Bob Peterson
Acting
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.
Known for
Acting42
movieHoppers
2026
Additional Voices (voice)
movieMonsters Funday Football
2025
Roz (Voice)
movieElio
2025
Universal Users Manual (voice)
tvLEGO Pixar: BrickToons
2024
Mr. Ray (voice)
movieCarl's Date
2023
Dug / Alpha (voice)
tvDug Days
2021
Dug (voice)
tvMonsters at Work
2021
Roze (voice) / Roz / Roze (voice) / Roz / Bob Peterson (voice) / Roze / Bob Peterson (voice) / Roz (voice)
movieForky Asks a Question: What Is Reading?
2020
Voice Over Announcer (voice)
movieForky Asks a Question: What Is Cheese?
2020
Voice Over Announcer (voice)
movieForky Asks a Question: What Is a Pet?
2019
Voice Over Announcer (voice)
movieForky Asks a Question: What Is a Leader?
2019
Voice Over Announcer (voice)
movieForky Asks a Question: What Is a Computer?
2019
Voice Over Announcer (voice)
movieForky Asks a Question: What Is Love?
2019
Voice Over Announcer (voice)
movieForky Asks a Question: What Is Time?
2019
Voice Over Announcer (voice)
movieForky Asks a Question: What Is Art?
2019
Voice Over Announcer (voice)
movieForky Asks a Question: What Is a Friend?
2019
Voice Over Announcer (voice)
movieForky Asks a Question: What Is Money?
2019
Voice Over Announcer (voice)
tvForky Asks a Question
2019
Narrator (voice)
movieMiss Fritter's Racing Skoool
2017
Dr. Damage (voice)
movieCars 3
2017
Chick Hicks (voice) / Additional Voices (voice)
movieFinding Dory
2016
Mr. Ray (voice)
movieMonsters University
2013
Roz (voice)
movieToy Story 3
2010
Additional Voices (voice)
movieTracy
2009
Terry Cane
movieDug's Special Mission
2009
Dug / Alpha (voice)
movieGeorge and A.J.
2009
Dug (voice)
movieUp
2009
Dug / Alpha (voice)
movieTokyo Mater
2008
Additional Voice Talent (voice)
movieCars Toon Mater's Tall Tales
2008
Additional Voices (voice)
movieEl Materdor
2008
Additional Voice Talent (voice)
movieMater the Greater
2008
Additional Voices (voice)
movieRescue Squad Mater
2008
Additional Voice Talent (voice)
movieThe Pixar Story
2007
Mr. Ray / Dolphins / Seagulls (voice) (archive footage)
movieCars
2006
Additional Voices (voice)
movieThe Incredibles
2004
Additional Voices (voice)
movieMaking 'Nemo'
2003
Self - Co-Writer
movieFinding Nemo
2003
Mr. Ray / Additional Voices (voice)
movieMonsters, Inc.
2001
Roz (voice)
movieGeri's Game
1997
Geri (voice)
tvThe Oscars
1953
Dug (voice)
tvCars: Lightning Racers
Chick Hicks (voice)
Writing21
movieCarl's Date
2023
Story Artist, Writer
tvDug Days
2021
Writer
movieCars 3
2017
Screenplay
movieUp
2009
Screenplay, Story
movieFinding Nemo
2003
Screenplay
movieMonsters, Inc.
2001
Story Supervisor
Directing15
movieCarl's Date
2023
Director
tvDug Days
2021
Director
tvForky Asks a Question
2019
Director
movieUp
2009
Co-Director
movieMonsters, Inc.
2001
Script Supervisor
Crew4
tvMonsters at Work
2021
Creative Consultant
movieInside Out
2015
Additional Dialogue
movieRatatouille
2007
Additional Writing
movieMonsters, Inc.
2001
Additional Writing
Creator2
tvDug Days
2021
Creator
tvForky Asks a Question
2019
Creator
Sound2
movieHoppers
2026
ADR & Dubbing
movieElio
2025
ADR & Dubbing
Visual Effects1
movieToy Story
1995
Animation