Maybe you don't know the name off-hand, but (to me at least) Peter Cullen has an immediately recognizable voice. And it's largely because he's lent that voice to one character in particular dating back to the 80's: Optimus Prime.
The sustained cultural run by Transformers is remarkable considering its existence came purely as a ploy to sell Hasbro toys. One cartoon led to another resulting in a near continuous production of tv series from 1984. More recently of course came the Michael Bay-directed blockbuster films and its spin-offs. I stopped watching after the fourth (Age of Extinction with Mark Wahlberg) because, in typical sequel fashion, they just keep getting worse and are crazy long. I'll still always love the 2007 original though, which somehow struck a shaky balance of everything going into it and even made me briefly like Shia LaBeouf. The (falsely) historical hooks of Megatron being frozen at the north pole for thousands of years and building the Hoover Dam to hide his location were fun. The rest of the story included quality character development for both humans and Transformers alike (something often missing from the subsequent films) in addition to the mix of humor and explosion-heavy action that Bay can expertly craft. One inclusion that appeased fans of the property and supplied a bit of gravitas to this spectacle was the return of Peter Cullen, who hadn't been involved since 1987 but was better than ever.
His introduction from the 80's:
A better introduction from 2007, which gives me chills:
The 2007 sign-off is still great, even if it provided mostly unfulfilled hope:
What I'm trying to say is, in my mind, Cullen is Prime and I can't hear him any other way. So you can imagine my surprise on recently watching some older (like 90s-00s) Winnie the Pooh and discovering Eeyore speaking in Optimus Prime's voice. If you don't know, Prime is the heroic, strong and fearless leader of the Autobots, a group decided on saving humanity. Eeyore is a dopey, gloomy, almost depressing stuffed donkey who expects bad fortune even in the dream-like Hundred Acre Wood. Even with Eeyore's redeeming qualities these two characters couldn't be any more different. Certainly Cullen has done a ton of voice acting over the years (including Eeyore for 20+ years!) and we can't expect all his characters to be the same, but nonetheless this casting is downright hilarious to me and I can't get enough.
Anyway, just something I found that made me laugh. Maybe you'll like it too.
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