Peter Cullen

Acting · Born 1941-07-28 in Montréal, Québec, Canada

Biography

​Peter Claver Cullen (born July 28, 1941) is a Canadian voice actor. He voiced Optimus Prime in the original 1980s Transformers animated series, later returning to the role in Transformers media in 2007, starting with the first live-action film. He has also voiced many other characters across a wide variety of popular media, including Eeyore in the Winnie the Pooh franchise, Monterey Jack in Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers, the first voice of KARR in Knight Rider, and the vocalizations of the title character in Predator (1987).

Filmography

• The Transformers: The Movie as Optimus Prime / Ironhide (voice)
• Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse as Eeyore (voice)
• Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin as Eeyore (voice)
• Predator as Predator (voice) (uncredited)
• Treasure Planet as Captain Nathaniel Flint (voice) (uncredited)
• Gremlins as Mogwai / Gremlins (voice)
• Transformers: Rise of the Beasts as Optimus Prime (voice)
• Transformers as Optimus Prime (voice)
• Transformers: The Rebirth as Optimus Prime
• Transformers: Beginnings as Optimus Prime (voice)

TV

• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
• Dungeons & Dragons as Venger (voice)
• DuckTales
• The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh as Eeyore (voice)
• The Transformers as Optimus Prime (voice)
• The Transformers as Optimus Prime / Streetwise / Nightstick / Slugslinger / Wingspan
• Transformers: Prime as Optimus Prime (voice)
• DuckTales as Admiral Grimitz (voice)
• Invincible as Thadeus (voice)
• DuckTales as Joaquin Slowly (voice)