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{{Short description|Canadian-American actor and screenwriter}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2022}}
{{Infobox person
| name               = David Hayter
| birth_place        = [[Santa Monica]], [[California]], U.S.<ref name=“animecons”>{{cite web|url=https://animecons.com/guests/bio/2289/david-hayter|title=Guest: David Hayter}}</ref>
| children           = Natasha Hayter
| image              = David Hayter by Gage Skidmore.jpg
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| caption            = Hayter at the 2024 Game On Expo
| occupation         = {{hlist|Actor|screenwriter|producer|director}}
| years_active       = 1993–present
| alma_mater         = [[Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute]]<br>[[Toronto Metropolitan University]]
}}

'''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 superhero film ''[[X-Men (film)|X-Men]]'' (2000), for which he won the [[Saturn Award for Best Writing]]. He also co-wrote ''[[The Scorpion King]]'' (2002), ''X-Men''’s first sequel ''[[X2 (film)|X2]]'' (2003), and ''[[Watchmen (2009 film)|Watchmen]]'' (2009), and was a writer and producer on the streaming television series ''[[Warrior Nun]]''.

His other roles include Sean Barker/The Guyver in ''[[Guyver: Dark Hero]]'' (1994), and [[King Shark]] on ''[[The Flash (2014 TV series)|The Flash]]'' (2016-19), and voiceover work in various [[video games]]. In 2014, he made his directorial debut with the action horror film ''[[Wolves (2014 film)|Wolves]]''.

==Early life==
David Hayter started acting at the age of nine. His 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> He spent most of his childhood living around the world, and moved to [[Kobe]] at the age of 15, becoming fluent in Japanese. He once worked as a print model in [[Osaka]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Zotomayor |first=Carlos "Zoto" |date=2025-05-08 |title=Yakuza 0 Director's Cut voice actor David Hayter shares strange connection between his personal life in Japan and the series |url=https://automaton-media.com/en/news/yakuza-0-directors-cut-voice-actor-david-hayter-shares-strange-connection-between-his-personal-life-in-japan-and-the-series/ |access-date=2025-09-05 |website=AUTOMATON WEST |language=en-US}}</ref> He later graduated 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]].<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>

== Career ==
=== Early acting career ===
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 main [[The Guyver#Reception|role]] he took over from the previous actor, [[Jack Armstrong (born 1958)|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 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).<ref>{{Cite web |last=White |first=Lewis |date=2025-09-04 |title=Metal Gear Solid Snake actor David Hayter was "surprised as anybody" that he wasn't the lead of MGS2, saying "we'll see how people feel about that" |url=https://frvr.com/blog/metal-gear-solid-snake-actor-david-hayter-was-surprised-as-anybody-that-he-wasnt-the-lead-of-mgs2-saying-well-see-how-people-feel-about-that/ |access-date=2025-09-07 |website=FRVR |language=en-GB}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web |author1=Scott McCrae |date=2025-05-31 |title="My first line was 'Snake Vs Monkey'", says Metal Gear Solid 3's David Hayter: "I could only ask, 'Why am I saying this?'" |url=https://www.gamesradar.com/games/stealth/my-first-line-was-snake-vs-monkey-says-metal-gear-solid-3s-david-hayter-i-could-only-ask-why-am-i-saying-this/ |access-date=2025-09-08 |website=GamesRadar+ |language=en}}</ref> 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|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110523230915/http://www.1up.com/news/anime-expo-david-hayter-critical|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 23, 2011|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>

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]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Barder |first=Ollie |title=David Hayter On Voicing Snake In 'Metal Gear' And The Joys Of Being Covered In Goo |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/olliebarder/2016/05/11/david-hayter-on-voicing-snake-in-metal-gear-and-the-joys-of-being-covered-in-goo/ |access-date=2025-09-08 |website=Forbes |language=en}}</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=https://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=live|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><ref>{{Cite web |title=Metal Gear Solid: Interview with David Hayter, the Snake's voice actor |url=https://www.metalgearsolid.be/interview-with-david-dayter-the-snake-s-voice-actor-754.html |access-date=2025-09-08 |website=www.metalgearsolid.be}}</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]]'' (which simply reused his performance from ''Brawl'').<ref>{{cite magazine
|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=live |archive-date=June 12, 2018 |magazine=Game Informer |access-date=June 12, 2018 |language=en}}</ref> He reprised his role as Naked Snake for the 2025 remake, ''[[Metal Gear Solid Δ: Snake Eater]]'', which also includes newly recorded lines.<ref>{{cite web |title=Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater will have new dialogue, voice actors confirm |work=Automaton West |date=2024-11-07 |url=https://automaton-media.com/en/news/metal-gear-solid-delta-snake-eater-voice-actors-confirm-that-the-remake-will-have-new-dialogue/ |access-date=2025-09-23}}</ref>

=== Filmmaking and TV show ===
[[File:David Hayter 2006-09-21.jpg|thumb|Hayter in 2006]]
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 [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 September 7, 2012, it was announced that Hayter would pen the screen adaptation of ''[[Caught Stealing (film)#Production|Caught Stealing]]'', starring [[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 (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|archive-date=August 13, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130813085008/http://www.thewrap.com/movies/column-post/watchmen-writer-david-hayter-adapt-sword-lakeshore-101661|url-status=dead}}</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 |date=September 28, 2018 |title=I am so proud... To finally announce this secret, badass show I've been co-writing. WARRIOR NUN |url=https://twitter.com/DavidBHayter/status/1045721641785774080 |access-date=July 7, 2020}}</ref> Season 1 debuted on Netflix on July 2, 2020.

