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\nPeter Cullen, pictured at the premiere of Bumblebee in Los Angeles in December 2018<\/p>\n
The Canadian actor Peter Cullen, who voiced characters in Winnie the Pooh and Transformers, has died aged 85, his agent and family have confirmed.<\/p>\n
Cullen, who voiced Eeyore and Optimus Prime in numerous TV shows and films and the titular character in 1987’s Predator, died surrounded by his family.<\/p>\n
A family statement issued by his agent read: “Peter Cullen passed away peacefully, surrounded by his loving family \u2013 and held in the hearts of his many friends and countless fans worldwide.<\/p>\n
“His family asks that you honour his remarkable legacy by serving your communities and leading others with compassion, integrity, and loyalty and always remember, be strong enough to be gentle.”<\/p>\n
Cullen voiced Eeyore in series including the cartoon The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, which ran from 1988 to 1991; The Book of Pooh and My Friends Tigger and Pooh, and films such as The Tigger Movie (2000), Piglet’s Big Movie (2003), and Pooh’s Heffalump Movie (2005).<\/p>\n
He also played the miserable donkey in the video game Piglet’s Big Game.<\/p>\n
Of Irish descent, Montreal-born Cullen first voiced Optimus Prime in the 1980s TV show The Transformers and its spin-off film The Transformers: The Movie (1986).<\/p>\n
\nPeter Cullen, pictured at the premiere of Bumblebee in Los Angeles in December 2018<\/p>\n
In 2007, he reprised the role in the first live-action film of the series directed by Michael Bay.<\/p>\n
He went on to appear as the shapeshifting truck robot in Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011), Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014), Transformers: The Last Knight (2017), Bumblebee (2018), and Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (2023), as well as numerous other TV projects.<\/p>\n
Cullen also appeared as Optimus Prime in a series of video games based on the franchise.<\/p>\n
His other credits included Karr, the evil equivalent of talking car Kitt, in the Knight Rider TV series; Captain Nathaniel Flint in Disney’s 2003 Treasure Planet film, a number of characters in 1987’s GI Joe: The Movie, and special vocal effects in Gremlins (1984).<\/p>\n
He provided the voice of Kong in King Kong (1976) and King Kong Lives (1986), as well as voicing Grundle and Ahgg in My Little Pony: The Movie (1986).<\/p>\n
In 2023, Cullen won the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Children’s and Family Emmy Awards.<\/p>\n
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