On the characters he has most enjoyed playing Peter Cullen was the first actor to voice Optimus Prime, in the 1980s TV cartoon. But in effect, the lines just came out, and I just did my brother, Larry. I had no idea what the script was going to be. Don’t be a Hollywood stereotypical thing with the yelling and screaming.” He said, “Be strong enough to be gentle.” And Larry was that way. “This is really good, Pete, yeah,” he said … “Well, if you’re going to be a hero, be a real hero. He had returned from service as a Marine in Vietnam, and I told him one day I was going out to audition for a truck.Īnd I said, “Yeah, but he’s a hero truck.” I was living with my brother Larry at the time. I was told it was a hero, and I was told it was a truck. On landing the role of Optimus Prime in the 1980s cartoon And I walked down the center of that aisle with these cows looking at me and I said, “This is fantastic.” I must have been 8 years old … and I was the king of the cows. So I did something like, “And now that I have your attention!” And they all looked up. I found one day that I made a loud noise and all the cows looked up to me. And one of the greatest memories I have is, I had a full dairy barn where I would collect milk pails with my brother, Larry. And I remember the very first summer, I could imitate the cows, the calves, the chickens, the different dogs they had. I lived on a farm, and I worked the farm. On when he realized he had a talent for doing voices He tells Rath that of the many characters he has played over the years, a certain giant, extraterrestrial robot is still his favorite. ![]() In an interview with NPR’s Arun Rath, Cullen says playing Optimus Prime again was “like slipping into an old pair of shoes that you hid in the back of your closet.”Ĭullen got his big break as the announcer on The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour in the early 1970s, and famously voiced Eeyore in Winnie the Pooh. Voice actor Peter Cullen arrives at the premiere of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen in June 2009. Other actors have played Optimus Prime in various iterations of Transformers over the years, but Cullen happily returned to the role for the live-action film franchise. ![]() The live-action films have embraced the latest in visual affects - but the movies have also called back to the series’ past, through the voice of Peter Cullen.Ĭullen, 72, was the first actor to give voice to Optimus Prime - the leader of the Autobots, and the series’ metal, robotic heart - on the original Transformers cartoon show in the 1980s. Director Michael Bay’s film franchise has consistently topped charts since the first film arrived in theaters in 2007. Transformers: Age of Extinction has smashed its way to the No. Listen to NPR’s Arun Rath speak to voice actor Peter Cullen, the voice of Transformers’ Optimus Prime:
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