Bob Peterson (animator)

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. Peterson is a co-director and the writer of Up which is 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. 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 in 2007.

His most recent job at Pixar was voicing the Janitor at Sunnyside Daycare Center in Pixar' 11th film, Toy Story 3, which was released on June 18, 2010.

Filmography

 * Hercules (2012 re-releases) (voices of the letter U in a squeaky voice)
 * Toy Story 3 (voice of the Janitor)
 * George & A.J. (voice of Dug)
 * Dug's Special Mission (voices of Dug and Alpha)
 * Up (story, screenplay, co-director, voices of Dug and Alpha)
 * Ratatouille (additional story material)
 * The Incredibles (additional voices)
 * Finding Nemo (screenplay, Voice of Mr. Ray and additional Voices)
 * Monsters, Inc. (story supervisor, additional story material and voice of Roz)
 * Toy Story 2 (story artist, voice of the Cleaner)
 * A Bug's Life (story artist)
 * Geri's Game (voice of Geri)
 * Toy Story (additional animator, additional layout artist)
 * 8 Seconds (end montage contributors)