Nov. 15 (UPI) -- The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced Wednesday that voice actor Peter Cullen will receive a Lifetime Achievement Award. Cullen will receive his award at the Children & Family Emmy Awards on Dec. 17.
Cullen has been a voice actor since the '70s. He is most famously the voice of Optimus Prime in the animated and live-action Transformers, Eeyore in Winnie the Pooh and Zandar in G.I. Joe.
Cullen has also done various voices for Scooby-Doo, assorted Mogwai in Gremlins, Duck Tales, The Real Ghostbusters, Sesame Street and more.
In a statement, Cullen joked, "Are you sure they have the right Cullen? I spell it C-u-l-l-E-n. Seriously though, I am humbled to be recognized by the Academy with this great honor."
Jojo Siwa and Jack McBrayer hosted the first Children & Family Emmy Awards last year. NATAS has not announced this year's hosts yet.
none of my friends/family are transfomers fan so I'm gonna share my excitement with you guys:
PETER CULLEN WON THE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD!!! AND Frank Welker presented it to him??? Megatron presenting that award to Optimus Prime feels so full circle, I love it. It's totally well deserved, I look up to Peter Cullen so much and seeing him recognized for everything he's done was just so cool to watch! I actually nearly cried during his speech. I hope he's able to keep voicing Optimus Prime for as long as he wants to.
Because of you, we have a future. Thank you, Peter Cullen, for your continual, unwavering efforts to imbue the words "strong enough to be gentle" into the spark of Optimus Prime <3
This is my artwork for the "To Be Gentle Zine," hosted by @allsparkzines ! I was so thrilled to be able to contribute! ❤️🔥Tremendous thank you to the mods who set this up. This was an honor.
Tumblr wrecked the quality a bit, as it does, but you can see the optimal ;) version in the zine, which will be releasing digitally soon!
Finally after nearly a decade of wanting to meet THE Peter Cullen, I achieved my dream! He was so wonderful and kind and I could tell he was in awe of how many people were so happy to meet him and express how much himself and his work means to us
Also he’s like everyone’s favorite grandpa and he has a great sense of humor
Happy Birthday, Peter Cullen! If it hadn't been for your brother, Larry Cullen who told you many years ago that if you're going to be a hero, be a real hero, and be strong enough to be gentle, be humble, and be courageous, then Optimus Prime wouldn't have been the wise Autobot leader loved by fans all over the world. I drew this picture before Peter Cullen turned 82 and I drew a picture of him and his friend, Frank Welker in front of Optimus Prime and Megatron. I hope you like it.
As we had previously reported, Peter Cullen received Emmy’s Lifetime Achievement Award last night during the 2nd Annual Children’s and Family Emmys.
In a very emotive ceremony, Megatron’s voice Frank Welker presented the award and Mr. Cullen gave us a great and touching speech.
“And now, a time to thank my many Transformers fans and friends…with all my heart. We…are one.”
A totally well-deserved honor to the iconic voice of Optimus Prime as well as a tribute to all Mr.Cullen’s career.
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"Transformers and Optimus Prime have become legendary. And Peter's iconic performance has made him not only part of the culture, but the undisputed and irreplaceable leader of the Autobots.
But it's not just his talent or that magnificent voice that we recognize. It's who he is. His honesty, his loyalty, his passion for his work, care for his friends, and his deep respect for the audience.
Sometimes I feel too afraid to express myself through writing fanfiction or artwork online, and sometimes I end up not posting anything at all, this will also reflect to my personal life outside of this. I know it's not healthy to do since it hurts my own mental health. I understand how happy I get when I become more expressive, but I get scared into hiding sometimes and I don't know why. Sometimes I have so much on my mind, but when I go to speak, I won't talk. It might be shyness or anxiety, but I wanted anyone reading this to know that even as an adult, I also have struggles sometimes and that's okay. It's okay if you're struggling too.
I think it's important to just remember you aren't alone in something and there's always the fact that you're doing your best and you'll be okay.
I wanted to share some of my biggest idols for me as a kid, maybe they might help you too like they did for me. I know these people aren't as famous as influencers today, but their words impact me to this day more than anyone else's words do. I believe they might have something to say that you need to hear.
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Obviously Spider-man is not an actual person, but as a kid, he taught me a lot about responsibility.
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I may not have known about Hayao Miyazaki as a kid, but I do know how much the movies of Studio Ghibli impacted my art and mental state growing up though. Movies from a studio like that is what helped me become emotionally intelligent when I struggled to understand something, all without words, and that's beautiful. And the artwork he does is what really clicks to me as well. I have always liked colorful and detailed things and I still do.