Peter Cullen

Acting•Born July 28, 1941 (age 84)•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).

Known For

Filmography

2024

Transformers: 40th Anniversary Event

as Optimus Prime / Ironhide (voice)

Movie

2023

Transformers: Rise of the Beasts

as Optimus Prime (voice)

Movie

2021

INVINCIBLE

as Thaedus (voice)

2018

Bumblebee

as Optimus Prime (voice)

Movie

2018

Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

as Councilor 1 (voice)

2018

Transformers: Power of the Primes

as Optimus Prime (voice)

Movie

2017

Transformers: Titans Return

as Optimus Prime (voice)

Movie

2017

Transformers: Titans Return

as Optimus Prime

2017

Transformers: The Last Knight

as Optimus Prime (voice)

Movie

2015

Transformers: Robots In Disguise

as Optimus Prime (voice)

2014

Evolution Within Extinction

as Self

Movie

2014

Transformers: Age of Extinction

as Optimus Prime (voice)

Movie

2013

Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters - Predacons Rising

as Optimus Prime (voice)

Movie

2011

Transformers: Dark of the Moon

as Optimus Prime (voice)

Movie

2010

Transformers: Prime

as Optimus Prime (voice)

2010

My Friends Tigger & Pooh: Super Duper Super Sleuths

as Eeyore (voice)

Movie

2009

Bizarre Dinosaurs

as Narrator (voice)

Movie

2009

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

as Optimus Prime (voice)

Movie

2009

Tigger & Pooh and a Musical Too

as Eeyore (voice)

Movie

2008

My Friends Tigger & Pooh: Hundred Acre Wood Haunt

as Eeyore (voice)

Movie

2007

My Friends Tigger & Pooh: Super Sleuth Christmas Movie

as Eeyore (voice)

Movie

2007

Transformers: Beginnings

as Optimus Prime (voice)

Movie

2007

Transformers

as Optimus Prime (voice)

Movie

2007

My Friends Tigger & Pooh

as Eeyore (voice)

2006

Winnie the Pooh: Wonderful Word Adventure

as Eeyore (voice)

Movie

2005

Pooh's Heffalump Halloween Movie

as Eeyore (voice)

Movie

2005

Pooh's Heffalump Movie

as Eeyore (voice)

Movie

2004

Winnie the Pooh: 123's

as Eeyore

Movie

2004

Winnie the Pooh: ABC's

as Eeyore (voice)

Movie

2004

Winnie the Pooh: Springtime with Roo

as Eeyore (voice)

Movie

2003

The Magical World of Winnie the Pooh: A Great Day of Discovery

as Ígor

Movie

2003

Piglet's Big Movie

as Eeyore (voice)

Movie

2002

Treasure Planet

as Captain Nathaniel Flint (voice) (uncredited)

Movie

2002

Winnie the Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Year

as Eeyore (voice)

Movie

2001

Making "The Score"

as Narrator

Movie

2001

Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse

as Eeyore (voice)

Movie

2001

The Book of Pooh: Fun with Friends

as Eeyore (voice)

Movie

2001

The Book of Pooh: Stories from the Heart

as Eeyore

Movie

2001

The Book of Pooh

as Eeyore (voice)

2001

Disney's House of Mouse

as Eeyore (voice)

2000

The Intruder

as Narrator (voice)

Movie

2000

Winnie the Pooh: Spookable Fun

as Eeyore (voice)

Movie

2000

Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend

as Narrator (voice)

Movie

2000

The Tigger Movie

as Eeyore (voice)

Movie

1999

Winnie the Pooh: Seasons of Giving

as Eeyore (voice)

Movie

1999

Winnie the Pooh: A Valentine for You

as Eeyore (voice)

Movie

1998

A Winnie the Pooh Thanksgiving

as Eeyore (voice)

Movie

1997

Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin

as Eeyore (voice)

