Peter Cullen

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Scarier than Venger and the Predator combined.

Peter Cullen (born July 28, 1941) is a Canadian-born American voice actor who has earned fame, respect and admiration as the voice of the original Optimus Prime.

In addition to Transformers, some of Cullen's other roles include Eeyore from Winnie the Pooh, Monterey Jack from Chip 'N Dale - Rescue Rangers, Venger from Dungeons & Dragons, Bankjob Beagle from Ducktales, Cindarr from Visionaries, Zandar and Nemesis Enforcer from G.I. Joe, K.A.R.R. from Knight Rider, the Narrator from Voltron, Felix Faust in Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians, The Hulk and the Red Skull in Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends, Murky Dismal from Rainbow Brite, Captain Slaughter from Pound Puppies, Zanzoar and Klaar from Megas XLR, the title villain from Predator, and was the announcer for a number of commercials for the U.S. Navy in 2007, filling in for Keith David.

Generation 1

The Transformers

Movie franchise

Transformers (2007 movie)

Transformers: The Game

Transformers: Beginnings

Revenge of the Fallen

Revenge of the Fallen: The Game

Dark of the Moon

Dark of the Moon: The Game

Transformers: The Ride

Transformers 4

Aligned

Transformers: War for Cybertron

Transformers: Prime

Transformers: Rescue Bots

Transformers: Fall of Cybertron

Transformers: Prime - The Game

Written works

Notes

  • Yes, Optimus Prime is his favorite voice acting role, although he also loves being Eeyore.
  • At BotCon 2007, Peter Cullen said he'd love to own one of the three modified Peterbilt 379 trucks used in the filming of Transformers. Let's try and picture Optimus Prime driving himself for a moment. Has your brain exploded yet from the sheer awesomeness?
Now all it needs is a mustache.
  • He was also the Toonami announcer (or as TOM called him: "The Big Guy") for many years, allowing him to narrate commercials for Armada, Energon and Cybertron. Later, he narrated commercials for Animated, even though it wasn't on Toonami. Because he's Optimus Prime, that's why.
  • Peter was asked to reprise Optimus Prime in an episode of Robot Chicken, where the character would enact a dramatization that he's dying from prostate cancer. He turned down the offer as he took the role too seriously to make fun of it, which the Adult Swim people respected him for.
  • Cullen also provided the voice of the Renegade GoBots Pincher, Spoiler, Tank and Block Head in the Challenge Of The GoBots animated series.
  • In the 1976 remake of King Kong, he had an uncredited role voicing the great ape. Cullen injured his throat and coughed blood after a recording session that took five to six hours.<ref>Peter Cullen, Transformers Interview</ref> We could throw in another joke about Trukk not munky on this subject, but really, that would be redundant at this point.
  • Cullen's voice is unmodified and is entirely his own in his role as Prime's Optimus Prime.

Convention appearances

References

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