Peter cullen

Peter Cullen has been voicing Optimus Prime in the Transformers franchise since the classic 80s cartoon series and he reprised his role again in the latest film in the franchise, Transformers: Rise of the Beasts. Cullen’s voice is iconic and no one will ever really be able to play this fan-favorite character better than he has. He’s been doing it for 40 years! During a recent interview with the voice actor, he shared his experience voicing the character for the very first time and what inspired how he played Prime. He said: "When I voiced Prime for the very first time, I was living with my brother Larry, who was a Marine. I said, "I'm going to an audition. I'm gonna be a truck.' And he started to laugh and he said, 'A truck?!' And I said, 'This is a leader. This is a hero.' And his demeanor just changed. He just went, 'Peter. If you're going to be a leader, be strong enough to be gentle.' And I got to the audition and I said, 'My name is Optimus Prime, from the planet Cybertron.' I had no doubt that this is what a hero should sound like, and I was convinced I was gonna get that role." And the rest is history. It’s really cool to hear that story from one of the most beloved voice actors ever. When talking about returning to play the character again in Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, he said: "Transformers: Rise of the Beasts has the same ingredients that were there at the beginning. There's that integrity, there's a dignity, there's courage. It's an honor to be able to do...

Peter Cullen is a Canadian-American voice actor who is widely known for voicing Optimus Prime in the Transformers franchise as well as the Michael Bay film series. He is also known for providing the vocal effects of the Predator from the 1987 film of the same name, Eeyore from Winnie the Pooh, Monterey Jack from Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers and KARR in Knight Rider.

Pat Sajak's Wheel Of Fortune Replacement Already Found? It's An Awful Choice Before Transformers: Rise of the Beasts opened in theaters, Collider and IMAX offered fans in Los Angeles the opportunity Steven Caple Jr.’s entry to the live-action Autobot universe that Michael Bay’s Transformers kicked off in 2007, but this screening had a very special, very esteemed guest. Following the movie, Editor-in-chief Steve Weintraub sat down with the voice of Optimus Prime, Peter Cullen. © Provided by Collider Whether Transformers or pop culture, in general, brought you here, if you’re reading this, you’ve heard Cullen’s voice. The Emmy nominee has lent his talent to numerous iconic characters, including the loveably melancholic Eeyore in The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh as well as conceiving and performing the unmistakable clicks of the franchise apex, Predator. In Rise of the Beasts, Cullen reprises arguably the most notable voice of them all as Optimus Prime, often the golden voice of reason among his fellow Autobots. When hearing the Transformer’s booming, “Autobots, roll out,” alongside co-stars Liza Koshy, Pete Davidson, Ron Perlman, and Michelle Yeoh, it’s easy to imagine it’s edited to sound so majestic. At the screening, we found out that — and many other voices and sounds — come so naturally to Cullen. During the Q&A, Cullen reflects back on his career, all the way back to the first sounds he learned and the first voices he mimicked, a talent that, at the time, landed h...

While Cullen has spent most of his professional career voicing the leader of the Autobots, "Rise of the Beasts" honors him in a way that no other "Transformers" project has done, using his likeness for Optimus Prime's face. Director Steven Caple Jr. confirmed the creative decision in the comments of an "Rise of the Beats" is Cullen's seventh time voicing Optimus Prime on the big screen, with his Over the years, Cullen has told the story about finding the voice of Optimus Prime many times. During an appearance at On the day of his audition, Cullen told his brother, "I'm going to an audition. I'm auditioning as a truck," which got a laugh out of his brother. "I said, 'But Larry, he's a hero truck. He's a real — I mean — he's a hero.' His face got somber, and he said, 'Peter if you're going to be a hero, be a real hero. Don't be a Hollywood hero type with all the BS and all the yelling and screaming and trying to be tough. Be strong enough to be gentle.'" During his audition for "Transformers," Cullen said he could only hear Larry's voice, channeling his brother's softness and echoing the advice he gave him earlier in the day. To this day, Cullen still holds onto his brother's words about heroism, "Be strong enough to be gentle," as the inspiration for Optimus Prime.