Comparing the Voices - Optimus Prime

[@josephcorcoran.7085]

[Animation:] • Peter Cullen. [Live action:] • Peter Cullen. [Video games:] • Peter Cullen. My picks for Optimus Prime.

[@EclipsePrime7567]

Agreed

[@yaolofe3852]

Best Friends Peter Cullen 🤜🏻🤛🏻 Frank Welker

[@markdemars7648]

A wise choice.

[@Vaughnimusprimeautobotleader]

arise Optimus prime.

[@JEFF2002-q7q]

Chris Hemsworth was also great as a young Orian Pax/Optimus prime

[@ki-pattao9030]

Peter Cullen is the best Optimus Prime voice ever. 🚛 "Autobots Transform and Roll Out"

[@johnnymason2460]

Peter Cullen is Optimus Prime. Now and forever!!!

[@rickstevens8058]

There is absolutely no one that can compare to the OG

[@thundertazzy4127]

He defines Optimus Prime and I love it

[@Mean-Z86]

Cullen is the G.O.A.T

[@johnnymason2460]

@@Mean-Z86 Absolutely correct. No question of that.

[@DantheMan2605]

Peter Cullen deserve an Oscar for voicing Optimus Prime

[@legendspryzens3]

Doesn't he have one for that?

[@jeremybrooks766]

He did get the Lifetime Achievement Award

[@TheRealArtimusKnight]

80s prime sounded young and spry. Afterwords, a grizzled, yet gentle veteran

[@Jaketherobonrd]

As it goes Garry Chalk at the time was my Optimus Prime growing up with the Unicron Trilogy transformers shows. I didn’t know Peter Cullen until the live action movies came out. Peter Cullen is Optimus Prime but Garry Chalk will always have a special place in my heart. And as for Chris Hemsworth is up definitely up there as a successor to Peter. 1: Peter Cullen 2: Garry Chalk 3: Chris Hemsworth

[@cyberstar251]

Same here.

[@Neo-Midgar]

Exact same here, for years Peter was just the Toonami narrarator guy to me. But once I saw the movies I definitely understood he's the GOAT, but Gary will always be special to me.

[@Animetal1]

Me Too

[@Opensourcerer12]

Man same here

[@TerrenceJonathanHemsworth9867]

1. Peter Cullen 2. Chris Hemsworth 3. Jake Tillman Foushee 4. Jon Baliey 5. David Kaye 6. Neil Kaplan 7. Laurie Faso 8. Gary Chalk 9. Alan Tudyk 10. Eric Edwards 11. Ron Hayden 12. Hiro Diaz 13. Unknown Voice Actor 14. Robert Belgrade 15. Andy Santillan 16. William Rogers 17. Pierre Tremblay

[@dangipson5504]

Putting the wfc VA in 3rd, especially ABOVE Garry chalk AND David Kaye is a crime

[@gundanout11]

Also Edgar Wald the latino voice of actor of Optimus Prime in Spanish dub of Transformers G1.

[@TheBabyCaleb]

@@dangipson5504 I disagree, while I think David Kaye is amazing, I actually really like the WFC vc. I don’t get the hate

[@g0694]

Jon Bailey ahead of David Kaye? Please commit financial sepikou on masterpiece figures good sir

[@coolbone6177]

How is Gary chaulk so low

[@inesatt1313]

Peter Cullen Gary Chalk David Kaye And Chris Hemsworth are THE Optimus!!!! Neil Kaplan was good too and Laurie Faso is an amazing Orion Pax

[@GeoffreyToledo-j1u]

0:37 to 0:42 is Transformers Prime 2010-2013, and it's one of my favorite TV shows to watch and my favorite character is always Optimus Prime voice by Peter Cullen.

[@GeoffreyToledo-j1u]

0:05 to 1:30 is Peter Cullen as Optimus Prime. He is the best voice of Optimus Prime in Transformers and he is the legendary voice actor and he's a best friend to Frank Welker who voice Megatron/Galvatron, Soundwave, and many characters that he performed in other movies, TV shows, and video games.

[@ZetaReticuli1.]

