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