Peter Cullen

Actor Jul 28 (age 84) Montréal, Québec, Canada 1962–2024 (62 year career)

7.0 avg rating

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…

Known For

Film

Predator

Predator (voice) (uncredited)

Film

Transformers

Optimus Prime (voice)

Film

Treasure Planet

Captain Nathaniel Flint (voice) (uncredited)

Film

Gremlins

Mogwai / Gremlins (voice)

Film

Transformers: Rise of the Beasts

Optimus Prime (voice)

Film

Bumblebee

Optimus Prime (voice)

Film

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Optimus Prime (voice)

Film

Transformers: Dark of the Moon

Optimus Prime (voice)

Filmography

Acting (147)

Movies (86)

Transformers: 40th Anniversary Event

2024

as Optimus Prime / Ironhide (voice)

7.1

Transformers: Rise of the Beasts

2023

as Optimus Prime (voice)

7.2

Bumblebee

2018

as Optimus Prime (voice)

6.7

Transformers: Power of the Primes

2018

as Optimus Prime (voice)

8.7

Transformers: Titans Return

2017

as Optimus Prime (voice)

6.9

Transformers: The Last Knight

2017

as Optimus Prime (voice)

6.0

Transformers: Age of Extinction

2014

as Optimus Prime (voice)

6.0

Evolution Within Extinction

2014

as Self

7.7

Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters - Predacons Rising

2013

as Optimus Prime (voice)

8.0

Transformers: Dark of the Moon

2011

as Optimus Prime (voice)

6.2

My Friends Tigger & Pooh: Super Duper Super Sleuths

2010

as Eeyore (voice)

8.0

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

2009

as Optimus Prime (voice)

6.2

Bizarre Dinosaurs

2009

as Narrator (voice)

6.4

Tigger & Pooh and a Musical Too

2009

as Eeyore (voice)

6.6

My Friends Tigger & Pooh: Hundred Acre Wood Haunt

2008

as Eeyore (voice)

7.2

Transformers

2007

as Optimus Prime (voice)

6.8

My Friends Tigger & Pooh: Super Sleuth Christmas Movie

2007

as Eeyore (voice)

6.1

Transformers: Beginnings

2007

as Optimus Prime (voice)

6.9

Winnie the Pooh: Wonderful Word Adventure

2006

as Eeyore (voice)

7.2

Pooh's Heffalump Movie

2005

as Eeyore (voice)

6.8

Pooh's Heffalump Halloween Movie

2005

as Eeyore (voice)

6.8

Winnie the Pooh: Springtime with Roo

2004

as Eeyore (voice)

6.7

Winnie the Pooh: 123's

as Eeyore

Piglet's Big Movie

as Eeyore (voice)

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

2003

as Ígor

7.3

Treasure Planet

2002

as Captain Nathaniel Flint (voice) (uncredited)

7.6

Winnie the Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Year

2002

as Eeyore (voice)

6.9

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

2001

as Eeyore (voice)

6.9

The Book of Pooh: Stories from the Heart

2001

as Eeyore

7.4

The Book of Pooh: Fun with Friends

2001

as Eeyore (voice)

7.3

Making "The Score"

2001

as Narrator

The Tigger Movie

2000

as Eeyore (voice)

6.6

The Intruder

2000

as Narrator (voice)

Winnie the Pooh: Spookable Fun

2000

as Eeyore (voice)

8.0

Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend

2000

as Narrator (voice)

7.1

Winnie the Pooh: Seasons of Giving

1999

as Eeyore (voice)

6.7

Winnie the Pooh: A Valentine for You

1999

as Eeyore (voice)

6.9

A Winnie the Pooh Thanksgiving

1998

as Eeyore (voice)

6.6

Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin

1997

as Eeyore (voice)

7.2

The Making of 'Spawn'

1997

as Narrator

7.7

Winnie the Pooh: Spookable Pooh

1996

as Eeyore (voice)

8.1

Boo to You Too! Winnie the Pooh

1996

as Eeyore (voice)

7.2

Jonah

1992

as Ninevite King (voice)

7.0

Winnie the Pooh & Christmas Too

1991

as Eeyore (voice)

6.9

The Little Engine That Could

1991

as Pete / The Cave

6.9

Robotix

1990

as Boltar / Nemesis / Spiro (voices)

6.5

Vytor: The Starfire Champion

1989

as Myzor / Chief Eldor (voice)

The Monster Bed

1989

as (voice)

Dixie's Diner

1989

as (voice)

Hägar the Horrible

1989

as Hägar

6.3

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

1989

as Monterey Jack (voice)

7.5

Rockin' with Judy Jetson

1988

as (voice)

5.9

Mickey's 60th Birthday

1988

as Sorcerer (voice)

6.6

Yogi and the Invasion of the Space Bears

1988

as Ranger Roubideux (voice)

5.8

Predator

1987

as Predator (voice) (uncredited)

7.5

Transformers: The Rebirth

1987

as Optimus Prime

10.0

G.I. Joe: The Movie

1987

as Zandar / Nemesis Enforcer / Scientist (voice)

6.5

The Treasure of the Golden Suns

1987

as Admiral Grimmitz/ Joaquin Slowly (voice)

