May 8, 2014 | 04:35PM PT. John Goodman and Ken Watanabe are on board to voice new autobots in Paramount’s “Transformers: Age of Extinction.”. Michael Bay is directing the movie with Mark Wahlberg and Jack Reynor starring. Goodman will play Autobot Hound, Watanabe will play Drift, while Peter Cullen reprises his role as the voice of Optimus Prime and Frank Welker takes on another new character, Galvatron.