Peter Cullen
Born: 1941-07-28 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Died: 2026-08-26
Known For: Acting
Biography
Peter Claver Cullen was 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 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. He also voiced Thaedus in the animated series Invincible. He was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in 2023 as part of the 2nd Children's and Family Emmy Awards. Description above from the Wikipedia article Peter Cullen, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
2026
- Optimus Prime Awakening as Optimus Prime (voice)
2024
- Transformers: 40th Anniversary Event as Optimus Prime / Ironhide (voice)
2023
- Transformers: Rise of the Beasts as Optimus Prime (voice)
2021
- INVINCIBLE as Thaedus (voice)
2018
- Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as Councilor 1 (voice)
- Bumblebee as Optimus Prime (voice)
- Transformers: Power of the Primes as Optimus Prime (voice)
2017
- Transformers: The Last Knight as Optimus Prime (voice)
- Transformers: Titans Return as Optimus Prime
- Transformers: Titans Return as Optimus Prime (voice)
2015
- Transformers: Robots In Disguise as Optimus Prime (voice)
2014
- Transformers: Age of Extinction as Optimus Prime (voice)
- Evolution Within Extinction as Self
2013
- Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters - Predacons Rising as Optimus Prime (voice)
2011
- Transformers: Dark of the Moon as Optimus Prime (voice)
2010
- Transformers: Prime as Optimus Prime (voice)
- My Friends Tigger & Pooh: Super Duper Super Sleuths as Eeyore (voice)
2009
- Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen as Optimus Prime (voice)
- Tigger & Pooh and a Musical Too as Eeyore (voice)
- Bizarre Dinosaurs as Narrator (voice)
2008
- My Friends Tigger & Pooh: Hundred Acre Wood Haunt as Eeyore (voice)
2007
- My Friends Tigger & Pooh as Eeyore (voice)
- Transformers as Optimus Prime (voice)
- My Friends Tigger & Pooh: Super Sleuth Christmas Movie as Eeyore (voice)
- Transformers: Beginnings as Optimus Prime (voice)
2006
- Winnie the Pooh: Wonderful Word Adventure as Eeyore (voice)
2005
- Pooh's Heffalump Movie as Eeyore (voice)
- Pooh's Heffalump Halloween Movie as Eeyore (voice)
2004
- Winnie the Pooh: Springtime with Roo as Eeyore (voice)
- Winnie the Pooh: ABC's as Eeyore (voice)
- Winnie the Pooh: 123's as Eeyore
2003
- Piglet's Big Movie as Eeyore (voice)
- The Magical World of Winnie the Pooh: A Great Day of Discovery as Ígor
2002
- Treasure Planet as Captain Nathaniel Flint (voice) (uncredited)
- Winnie the Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Year as Eeyore (voice)
2001
- Disney's House of Mouse as Eeyore (voice)
- The Book of Pooh as Eeyore (voice)
- Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse as Eeyore (voice)
- The Book of Pooh: Stories from the Heart as Eeyore
- The Book of Pooh: Fun with Friends as Eeyore (voice)
- Making "The Score" as Narrator
2000
- The Tigger Movie as Eeyore (voice)
- Winnie the Pooh: Spookable Fun as Eeyore (voice)
- Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend as Narrator (voice)
- The Intruder as Narrator (voice)
1999
- Winnie the Pooh: Seasons of Giving as Eeyore (voice)
- Winnie the Pooh: A Valentine for You as Eeyore (voice)
1998
- A Winnie the Pooh Thanksgiving as Eeyore (voice)
1997
- Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin as Eeyore (voice)
- The Making of 'Spawn' as Narrator
1996
- Boo to You Too! Winnie the Pooh as Eeyore (voice)
- Winnie the Pooh: Spookable Pooh as Eeyore (voice)
1995
- The Savage Dragon as Bludgeon (voice)
1994
- Hardball as Fox Announcer
- Winnie The Pooh Playtime: Detective Tigger as Eeyore (voice)
1993
1992
- Jonah as Ninevite King (voice)
1991
- The Pirates of Dark Water as Mantus (voice)
- The Little Engine That Could as Pete / The Cave
- Winnie the Pooh & Christmas Too as Eeyore (voice)
1990
- Tom & Jerry Kids Show as Dogcatcher (voice)
- TaleSpin as Octopus / Walrus Captain (voice)
- Widget the World Watcher
- Robotix as Boltar / Nemesis / Spiro (voices)
- Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers: Super Sleuths as Monterey Jack (voice)
1989
