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.
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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Filmography (Movies)
Monsters Funday Football
Character:Roz (Voice)
Release Date:08/12/2025
Elio
Character:Universal Users Manual (voice)
Release Date:18/06/2025
Elio
Character:Additional Voices (voice)
Release Date:18/06/2025
Carl's Date
Character:Dug / Alpha (voice)
Release Date:15/06/2023
Forky Asks a Question: What Is Reading?
Character:Voice Over Announcer (voice)
Release Date:10/01/2020
Forky Asks a Question: What Is Cheese?
Character:Voice Over Announcer (voice)
Release Date:03/01/2020
Forky Asks a Question: What Is a Pet?
Character:Voice Over Announcer (voice)
Release Date:27/12/2019
Forky Asks a Question: What Is a Leader?
Character:Voice Over Announcer (voice)
Release Date:20/12/2019
Forky Asks a Question: What Is a Computer?
Character:Voice Over Announcer (voice)
Release Date:13/12/2019
Forky Asks a Question: What Is Love?
Character:Voice Over Announcer (voice)
Release Date:06/12/2019
Forky Asks a Question: What Is Time?
Character:Voice Over Announcer (voice)
Release Date:29/11/2019
Forky Asks a Question: What Is Art?
Character:Voice Over Announcer (voice)
Release Date:22/11/2019
Forky Asks a Question: What Is a Friend?
Character:Voice Over Announcer (voice)
Release Date:15/11/2019
Forky Asks a Question: What Is Money?
Character:Voice Over Announcer (voice)
Release Date:12/11/2019
Miss Fritter's Racing Skoool
Character:Dr. Damage (voice)
Release Date:24/10/2017
Cars 3
Character:Chick Hicks (voice)
Release Date:15/06/2017
Cars 3
Character:Additional Voices (voice)
Release Date:15/06/2017
Finding Dory
Character:Mr. Ray (voice)
Release Date:16/06/2016
Monsters University
Character:Roz (voice)
Release Date:19/06/2013
Toy Story 3
Character:Additional Voices (voice)
Release Date:16/06/2010
Tracy
Character:Terry Cane
Release Date:01/12/2009
Dug's Special Mission
Character:Dug / Alpha (voice)
Release Date:10/11/2009
George and A.J.
Character:Dug (voice)
Release Date:10/11/2009
Up
Character:Dug / Alpha (voice)
Release Date:28/05/2009
Tokyo Mater
Character:Additional Voice Talent (voice)
Release Date:21/11/2008
Cars Toon Mater's Tall Tales
Character:Additional Voices (voice)
Release Date:02/11/2008
El Materdor
Character:Additional Voice Talent (voice)
Release Date:29/10/2008
Mater the Greater
Character:Additional Voices (voice)
Release Date:28/10/2008
Rescue Squad Mater
Character:Additional Voice Talent (voice)
Release Date:27/10/2008
The Pixar Story
Character:Mr. Ray / Dolphins / Seagulls (voice) (archive footage)
Release Date:28/08/2007
Monsters, Inc. Laugh Floor
Character:Roz
Release Date:02/04/2007
Cars
Character:Additional Voices (voice)
Release Date:08/06/2006
The Incredibles
Character:Additional Voices (voice)
Release Date:05/11/2004
Making 'Nemo'
Character:Self - Co-Writer
Release Date:04/11/2003
Finding Nemo
Character:Mr. Ray / Additional Voices (voice)
Release Date:30/05/2003
Monsters, Inc.
Character:Roz (voice)
Release Date:01/11/2001
Geri's Game
Character:Geri (voice)
Release Date:24/11/1997
Television Appearances
LEGO Pixar: BrickToons
Character:Mr. Ray (voice)
Dug Days
Character:Dug (voice)
Monsters at Work
Character:Roz / Roze (voice)
Monsters at Work
Character:Roze (voice)
Monsters at Work
Character:Roz / Bob Peterson (voice)
Monsters at Work
Character:Roze / Bob Peterson (voice)
Monsters at Work
Character:Roz (voice)
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