Biography
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Peter Cullen, born in Montreal (Canada) is a member of the first graduating class of the National Theatre School of Canada, is a voice actor who has provided the voices for Optimus Prime, Ironhide and Slugslinger in Transformers, Eeyore in Winnie-the-Pooh, KARR in Knight Rider, Antor and Bomba in Dino-Riders. He also appeared in Gremlins where he did the voice of one of the gremlins.
In the 1980s and the 1990s, Cullen appeared on other shows, his credits including My Little Pony, Filmation's Ghostbusters, The Smurfs, Dungeons & Dragons, The Snorks, The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo, Tom and Jerry Kids, DuckTales, The Challenge of the GoBots, Rude Dog and the Dweebs, Rainbow Brite, The Biskitts, Robotix, Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers, Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs and The Jetsons.
Among many other television shows and movies, he has also lent his basso voice to many movie trailers and television commercials, including announcing for Toonami on the Cartoon Network, along with the opening credits to Voltron: Defender of the Universe.
He also voiced Nintendo's mascot Mario in the Donkey Kong segments on Saturday Supercade, making him the first person to ever provide a voice for the character.
Cullen has also recently done voicework on drum and bass dj Dieselboy's last two studio mix albums, Project Human, and The Dungeonmaster's Guide. He also does voice work for Blizzard Entertainment, and provided narration for the Star Wars fan film IMPS The Relentless.
Cullen will reprise his role of Optimus Prime in the 2007 Transformers movie [1]. Fans of the Transformers universe have responded to this in a very positive way.
He has stated that of all the voices he has done, Optimus Prime is his favorite.
Cullen has three children: Clay, Claire, and Pilar E. Cullen.
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