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Bob Peterson
Actor

Bob Peterson

18 Jan 1961Born
65Age
42Credits
Wooster, Ohio, USABirthplace

Biography

Robert "Bob" Peterson (born January 1961) is an American animator, screenwriter, director and voice actor, who has worked for Pixar since 1994. His first job was working as a layout artist and animator on Toy Story. He was nominated for an Oscar for his screenplay for Finding Nemo. Petersonis a co-director and the writer of Up, which gained him his second Oscar nomination. He also performed the voices of Roz in Monsters, Inc., Mr. Ray in Finding Nemo, Dug the dog and Alpha the dog in Up and in Dug's Special Mission, and the Janitor in Toy Story 3.

Peterson was born in Wooster, Ohio, his family moved to Dover, Ohio, where he graduated from Dover High School.

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He received his undergraduate degree from Ohio Northern University, and a Master's degree in mechanical engineering from Purdue University in 1986. While attending Purdue, he wrote and illustrated the comic strip Loco Motives for the Purdue Exponent. Prior to coming to Pixar, Peterson worked at Wavefront Technologies and Rezn8 Productions.

In 2008, Peterson played the part of Terry Cane, a puppeteer in Dan Scanlon's first feature film Tracy. He also played additional voices in Tokyo Mater in 2008, and the voice of Mr. Ray for the Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage ride at Disneyland Park in 2007. His most recent job at Pixar was voicing the Janitor at Sunnyside Daycare Center in Pixar's 11th film, Toy Story 3, which was released on June 18, 2010.

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Known for

Filmography

  1. TBACars: Lightning RacersSeries: Chick Hicks (voice) (1 episode)
  2. 2026HoppersFilm: Additional Voices (voice)
  3. 2025Monsters Funday FootballFilm: Roz (Voice)
  4. 2025ElioFilm: Universal Users Manual (voice)
  5. 2024LEGO Pixar: BrickToonsSeries: Mr. Ray (voice) (1 episode)
  6. 2023Carl's DateFilm: Dug / Alpha (voice), Director, Writer
  7. 2021Dug DaysSeries: Dug (voice), Writer, Director, Creator (5 episodes)
  8. 2021Monsters at WorkSeries: Roze (voice), Roz / Roze (voice), Roz / Bob Peterson (voice), Roze / Bob Peterson (voice), Roz (voice) (7 episodes)
  9. 2020Forky Asks a Question: What Is Reading?Film: Voice Over Announcer (voice), Director, Writer
  10. 2020Forky Asks a Question: What Is Cheese?Film: Voice Over Announcer (voice), Director, Writer
  11. 2019Forky Asks a Question: What Is a Pet?Film: Voice Over Announcer (voice), Director, Writer
  12. 2019Forky Asks a Question: What Is a Leader?Film: Voice Over Announcer (voice), Writer, Director
  13. 2019Forky Asks a Question: What Is a Computer?Film: Voice Over Announcer (voice), Director, Writer
  14. 2019Forky Asks a Question: What Is Love?Film: Voice Over Announcer (voice), Director, Writer
  15. 2019Forky Asks a Question: What Is Time?Film: Voice Over Announcer (voice), Director, Writer
  16. 2019Forky Asks a Question: What Is Art?Film: Voice Over Announcer (voice), Director, Writer
  17. 2019Forky Asks a Question: What Is a Friend?Film: Voice Over Announcer (voice), Director, Writer
  18. 2019Forky Asks a Question: What Is Money?Film: Voice Over Announcer (voice), Director, Writer
  19. 2019Forky Asks a QuestionSeries: Narrator (voice), Director, Writer, Creator (10 episodes)
  20. 2017Miss Fritter's Racing SkooolFilm: Dr. Damage (voice)
  21. 2017Cars 3Film: Chick Hicks (voice), Additional Voices (voice), Screenplay
  22. 2016Marine Life InterviewsFilm: Writer
  23. 2016Finding DoryFilm: Mr. Ray (voice)
  24. 2013Monsters UniversityFilm: Roz (voice)
  25. 2010Toy Story 3Film: Additional Voices (voice)
  26. 2009TracyFilm: Terry Cane
  27. 2009Dug's Special MissionFilm: Dug / Alpha (voice)
  28. 2009George and A.J.Film: Dug (voice)
  29. 2009UpFilm: Dug / Alpha (voice), Screenplay
  30. 2008Tokyo MaterFilm: Additional Voice Talent (voice)
  31. 2008Cars Toon Mater's Tall TalesFilm: Additional Voices (voice)
  32. 2008El MaterdorFilm: Additional Voice Talent (voice)
  33. 2008Mater the GreaterFilm: Additional Voices (voice)
  34. 2008Rescue Squad MaterFilm: Additional Voice Talent (voice)
  35. 2007The Pixar StoryFilm: Mr. Ray / Dolphins / Seagulls (voice) (archive footage)
  36. 2006CarsFilm: Additional Voices (voice)
  37. 2004The IncrediblesFilm: Additional Voices (voice)
  38. 2003Exploring the ReefFilm: Writer
  39. 2003Finding NemoFilm: Mr. Ray / Additional Voices (voice), Screenplay
  40. 2001Monsters, Inc.Film: Roz (voice)
  41. 1997Geri's GameFilm: Geri (voice)
  42. 1953The OscarsSeries: Dug (voice) (1 episode)

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