Movie

1997

The Making of 'Spawn'

as Narrator

Movie

1996

Boo to You Too! Winnie the Pooh

as Eeyore (voice)

Movie

1996

Winnie the Pooh: Spookable Pooh

as Eeyore (voice)

Movie

1995

The Savage Dragon

as Bludgeon (voice)

1994

Hardball

as Fox Announcer

1993

Bonkers

1992

Jonah

as Ninevite King (voice)

Movie

1991

Winnie the Pooh & Christmas Too

as Eeyore (voice)

Movie

1991

The Little Engine That Could

as Pete / The Cave

Movie

1991

The Pirates of Dark Water

as Mantus (voice)

1990

Widget the World Watcher

1990

TaleSpin

as Octopus / Walrus Captain (voice)

1990

Tom & Jerry Kids Show

as Dogcatcher (voice)

1990

Tom & Jerry Kids Show

as Hunk Hardbody (voice)

1990

Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers: Super Sleuths

as Monterey Jack (voice)

Movie

1990

Robotix

as Boltar / Nemesis / Spiro (voices)

Movie

1989

Hägar the Horrible

as Hägar

Movie

1989

Chip 'n' Dale's Rescue Rangers to the Rescue

as Monterey Jack (voice)

Movie

1989

The Monster Bed

as (voice)

Movie

1989

Rude Dog and the Dweebs

as Winston / Herman (voice)

1989

Chip 'n' Dale Rescue Rangers

as Monterey Jack / Various (voice)

1989

Dixie's Diner

as (voice)

Movie

1989

Vytor: The Starfire Champion

as Myzor / Chief Eldor (voice)

Movie

1988

Mickey's 60th Birthday

as Sorcerer (voice)

Movie

1988

Dino-Riders

1988

The New Yogi Bear Show

1988

The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh

as Eeyore (voice)

1988

Yogi and the Invasion of the Space Bears

as Ranger Roubideux (voice)

Movie

1988

Rockin' with Judy Jetson

as (voice)

Movie

1987

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

1987

Transformers: The Return of Optimus Prime

as Optimus Prime

Movie

1987

Transformers: The Rebirth

as Optimus Prime

Movie

1987

Little Wizards

as Various Characters (voice)

1987

Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light

1987

The Treasure of the Golden Suns

as Admiral Grimmitz/ Joaquin Slowly (voice)

Movie

1987

DuckTales

1987

DuckTales

as Admiral Grimitz (voice)

1987

DuckTales

as Firefighter (voice)

1987

DuckTales

as Admiral Grimitz / Khufu / Guard (voice)

1987

DuckTales

as Joaquin Slowly (voice)

1987

DuckTales

as Admiral Grimitz / King Blowhard (voice)

1987

DuckTales

as Jack the Tripper / Professor Moody Doody (voice)

1987

DuckTales

as Bankjob Beagle (voice)

1987

DuckTales

as J. Gander Hoover (voice)

1987

DuckTales

as Mad Dog McGirk (voice)

1987

DuckTales

as Bankjob Beagle / Police officers (voice)

1987

DuckTales

as Duke Duggan (voice)

1987

DuckTales

as Lessdred (voice)

1987

Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs

as Commander Eagle / Nemesis / Ramrod (voice)

1987

G.I. Joe: The Movie

as Zandar / Nemesis Enforcer / Scientist (voice)

Movie

1987

Predator

as Predator (voice) (uncredited)

Movie

1986

G.I. Joe: Arise, Serpentor, Arise!

as Zandar (voice)

Movie

1986

Transformers: Five Faces of Darkness

as Optimus Prime

Movie

1986

The Real Ghostbusters

as Doctor Destructo / Police Officer (voice)

1986

Voltron: Fleet of Doom

as Hutch / Commander James Hawkins / Coran / King Alfor / Narrator

Movie

1986

Ghostbusters

1986

Ghostbusters

as Eddie Spenser, Jr. / Haunter / Brat-a-Rat / Floatzart / Big Evil / Corpulon

1986

The Transformers: The Movie

as Optimus Prime / Ironhide (voice)