G1 Optimus voice: A pretty nice guy and friend, like that one cool teacher or dad Bayverse Prime Voice: Hardened veteran

[@amirrashidan3047]

While Peter Cullen will always be held in high regard, it isn't just the voice alone. Optimus was based on Larry Cullen, Peter's late veteran brother who said that "If you want to be a hero, be a real hero. Don't be like the Hollywood hero with the yelling and pretending to be tough. Be strong to be gentle." At least for a period of time, Hasbro seems to misunderstood that to be Optimus is simply having Cullen as the voice of him, or at least an impersonator with a close enough similarity. Only with the sound and none of the substance (I'm looking at you, Netflix WFC). Neil Kaplan started with imitating Cullen, but naturally grows out of it and be natural, emulating his kindness. Same with Jake Tillman with Cyberverse. Chris Hemsworth took the cake by portraying Orion as a freecare youth that slowly displays the iconic maturity that G1 Optimus known for.

[@hecksters423]

It helps out that Hemsworth was getting vocal advice from Peter Cullen on how to eventually Optimus Prime voice.

[@amirrashidan3047]

@hecksters423 Jon Bailey please take note.

[@enzotakerian5488]

I saw a Transformers table-read event in theaters. Before the actors did the show, they were being interviewed. I was surprised that Peter's regular voice was NOT his Optimus voice. PS, Before I knew him as Prime, I knew him as Eeyore.

[@kamenrangerzeo8251]

Peter Cullen is the definitive voice of the legendary Autobot Leader. Garry Chalk is a great second as Prime in the Unicron trilogy, but to me he is Optimus Primal.

[@smasher3261]

Well that's. Just prime

[@Bartman954]

Peter's voice in the role has aged like fine wine. The older it gets, the deeper in tone, making it feel like an old and rather weary general who is tired of fighting but still has to, to protect the ones he swore to defend.

[@BADASSATRON127]

The first live action transformers movie is what got me to the franchise, and Peter Cullen was the first and will always be the best Optimus Prime voice and he still did great in Rotb

[@kingmonkey460]

I can't help but notice the fact that they artificially deepened his voice for ROTB and it kind of messed with it for me. Love Peter as THE Optimus, but the fact that they did that peeves me

[@Drums_of_Liberation]

​@@kingmonkey460to be fair Peter is pushing 80 now. He probably can't go as deep naturally as he used to. Even James Earl Jones had to have AI help him in his final performance as Vader.

[@thomaslumpkin7021]

Every time Peter Cullen voices Optimus Prime, he gives every Transformers project the G1 feel. As for Gary Chalk, the voiceover must've been from the 🎮 👀 as how as it felt more natural than the Japanese shows, giving it a more Beast Wars feel.

[@DSWappropriate]

1. Peter Cullen 2. Garry Chalk 3. David Kaye 4. Chris Hemsworth

[@matthewrosenthal753]

Peter Cullen, the OG, the one, the best. He is Optimus Prime.

[@ScorpionGhostRider2407]

My Favorites Voice Actors Of Optimus Prime Are Peter Cullen, Garry Chalk, Neil Kaplan, David Kaye, Jon Bailey, Jake Tillman Foushee, Hiro Díaz, Alan Tudyk, Bill Rogers, and Chris Hemsworth. I Wish Chris Evans Will Voiced Optimus Prime In Transformers One. Beacuse Let's Be Real, Chris Evans and Scarlett Johansson Have Awesome Amazing Chemistry. I Hope To Hear It Voice Actors Of Passing The Torch To Peter Cullen Liked Garry Chalk, Neil Kaplan, David Kaye, Alan Tudyk, Chris Evans, Brian Bloom, Roger Craig Smith, Jeff Schine, Scott Porter, Josh Keaton, Michael Diangerfield, Travis Willingham, Patrick Seitz, Etc To Voiced Optimus Prime In The Future. Thanks Nik.

[@GeoffreyToledo-j1u]

1:13 to 1:18 Transformers Autobots Alliance and Optimus Prime is voice by Peter Cullen.

[@TheRealArtimusKnight]

Garry Chalk did a fantastic job. He’s a worthy successor to Peter

[@phantom115cw]

Garry Chalk was the first Optimus prime for me.

[@GeoffreyToledo-j1u]

1: Peter Cullen. 2: Chris Hemsworth. Those are my favorite voices of Optimus Prime in Transformers.

