Solid Snake

Solid Snake, real name David, is a character and one of the protagonists of Konami's Metal Gear series, created by Hideo Kojima. He is depicted as a former Green Beret and highly skilled special operations soldier engaged in solo stealth and espionage missions who is often tasked with destroying models of the bipedal nuclear weapon-armed mecha known as Metal Gear. The first two games explored his relationship with his mentor Big Boss whereas Metal Gear Solid onwards reveal he is one of three clones of the same man, which starts a rivalry that lasts until Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots where the genes caused Snake to age rapidly into an elder. He also appears in Nintendo's Super Smash Bros. series as a playable fighter, as well as the battle royale game Fortnite, and has been added to the game Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege. Snake was named after Snake Plissken, Kurt Russell's character in Escape from New York. While his first appearances in the original Metal Gear games were references to Hollywood films, the Metal Gear Solid series has given a consistent design by artist Yoji Shinkawa while also following Clint Eastwood and Lee Van Cleef as inspirations for his design. During the Metal Gear Solid games, the character has been voiced by voice actor Akio Ōtsuka in the Japanese version and by Canadian-American screenwriter and actor David Hayter in the English version. Considered to be one of the most iconic protagonists in video game history, Solid Snake has been acclaimed by critics, with his personality and both Ōtsuka's and Hayter's voice acting being noted as primary factors of the character's appeal. The character has also been praised for his rivalry with the other characters featured in the series, most notably Liquid Snake and Revolver Ocelot while...