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Bob Peterson
Peterson in 2015
Born
Robert Peterson

(1961-01-18) January 18, 1961 (age 63)
Wooster, Ohio, U.S.
EducationOhio Northern University, Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, 1983; Purdue University, Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering, 1986
Occupations
  • Animator
  • director
  • screenwriter
  • storyboard supervisor
  • voice actor
Years active1994–present
EmployerPixar Animation Studios (1994–present)

Robert Peterson (born January 18, 1961) is an American animator, director, screenwriter, storyboard supervisor and voice actor who works at Pixar. He was hired at Pixar by Roger Gould in 1994 as an animator for commercials, before subsequently becoming an animator on Toy Story (1995). He was the co-director and co-writer for Up (2009), in which he also voiced the characters Dug and Alpha. His work as a writer for the films Up and Finding Nemo (2003) earned him nominations for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. He was also a co-writer on Cars 3 (2017) and won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Short Form Animated Program for his work on Forky Asks A Question (2020).

Career

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Peterson has also voiced characters for various Pixar projects such as Geri in the short Geri's Game (1997), Roz in Monsters, Inc. (2001) and Monsters University (2013), Mr. Ray in Finding Nemo (2003) and Finding Dory (2016), and Dug and Alpha in Up (2009). His most recent vocal work was Dug and Alpha in the short Carl's Date (2023). Peterson also voiced Chick Hicks in Cars 3 since Chick's original voice actor Michael Keaton was unable to reprise the role due to scheduling conflicts with Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017).

He conceived Pixar's The Good Dinosaur (2015)[1] and directed the film until August 2013. Unfortunately, he had been dismissed from the project due to story problems. Peterson remains at Pixar, where he is developing another original feature film.[2]

In August 2015, Peterson voiced a dog named Derby for an E:60 profile on ESPN that chronicled the Trenton Thunder's minor league baseball team's tradition of using bat dogs.[3]







Filmography

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Feature films

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Year Title Director Writer Voice Actor Pixar Senior
Creative Team
Other Voice Role Notes
1995 Toy Story No No No No Yes Additional Animation and Layout
1998 A Bug's Life No No No No Yes Story Artist
1999 Toy Story 2 No No No No Yes Story Artist
2001 Monsters, Inc. No No Yes No Yes Roz Story Supervisor, Additional Story Material
2003 Finding Nemo No Screenplay Yes No No Mr. Ray / Pelican / Dolphin [4]
2004 The Incredibles No No Additional No No Additional Voices
2006 Cars No No Additional No No Additional Voices
2007 Ratatouille No No No No Yes Additional Story Material
2008 WALL-E No No No Yes No
2009 Up Co-Director Yes Yes Yes No Dug / Alpha
2010 Toy Story 3 No No Additional Yes No Janitor
2011 Cars 2 No No No Yes No
2012 Brave No No No Yes No
2013 Monsters University No No Yes Yes No Roz
2015 Inside Out No No No Yes Yes Additional Dialogue
The Good Dinosaur Removed Story No Yes Yes Original Concept and Development, Additional Production Leadership
2016 Finding Dory No No Yes Yes Yes Mr. Ray / Additional Voices Additional Screenplay Material
2017 Cars 3 No Screenplay Yes Yes No Chick Hicks / Dr. Damage
Coco No No No Yes Yes Story Consultant
2018 Incredibles 2 No No No Yes No
2019 Toy Story 4 No No Additional Yes No Additional Voices
2020 Onward No No No Yes Yes Special Thanks
Soul No No No Yes Yes Additional Story Contributions
2021 Luca No No No Yes Yes
2022 Turning Red No No No Yes No
Lightyear No No No Yes No
2023 Elemental No No No Yes No
2024 Inside Out 2 No No No Yes No

Short films

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Year Title Director Writer Story Artist Other Voice Role
1997 Geri's Game No No No Yes Geri
2003 Exploring the Reef No Yes No No
2008 Cars Toons: Mater's Tall Tales No No No Yes Additional Voices
2009 Dug's Special Mission No Yes No Yes Alpha and Dug
George and A.J. No No No Yes Dug
2016 Marine Life Interviews No Yes No No
2017 Miss Fritter's Racing Skoool No No No Yes Dr. Damage
2019-20 Forky Asks a Question Yes Yes No Yes Voice Over Announcer
2021-23 Dug Days Yes Yes Carl's Date Yes Dug and Alpha

Television

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Year Title Voice Role Notes
2021-2024 Monsters at Work Roz, Roze, Bob "Dentures" Peterson[5] Creative Consultant (season 1)[6]

Special Thanks (season 2)

Video games

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Year Title Voice Role
2001 Monsters, Inc. Scream Team Training Roz
Monsters, Inc. Scream Team
2002 Monsters, Inc.
2003 Finding Nemo Mr. Ray/Krill
2009 Up Dug/Alpha/Newsreel Announcer
2012 Kinect Rush: A Disney-Pixar Adventure Dug

Other credits

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Year Title Role
2000 For the Birds Thanks
2008 Presto Special Thanks
2009 Tracy Terry Cane
George and A.J. Special Thanks
2011 Toy Story Toons: Small Fry
2017 Lou
2019 Purl Kristen Lester's Story Trust
2020 Lamp Life[7] Special Thanks
Burrow

References

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  1. ^ "BREAKING NEWS: Pixar announces two new movies". The Pixar Blog. August 20, 2011. Retrieved August 20, 2011.
  2. ^ Keegan, Rebecca (August 30, 2013). "Pixar Animation yanks director Bob Peterson off 'The Good Dinosaur'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 30, 2013.
  3. ^ Kreiswirth, Carrie (August 12, 2015). "On deck: E:60 profiles family circle of baseball team's 'bat dogs'". ESPN Front Row. Retrieved August 12, 2015.
  4. ^ Bahr, Sarah (July 28, 2021). "In 'Monsters at Work,' a Roz by Another Name Is Just as Sour". The New York Times. Retrieved July 31, 2021.
  5. ^ "'Monsters, Inc.' Voice Cast to Return for Disney+ Series (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 2019-04-09.
  6. ^ Sarto, Dan (July 7, 2021). "Disney Television Turns Scares into Laughs in 'Monsters at Work'". awn.com. Retrieved August 15, 2021.
  7. ^ Prudom, Laura (January 29, 2020). "Disney Plus' Lamp Life Sneak Peek: What Happened to Bo Peep Between Toy Story 2 and 4? - IGN". IGN. Retrieved March 14, 2021.
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