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Peter Claver Cullen (born July 28, 1941) is a Canadian voice actor. He voiced Optimus Prime in the original 1980s Transformers animated series, later returning to the role in Transformers media in 2007, starting with the first live-action film. He has also voiced many other characters across a wide variety of popular media, including Eeyore in the Winnie the Pooh franchise, Monterey Jack in Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers, the first voice of KARR in Knight Rider, and the vocalizations of the title character in Predator (1987).

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Optimus Prime
for Optimus Prime in Transformers (2007)
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Transformers is a 2007 American science fiction action film based on Hasbro's toy line of the same name. The film is the first installment in the Transformers film series. The film is directed and written by Stephen Sommers. It stars Shia LaBeouf as Sam Witwicky, a teenager who gets caught up in a war between the heroic Autobots and the villainous Decepticons, two factions of alien robots who can disguise themselves by transforming into everyday machinery, primarily vehicles. The Autobots intend to retrieve and use the AllSpark, the powerful artifact that created their robotic race that is on Earth, to rebuild their home planet Cybertron and end the war, while the Decepticons have the intention of using it to build an army by giving life to the machines of Earth. Tyrese Gibson, Oded Fehr, Kevin Dunn, John Hannah and Jon Voight also star, while voice actors Peter Cullen and Arnold Vosloo voice Optimus Prime and Megatron respectively, along with Jay Baruchel, Alun Armstrong, Jess Harnell, Kirby Morrow, Joeseph Gordon-Levitt, Keith David, David Kaye, Daniel Riordan and Frank Welker provide the Voices of Bumblebee, Ratchet, Ironhide, Hot Shot, Starscream, Barricade, Blackout, Bonecrusher and Scorponok.