{"id":33497,"date":"2026-08-29T11:52:52","date_gmt":"2026-08-29T11:52:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=33497"},"modified":"2026-08-29T11:52:52","modified_gmt":"2026-08-29T11:52:52","slug":"peter-cullen-the-voice-of-optimus-prime-dies-at-85","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=33497","title":{"rendered":"Peter Cullen, the Voice of Optimus Prime, Dies at 85"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Peter Cullen, the iconic voice behind Optimus Prime, has died at the age of 85.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Known worldwide for giving Optimus Prime his powerful, wise and unforgettable voice, Cullen first took on the role in 1984 and continued it for decades, including the live-action <em>Transformers<\/em> movies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">He was also famous as the voice of Eeyore from <em>Winnie the Pooh<\/em>, proving his remarkable versatility. With over 200 acting credits, Cullen built a legendary career across cartoons, movies, television and video games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">His voice became a treasured part of childhood for generations of fans.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rest in peace, Peter Cullen. The voice of Optimus Prime will live on forever. \ud83d\udd4a\ufe0f\ud83d\udc99<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Peter Cullen, the iconic voice behind Optimus Prime, has died at the age of 85. Known worldwide for giving Optimus Prime his powerful, wise and unforgettable voice, Cullen first took on the role in 1984 and continued it for decades, including the live-action Transformers movies. He was also famous as the voice of Eeyore from&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=33497\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Peter Cullen, the Voice of Optimus Prime, Dies at 85&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33498,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33497","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33497"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33497\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33499,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33497\/revisions\/33499"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/33498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}