===Next project ===
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 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==

===Anime (English dubbing)===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Title !! Role !! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1994 || ''[[Moldiver]]'' || Hiroshi Ozora || 
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1996 || ''[[Rakusho! Hyper Doll]]'' || Reporter || rowspan="2" | as Sean Barker
|-
 || ''[[They Were Eleven]]'' || Doricas Soldam IV 
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1997 || ''[[Street Fighter II V]]'' || Additional Voices || as Sean Barker (Animaze dub)
|-
 || ''[[Black Jack (manga)#Original video animation|Black Jack]]'' || Leslie Harris || rowspan="4" | as Sean Barker
|-
| 1998–2000 || ''[[Fushigi Yûgi]]'' || Tamahome / Taka Sukunami / Yoshui 
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1998 || ''[[Giant Robo (OVA)|Giant Robo: The Animation]]'' || Shoji Gen 
|-
 || ''[[Yu Yu Hakusho: The Movie]]'' || [[Kurama (YuYu Hakusho)|Kurama]] 
|-
| 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. -->
|-
| 2000 || data-sort-value="Castle of Cagliostro, The" | ''[[The Castle of Cagliostro]]'' || [[Arsène Lupin III]] || as Sean Barker (Manga dub)
|-
| 2000–01 || ''[[Dual! Parallel Trouble Adventure]]'' || Additional Voices ||
|}

===Animation===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Title !! Role !! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1996–97 || ''[[Spider-Man: The Animated Series]]'' || [[Captain America]] || TV series; 8 episodes
|-
| 2006 || ''[[Metal Gear Solid (1998_video_game)#Related media|Metal Gear Solid: Digital Graphic Novel]]'' || [[Solid Snake]] ||
|-
| 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]]''
|}

===Video games===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Title !! Role !! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1998 || ''[[Metal Gear Solid (1998 video game)|Metal Gear Solid]]'' || [[Solid Snake]] || rowspan="2" | English dub
|-
| 2001 || ''[[Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty]]'' || [[Solid Snake|Solid Snake / Iroquois Pliskin]] 
|-
| 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]] || rowspan="4" | English dub
|-
| 2005 || ''[[Metal Gear Acid 2]]'' || Snake 
|-
| 2006 || ''[[Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops]]'' || Naked Snake 
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2008 || ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' || Snake 
|-
| ''[[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 – The Descent]]'' || Lieutenant Renn ||
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2016 || data-sort-value="Long Dark, The" | ''[[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 || rowspan="2" | 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|type= 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>
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2025 || ''[[Yakuza 0 Director's Cut]]'' || Osamu Kashiwagi 
|-
| ''[[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> although a handful of lines have been re-recorded with slightly altered dialogue.
|}

===Live action===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- style="background:#b0c4de; text-align:center;"
! Year
! Film
! width="65"| [[Film director|Director]]
! width="65"| [[Screenwriter|Writer]]
! width="65"| [[Film producer|Producer]]
! class="unsortable" | 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
|-
|data-sort-value="Scorpion King, The" | ''[[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
|data-sort-value="Christmas Horror Story, A" | ''[[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 sortable"
|-
! Year
! Film
! Role
! class="unsortable" | 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
|data-sort-value="Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century, The" | ''[[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
|data-sort-value="Flash, The" | ''[[The Flash (2014 TV series)|The Flash]]''
|[[King Shark]]
|4 episodes<br />Voice only
|-
|2022
|''[[Turning Red]]''
|Additional Voices
|
|-
|}

===Webshow===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Webshow
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
|2009
|''[[Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin'?]]''
|
|Episode: "The Sons of Big Boss"<br />Voice only
|-
|2017
|data-sort-value="Jimquisition, The" | ''[[The Jimquisition]]''
|
|Episode: "Slay to Pay"<br />Voice only
|-
|2018
|''[[Boundary Break]]''
| rowspan="2" |[[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'' 
|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 ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
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* [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 }}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060217162208/http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/686/686519p1.html 10 Questions: David Hayter] at [[IGN]]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080723125309/http://thisweekingeek.net/node/128 This Week In Geek Interview with David Hayter]
* [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]
* [https://archive.today/20130117124712/http://blogs.amctv.com/scifi-scanner/2009/03/david-hayter-interview.php David Hayter Discusses ''Watchmen'' at AMCtv.com]

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