Transformers One Cast & Character Guide (2025)

As with any Transformers movie, Josh Cooley's Transformers One has a sprawling cast. It makes sense as these stories have various robotic factions, such as the Autobots and the Decepticons, tussling with each other. This also means Transformers One doesn't have any human characters, as this journey takes place wholly on Cybertron.

Still, there are many characters as the origin story for Orion Pax and his road to becoming Optimus Prime is laid out. With that in mind, here are the main figures involved in Cooley's movie about the early days of Cybertron's civil war. It also depicts how the planet becomes split due to a harrowing caste system.

Chris Hemsworth Is the Ambitious Orion Pax

Orion Pax Learns Dark Secrets About Cybertron

Chris Hemsworth's Orion Pax is a miner who dreams big and is the future Optimus Prime. He doesn't have his cog, so he can't transform. He's seen as part of the lower class, and thus, sets off to find the Matrix of Leadership and become a legend.

Hemsworth is famous for being the MCU's Thor -- a leader in his own right. He has done action movies like Extraction and Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga. He's best when he's a hero, which is what this movie deals with: Orion Pax being worthy of leading Cybertron.

Brian Tyree Henry Is the Cynical D-16

D-16 Becomes an Extremist Seeking Vengeance

See Also

The 15 Best Animated Movies of 2024'Tamron Hall' Talk Show Renewed for 7th Season"You're a Figure in Someone Else's Dream": Ayo Edebiri and John Malkovich Were Crucial in Shaping the Story of A24's Cultish Thriller 'Opus'Here's Who Is Voicing the Robots in Disguise in 'Transformers One'

Brian Tyree Henry's D-16 is the early identity of Megatron. He's Orion's best friend and wants his people to be considered as an elite part of society. He's less into comedy and more into the serious issues they face.

Henry has shot into the mainstream limelight in a big way. He was the MCU's Phastos and starred in the MonsterVerse Godzilla movies. He's known more for humor, but his D-16 has a very dark edge to him as he embarks on a social justice quest. Sadly, he loses parts of his soul and takes steps to becoming a monster.

Scarlett Johansson Is the No-Nonsense Elita-1

Elita-1 Has to Balance and Center Orion Pax's Team

Scarlett Johansson's Elita-1 reluctantly accompanies Orion on his journey. She's the pragmatist in the group. When they get too ambitious or overzealous, she grounds them in a sassy manner.

Fans mostly know Johansson because of her time as the MCU's Black Widow. However, she has been in award-winning dramas such as Lost in Translation and Marriage Story. In this case, the actor gets to be more comedic and witty to banter with the childish Orion.

Keegan-Michael Key Is the Wily B-127

B-127 Is a Genius Who Won't Stop Talking

Keegan-Michael Key's B-127 is the early form of Bumblebee. Like the others, he can't transform, so he works in garbage disposal. In time, he wants to help find the Matrix so they can all evolve. However, he's very clumsy and a liability.

B-127 fits the energy of Key's sketches from Comedy Central's Key & Peele. He has shown this sort of innocence in movies like The Super Mario Bros. Movie. But when B-127 gets serious, it nods to Key's more aggressive side, per roles like Wonka's police chief. All in all, Key's "Bee" gets to display his range and prove that he is more than jokes and punchlines as this self-anointed "Badassatron."

Steve Buscemi Is the Sinister Starscream

Starscream Is a Freedom Fighter Who Lost His Way

Steve Buscemi plays Starscream, the leader of the High Guards who worked with the deceased Primes. He and the Seekers encounter Orion's pack. There is dissent, conflict and tension, hinting at the Decepticons down the line.

Buscemi brings drama and humor to the role. He's known for this, as seen in his appearances in Con Air, Big Daddy, Armageddon, The Sopranos and Boardwalk Empire. He channels all of these properties to make Starscream more multidimensional and unpredictable.

Laurence Fishburne Is the Sage Alpha Trion

Alpha Trion Has Harsh Information on Cybertron's History

Laurence Fishburne's Alpha Trion is one of the Primes who helps Orion in his journey. He's a sage that shares crucial insight into the past, how Cybertron became broken, and the dark politics that ensued. Suffice it to say, he has a big role to play.

