Often provides a deep raspy voice for his characters, most notably Optimus Prime

I enjoy dramatic narration, of course, because I'm an actor and I started as an actor.

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Those qualities have not changed, and that makes it relatively easy for Optimus to maintain a consistent level of character.













He explained his preference for the character by saying "making people happy makes me happy".



Peter Cullen was born on July 28, 1941 in Montreal, Québec, Canada as Peter Claver Cullen.

I kind of modeled Optimus Prime's voice out of many people I had known over the years, my family especially. Archive footage

He is known for his work on

Peter Cullen was born on July 28, 1941 in Montreal, Québec, Canada as Peter Claver Cullen.

Peter Claver Cullen (born July 28, 1941) is an American voice actor who served as an announcer for Toonami during most of it's run, being referred to as the "Big Guy" until the cancellation of the block in 2008.





Peter Cullen was born on July 28, 1941 in Montreal, Québec, Canada as Peter Claver Cullen. When the block returned in 2012, TOM and SARA took over the announcing roles. And if kids feel so inclined, they can log onto NASA and the Optimus Prime Spinoff Award, which we present every year to some of the brilliant young minds that are taking up into the academics of space, science, technology, math.

https://www.voicechasers.com/database/showactor.php?actorid=1268 Voice on Super Friends and related shows As the voice of Vaga in Day of the Dinosaurs (1983), As the voice of Felix Faust for the Season 6 (1985) episode, The Case of the Stolen Super Powers., Additional voices in the SuperFriends (1980, Animated Series), As the voice of the Hunter in the Superman episode The Hunter



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