Person Details

Birthday: 1961-01-18 16:31:22

Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Wooster, Ohio, USA

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Movie Involvements: 47

TV Involvements: 4


Most Famous Work

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

Most Famous Work

Cars 3
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7

Cars 3

(2017) Screenplay
Up
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8

Up

(2009) Story
Monsters, Inc.
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8

Monsters, Inc.

(2001) Story Supervisor
Toy Story
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8

Toy Story

(1995) Animation
Inside Out
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8

Inside Out

(2015) Additional Dialogue
Finding Nemo
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8

Finding Nemo

(2003) Screenplay
The Good Dinosaur
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7

The Good Dinosaur

(2015) Story
Monsters at Work
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7

Monsters at Work

(2021) Creative Consultant

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2023 Dug / Alpha (voice)
2021 Dug (voice)
Roz / Roze (voice)
Roz / Bob Peterson (voice)
Roze / Bob Peterson (voice)
Roz (voice)
Roze (voice)
2020 Voice Over Announcer (voice)
Voice Over Announcer (voice)
2019 Voice Over Announcer (voice)
Voice Over Announcer (voice)
Voice Over Announcer (voice)
Voice Over Announcer (voice)
Voice Over Announcer (voice)
Voice Over Announcer (voice)
Voice Over Announcer (voice)
Voice Over Announcer (voice)
2017 Dr. Damage (voice)
Chick Hicks (voice)
2016 Mr. Ray (voice)
2013 Roz (voice)
2010 Additional Voices (voice)
2009 Dug (voice)
Dug / Alpha (voice)
Dug / Alpha (voice)
2008 Additional Voice Talent (voice)
Additional Voice Talent (voice)
Additional Voices (voice)
Additional Voice Talent (voice)
Additional Voices
2007 Mr. Ray / Dolphins / Seagulls (voice) (archive footage)
2006 Additional Voices (voice)
2004 Additional Voices (voice)
2003 Self - Co-Writer
Mr. Ray / Additional Voices (voice)
2001 Roz (voice)
1997 Geri (voice)
Year Character Movie/Tv

Writing

Directing

Creator

Year Role Movie/Tv
2021 Creator
Year Role Movie/Tv

Crew

Year Role Movie/Tv
2021 Creative Consultant
2015 Additional Dialogue
2001 Additional Writing
Year Role Movie/Tv

Visual Effects

Year Role Movie/Tv
1995 Animation
Year Role Movie/Tv

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