[@rizumumeister9513]

I love Garry Clark and Peter Cullens voices the most! I miss transformers armada SO MUCH! The voices were amazing and the stories were always interesting

[@netherfreakultima4498]

Nobody could be a better Optimus than Peter Cullen himself ^^

[@endster]

I really like how he didn't interrupt optimus' speech about the allspark to get sentences from other shows

[@slavicmalchik]

Peter Cullen is not a voice of Optimus prime, he is THE Optimus prime

[@andyoutlaww7494]

Peter Cullen is as Earl Jones was to Darth Vader. Both of them brought their main characters to Life!! without doubt they are considered LEGENDS!!! . And I forgot to mention Gary chalk is also a legend. I grew up with him as Optimus from Transformers Armada I unfortunately didn’t get to watch much of John and Cybertron except on KZbin and a cartoon channel on the Internet. But I would like to give a shout out to Neil who voiced Optimus from RID 2001. He was a great Optimus as well.

[@omegaus817]

*For Optimus Prime* Robert Belgrade, Ron Hayden, Eric Edwards, Jake Tillman Foushee *Good in Cyberverse and Rescue Bots Academy, Siege Trilogy nope.* Hiro Diaz, Alan Tudyk, Chris Hemsworth, Bill Rogers, David Kaye, Jon Bailey, Neil Kaplan, Garry Chalk, and Peter Cullen as Optimus Prime. *For Orion Pax* Laurie Faso and Chris Hemsworth as Orion Pax. Awesome work.

[@herofan223]

0:05 the man the legend the one true prime himself. Transform and roll out!

[@MegaAlexiel]

Fun fact, Gary Chalk is Grounder from Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog. He's also in a few of the movies. Have fun with that info.

[@shin-gokusatsu645]

Garry Chalk & Neil Kaplan = *My Childhood Optimus Prime/Primal*

[@CHASEMARC]

Comparing the Voices - Optimus Prime -- Peter Cullen and Faso as Orion someone else voiced him????????

[@jackytran4885]

Optimus Prime/Peter Cullen (0:05-0:25-1:26)

[@troncron2458]

We started with Peter Cullen then we got Neil Kaplan, then Robert Belgrade, then Garry Chalk, then David Kaye, then Ron Hayden, then Eric Edwards, then Andy Santillan, then Jon Bailey, then Jake Foushee, then Alan Tudyk, and now we got Chris Hemsworth

[@GeoffreyToledo-j1u]

I like Peter Cullen as Optimus Prime.

[@matthewskudzienski888]

Peter Cullen, Chris Hemsworth, David Kaye, Garry Chalk, Neil Kaplan, Jake Tillman Foushee, Alan Tudyk, Bill Rogers

[@dfile7598]

1st Optimus Prime - Gary Chalk Favorite Optimus Prime - Peter Cullen & Chris Hemsworth

[@CHAEU555]

Peter Cullen, Garry Chalk, and David Kaye are the Optimus Prime voices I grew up with, but Chris Hemsworth also makes for an excellent voice for OP.

[@GeoffreyToledo-j1u]

Peter Cullen also voice Optimus Prime in Transformers Prime Beast Hunters Predacons Rising (2013) TV Movie after Transformers Prime (2010-2013) The Animated Series: TV Show. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

[@thenerd8085]

I only have 2 and that is Peter Cullen and Gary Chalk, I grew up on both of them

[@Megatronus101]

0:05 0:25 Peter Cullen

[@GeoffreyToledo-j1u]

Peter Cullen is the best voice of Optimus Prime in Transformers.

[@GeoffreyToledo-j1u]

I want to become the next voice of Optimus Prime in Transformers for Peter Cullen.

[@andymartinhimself]

2:22 Pierre Tremblay? lol… from the Godfrey Ho movies, that’s hilarious

[@weaponx22001]

Peter, and frank need awards for longest and other all voice cast of a life time

[@Rosewolf29]

Peter Cullen is Optimus Prime, no need to compare, we got our answer. No one does it better or comes close.

[@Fnafking1234]

Well said ,till all are one

[@coltrane75dawg77]

Amen Brother. No one Will Ever Top Sir Peter Cullen!!!

[@Rosewolf29]

@@coltrane75dawg77 agreed. Frank Welker can try, but he's the king. even he can't do Optimus as good as Peter Cullen can. they tried at Comicon Liverpool i think it was. it was a scream XD

[@The_Official_Turkey]

2:43 "let me take care of the sigma computers"

[@Zakato01]

I like young optimus with Chris Hemsworth voice

[@WynterStormYT]

I really miss the lighter, youthful voice of 80s Cullen, but his "modern" voice is iconic. I do like Foushee's OP too, but I think he tries too hard to imitate Cullen's voice (or was coached to imitate it) instead of doing his own thing.

