With Transformers: Age of Extinction coming to theaters June 25th, and Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark coming to the PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, Xbox One, Xbox 360, WiiU, PC, and the 3DS on June 27th, we spoke to the man about where he got that wonderful voice and if he ever uses it to order pizza. But for thirty years, Peter Cullen has been best known as the commanding voice of Optimus Prime, first in the original Transformers cartoons, and later in the live-action movies, newer ’toons, and numerous video games. He was the voice of Eeyore on Winnie the Pooh, did gigantic gorilla grunts in 1976’s King Kong, and was even the announcer for The Smother Brothers Comedy Hour.
