Bob Peterson
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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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Known For
Monsters at Work
Cars
Toy Story 3
The Incredibles
Cars Toon Mater's Tall Tales
Monsters University
Cars 3
Tokyo Mater
Finding Dory
Finding Nemo
Forky Asks a Question: What Is Love?
Monsters, Inc.
Forky Asks a Question: What Is Reading?
Rescue Squad Mater
El Materdor
Miss Fritter's Racing Skoool
Making 'Nemo'
Forky Asks a Question: What Is Time?
Up
Mater the Greater
Forky Asks a Question: What Is a Computer?
George and A.J.
Forky Asks a Question: What Is Art?
Forky Asks a Question: What Is a Leader?
Forky Asks a Question: What Is a Pet?
Forky Asks a Question: What Is a Friend?
Forky Asks a Question: What Is Money?
Forky Asks a Question: What Is Cheese?
Carl's Date
Geri's Game
Dug Days
Dug's Special Mission
Production Credits
Monsters, Inc.
Forky Asks a Question: What Is Money?
Forky Asks a Question: What Is Cheese?
Forky Asks a Question: What Is Time?
Monsters at Work
Forky Asks a Question: What Is a Computer?
The Good Dinosaur
Finding Dory
Ratatouille
Toy Story
Forky Asks a Question: What Is Reading?
Up
Inside Out
Cars 3
Forky Asks a Question: What Is a Pet?
Finding Nemo
Carl's Date
Forky Asks a Question: What Is a Friend?
Forky Asks a Question: What Is Love?
Marine Life Interviews
Exploring the Reef
Dug Days
Forky Asks a Question: What Is Art?
Forky Asks a Question: What Is a Leader?
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