Bob Peterson
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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Acting
Movie
Up
as Dug / Alpha (voice)
2009
Movie
Finding Nemo
as Mr. Ray / Additional Voices (voice)
2003
Movie
Monsters, Inc.
as Roz (voice)
2001
Movie
The Incredibles
as Additional Voices (voice)
2004
Movie
Toy Story 3
as Additional Voices (voice)
2010
Movie
Cars
as Additional Voices (voice)
2006
Movie
Finding Dory
as Mr. Ray (voice)
2016
Movie
Monsters University
as Roz (voice)
2013
Movie
Cars 3
as Chick Hicks (voice)
2017
Movie
Cars 3
as Additional Voices (voice)
2017
TV
Monsters at Work
as Roz / Roze (voice)
2021
TV
Monsters at Work
as Roze (voice)
2021
TV
Monsters at Work
as Roz / Bob Peterson (voice)
2021
TV
Monsters at Work
as Roze / Bob Peterson (voice)
2021
TV
Monsters at Work
as Roz (voice)
2021
Movie
Hoppers
as Additional Voices
2026
Movie
Geri's Game
as Geri (voice)
1997
Movie
Elio
as Universal Users Manual (voice)
2025
TV
Dug Days
as Dug (voice)
2021
Movie
Carl's Date
as Dug / Alpha (voice)
2023
Movie
Dug's Special Mission
as Dug / Alpha (voice)
2009
Movie
The Pixar Story
as Mr. Ray / Dolphins / Seagulls (voice) (archive footage)
2007
Movie
Cars Toon Mater's Tall Tales
as Additional Voices (voice)
2008
Movie
George and A.J.
as Dug (voice)
2009
Crew
Movie
Inside Out
Additional Dialogue
2015
Movie
Up
Screenplay
2009
Movie
Finding Nemo
Screenplay
2003
Movie
Toy Story
Animation
1995
Movie
Monsters, Inc.
Story Supervisor
2001
Movie
Ratatouille
Additional Writing
2007
Movie
Finding Dory
Story
2016
Movie
Cars 3
Screenplay
2017
Movie
The Good Dinosaur
Story
2015
TV
Monsters at Work
Creative Consultant
2021
Movie
Hoppers
ADR & Dubbing
2026
Movie
Elio
ADR & Dubbing
2025