Peter Cullen Movies and Career Information

Peter Claver Cullen (born either December 1, 1944 or July 28, 1941) is a Canadian voice actor, known as the voice of Optimus Prime in the original Transformers series, as Eeyore in the Winnie-the-Pooh franchise and the narrator in both American Voltron series. Cullen reprised his role as Optimus Prime in Michael Bay's live-action Transformers film series and the newly released Transformers: War for Cybertron video game. He was once again cast as Optimus Prime for the new TV series, Transformers: Prime in 2010. Cullen was born on July 28, 1941 in Montreal, Quebec. He is a member of the first graduating class of the National Theatre School of Canada, which graduated in 1963. Cullen has three children: Clay, Claire, and Pilar E. Cullen; and three grandchildren. His Japanese counterpart is Tesshō Genda, who also voiced Optimus in the 1984 television show and the Michael Bay film series. He is good friends with his Transformers co-star Frank Welker (who ironically voices Optimus Prime's arch nemesis Megatron on several series), and his movie co-star Shia LaBeouf (who plays Sam Witwicky). In addition, he has played Coran, Stride the Tiger Fighter, and King Alfor in the Lion Voltron