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Peter Cullen, born in 1944 in
Montreal,
Canada
, is a
voice actor who is best known for providing the voices for
Optimus Prime and
Ironhide, in the original
Transformers series and the narrator in both American
Voltron series (he would subsequently reprise the role of Optimus Prime in the 2007 live action
Michael Bay feature film
Transformers). In addition, he's played Coran and King Alfor in the
Lion Voltron series, the transforming spaceship/robot Ramrod in the '80s
anime series
Saber Rider And The Star Sheriffs, Commander James Hawkins in the
Vehicle Voltron series,
Eeyore in
Winnie-the-Pooh,
KARR in
Knight Rider,
Antor and Bomba, and Gunner, in
Dino-Riders, and Mantus in
The Pirates of Dark Water.
Voice work
In the
1980s and the
1990s, Cullen appeared on a number of television shows, including
My Little Pony,
Filmation's Ghostbusters,
The Smurfs,
Dungeons & Dragons as Venger,
Snorks,
The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo,
Tom and Jerry Kids Show,
DuckTales,
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,
Challenge of the GoBots,
Rude Dog and the Dweebs as Herman,
Rainbow Brite as Murky Dismal,
The Biskitts as Scratch,
Robotix,
Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers,
Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs,
The Little Engine That Could as Pete, the powerful freight engine,
Voltron: Defender of the Universe,
The Jetsons and
Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light. He also had a voice part in
Gremlins as a gremlin and
Knight Rider as KARR. He also did voicework in "The Greatest Adventure Stories from the Bible" series, notably as the king of Ninevah in the Jonah episode.
Among many other
television shows and
movies, he's also lent his
basso voice to many
movie trailers and
television commercials, including announcing for
Toonami on the
Cartoon Network. Cullen spent some of his early professional years in Montreal as a radio announcer/DJ on
CKGM; and as a character in a then-popular local television kids show. He acted the role of a French-Canadian astronaut, along with writer and his partner on the show, Ted Ziegler. Both Ziegler and Cullen were spotted in the credits and doing small cameo walk-ons in various comedic roles on
The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour, as well as other network comedies of the era.
He also voiced
Nintendo's mascot
Mario in the
Donkey Kong segments on
Saturday Supercade, making him the first person to ever provide a voice for the character.
Cullen has also done voicework on
drum and bass DJ
Dieselboy's 2004 album,
The Dungeonmaster's Guide. He also did voicework for the unreleased
Blizzard Entertainment game, and provided narration for the Star Wars fan film .
Cullen reprised the role of
Optimus Prime in the 2007
Transformers movie, and has signed on for two sequels.
Jess Harnell was cast to voice
Ironhide, whom Cullen voiced in the original series.
Personal life
Cullen is a member of the first graduating class of the
National Theatre School of Canada, which graduated in 1963.
He has three children: Clay, Claire, and Pilar E. Cullen; and one grandchild.
He has stated that of all the voices he's done, Optimus Prime is his favorite. In interviews, he's said that he'd no idea of Optimus Prime's popularity until the character's death in the, as the studio had never given him fan letters from children addressed to Optimus Prime.
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