Solid Snake (Japanese: ソリッド・スネーク Hepburn: Soriddo Sunēku?), real name David (デイビッド Deibiddo?), is a fictional video game character and the protagonist of Konami's Metal Gear series created by Hideo Kojima. In the Metal Gear games, Japanese voice actor Akio Ōtsuka provides the character's Japanese voice while actor and screenwriter David Hayter provided the character's English voice for many appearances.