- Chip 'n' Dale Rescue Rangers as Monterey Jack / Various (voice)
- Rude Dog and the Dweebs as Winston / Herman (voice)
- Hägar the Horrible as Hägar
- Vytor: The Starfire Champion as Myzor / Chief Eldor (voice)
- Chip 'n' Dale's Rescue Rangers to the Rescue as Monterey Jack (voice)
- Dixie's Diner as (voice)
- The Monster Bed as (voice)
1988
- The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh as Eeyore (voice)
- The New Yogi Bear Show
- Dino-Riders
- Mickey's 60th Birthday as Sorcerer (voice)
- Rockin' with Judy Jetson as (voice)
- Yogi and the Invasion of the Space Bears as Ranger Roubideux (voice)
1987
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- DuckTales
- Predator as Predator (voice) (uncredited)
- Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs as Commander Eagle / Nemesis / Ramrod (voice)
- Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light
- G.I. Joe: The Movie as Zandar / Nemesis Enforcer / Scientist (voice)
- Little Wizards as Various Characters (voice)
- The Treasure of the Golden Suns as Admiral Grimmitz/ Joaquin Slowly (voice)
- Transformers: The Return of Optimus Prime as Optimus Prime
- Transformers: The Rebirth as Optimus Prime
1986
- The Real Ghostbusters as Doctor Destructo / Police Officer (voice)
- The Transformers: The Movie as Optimus Prime / Ironhide (voice)
- Rambo: The Force of Freedom
- Ghostbusters
- My Little Pony: The Movie as Ahgg (voice)
- Sectaurs
- G.I. Joe: Arise, Serpentor, Arise! as Zandar (voice)
- Transformers: Five Faces of Darkness as Optimus Prime
- GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords as Pincher / Tombstones / Stones (voice)
- The Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye as Optimus Prime / Ironhide (voice)
- Voltron: Fleet of Doom as Hutch / Commander James Hawkins / Coran / King Alfor / Narrator
- Noah's Ark as Japheth / Additional Voices (voice)
- Heathcliff: The Movie as (voice)
- Rainbow Brite: San Diego Zoo Adventure as Murky Dismal (voice) (uncredited)
- Transformers - Le cosmitron as Optimus Prime
1985
- Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears as Knight (voice)
- The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo as Maldor the Malevolent (voice)
- Galtar and the Golden Lance as Additional Voices
- Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer as Murky Dismal / Castle Monster / Glitterbot / Guard / Skydancer / Slurthie (voice)
- Big Foot And The Muscle Machines as Arthur Ravencroft (voice)
- The Return of Bunjee as (voice)
1984
- The Transformers as Optimus Prime (voice)
- Heathcliff and the Catillac Cats as Pop / Max (voice)
- Gremlins as Mogwai / Gremlins (voice)
- Voltron: Defender of the Universe as Coran / Narrator (voice)
- Challenge of the GoBots
- Rainbow Brite
- Dragon's Lair
- Voyage of the Rock Aliens as 1359 (voice)
- Gallavants as Antonim (voice)
1983
- G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero
- Dungeons & Dragons as Venger (voice)
- The Biskitts as Dog Foot
- Saturday Supercade as Mario (voice)
- Donkey Kong as Mario (voice)
- Monchhichis as Snitchitt / Shreeker / Gonker (voice)
- G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero as Airborne / Ramar / Dr. Vandemeer (voice)
- The Secret World of Og as Yukon "Yukie" Pete
- Deck the Halls with Wacky Walls as Big Blue (voice)
1982
- Knight Rider as K.A.R.R. (voice)
- Pac-Man as Sour Puss (voice)
- Christmas Comes to Pac-land as Santa Claus (voice)
- Heidi's Song as Gruffle (voice)
- The Little Rascals as Officer Ed
1981
- Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends as Hulk / Mysterio (voice)
- Spider-Man
- Goldie Gold and Action Jack as Additional Voices (voice)
1980
- Boo! as Wolfie
1979
- Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo as (voice: credit only)
- The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show
- Mighty Man and Yukk as Brandon Brewster / Mighty Man
1977
- The Richard Pryor Show
- The Richard Pryor Special? as Drunken Bar Patron
1976
- King Kong as King Kong (voice)
- The Wolfman Jack Show
1975
1974
1970
- Prologue as Allen
1967
- The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour as Self - Announcer
1962
- The Jetsons as Jupiter Juggernaut (voice)