Bob Peterson

Bob Peterson

Born 1961-01-18 (age 65) Wooster, Ohio, USA
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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. 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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Hoppers
Hoppers

2026

as Additional Voices

Monsters, Inc.
Monsters, Inc.

2001

as Roz (voice)

Toy Story 3
Toy Story 3

2010

as Additional Voices (voice)

Finding Nemo
Finding Nemo

2003

as Mr. Ray / Additional Voices (voice)

Up
Up

2009

as Dug / Alpha (voice)

The Incredibles
The Incredibles

2004

as Additional Voices (voice)

Cars
Cars

2006

as Additional Voices (voice)

Elio
Elio

2025

as Universal Users Manual (voice)

Cars 3
Cars 3

2017

as Chick Hicks (voice)

Cars 3
Cars 3

2017

as Additional Voices (voice)

Monsters University
Monsters University

2013

as Roz (voice)

Finding Dory
Finding Dory

2016

as Mr. Ray (voice)

Carl's Date
Carl's Date

2023

as Dug / Alpha (voice)

Cars Toon Mater's Tall Tales
Cars Toon Mater's Tall Tales

2008

as Additional Voices (voice)

The Pixar Story
The Pixar Story

2007

as Mr. Ray / Dolphins / Seagulls (voice) (archive footage)

Dug's Special Mission
Dug's Special Mission

2009

as Dug / Alpha (voice)

Geri's Game
Geri's Game

1997

as Geri (voice)

Tokyo Mater
Tokyo Mater

2008

as Additional Voice Talent (voice)

El Materdor
El Materdor

2008

as Additional Voice Talent (voice)

Forky Asks a Question: What Is Reading?
Forky Asks a Question: What Is Reading?

2020

as Voice Over Announcer (voice)