad]]''
|Misha Sarotsky
|Episode: "From Russia with Like"
|-
|rowspan="2"|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 (1998 film)|Drive]]''
|Cop #1
|
|-
|1998
|''Burn''
|Tom Rice
|
|-
|rowspan=2|2000
|''Wild on the Set''
|Narrator
|TV series
|-
|''[[X-Men (film)|X-Men]]''
|Museum Cop
|
|-
|2014
|''[[Devil's Mile]]''
|Toby McTeague
|
|-
|2016–2019
|''[[The Flash (2014 TV series)|The Flash]]''
|[[King Shark]]
|4 episodes<br />Voice only
|-
|2022
|''[[Turning Red]]''
|Additional Voices
|
|-
|}

===Webshow===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Webshow
! Role
! Notes
|-
|2009
|''[[Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin'?]]''
|
|Episode: "The Sons of Big Boss"<br />Voice only
|-
|2017
|''[[The Jimquisition]]''
|
|Episode: "Slay to Pay"<br />Voice only
|-
|2018
|''[[Boundary Break]]''
|[[Solid Snake]]
|Episode: "Metal Gear Solid"<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGeDdHa7iTw| title = Off Camera Secrets &#124; Metal Gear Solid - Boundary Break Ft. David Hayter | publisher = Shesez| website=[[YouTube]] | date = January 5, 2018| access-date = May 10, 2020}}</ref>
|-
|2019
|''Khonjin House''
|Solid Snake
|Episode: "Infiltrator 2"<br />Voice only
|-
|2022
| ''[[Did You Know Gaming?]]''
|Narrator
|Episode: "Metal Gear Solid's Cut Content"<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olBnzkWWumE| title = Metal Gear Solid's Cut Content Ft. David Hayter | publisher = DidYouKnowGaming?| website=[[YouTube]] | date = April 9, 2022| access-date = April 9, 2022}}</ref> <br/>Episode: "Metal Gear Solid's Insane Cut Content"<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xI6aLk6xRbo| title = Metal Gear Solid's Insane Cut Content Ft David Hayter [NEW] | publisher = DidYouKnowGaming?| website=[[YouTube]] | date = September 11, 2022| access-date = September 11, 2022}}</ref> <br />Voice only
|}


== References ==
== References ==
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{{Reflist}}


== External links ==
== External links ==
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*{{Official website|http://www.david-hayter.com}}
* {{Official website}}
*{{IMDb name|0371684}}
* {{IMDb name}}
* {{BTVA person}}
*[http://www.nerdsociety.com/2009/12/01/interview-david-hayter-geeks-out-with-nerdsociety/ David Hayter Geeks Out with NERDSociety]
* [http://www.nerdsociety.com/2009/12/01/interview-david-hayter-geeks-out-with-nerdsociety/ David Hayter Geeks Out with NERDSociety] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100504171234/http://www.nerdsociety.com/2009/12/01/interview-david-hayter-geeks-out-with-nerdsociety/ |date=May 4, 2010 }}
*[http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/686/686519p1.html 10 Questions: David Hayter] at [[IGN]]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060217162208/http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/686/686519p1.html 10 Questions: David Hayter] at [[IGN]]
*[http://thisweekingeek.net/node/128 This Week In Geek Interview with David Hayter]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080723125309/http://thisweekingeek.net/node/128 This Week In Geek Interview with David Hayter]
*[http://raffertymillsconnection.podbean.com/2010/03/22/interview-david-hayter/ Audio Interview (2010) with The Rafferty/Mills Connection podcast]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140107112137/http://raffertymillsconnection.podbean.com/2010/03/22/interview-david-hayter/ Audio Interview (2010) with The Rafferty/Mills Connection podcast]
*[http://blogs.amctv.com/scifi-scanner/2009/03/david-hayter-interview.php David Hayter Discusses ''Watchmen'' at AMCtv.com]
* [https://archive.today/20130117124712/http://blogs.amctv.com/scifi-scanner/2009/03/david-hayter-interview.php David Hayter Discusses ''Watchmen'' at AMCtv.com]
* {{Twitter}}


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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 Hayter is a Canadian-American actor, screenwriter, director, and producer. He is well known as the English-language voice actor for Solid Snake and Naked Snake in the Metal Gear video game series. He wrote the film X-Men and co-wrote X2 and Watchmen, and was awarded the Saturn Award for Best Writing in 2000 for his work on X-Men. Hayter voiced King Shark on The Flash.

