Peter Cullen, voice of Optimus Prime and first English Mario, dies at 85

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Peter Cullen, the veteran voice actor best known as Optimus Prime, died at age 85. His career spanned film, television and videogames, including voice work for multiple Transformers games and the cancelled Blizzard title Warcraft Adventures: Lord of the Clans. Cullen was also the first actor to portray Mario in English on Saturday Supercade and voiced characters such as Venger, Eeyore and Monterey Jack while providing the Predator's clicking sounds.

• Peter Cullen died at age 85.
• He voiced Optimus Prime in multiple videogame and screen adaptations, including Transformers: Devastation, Fall of Cybertron and War for Cybertron.
• He portrayed Mario in Saturday Supercade, becoming the first English-language actor to play the character.
• His other credits include Venger (Dungeons & Dragons), Eeyore (Winnie the Pooh), Monterey Jack (Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers), the Predator clicking sounds, and Orgrim Doomhammer in the cancelled Warcraft Adventures: Lord of the Clans, which later appeared online.