Peter Cullen
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 28 July 1941 · Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Died
- 26 August 2026
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.
Known for
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- 2026Optimus Prime Awakening as Optimus Prime (voice)
- 2026Winnie The Pooh Playtime: Happy Pooh Day as Eeyore (voice)
- 2026Transformers: Cloudcover's Attack as Optimus Prime
- 2024Transformers: 40th Anniversary Event as Optimus Prime / Ironhide (voice)
- 2023Transformers: Rise of the Beasts as Optimus Prime (voice)
- 2018Bumblebee as Optimus Prime (voice)
- 2018Transformers: Power of the Primes as Optimus Prime (voice)
- 2017Transformers: Titans Return as Optimus Prime (voice)
- 2017Transformers: The Last Knight as Optimus Prime (voice)
- 2014Evolution Within Extinction as Self
- 2014Transformers: Age of Extinction as Optimus Prime (voice)
- 2013Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters - Predacons Rising as Optimus Prime (voice)
- 2011Transformers: Dark of the Moon as Optimus Prime (voice)
- 2010My Friends Tigger & Pooh: Super Duper Super Sleuths as Eeyore (voice)
- 2009Bizarre Dinosaurs as Narrator (voice)
- 2009Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen as Optimus Prime (voice)
- 2009Tigger & Pooh and a Musical Too as Eeyore (voice)
- 2008My Friends Tigger & Pooh: Hundred Acre Wood Haunt as Eeyore (voice)
- 2007My Friends Tigger & Pooh: Super Sleuth Christmas Movie as Eeyore (voice)
- 2007Transformers: Beginnings as Optimus Prime (voice)
- 2007Transformers as Optimus Prime (voice)
- 2006Winnie the Pooh: Wonderful Word Adventure as Eeyore (voice)
- 2005Pooh's Heffalump Halloween Movie as Eeyore (voice)
- 2005Pooh's Heffalump Movie as Eeyore (voice)
- 2004Winnie the Pooh: ABC's as Eeyore (voice)
- 2004Winnie the Pooh: 123's as Eeyore
- 2004Winnie the Pooh: Springtime with Roo as Eeyore (voice)
- 2003The Magical World of Winnie the Pooh: A Great Day of Discovery as Ígor
- 2003Piglet's Big Movie as Eeyore (voice)
- 2002Treasure Planet as Captain Nathaniel Flint (voice) (uncredited)
- 2002Winnie the Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Year as Eeyore (voice)
- 2001Making "The Score" as Narrator
- 2001Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse as Eeyore (voice)
- 2001The Book of Pooh: Fun with Friends as Eeyore (voice)
- 2001The Book of Pooh: Stories from the Heart as Eeyore
- 2000The Intruder as Narrator (voice)
- 2000Winnie the Pooh: Spookable Fun as Eeyore (voice)
- 2000Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend as Narrator (voice)
- 2000The Tigger Movie as Eeyore (voice)
- 1999Winnie the Pooh: Seasons of Giving as Eeyore (voice)
- 1999Winnie the Pooh: A Valentine for You as Eeyore (voice)
- 1998A Winnie the Pooh Thanksgiving as Eeyore (voice)
- 1997Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin as Eeyore (voice)
- 1997The Making of 'Spawn' as Narrator
- 1996Boo to You Too! Winnie the Pooh as Eeyore (voice)
- 1996Winnie the Pooh: Spookable Pooh as Eeyore (voice)
- 1994Winnie The Pooh Playtime: Detective Tigger as Eeyore (voice)
- 1992Jonah as Ninevite King (voice)
- 1991Winnie the Pooh & Christmas Too as Eeyore (voice)
- 1991The Little Engine That Could as Pete / The Cave
- 1990Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers: Super Sleuths as Monterey Jack (voice)
- 1990Robotix as Boltar / Nemesis / Spiro (voices)
- 1989Hägar the Horrible as Hägar
- 1989Chip 'n' Dale's Rescue Rangers to the Rescue as Monterey Jack (voice)
- 1989The Monster Bed as (voice)
- 1989Vytor: The Starfire Champion as Myzor / Chief Eldor (voice)
- 1989Dixie's Diner as (voice)
- 1988Mickey's 60th Birthday as Sorcerer (voice)
- 1988Yogi and the Invasion of the Space Bears as Ranger Roubideux (voice)
- 1988Rockin' with Judy Jetson as (voice)
- 1987Transformers: The Return of Optimus Prime as Optimus Prime
- 1987Transformers: The Rebirth as Optimus Prime
- 1987The Treasure of the Golden Suns as Admiral Grimmitz/ Joaquin Slowly (voice)
- 1987G.I. Joe: The Movie as Zandar / Nemesis Enforcer / Scientist (voice)
- 1987Predator as Predator (voice) (uncredited)
- 1986G.I. Joe: Arise, Serpentor, Arise! as Zandar (voice)
- 1986Transformers: Five Faces of Darkness as Optimus Prime
- 1986Voltron: Fleet of Doom as Hutch / Commander James Hawkins / Coran / King Alfor / Narrator
- 1986The Transformers: The Movie as Optimus Prime / Ironhide (voice)
- 1986Rainbow Brite: San Diego Zoo Adventure as Murky Dismal (voice) (uncredited)
- 1986My Little Pony: The Movie as Ahgg (voice)
- 1986Transformers - Le cosmitron as Optimus Prime
- 1986GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords as Pincher / Tombstones / Stones (voice)
- 1986Heathcliff: The Movie as (voice)
- 1986Noah's Ark as Japheth / Additional Voices (voice)
- 1986The Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye as Optimus Prime / Ironhide (voice)
- 1985Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer as Murky Dismal / Castle Monster / Glitterbot / Guard / Skydancer / Slurthie (voice)
- 1985The Return of Bunjee as (voice)
- 1985Big Foot And The Muscle Machines as Arthur Ravencroft (voice)
- 1984Gallavants as Antonim (voice)
- 1984Gremlins as Mogwai / Gremlins (voice)
- 1984Voyage of the Rock Aliens as 1359 (voice)
- 1983Deck the Halls with Wacky Walls as Big Blue (voice)
- 1983G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero as Airborne / Ramar / Dr. Vandemeer (voice)
- 1983Monchhichis as Gonker / Shreeker / Snitchitt (voice)
- 1983The Secret World of Og as Yukon "Yukie" Pete
- 1982Christmas Comes to Pac-land as Santa Claus (voice)
- 1982Heidi's Song as Gruffle (voice)
- 1980Boo! as Wolfie
- 1977The Richard Pryor Special? as Drunken Bar Patron
- 1976King Kong as King Kong (voice)
- 1971Tiki Tiki
- 1970Prologue as Allen