Name |
Peter Cullen |
Height |
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Naionality |
Canadian |
Date of Birth |
28-July-1941 |
Place of Birth |
Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
Famous for |
Acting |
Peter Claver Cullen is a Canadian voice actor. The most prominent characters he has voiced are Eeyore in the Winnie-the-Pooh franchise and Optimus Prime (as well as Ironhide) in the original 1980s Transformers animated series. More recently, he has reprised his role as Optimus Prime in Michael Bay's live-action Transformers film series, the video games Transformers: War for Cybertron and Transformers: Fall of Cybertron and the new TV series, Transformers: Prime.
Cullen was born in Montreal, Quebec to Henry L. Cullen and Muriel McCann. He is a member of the first graduating class of the National Theatre School of Canada, which graduated in 1963. His brother, Larry Cullen, was a retired Captain in the United States Marine Corps, and helped inspire the voice of Optimus Prime. His sister, Michaela Tomlinson, is married to Frank Tomlinson, and has been supportive from the beginning.