Get to Know the Actors Behind the Voices of the Animated Transformers | Entertainment

The Transformers are going again to the starting with Transformers One, an animated journey that includes a star-studded voice solid.

Playing in Thursday previews earlier than opening in theaters nationwide on Friday, the logline for the film reads, “Transformers One is the untold origin story of Optimus Prime and Megatron, better known as sworn enemies, but once were friends bonded like brothers who changed the fate of Cybertron forever. In the first-ever fully CG-animated Transformers movie.”

Read on to discover out which stars are voicing the primary characters in Transformers One.

Orion Pax/Optimus Prime (Chris Hemsworth)

Orion Pax—who finally turns into generally known as Optimus Prime in Transformers One—is voiced by Thor and Avengers saga star Chris Hemsworth.

Transformers One marks Hemsworth’s first voice position for a function movie. Previously, Hemsworth voiced the position of King Thor Odinson/Thor for the animated Marvel collection What If …?

D-16/Megatron (Brian Tyree Henry)

Eternals and Atlanta star Brian Tyree Henry voices D-16—who finally turns into Megatron—in Transformers One.

Henry’s animated function movie credit embrace Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (Jefferson Davis) and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Jeff Morales).

Elita 1 (Scarlett Johansson)

Black Widow and Avengers saga star Scarlett Johansson voices Elita 1 in Transformers One.

Johansson has a number of animated voice roles to her credit score, together with the TV collection Robot Chicken (varied) and Assassin Banana (Pink Lady), and on the massive display screen The Spongebob SquarePants Movie (Mindy), Isle of Dogs (Nutmeg) and Sing (Ash) and its sequel.

B-127 (Keegan-Michael Key)

Key & Peele and Wonka star Keegan-Michael Key voices B-127 in Transformers One.

Key has a number of animated voice roles to his credit score, together with the TV collection The Simpsons (Jazzy James), Archer (Floyd/Rim Shot/Detective Rim Shot), Samurai Jack (Da’ Samurai) and Bob’s Burgers (Dr. Juarez/Todd/Corey).

The actor additionally voiced roles for a number of animated films, together with Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation and Hotel Transylvania 4: Transformania (Murray), Toy Story 4 (Ducky), The Super Mario Bros. Movie (Toad), Migration (Delroy), IF (Slime) and the 2019 model of The Lion King (Kamari).

Sentinel Prime (Jon Hamm)

Mad Men and Top Gun: Maverick star Jon Hamm voices Sentinel Prime in Transformers One.

Hamm’s animated voice roles embrace the collection Robot Chicken (Alistair Cooke/varied), Bob’s Burgers (Toilet), Archer (Captain Murphy), SpongeBob SquarePants (Don Grouper), Big Mouth (Scallops), Invincible (Steve) amd M.O.D.O.Okay. (Tony Stark/Iron Man).

On movie, Hamm’s animated voice credit embrace Minions (Herb Overkill).

Transformers One additionally stars the voices of Laurence Fishburne (Alpha Trion), Steve Buscemi (Starscream), Isaac C. Singleton Jr. (Darkwing), James Remar (Zeta Prime), Jon Bailey (Soundwave), Evan Michael Lee (Jazz), Vanessa Liguori (Airachnid), Jason Konopisos-Alvarez (Shockwave) and Jinny Chung (Chromia).

Transformers One is directed by Josh Cooley.

Rated PG, Transformers One is taking part in in Thursday previews earlier than opening in theaters nationwide on Friday.

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