Early life

[edit]

Hayter's father, Stephen, worked in the pharmaceutical industry.[1] David Hayter started acting at the age of nine. He spent most of his childhood living around the world, and moved to Kobe at the age of 15, graduating from its international Canadian Academy in 1987. After this, he attended Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute for two years until transferring to the Toronto Metropolitan University in Toronto. He stayed there until the age of 20, when he moved to Hollywood.[2]

Career

[edit]

Early acting career

[edit]

Hayter did some live acting in the early 1990s, most notably in an episode of the sitcom Major Dad, but soon became more interested in voice acting and later landed the role of Captain America in the popular 1994 Spider-Man animated series.[3] He also provided the voice of Arsène Lupin III in the English version of the anime film The Castle of Cagliostro and the voice of Tamahome in the English version of the anime series Fushigi Yūgi. He also starred in the 1994, straight-to-video movie, Guyver: Dark Hero, as the protagonist, Sean Barker (a role he 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 Solid series

[edit]

Hayter began providing the English voice of Metal Gear series protagonist Solid Snake in the 1998 video game Metal Gear Solid, which also served as the series's transition from 2D to 3D. Hayter would go on to play Solid Snake and his progenitor Naked Snake throughout all the succeeding installments (including spinoffs, re-releases and adaptations) up to and including Metal 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 of Metal 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 the Metal Gear series, Hayter also voiced the character in Super Smash Bros. Brawl (2008).

His work with the Metal Gear series has also led Hayter to do voice work in other video game projects such as Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem and Star 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 few Metal Gear actors to have played and completed the games he's voiced in.[5] According to Paul Eiding, Hayter gave up half of his own paycheck in order to bring back the cast of the original Metal Gear Solid for the 2004 remake Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes.[citation needed]

Following the announcement of Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain in the 2013 Game 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 that Kiefer Sutherland would be the character's voice during E3 the same year.[7] Hayter has since revealed in an interview that he had to re-audition for the role suggesting that the series' creator Hideo Kojima was already considering recasting the part much earlier, with Kurt Russell (Snake Plissken in Escape from New York and Escape from L.A.) having been allegedly offered the role during the development of Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (2004).[8]

After Kojima's departure from Konami, Hayter would reprise the role in a Metal Gear Solid-themed advertisement for the 2016 Ford Focus SE aired 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) and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.[10]

Filmmaking

[edit]
Hayter in 2006

In 2000, he wrote the screenplay for the movie version of X-Men, for which he was awarded the 2000 Saturn Award for Best Writing,[11] and then went on to co-write the screenplay for its sequel X2 with writing team Michael Dougherty and Dan Harris. Shortly after his work on X-Men, Hayter was hired to write and direct a project based on the heroine Black 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 the Black Widow script, is named after the titular character.[13]

Hayter also wrote an adaptation of the graphic novel Watchmen by Alan Moore and 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 original Cold War setting of the Watchmen comic.[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 of alternate history United States in that time period.[17]

On September 7, 2012, it was announced that Hayter would pen the screen adaptation Caught Stealing, and would star Patrick Wilson and Alec Baldwin.[18]

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

On July 8, 2013, Hayter was hired by Lakeshore Entertainment to write the film The Sword, based on the Image Comics series.[20]

Television

[edit]

On August 7, 2013, it was announced Hayter was developing a television show on Fox tentatively titled World 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 Netflix series Warrior Nun, based on the 1994 comic book series Warrior Nun Areala, with Simon Barry serving 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 game American McGee's Alice.[23]

Filmography

[edit]

Anime (English dubbing)

[edit]
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[broken anchor] 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

[edit]
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 the Metal Gear Solid 2 graphic novel included as extra content in Metal Gear Solid: The Legacy Collection

Video games

[edit]
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 Descent DLC
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 for Super 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 for Metal 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 Untitled Voltron live-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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  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.
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  9. ^ "David Hayter reprises Metal Gear Solid role in Ford commercials". Eurogamer.net. April 8, 2016. Retrieved April 9, 2016.
  10. ^ Hilliard, Kyle. "David Hayter Is Voicing Snake For His Return In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate". Game Informer. Archived from the original on June 12, 2018. Retrieved June 12, 2018.
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  21. ^ Marnell, Blair. "Fox Starts 'World War III' With David Hayter". Crave Online. Retrieved August 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". Retrieved July 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. Retrieved January 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. Retrieved April 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. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
  31. ^ Shepherd, James (May 24, 2023). "Immersive PS VR2 action-shooter, Synapse, launches on July 4". PlayStation.Blog. Retrieved May 25, 2023.
  32. ^ "David Hayter (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved February 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 credits 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. Retrieved October 12, 2023.
  34. ^ "Burn (1998)". Youtube. May 2, 2019. Archived from the original on December 22, 2021. Retrieved August 1, 2020.
  35. ^ "Off Camera Secrets | Metal Gear Solid - Boundary Break Ft. David Hayter". YouTube. Shesez. January 5, 2018. Retrieved May 10, 2020.
  36. ^ "Metal Gear Solid's Cut Content Ft. David Hayter". YouTube. DidYouKnowGaming?. April 9, 2022. Retrieved April 9, 2022.
  37. ^ "Metal Gear Solid's Insane Cut Content Ft David Hayter [NEW]". YouTube. DidYouKnowGaming?. September 11, 2022. Retrieved September 11, 2022.
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