Rated X wrote:I was expecting Peter Cullen to be number one. While the Transformers brand defined him, he is truly a celebrity in his own right. He definitely has more money and star power than Weird Al in the film industry. I didnt know the Rock played Cliffjumper. That was cool. Why I totally understand how Lenord Nemoys recent passing puts him in legendary status, it was really the guy who played Galvatron in the cartoon series after the 1986 movie that defined Galvatron. The happy sounding, maniac voice worked much better for the character in my opinion than Lenord Nemoys more bold, serious voiceovers. Galvatron was a unpredictable raging lunatic and the cartoon voice was perfect.
No offense to Mr. Cullen, but saying he has more star power than Weird Al is crazy talk. Also, Cullen is a voice actor by profession, thus not a "celebrity voice actor".
I think of all of these lists, this is the list I've most agreed with, though I do think those asking for Scatman Cruthers or Robert Stack to have been on the list may have a point. I think maybe I'd take Orson Welles off for one of those two. His Unicron work is not his best, and pretty much anyone could have done it given the amount of manipulation done to the voice. It's no wonder there're so many rumors floating around that he died before recording most of the dialog and Nimoy did the rest, even if that's probably not the case.
Speaking of... Nimoy as first, that's 100% perfect. In a movie filled with celebrity voices, he stood head and toes above the rest, and turned in a stellar, iconic performance as Galvatron. And my opinion has nothing to do with him recently dying, thank you very much.