Peter Claver Cullen (born July 28, 1941) is a Canadian voice actor who got his start providing additional voices on the original 1962 run of The Jetsons, but became best known as the original voice of Optimus Prime in the original 1980s Transformers animated series, a role he has since reprised in the live-action Transformers movies as well as Transformers: Rescue Bots, Transformers Prime, and Transformers: Robots in Disguise. He was also notably the first voice actor for Nintendo's mascot Mario, whom he voiced in the Donkey Kong shorts for Saturday Supercade.
At Disney, Cullen was also known for voicing Eeyore in the Winnie the Pooh films and television shows from 1988 to 2010. On the Disney Afternoon, he most notably provided the voice of Monterey Jack in the earlier episodes of Chip 'n' Dale Rescue Rangers (after which Jim Cummings took the reins), where he also voiced Mepps and Officers Kirby and Muldoon.
Disney Afternoon roles[]
- Adventures of the Gummi Bears: Gritty Gummi, Kerwin the Conqueror
- DuckTales: Bankjob Beagle, Admiral Grimmitz, Jack the Tripper
- Chip 'n' Dale Rescue Rangers: Monterey Jack, Mepps, Officers Kirby and Muldoon
- Bonkers: Mackey McSlime, Snowman
External links[]
- Peter Cullen at the Internet Movie Database
- Peter Cullen at Wikipedia
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