Peter Cullen
Born: 1941-07-28 in Montréal, Québec, Canada
Known For: Acting
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
2024
- Transformers: 40th Anniversary Event as Optimus Prime / Ironhide (voice)
2023
- Transformers: Rise of the Beasts as Optimus Prime (voice)
2021
- INVINCIBLE as Thadeus (voice)
2018
- Bumblebee as Optimus Prime (voice)
- Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as Councilor 1 (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 (voice)
- Transformers: Titans Return as Optimus Prime
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
- Bizarre Dinosaurs as Narrator US
- Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen as Optimus Prime (voice)
- Tigger & Pooh and a Musical Too as Eeyore (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: 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)
- Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse as Eeyore (voice)
- The Book of Pooh 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)
- The Intruder as Narrator (voice)
- Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend as Narrator (voice)
- Winnie the Pooh: Spookable Fun as Eeyore (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
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)
- Robotix as Boltar / Nemesis / Spiro (voices)
- Widget the World Watcher
1989
- Chip 'n' Dale Rescue Rangers
- 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)
- Rude Dog and the Dweebs as Winston / Herman (voice)
- The Monster Bed as (voice)
- Dixie's Diner as (voice)
1988
- The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh as Eeyore (voice)
- Rockin' with Judy Jetson as (voice)
- The New Yogi Bear Show
- Dino-Riders
- Yogi and the Invasion of the Space Bears as Ranger Roubideux (voice)
- Mickey's 60th Birthday as Sorcerer (voice)
1987
- Predator as Predator (voice) (uncredited)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- DuckTales
- Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs as Commander Eagle / Nemesis / Ramrod (voice)
- G.I. Joe: The Movie as Zandar / Nemesis Enforcer / Scientist (voice)
- Transformers: The Return of Optimus Prime as Optimus Prime
- The Treasure of the Golden Suns as Admiral Grimmitz/ Joaquin Slowly (voice)
- Transformers: The Rebirth as Optimus Prime
- Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light
- Little Wizards as Various Characters (voice)
1986
- The Transformers: The Movie as Optimus Prime / Ironhide (voice)
- Ghostbusters
- Rambo: The Force of Freedom
- My Little Pony: The Movie as Ahgg (voice)
- G.I. Joe: Arise, Serpentor, Arise! as Zandar (voice)
- The Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye as Optimus Prime / Ironhide (voice)
- Transformers: Five Faces of Darkness as Optimus Prime
- Transformers - Le cosmitron as Optimus Prime
- Voltron: Fleet of Doom as Hutch / Commander James Hawkins / Coran / King Alfor / Narrator
- Heathcliff: The Movie as (voice)
- Rainbow Brite: San Diego Zoo Adventure as Murky Dismal (voice) (uncredited)
- Sectaurs
- Noah's Ark as Japheth / Additional Voices (voice)
1985
- Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears as Knight (voice)
- 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)
- Galtar and the Golden Lance as Additional Voices
1984
- Gremlins as Mogwai / Gremlins (voice)
- The Transformers as Optimus Prime / Streetwise / Nightstick / Slugslinger / Wingspan
- Heathcliff and the Catillac Cats as Pop / Max (voice)
- Gallavants as Antonim (voice)
- Voltron: Defender of the Universe as Coran / Narrator (voice)
- Challenge of the GoBots
- Voyage of the Rock Aliens as 1359 (voice)
- Rainbow Brite
- Dragon's Lair
1983
- G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero
- Dungeons & Dragons as Venger (voice)
- G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero as Airborne / Ramar / Dr. Vandemeer (voice)
- Deck the Halls with Wacky Walls as Big Blue (voice)
- The Biskitts as Dog Foot
- The Secret World of Og as Yukon "Yukie" Pete
- Saturday Supercade as Mario (voice)
- Monchichis as Snitchitt / Shreeker / Gonker (voice)
- Donkey Kong as Mario (voice)
1982
- Knight Rider as K.A.R.R. (voice)
- Heidi's Song as Gruffle (voice)
- Pac-Man as Sour Puss (voice)
- Christmas Comes to Pac-land as Santa Claus (voice)
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
- The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show
1979
- Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo as (voice: credit only)
- Mighty Man and Yukk as Brandon Brewster / Mighty Man
1977
- The Richard Pryor Special? as Drunken Bar Patron
- The Richard Pryor Show
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)