David Bateson is best known for providing the voice of Agent 47, the protagonist of IO Interactive's stealth game series Hitman, having played the role since 2000 in each of the franchise's eight main games.
11 Facts About David Bateson
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David Bateson was born in Durban on 9 February 1960 to his English parents.
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David Bateson has said that the family moved between South Africa and England at least 13 times and that he attended nine schools overall, which "made [him] a little confused as to [his] identity for a while".
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David Bateson played the part of a young sailor in the 1996 film Breaking the Waves, along with the main role in the 2002 short film Debutanten.
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David Bateson has provided the voice and motion capture for the character in every entry in the series since 2000.
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David Bateson was rehired for the voice role before the game's release, though Mapother's motion capture work remained intact.
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David Bateson voiced Virgil in the 2020 indie game Lightmatter, his first non-Hitman video game voice role.
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David Bateson voiced Bowser in the Danish dub of the 2023 film The Super Mario Bros.
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David Bateson has worked extensively in Danish television series and narrated various Lego commercials.
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David Bateson previously lived in Canada, England, and South Africa; he is a long-time resident of Denmark, where he is based in Copenhagen, holds Danish citizenship, and speaks fluent Danish.
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David Bateson is a member of both the British and Danish actors' unions.