Fishburne, to this day, remains one of Hollywood's most iconic faces. Fans know him mostly as Morpheus from The Matrix movies, and the Bowery King from the John Wick films. He has that mentor presence in Transformers One as he enlightens Orion's squad in their true history.

Jon Hamm Is the Egotistical Sentinel Prime

Sentinel Prime Is Supposed To Be Leading Cybertron

Jon Hamm's Sentinel Prime is the leader of Cybertron. He loves to keep the citizens happy with races like the Iacon 5000. He is in charge of finding energon, but he has dark secrets of his own.

Hamm fits this role like a glove. He gets to bring his shady style and alpha vibe from movies like The Town and Top Gun: Maverick, and shows like Mad Men and Black Mirror. As a Prime, he isn't just important to the present, but the past as well. This is why it's important he has a strong presence throughout.

Isaac C. Singleton Jr. Is the Nefarious Darkwing

Darkwing Is Part Of a Dark Cybertronian Conspiracy

See Also

GURPS Infinite Worlds (GURPS 4th Edition Roleplaying) - PDF Free Download

Isaac C. Singleton Jr.'s Darkwing is one of Sentinel Prime's minions. He has ulterior motives as well. He is one of many that falls into a giant conspiracy that Orion and D-16's team must fix.

Singleton Jr. was in many supporting roles in movies such as Charlie's Angels and Planet of the Apes. Fans will know him in the modern era for voicing Thanos in the Avengers Assemble and Guardians of the Galaxy cartoons. He has also done voice work in Street Fighter, Transformers, Spider-Man and Lord of the Rings video games.

Vanessa Liguori Is the Vicious Airachnid

Airachnid Helps Sentinel Prime Control Cybertron

Vanessa Liguori's Airachnid is a spider and a jet hybrid. She became popular in the Beast Wars series as a member of the Decepticons. She was crucial in the Transformers: Prime cartoon where she became disenchanted with the war between Autobots and Decepticons.

In Transformers One, she follows Sentinel Prime blindly as his main enforcer. Liguori gives a very caustic edge to her character, adding to her acting credits in the likes of The Sopranos. In Transformers One, she is a main character who has a big knock-down effect on Cybertron.

James Remar Is the Mercurial Zeta Prime

Zeta Prime Is One of the Legendary 13 Primes

James Remar is no stranger to the Transformers world. He played the Autobot Sideswipe in Transformers: Dark of the Moon, but he was a mere lackey in that Michael Bay Transformers movie. In Transformers One, Remar is Zeta Prime, one of the 13 Primes who leaves wisdom behind for Orion's team.

Remar is one of Hollywood's most diverse actors on the big and small screens. He was in Oppenheimer, he played Raiden in Mortal Kombat: Annihilation and even appeared as the tech-genius, Peter Gambi, in the Black Lightning series. He has been a villain at times, but he shines more in his heroic roles.

Transformers One is now playing in theaters.

Your Rating

10 stars 9 stars 8 stars 7 stars 6 stars 5 stars 4 stars 3 stars 2 stars 1 star

Rate Now

0/10

Your comment has not been saved

Transformers One

Not Yet Rated

Animation

Action

Adventure

Sci-Fi

8

10

Release Date

September 20, 2024

Runtime

104 Minutes

Director

Josh Cooley

Writers

Andrew Barrer, Steve Desmond, Gabriel Ferrari

Sequel(s)

Transformers

Cast

See All

• 

  Chris Hemsworth

  Orion Pax / Optimus Prime

• 

  Brian Tyree Henry

  D-16 / Megatron

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.

Franchise(s)

Transformers

Main Genre

Animation

Studio(s)

Entertainment One, Hasbro, Nickelodeon Movies

Distributor(s)

Paramount Pictures

Character(s)

Orion Pax / Optimus Prime, D-16 / Megatron, Elita -1, B-127, Starscream, Alpha Trion, Sentinel Prime, Airachnid, Soundwave, Shockwave / Guard 2, Jazz, Zeta Prime, Darkwing, Announcer Bot / Guard 1, Chromia / Arcee, Control Room Guys / PA System / Skywarp, Injured Racer

Powered by

Expand Collapse