We will highlight performers who portrayed some of the nastiest villains in pop culture during our yearly Halloween specials.

I am thrilled to welcome voice actor David Kaye to the podcast. Transformers fans will recognize him as the voice of Megatron (Beast Wars: Transformers, Beast Machines: Transformers, Robot Chicken, Transformers: Armada, Transformers: Energon, and Transformers: Cybertron) and Optimus Prime, Grimlock, and Highbrow (Transformers: Animated).

He also voiced some of Marvel’s most sinister characters in both video games and cartoons, including Apocalypse (X-Men: Evolution), Corvus Glaive (Guardians of the Galaxy – Cartoon series & Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order), Mysterio (Disney Infinity 3.0 and Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions ), the Supreme Intelligence (The Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes), and Ultron (Avengers Assemble). David also voiced some of Marvel’s top heroes, including Captain America (Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2), Iron Man (Fantastic Four: Worlds’ Greatest Heroes and Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects ), and Vision (Avengers Assemble).

He also lent his voice to characters in countless anime series, including Dragon Ball Z, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, MegaMan NT Warrior, and Monster Rancher. In addition, he voiced Sesshomaru in three different chapters of InuYasha: The Movie. David also starred in several live-action films and TV shows such as Battlestar Galactica, Happy Gilmore, The Quest, The X-Files, and X2: X-Men United.

In this special edition of The Jake’s Take with Jacob Elyachar Podcast, David Kaye opened up about Beast Wars: Transformers’ impact on pop culture and his role as Last Week Tonight with John Oliver’s announcer.