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Bob Peterson

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. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Bob Peterson (animator), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Born:
Jan 18, 1961 In Wooster, Ohio, USA
Movie/TV Credits:
23
First Appeared:
In the movie The FBI Story 1959-10-01
Latest Project:
Movie Forky Asks a Question: What Is a Computer? 2019-12-13
Known For
Poster of Dug's Special Mission
Poster of George and A.J.
Poster of Cars Toon Mater's Tall Tales
Poster of Geri's Game
Filmography
Movie Forky Asks a Question: What Is a Computer? Voice Over Announcer (voice) 2019-12-13
Movie Cars 3 Chick Hicks (voice) 2017-06-15
Movie Miss Fritter's Racing Skoool Dr. Damage (voice) 2017-10-24
Movie Finding Dory Mr. Ray (voice) 2016-06-16
Movie Monsters University Roz (voice) 2013-06-19
Movie Toy Story 3 Additional Voices (voice) 2010-06-16
Movie Dug's Special Mission Dug / Alpha (voice) 2009-11-10
Movie Up Dug / Alpha (voice) 2009-05-28
Movie George and A.J. Dug (voice) 2009-11-10
Movie Rescue Squad Mater Additional Voice Talent (voice) 2008-10-27
Movie Cars Toon Mater's Tall Tales Additional Voices 2008-10-27
Movie Mater the Greater Additional Voices (voice) 2008-10-28
Movie Tokyo Mater Additional Voice Talent (voice) 2008-11-21
Movie El Materdor Additional Voice Talent (voice) 2008-10-29
Movie The Pixar Story Mr. Ray / Dolphins / Seagulls (voice) (archive footage) 2007-08-28
Movie Cars Additional Voices (voice) 2006-06-08
Movie The Incredibles Additional Voices (voice) 2004-10-27
Movie Finding Nemo Mr. Ray / Additional Voices (voice) 2003-05-30
Movie Making 'Nemo' Self - Co-Writer 2003-12-04
Movie Monsters, Inc. Roz (voice) 2001-11-01
Movie Defying Gravity Professor 1997-07-09
Movie Geri's Game Geri (voice) 1997-11-24
Movie The FBI Story Pretty Boy Foyd (uncredited) 1959-10-01