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David Hayter Net Worth, Age, Height, Bio, Birthday, Wiki!

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David Hayter Biography

David Hayter is one of the most popular and richest Voice Actor who was born on February 6, 1969 in Santa Monica, California, United States. Screenwriter and voice actor, famous for his screenplays to X-Men as well as The Scorpion King. In his role as a voice actor voice actor, he was the voice actor for Naked Snake and Solid Snake in the Metal Gear Solid video game franchise.

He appeared in X-Men along with He was in X-Men with Patrick Stewart..

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.” 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. The script did not keep the contemporary atmosphere that Hayter created, but instead returned to the original Cold War setting of the Watchmen comic. 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.

Hayter was born in Santa Monica, California to 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, 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, Ontario, Canada where he stayed until the age of 20, when he moved to Hollywood.

He married Marisa Cody.

NameDavid Hayter
First NameDavid
Last NameHayter
OccupationVoice Actor
BirthdayFebruary 6
Birth Year1969
Place of BirthSanta Monica
Home TownCalifornia
Birth CountryUnited States
Birth SignAquarius
Full/Birth Name
FatherNot Available
MotherNot Available
SiblingsNot Available
SpouseMarisa Cody
Children(s)Natasha Hayter

Ethnicity, religion & political views

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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 predecessor Naked Snake throughout all the succeeding installments (including spinoffs, re-releases and adaptations) up until Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker in 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 Snake wears throughout the game. Outside the Metal Gear series, Hayter also voiced Snake in Super Smash Bros. Brawl (2008).

David Hayter Net Worth

David Hayter is one of the richest Voice Actor from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, David Hayter's net worth $13 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was a guest on The sitcom Major Dad.

He wrote a screenplay to his graphic novel Watchmen.

David Bryan Hayter (born February 6, 1969) is an American-Canadian actor, voice actor, screenwriter, director and producer. He is well known as the English voice actor for Solid Snake and Naked Snake throughout many titles in the Metal Gear video game series. His works as a screenwriter include X-Men, X2 and Watchmen; he was awarded the Saturn Award for Best Writing in 2000 for his work on X-Men.

Net Worth$13 Million
SalaryUnder Review
Source of IncomeVoice Actor
CarsNot Available
HouseLiving in own house.

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, 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. 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.

Hayter is one of the few Metal Gear actors to have played and completed the games he’s voiced in. According to an interview with 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.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Height6 ft 1 in
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Hayter did some live acting in the early 1990s, but became interested in voice acting after acting in an episode of the sitcom Major Dad, and later landed the role of Captain America in the popular 1994 Spider-Man 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. 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.

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

Who is David Hayter Dating?

According to our records, David Hayter married to Marisa Cody. As of December 1, 2023, David Hayter’s is not dating anyone.

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

Top Facts about David Hayter

  1. David Hayter is a Canadian-American actor and screenwriter.
  2. He is best known for voicing Solid Snake in the Metal Gear Solid video game series.
  3. Hayter has also written screenplays for X-Men, Watchmen, and The Scorpion King.
  4. He was born on February 6, 1969 in Santa Monica, California.
  5. Hayter began his career as an actor in the early 1990s.
  6. He has also worked as a voice director and producer.
  7. In addition to his work in film and video games, Hayter has written comic books.
  8. He co-wrote the screenplay for the upcoming film Black Widow.
  9. Hayter is fluent in French and Japanese.
  10. He is active on social media platforms such as Twitter and Instagram.

Facts & Trivia

David Ranked on the list of most popular Voice Actor. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. David Hayter celebrates birthday on February 6 of every year.

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.

Why did David Hayter stop voicing?

First, that they wanted to take a new direction with the series and, second, that Hayter wasn’t actor enough to pull off the facial expressions required of Snake in The Phantom Pain. Sounds reasonable enough…

What does David Hayter do now?

On September 28, 2018, Hayter announced he was co-writing and producing the upcoming Netflix series Warrior Nun, based on the 1994 comic book series Warrior Nun Areala, with Simon Barry serving as series creator and showrunner. Season 1 debuted on Netflix on July 2, 2020.

Who does the voice of Snake in Metal Gear Solid?

Calls The Phantom Pain “60 hours of humiliation”. Hideo Kojima surprised many when he announced that he’d recast the voice of Metal Gear Solid protagonist Snake with Kiefer Sutherland in MGS5 after nearly two decades of David Hayter providing the role.

How old is David Hayter?

53 years (February 6, 1969)

Why was Hayter fired?

David Hayter was the voice of Solid Snake/Big Boss in almost every Metal Gear Solid title, but he was recast in MGSV, due to Hideo Kojima. The voice of Solid Snake/Big Boss was recast for Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, despite the popularity of the original actor.

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