
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

LEGO Pixar: BrickToons

Cars

Cars 3

Toy Story 3

The Incredibles

Cars Toon Mater's Tall Tales

Pixar Short Films

Monsters University

Tokyo Mater

Elio

Finding Dory

Finding Nemo

Monsters, Inc.

Forky Asks a Question: What Is Love?

Forky Asks a Question: What Is Reading?

El Materdor

Miss Fritter's Racing Skoool

Rescue Squad Mater

Making 'Nemo'

Forky Asks a Question: What Is Time?

Forky Asks a Question: What Is a Computer?

Up

Mater the Greater

Field Trip

Forky Asks a Question: What Is Cheese?

Forky Asks a Question: What Is Money?

Forky Asks a Question: What Is a Pet?

Forky Asks a Question: What Is a Leader?

Forky Asks a Question: What Is a Friend?

George and A.J.

Forky Asks a Question: What Is Art?

Carl's Date

Dug Days

Dug's Special Mission

Geri's Game
Production Credits

Forky Asks a Question: What Is Art?

Forky Asks a Question: What Is a Leader?

Forky Asks a Question: What Is Reading?

Exploring the Reef

Forky Asks a Question: What Is Time?

Finding Nemo

Forky Asks a Question: What Is Money?

Finding Dory

Marine Life Interviews

Forky Asks a Question: What Is Cheese?

Ratatouille

Inside Out

The Good Dinosaur

Dug Days

Cars 3

Forky Asks a Question: What Is Love?

Toy Story

Forky Asks a Question: What Is a Computer?

Forky Asks a Question: What Is a Friend?

Up

Monsters, Inc.

Monsters at Work

Carl's Date

Forky Asks a Question: What Is a Pet?
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