I recently had the opportunity to speak with the man behind many of the voices I grew up listening to in the mornings, after school and even on the weekends. Peter Cullen is known throughout the world not only as the voice of the wise and heroic leader of the Autobots, Optimus Prime, in the 1980s
The Transformers cartoon series, but he was also the voice of various other robots including Ironhide, Slugslinger, Streetwise, Wingspan and Nightstick. He reprised the voices of Optimus and Ironhide in the 1986
?The Transformers: The Movie? film. In 2007 Cullen returned as Optimus Prime in Michael Bay's live-action
Transformers film and it's subsequent sequels.
Cullen has also lent his talents to the somber voice of Eeyore in
The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh. He has lent his voice to
Knight Rider (K.A.R.R.),
The Pirates of Dark Water (Mantus),
Dungeons and Dragons (Venger),
Voltron,
Johnny Quest,
Spider-Man (Red Skull),
G.I. Joe and more.
His film credits include the voice of the giant ape in
King Kong and the
Predator. His voice can also be heard in
Gremlins.
The Transformers: Age of Extinction four-disc Blu-ray 3D Combo Pack and three-disc Blu-ray Combo Pack feature more than three hours of illuminating bonus content. From selecting fierce new cars and designing new TRANSFORMERS characters to constructing elaborately detailed sets, this comprehensive footage truly takes viewers inside the fun, hard work and excitement of making an electrifying global blockbuster film.
About The Author:
ComicBookMovie.com and Best Little Sites was the brainchild of Nate and a friend way back in 2002. Nate initially focused on the back-end programming and front-end design, but now manages the company and its associated sites as well, with a LOT of help from some very talented contributors.
Nate has loved comics from a very young age and continues to read them on a regular basis thanks to subscriptions to various titles (both Marvel and DC). He also loves movies, as his wife and children will attest. He's not overly critical of movies, so his reviews should be taken with a grain of salt as he's much more interested in being entertained and escaping the "real" world for a couple of hours than finding every conceivable plot-hole and character flaw in a film.
Outside of his guilty "nerdy" pleasures, Nate enjoys spending time with his wife and three boys, CrossFit, playing guitar, coaching youth sports and MMA (he spent a couple of years in the cage as an NHB fighter, but is now MUCH too old).