7.8

Transformers: The Return of Optimus Prime

1987

as Optimus Prime

8.0

Rainbow Brite: San Diego Zoo Adventure

1986

as Murky Dismal (voice) (uncredited)

7.0

The Transformers: The Movie

1986

as Optimus Prime / Ironhide (voice)

7.1

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

1986

as Zandar (voice)

8.7

My Little Pony: The Movie

1986

as Ahgg (voice)

6.2

Transformers: Five Faces of Darkness

1986

as Optimus Prime

7.7

Voltron: Fleet of Doom

1986

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

7.1

Transformers - Le cosmitron

1986

as Optimus Prime

Heathcliff: The Movie

1986

as (voice)

5.4

Noah's Ark

1986

as Japheth / Additional Voices (voice)

7.2

The Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye

1986

as Optimus Prime / Ironhide (voice)

8.7

The Return of Bunjee

1985

as (voice)

Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer

1985

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

5.6

Big Foot And The Muscle Machines

1985

as Arthur Ravencroft (voice)

6.0

Gremlins

1984

as Mogwai / Gremlins (voice)

7.1

Gallavants

1984

as Antonim (voice)

4.8

Voyage of the Rock Aliens

1984

as 1359 (voice)

4.7

G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero

1983

as Airborne / Ramar / Dr. Vandemeer (voice)

6.4

The Secret World of Og

1983

as Yukon "Yukie" Pete

4.2

Deck the Halls with Wacky Walls

as Big Blue (voice)

Heidi's Song

as Gruffle (voice)

Christmas Comes to Pac-land

1982

as Santa Claus (voice)

6.7

Boo!

1980

as Wolfie

The Richard Pryor Special?

1977

as Drunken Bar Patron

King Kong

as King Kong (voice)

Tiki Tiki

Prologue

as Allen

Transformers: Cloudcover's Attack

as Optimus Prime

Television (61)

Invincible

2021

as Thadeus (voice)

8.6

Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

2018

as Councilor 1 (voice)

7.2

Transformers: Titans Return

2017

as Optimus Prime

9.4

Transformers: Robots In Disguise

2015

as Optimus Prime (voice)

7.0

Transformers: Prime

2010

as Optimus Prime (voice)

8.1

My Friends Tigger & Pooh

2007

as Eeyore (voice)

7.0

Disney's House of Mouse

as Eeyore (voice)

The Book of Pooh

as Eeyore (voice)

The Savage Dragon

as Bludgeon (voice)

Hardball

as Fox Announcer

Bonkers

1993

6.6

The Pirates of Dark Water

1991

as Mantus (voice)

7.5

Tom & Jerry Kids Show

1990

as Dogcatcher (voice)

6.4

TaleSpin

1990

as Octopus / Walrus Captain (voice)

7.4

Widget the World Watcher

1990

4.9

Chip 'n' Dale Rescue Rangers

1989

as Monterey Jack (voice)

7.6

Chip 'n' Dale Rescue Rangers

1989

as Officer Kirby / Officer Muldoon / Mepps (voice)

7.6

Rude Dog and the Dweebs

1989

as Winston / Herman (voice)

The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh

1988

as Eeyore (voice)

7.7

The New Yogi Bear Show

Dino-Riders

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

1987

7.8

DuckTales

1987

as Joaquin Slowly (voice)

7.7

Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs

1987

as Commander Eagle / Nemesis / Ramrod (voice)

8.1

Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light

1987

7.0

Little Wizards

1987

as Various Characters (voice)

6.5

Rambo: The Force of Freedom

1986

7.2

Ghostbusters

1986

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

Ghostbusters

Sectaurs

Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears

1985

as Knight (voice)

7.4

The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo

1985

as Maldor the Malevolent (voice)

7.9

Galtar and the Golden Lance

1985

as Additional Voices

7.0

The Transformers

1984

as Optimus Prime / Streetwise / Nightstick / Slugslinger / Wingspan

7.8

Heathcliff and the Catillac Cats

1984

as Pop / Max (voice)

6.4

Challenge of the GoBots

1984

6.2

Voltron: Defender of the Universe

1984

as Coran / Narrator (voice)

Rainbow Brite

Dragon's Lair

G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero

Dungeons & Dragons

as Venger (voice)

Saturday Supercade

as Mario (voice)

Donkey Kong

as Mario (voice)

The Biskitts

1983

as Dog Foot

5.5

Monchhichis

1983

as Snitchitt / Shreeker / Gonker (voice)

Knight Rider

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

Pac-Man

as Sour Puss (voice)

Spider-Man

Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends

1981

as Hulk / Mysterio (voice)

7.5

Goldie Gold and Action Jack

1981

as Additional Voices (voice)

5.0

The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show

1980

6.5

Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo

1979

as (voice: credit only)

7.5

Mighty Man and Yukk

1979

as Brandon Brewster / Mighty Man

7.5

The Richard Pryor Show

1977

6.3

The Wolfman Jack Show

1976

The Ghost Busters

1975

7.0

The Hudson Brothers Razzle Dazzle Show

1974

as Self

6.0

The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour

1971

6.5

The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour

1967

as Self - Announcer

6.9

The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour

1967

as Self

6.9

The Jetsons

1962

as Jupiter Juggernaut (voice)

7.3