[@GeoffreyToledo-j1u]

Transformers Autobots Alliance that I want to watch and see Optimus Prime in Transformers Autobots Alliance.

[@Aussieroth7]

Look, Peter Cullen holds the gold-no no no, PLATINUM standard for Optimus Prime. From being the original and recurring voice for him to basing him on his brother who happened to be a genuine war hero with an incredible deep and slightly raspy voice. REALLY HARD to top that! Though if I had to pick a follow up........ a tie between Neil Kaplan and Garry Chalk.

[@nyykyn]

Chris Hemsworth has done an incredible job, way beyond expectations

[@SantisValiant]

Aside from Peter Cullen, Garry Chalk is the only voice actor I will accept for Optimus.

[@everettparker1313]

My Ranking of Optimus Prime Voice Actor 1: Peter Cullen 2: Gary Chalk 3: Chris Hemsworth 4: David Kaye 5: Laurie Faso 6: Jake Tillman Foushee 7: John Bailey 8: Neil Kaplan 9: Hiro Diaz 10: Alan Tudyk 11: Eric Edward’s 12: Robert Belgrade 13: Ron Hayden 14: Unknown Voice 15: Andy Santillan 16: Bill Rodger’s 17: Pierre Tremblay

[@kgotsogeronimo9092]

That's what up Nik

[@chavagonzalez9734]

There might be other voice actors, but the best will always be Peter Cullen

[@GuyWebz]

1. Peter Cullen 2. Garry Chalk 3. Chris Hemsworth 4. Alan Tudyk 5. David Kaye

[@Randomvideos-zi7pe]

Peter Cullen will always be Optimus

[@damianyt6155]

Everybody gangsta till Optimus says "Wake up to reality. Nothing goes as planned in this acursed world..."

[@arifanrizkynanda3335]

My Fav Optimus Prime Peter Cullen Chris Hemsworth David Kaye Jon Bailey Jake Tillman Foushee Bill Rogers Alan Tudyk

[@killer_god-to7qo]

This is epic video it also came out on my bday which was nov 26 :D

[@maskedboy3839]

I always thought of what’s missing in most transformers media is the robotic voice effect

[@yaolofe3852]

My favorite 1. Peter Cullen 2. Chris Herswoth 3. Alan Tudyk

[@Anon_Amos.]

Why am I only now learning that G1 Optimus was voiced by Peter Cullen?!?!?!?!? He sounds so much different from G1 to Bayverse to Prime.

[@amirrashidan3047]

@@Anon_Amos. Vocal evolution. Back in the day, Optimus was a lot more laid-back and Peter Cullen was in his late 30s. Then as he gets older, his voice gets deeper, and the iterations in Bayverse and Prime displays him as darker and a bit brooding. Not that I say that it's wrong, it's just that the gentle and kindness in his voice isn't really showing much.

[@SentinelStudios1]

I was skeptical at first, but I'm actually amazed at how good of a job Chris Hemsworth did. Peter Cullen will always be number one in my book, but Chris Hemsworth is no slouch.

[@joshidejj]

This might just be, but I think David Kaye would've been a better choice to cast as Optimus again for Transformers One rather than Chris Hemsworth. He has that youthful tone and it fits the age as Orion Pax before he becomes Optimus Prime.

[@Soundwave3591]

Chris Hemsworth definitely captures a "young Peter Cullen" vibe. I can honestly picture him growing into the more mature Optimus Peter presents.

[@eugeniapatroncosta920]

I agree with you, buddy.

[@JayStephens8]

Peter Cullen 🐐, Chris Hemsworth not to bad was very skeptical at first but he did a very good job I think he’s a worthy successor to Peter

[@nanotech1921]

I swear the older Peter gets the better his Optimus Prime voice is, like the aging actually helps the performance

[@yangpertama1370]

Peter Cullen Optimus : "Experienced Leader." Chris Hemsworth Optimus : "Young Leader."

[@queenratiganthefirst5442]

Peter Cullen will always be the best Optimus in my opinion.