Movie

1986

Rainbow Brite: San Diego Zoo Adventure

as Murky Dismal (voice) (uncredited)

Movie

1986

My Little Pony: The Movie

as Ahgg (voice)

Movie

1986

Transformers - Le cosmitron

as Optimus Prime

Movie

1986

Rambo: The Force of Freedom

1986

GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords

as Pincher / Tombstones / Stones (voice)

Movie

1986

Sectaurs

1986

Heathcliff: The Movie

as (voice)

Movie

1986

Noah's Ark

as Japheth / Additional Voices (voice)

Movie

1986

The Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye

as Optimus Prime / Ironhide (voice)

Movie

1985

Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer

as Murky Dismal / Castle Monster / Glitterbot / Guard / Skydancer / Slurthie (voice)

Movie

1985

Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears

as Knight (voice)

1985

Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears

as Gritty Gummi (voice)

1985

Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears

as Kerwin the Conqueror (voice)

1985

The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo

as Maldor the Malevolent (voice)

1985

Galtar and the Golden Lance

as Additional Voices

1985

The Return of Bunjee

as (voice)

Movie

1985

Big Foot And The Muscle Machines

as Arthur Ravencroft (voice)

Movie

1984

Rainbow Brite

1984

Challenge of the GoBots

1984

Gallavants

as Antonim (voice)

Movie

1984

The Transformers

as Optimus Prime / Streetwise / Nightstick / Slugslinger / Wingspan

1984

The Transformers

as Optimus Prime (voice)

1984

Heathcliff and the Catillac Cats

as Pop / Max (voice)

1984

Voltron: Defender of the Universe

as Coran / Narrator (voice)

1984

Dragon's Lair

1984

Gremlins

as Mogwai / Gremlins (voice)

Movie

1984

Voyage of the Rock Aliens

as 1359 (voice)

Movie

1983

Deck the Halls with Wacky Walls

as Big Blue (voice)

Movie

1983

Dungeons & Dragons

as Venger (voice)

1983

The Biskitts

as Dog Foot

1983

Saturday Supercade

as Mario (voice)

1983

The Biskitts

as Fang

1983

The Biskitts

as Scratch

1983

Donkey Kong

as Mario (voice)

1983

G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero

as Airborne / Ramar / Dr. Vandemeer (voice)

Movie

1983

G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero

1983

Monchhichis

as Snitchitt / Shreeker / Gonker (voice)

1983

The Secret World of Og

as Yukon "Yukie" Pete

Movie

1982

Christmas Comes to Pac-land

as Santa Claus (voice)

Movie

1982

Heidi's Song

as Gruffle (voice)

Movie

1982

Knight Rider

as K.A.R.R. (voice)

1982

Pac-Man

as Sour Puss (voice)

1981

Goldie Gold and Action Jack

as Additional Voices (voice)

1981

Spider-Man

1981

Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends

as Hulk / Mysterio (voice)

1980

Boo!

as Wolfie

Movie

1979

The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show

1979

Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo

as (voice: credit only)

1979

Mighty Man and Yukk

as Brandon Brewster / Mighty Man

1977

The Richard Pryor Show

1977

The Richard Pryor Special?

as Drunken Bar Patron

Movie

1976

The Wolfman Jack Show

1976

King Kong

as King Kong (voice)

Movie

1975

The Ghost Busters

1974

The Hudson Brothers Razzle Dazzle Show

as Self

1971

Tiki Tiki

Movie

1971

The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour

1970

Prologue

as Allen

Movie

1967

The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour

as Self - Announcer

1967

The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour

as Announcer

1967

The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour

as Self

1962

The Jetsons

as Jupiter Juggernaut (voice)

Personal Info

DepartmentActing

BirthdayJuly 28, 1941

Place of BirthMontréal, Québec, Canada

Popularity1.2