Frank Welker

Franklin Wendell "Frank" Welker (born March 12, 1946) is an American actor and a vocalist who specializes in voice acting and has contributed character voices and other vocal effects to American television and motion pictures.

In the 1980s, Welker voiced many recurring characters in the Transformers animated series. He voiced several Decepticons, including the leader Megatron, Soundwave, Skywarp, Mixmaster, Laserbeak, Buzzsaw, Rumble, Frenzy, Ravage, and Ratbat, as well as Autobots, Mirage, Trailbreaker, and Sludge. With the release of The Transformers: The Movie animated film in 1986, he took on the role of the Autobot Wheelie and afterwards, took over the role of Galvatron (which coincidentally was voiced by his Star Trek III castmate Leonard Nimoy). Welker also returned to two of his Transformers roles when he portrayed Megatron and Soundwave as part of a spoof in the third season episode of Robot Chicken, aired shortly after the release of the live action film. In Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, he reprises the roles of Soundwave and Ravage, and also provides voices for Grindor, Devastator, and Reedman. He does not voice Megatron in any of the three live action films (Hugo Weaving was chosen for the role, instead). However, Frank did voice Megatron in the two video games based on the first two films. At BotCon 2010 on June 26, 2010, it was revealed that Welker had been cast once again as Megatron in the new series Transformers: Prime. He voiced Shockwave and Soundwave in the film, Transformers: Dark of the Moon. This adds to his already large roles in Transformers.

Voice Roles

 * Shockwave
 * Soundwave
 * Devastator
 * Reedman
 * Ravage
 * Grindor