Hollywood Legendary actor Peter Spellos Succumbs to Pancreatic Cancer at 69

Leg­endary voice actor Peter Spel­los, known for his icon­ic role as Sky-Byte in Trans­form­ers: Robots in Dis­guise, lost his bat­tle with pan­cre­at­ic can­cer on Sunday. 

With a career span­ning decades in both ani­ma­tion and live-action roles, Leagendary actor Spel­los trans­formed the enter­tain­ment indus­try before fans’ very eyes.

For 39 epic episodes, Spel­los brought the cun­ning Decep­ti­con Sea­con Sky-Byte to life. His unfor­get­table voice per­for­mance cap­ti­vat­ed com­ic con audi­ences world­wide. Beyond voice act­ing, Spel­los also daz­zled on the big screen in block­busters like Men in Black II, where he elec­tri­fied as Motorman. 

Addi­tion­al­ly, the star elec­tri­fied tele­vi­sion audi­ences with his heart­felt por­tray­al of Gus on the beloved NBC series Amer­i­can Dreams.

Through­out his decades-long, award-win­ning career, Spel­los pushed bound­aries and broke bar­ri­ers in the enter­tain­ment indus­try. Despite health strug­gles, the icon sup­port­ed pan­cre­at­ic can­cer research until his final days. Spel­los sur­vived by his lov­ing broth­er James, who recalls the leg­end’s indomitable spir­it and pas­sion for enter­tain­ing fans.

James reveals Leg­endary actor Peter Spel­los will be memo­ri­al­ized via an online trib­ute for his glob­al legion of devot­ed sup­port­ers. As Hol­ly­wood mourns the loss of its pio­neer­ing trans­form­ers star, Spel­los’ elec­tric lega­cy and inspir­ing sto­ry of tri­umph over adver­si­ty will live on for­ev­er in the hearts of fans everywhere.