who plays david in alvin and the chipmunks
Jason Lee
title: David Seville text: episodes from 1983–1990. Bagdasarian Jr. has voiced David Seville in all official animated and recorded incarnations of David Seville since taking over for his father in the 1970s, including TV series, animated specials, and direct-to-video productions. He most recently voiced the character in the 2015 reboot of the "Alvin and the Chipmunks" television show. Actor Jason Lee also portrays David Seville in a live action/CGI films starring Alvin and the Chipmunks which uses a combination of live-action acting and computer animation. While Ross Bagdasarian, Jr. does not do any voices for the film series, the films are all produced in title: Alvin and the Chipmunks (film) text: Alvin and the Chipmunks (film) Alvin and the Chipmunks is a 2007 American live-action computer animated musical comedy film directed by Tim Hill. Based on the characters of the same name created by Ross Bagdasarian, Sr., the film stars Justin Long, Matthew Gray Gubler, Jesse McCartney, Cameron Richardson, David Cross, and Jason Lee. It was released worldwide on December 14, 2007, by 20th Century Fox and produced by Fox 2000 Pictures and Regency Enterprises. "Alvin and the Chipmunks" grossed $217 million in North America and $361 million at the box office worldwide on a budget of $60 million and was title: Alvin and the Chipmunks (film) text: December 18, 2015. Alvin and the Chipmunks (film) Alvin and the Chipmunks is a 2007 American live-action computer animated musical comedy film directed by Tim Hill. Based on the characters of the same name created by Ross Bagdasarian, Sr., the film stars Justin Long, Matthew Gray Gubler, Jesse McCartney, Cameron Richardson, David Cross, and Jason Lee. It was released worldwide on December 14, 2007, by 20th Century Fox and produced by Fox 2000 Pictures and Regency Enterprises. "Alvin and the Chipmunks" grossed $217 million in North America and $361 million at the box office worldwide on a budget of $60 title: Alvin and the Chipmunks text: Alvin and the Chipmunks Alvin and the Chipmunks, originally David Seville and the Chipmunks or simply the Chipmunks, is an American animated music group created by Ross Bagdasarian Sr. for a novelty record in 1958. The group consists of three singing animated anthropomorphic chipmunks: Alvin, the mischievous troublemaker, who quickly became the star of the group; Simon, the tall, bespectacled intellectual; and Theodore, the chubby, impressionable sweetheart. The trio is managed by their human adoptive father, David (Dave) Seville. In reality, "David Seville" was Bagdasarian's stage name, and the Chipmunks themselves are named after the executives of their original record title: David Seville text: singing group and Bagdasarian's music producer "Dave". Bagdasarian would go on to create "The Alvin Show", based on the Alvin and the Chipmunks group, where he voiced the semi-fictional character David Seville, based largely on himself, with Alvin based on Ross's sometimes rebellious son Adam. Bagdasarian Sr. died in 1972, and his son (Adam's brother) Ross Bagdasarian Jr. took over ownership of Bagdasarian Productions. He reprised the David Seville character, first in a series of novelty albums beginning with 1980's "Chipmunk Punk". Bagdasarian Jr. subsequently assumed the role on the TV series "Alvin and the Chipmunks", which ran in original