Bob Peterson

Born: 1961-01-18

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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as Roz (voice)
Released: 2001-11-01

Lovable Sulley and his wisecracking sidekick Mike Wazowski are the top scare team at Monsters,...

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as Mr. Ray / Additional Voices (voice)
Released: 2003-05-30

Nemo, an adventurous young clownfish, is unexpectedly taken from his Great Barrier Reef home to...

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as Additional Voices (voice)
Released: 2004-10-27

Bob Parr has given up his superhero days to log in time as an insurance adjuster and raise his...

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as Dug / Alpha (voice)
Released: 2009-05-28

Carl Fredricksen spent his entire life dreaming of exploring the globe and experiencing life to...

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Monsters University

as Roz (voice)
Released: 2013-06-19

A look at the relationship between Mike and Sulley during their days at Monsters University —...

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Cars 3

as Chick Hicks (voice)
Released: 2017-06-15

Blindsided by a new generation of blazing-fast racers, the legendary Lightning McQueen is...

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as Additional Voices (voice)
Released: 2010-06-16

Woody, Buzz, and the rest of Andy's toys haven't been played with in years. With Andy about to...

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Carl's Date

as Dug / Alpha (voice)
Released: 2023-06-15

Carl Fredricksen reluctantly agrees to go on a date with a lady friend—but admittedly has no...

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as Additional Voices (voice)
Released: 2006-06-08

Lightning McQueen, a hotshot rookie race car driven to succeed, discovers that life is about the...

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as Mr. Ray (voice)
Released: 2016-06-16

Dory is reunited with her friends Nemo and Marlin in the search for answers about her past. What...

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Cars Toon Mater's Tall Tales

as Additional Voices
Released: 2008-10-27

Mater the tow truck travels from country to country as he retells his infamous but unbelievable...

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Dug's Special Mission

as Dug / Alpha (voice)
Released: 2009-11-10

Dug is sent on foolish missions by Alpha, Beta, and Gamma so they can hunt for the Bird of...

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Geri's Game

as Geri (voice)
Released: 1997-11-24

An aging codger named Geri plays a daylong game of chess in the park against himself. Somehow,...

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George and A.J.

as Dug (voice)
Released: 2009-11-10

George & A.J. is a short film created by Pixar which uses characters from the film Up to tell...

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Forky Asks a Question: What Is a Computer?

as Voice Over Announcer (voice)
Released: 2019-12-13

Trixie explains to Forky what a computer does as they experience the common stresses of technology.

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The Pixar Story

as Mr. Ray / Dolphins / Seagulls (voice) (archive footage)
Released: 2007-08-28

A look at the first years of Pixar Animation Studios - from the success of "Toy Story" and...

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Forky Asks a Question: What Is Art?

as Voice Over Announcer (voice)
Released: 2019-11-22

Mr. Pricklepants tells Forky about the complexities of being an actor and the art of performance.

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Forky Asks a Question: What Is Cheese?

as Voice Over Announcer (voice)
Released: 2020-01-03

Buttercup, annoyed with all of Forky's questions, speed teaches everything there is.

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Tokyo Mater

as Additional Voice Talent (voice)
Released: 2008-11-21

A routine tow lands Mater in Tokyo, where he is challenged to a drift-style race against a...

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Forky Asks a Question: What Is Money?

as Voice Over Announcer (voice)
Released: 2019-11-12

Forky Asks a Question: What is Money? Hamm attempts to give Forky a lesson on how the US...

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El Materdor

as Additional Voice Talent (voice)
Released: 2008-10-29

Mater is a matador fighting a herd of bulldozers in Spain. When Lightning McQueen enters the...

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Forky Asks a Question: What Is a Friend?

as Voice Over Announcer (voice)
Released: 2019-11-15

Forky shares his thoughts on what makes a good friend based on his limited exposure to the world...

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Forky Asks a Question: What Is Love?

as Voice Over Announcer (voice)
Released: 2019-12-06

Forky attempts to understand the concept of love from Bonnie’s elder toys who believe they’ve...

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Forky Asks a Question: What Is a Pet?

as Voice Over Announcer (voice)
Released: 2019-12-27

Forky meets Rib Tickles and finds her charming and pleasant, only to be schooled by Rib on the...

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Forky Asks a Question: What Is Time?

as Voice Over Announcer (voice)
Released: 2019-11-29

Rex uses the age of dinosaurs as an example to give Forky an understanding of the concept of time.

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Mater the Greater

as Additional Voices (voice)
Released: 2008-10-28

Mater tells Lightning McQueen about his former job as a daredevil.

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Rescue Squad Mater

as Additional Voice Talent (voice)
Released: 2008-10-27

Lightning McQueen and Mater are driving in Radiator Springs and drive past Red, who is hosing...

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Forky Asks a Question: What Is a Leader?

as Voice Over Announcer (voice)
Released: 2019-12-20

Dolly teaches Forky about the qualities of a good leader, and Forky puts those qualities to the...

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Forky Asks a Question: What Is Reading?

as Voice Over Announcer (voice)
Released: 2020-01-10

The energetic Peas-n-a-Pod siblings teach Forky about reading and how it is done, with a little...

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Miss Fritter's Racing Skoool

as Dr. Damage (voice)
Released: 2017-10-24

Enjoy blindsided testimonials from the Crazy 8's, touting the transformative impact Miss...

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Making 'Nemo'

as Self - Co-Writer
Released: 2003-12-04

A special documentary showing how producer John Lasseter, director Andrew Stanton and the rest...

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Monsters at Work

as Roze (voice)
First aired: 2021-07-07

Ever since he was a kid, Tylor Tuskmon has dreamed of becoming a Scarer just like his idol James...

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Monsters at Work

as Roz / Roze (voice)
First aired: 2021-07-07

Ever since he was a kid, Tylor Tuskmon has dreamed of becoming a Scarer just like his idol James...

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Monsters at Work

as Roz / Bob Peterson (voice)
First aired: 2021-07-07

Ever since he was a kid, Tylor Tuskmon has dreamed of becoming a Scarer just like his idol James...

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Monsters at Work

as Roze / Bob Peterson (voice)
First aired: 2021-07-07

Ever since he was a kid, Tylor Tuskmon has dreamed of becoming a Scarer just like his idol James...

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Monsters at Work

as Roz (voice)
First aired: 2021-07-07

Ever since he was a kid, Tylor Tuskmon has dreamed of becoming a Scarer just like his idol James...

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Dug Days

as Dug (voice)
First aired: 2021-09-01

A series of shorts that follows the humorous misadventures of Dug, the lovable dog from Disney...

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