![]() And, in fairness, Alan Tudyk has been playing the voice of Optimus Prime on the Paramount+ cartoon Transformers: EarthSpark, and nobody has been mad about that. ![]() Transformers: One could be awesome and with this amount of talent, there’s good reason to believe it will be great. But why change Prime? Arguably, it’s also odd that Frank Welker isn’t voicing Megatron, but it feels like most fans would agree that Megatron isn’t quite as iconic as Cullen’s voice as Prime. So historically having famous people as the voices of our robots in disguise is fine. Just say Hey, Optimus along with a command and watch him come to. Even better, Optimus will respond to your voice. In 1986, Transformers: The Movie (you’ve got the touch!) featured Robert Stack as Ultra Magnus, Leonard Nimoy as Galvatron, Judd Nelson as Hot Rodd, and in one of his final performances, Orson Welles as the voice of the planet-eating monster Transformer, Unicron. With 27 servo motors being run by 60 microchips, this version of Optimus Prime is the closest you can get to the real thing, with 39 commands including Roll Out, Convert, and Attack. Now, in the past, the Transformers franchise has certainly never shied away from stunt-casting when it comes to famous voices. Peter Cullen, the voice of Optimus Prime. Apparently, Transformers: One will be a full reboot, which tells the origin story of Prime and Megatron, which will feature an impressive voice cast including the following: While Chris Hemsworth is obviously great, and wonderful as Thor, replacing Peter Cullen as the voice of Optimus Prime just feels.wrong. The man’s voice is so good - he was always the guy who pulled us into various worlds in countless movie trailers throughout the ‘80s and ‘90s.īut not anymore! The next animated Transformers reboot movie - called Transformers: One - will feature a new actor in the voice role of Optimus Prime: Chris Hemsworth! From the Michael Bay movies to the upcoming Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, the voice of Optimus Prime has always been the distinctive, bass-heavy tones of Cullen. The 81-year-old began voicing Optimus Prime in for the original Transformers cartoon and has never stopped since. Since 1984, just one person has played the voice of Autobot leader Optimus Prime: Canadian voice actor Peter Cullen.
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