The Transformers: The Movie - actors, characters and roles

All actors and their roles in the film "The Transformers: The Movie"
The Transformers: The Movie (1986)
Timing: 1:24 (84 min)
The Transformers: The Movie - TMDB rating
7.1/10
486
The Transformers: The Movie - Kinopoisk rating
7.546/10
6471
The Transformers: The Movie - IMDB rating
7.2/10
41439

Actors and characters

Photo Judd Nelson #35654Photo Judd Nelson #35655

Judd Nelson

Judd Nelson
Character Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime (voice)
Photo Peter Cullen #4236Photo Peter Cullen #326954

Peter Cullen

Peter Cullen
Character Optimus Prime / Ironhide (voice)
Photo Frank Welker #8066Photo Frank Welker #8067Photo Frank Welker #8068

Frank Welker

Frank Welker
Character Soundwave / Megatron / Rumble / Frenzy / Wheelie (voice)
Photo Leonard Nimoy #31493Photo Leonard Nimoy #31494Photo Leonard Nimoy #31495Photo Leonard Nimoy #31496

Leonard Nimoy

Leonard Nimoy
Character Galvatron (voice)
Photo Orson Welles #2370Photo Orson Welles #2371Photo Orson Welles #2372Photo Orson Welles #2373

Orson Welles

Orson Welles
Character Unicron (voice)
Photo Casey Kasem #31151Photo Casey Kasem #31152

Casey Kasem

Casey Kasem
Character Cliffjumper (voice)
Photo Dan Gilvezan #105197
Dan Gilvezan
Character Bumblebee (voice)
Photo Scatman Crothers #45887Photo Scatman Crothers #45888Photo Scatman Crothers #45889

Scatman Crothers

Scatman Crothers
Character Jazz (voice)
Photo Susan Blu #1992

Susan Blu

Susan Blu
Character Arcee (voice)
Photo Eric Idle #23448Photo Eric Idle #23449Photo Eric Idle #23450

Eric Idle

Eric Idle
Character Wreck-Gar (voice)
Photo Robert Stack #51544

Robert Stack

Robert Stack
Character Ultra Magnus (voice)
Photo Norman Alden #35410Photo Norman Alden #35411

Norman Alden

Norman Alden
Character Kranix (voice)
Photo Jack Angel #2002Photo Jack Angel #2003Photo Jack Angel #2004

Jack Angel

Jack Angel
Character Astrotrain (voice)
Photo Michael Bell #18023

Michael Bell

Michael Bell
Character Prowl / Scrapper / Swoop / Junkion (voice)
Photo Gregg Berger #8773

Gregg Berger

Gregg Berger
Character Grimlock (voice)
Photo Lionel Stander #59862Photo Lionel Stander #59863Photo Lionel Stander #59864Photo Lionel Stander #59865

Lionel Stander

Lionel Stander
Character Kup (voice)
Photo John Moschitta Jr. #42541

John Moschitta Jr.

John Moschitta Jr.
Character Blurr (voice)
Photo Buster Jones #105198
Buster Jones
Character Blaster (voice)
Bud Davis
Character Dirge (voice)
Walker Edmiston
Character Inferno (voice)
Photo Paul Eiding #1979

Paul Eiding

Paul Eiding
Character Perceptor (voice)
Photo Neil Ross #34047

Neil Ross

Neil Ross
Character Bonecrusher / Hook / Springer / Slag (voice)
Photo Corey Burton #20698

Corey Burton

Corey Burton
Character Spike / Brawn / Shockwave (voice)
Photo Roger C. Carmel #105199Photo Roger C. Carmel #105200

Roger C. Carmel

Roger C. Carmel
Character Cyclonus / Quintesson Leader (voice)
Photo Arthur Burghardt #105201
Arthur Burghardt
Character Devastator (voice)
Photo Don Messick #33956Photo Don Messick #33957
Don Messick
Character Gears (voice)
Photo Ed Gilbert #27467
Ed Gilbert
Character Blitzwing (voice)
Photo Clive Revill #53335

Clive Revill

Clive Revill
Character Kickback (voice)
Photo Hal Rayle #56179
Hal Rayle
Character Shrapnel (voice)
Photo David Mendenhall #94787Photo David Mendenhall #94788
David Mendenhall
Character Daniel (voice)
Photo Victor Caroli #105202
Victor Caroli
Character Narrator (voice)
Photo Stan Jones #105203
Stan Jones
Character Scourge (voice)
Photo Christopher Collins #105204
Christopher Collins
Character Starscream (voice)

What's left behind the scenes

  • The sound of the GalvanTron hand laser cannon firing is a modified sound of the Megatron nuclear cannon firing.
  • Both Nelson Shin (director) and Flint Dille (story consultant) confirmed the fact that Orson Welles had significant difficulties during the voice recording process for Unicron (the recording took place shortly before the actor's death). The issue was that the recording contained heavy sighs and sobs. Shin deemed the entire Welles recording unusable for the film, but decided to fix the situation by running the recording through a synthesizer. This gave Welles' voice a more ominous tone, after which he used the updated recording in the film.
  • When Grimlock says to Kup: “Tell Grimlock about the Petro-rabbits again,” this is a reference to John Steinbeck’s film “Of Mice and Men” (1939), where Lennie constantly told George: “Tell me about the rabbits.”
  • This is Orson Welles' last film.
  • This was Scatman Crothers’ last film.
  • Characters from the second season, such as the Stunticons and the Aerialbots, did not appear in “the Movie” because they had not yet been created by the time its script was being written: the script for “the Movie” was written between 1984 and 1985, while production of season 2 only began in early 1985.
  • Out of the first 18 Autobots who participated in the first episode of the cartoon series ("More than Meets the Eye"), 15 appear in the movie. Mirage, Trailbreaker, and Sideswipe do not appear in "the Movie", despite scenes with their participation on Earth being present in the script.
  • Two identical robots with Cyclonus's face were created for "the Movie": one from Bombshell's body and the other from Skywarp's. Many fans later extensively debated this, trying to determine which Cyclonus was "real" and which was one of his "duplicates" under his command, just like the Swipes under Scourge. However, only one duplicate was created during the scene, and it did not appear again in either "the movie" or the cartoon series. Most believe that the “second Cyclonus” was simply an animation error. Nevertheless, this led fans to publish fan fiction about a character named Armada.
  • Some pre-movie characters appear in episodes: Hauler, Hound, Sunstreaker, and Snarl.
  • Despite "the Movie" having a PG rating, most of the series' characters met their demise in it: Optimus Prime, Megatron, Ironhide, Ratchet, Brawn, Wildjack, Windcharger, Starscream, Skywarp, Thundercracker, Shrapnel, Kickback, and Bombshell. In the third season, we learn that Hauler also perished.
  • "Transformers the Movie" served as a "bridge" between the second and third seasons of the cartoon. Several key characters from the first two seasons of the cartoon were either killed or "transformed" here (for example, the creation of Galvatron from Megatron's body).
  • Scenes of Red Alert and Shockwave's deaths were included in the script but were never animated. The first's death was to occur during the assault on Autobot City, where he was to be mortally wounded in the back. Shockwave's death scene was intended to be closer to the end, during his declaration of a planet-wide alert, during Unicron's attack. Unicron's hand was to destroy Shockwave's citadel. In the finished film, after Shockwave announces the planet-wide alert, Unicron's strike covers most of the planet's surface, and Shockwave does not appear again after that.
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