[@vincentmazzone4530]

Peter Cullen always the GOAT of Optimus prime’s voice. Chris Hemsworth, he did a decent job as Orion Pax I’m glad I got to see the story unfold in a new way.

[@spideybrez1299]

I would choose Peter Cullen as the voice of Optimus Prime every day over other VOAs who played him. That’s the one I grow up with from watching the Transformers movies and playing War for Cybertron.

[@justlivinglife5609]

My favourite Marvel superhero is now the voice of my favourite Autobot

[@Autobot-Sonic]

As a guy who has yet to see all of Beast Wars and Animated, here's my top five: 1. Peter Cullen 2. Chris Hemsworth 3. Alan Tudyk 4. David Kaye 5. Jake Fousee

[@msdimi01]

Hands down Garry Chalk for me. I was introduced to Transformers through Cybertron. For me he will always be the voice of Optimus. Peter Cullen's voice is also fantastic.

[@DarkepyonX]

Cullen , Hemsworth, Chalk , best Primes

[@milesjohnson5591]

Yeah he is awesome

[@kurareo]

After watching Transformers One, I feel like Chris Hemsworth can be the next to take the mantle in the main productions to come once we... eventually you know, our old man is not getting any younger T_T

[@silverthorn9755]

1 - Peter Cullen. 2 - Garry Chalk. 3 - Alan Tudyk

[@ADC_YT26]

Peter Cullen is the best

[@casscarbrown4031]

I love Peter Cullen, pierre Tremblay, garry chalk, neil Kaplan, david kay, Chris Hemsworth unknown voice actor rescue bots

[@Godzilla5675]

Cullens Voice age very well as it gets older the older it gets the more gruff and wiser it became

[@shresthasengupta8984]

No one, and I mean no one can bewt Peter Cullen. "Be strong enough to be gentle"

[@kerrygligorovic9758]

I prefer the voice of Optimus Prime from Transformers Armada, Energon and Cybertron by Garry Chalk because the the voice is better and I do think he also did the voice of Optimus Primal from Beast Wars.

[@THOMAS_VANN]

peter cullen is obviously the best and will be the best but that doesnt mean no one else can be good

[@primal2020]

i like bill rogers' prime, its different for sure. but i like it. his prime is stern and commanding when he needs to be, but also sounds warm and polite to talk to in normal conversation. this prime really sounds like the kind of guy you'd take orders from but also be friends with, kind of like garry's prime/primal or G1 peter. a contrast to modern peter's prime, who has that voice that immediately demands respect by everyone who hears it, but you may also be a bit intimidated by him.

[@gundanout11]

Edgar Wald the latino voice of actor of Optimus Prime in Spanish dub of Transformers G1.

[@victorflores6983]

Out of all the actors, i have only met Neil Kaplan in prrson who is also the voice of Madara Uchiha from Naruto. He is an awesome guy!!!!

[@masonmancoffey1722]

TRANSFORM AND ROLL OUT

[@McMikey-t6w]

Peter Cullen, Gary Chuck and David K

[@SoundClaw09]

Alan Tustin was Optimus Prime? Wow wow wow.

[@samuelbenge524]

There will only be one Optimius Prime, and that's Peter Cullen

[@codytheshark2002]

Peter cullen will always be optimus prime

[@KarsonDiesslin-u2q]

No one can do what Peter Cullen can. No one can match him.

[@neilharvyn1417]

3:37 my favourite Optimus prime

[@kolyafamelin94]

Alan Tudyk in Transformers 3 DOTM: John Turturro's butler. Alan in Transformers EarthSpark: I am Optimus Pax.

[@Ragnamesh-pz2mc]

Peter Cullen is the goat for Optimus’ voice. Although, Garry Chalk is a damn close runner up. Only other Optimus voice that I feel remotely fits.

[@TheBabyCaleb]

Peter Cullen (because there is no other No. 1) Jake Tillman Foushee (hot take, but I really love his Prime voice) Chris Hemsworth (cause he did so, so well. Amazing performance, but I prefer Jake Foushee’s voice) Jon Bailey (great Prime voice) David Kaye (Not my favorite, but I love his voice. Better for Orion Pax, though)

[@aaronbriles4281]

Others just voice optimus prime. Peter Cullen is optimus prime. "Until that day, till all are one"

[@Halloweendm]

There is no comparison. There is Peter Cullen and there are others that tried.