John Ratzenberger

John Ratzenberger is an American actor, comedian, and director. He is known for playing Cliff Clavin in Cheers, and has also done voice-over work in every Pixar from Toy Story to Onward.

Career
John Ratzenberger has had a voice role in each of Pixar's first 22 films. His roles include:


 * Hamm in Toy Story (1995), Toy Story 2 (1999), Toy Story 3 (2010), and Toy Story 4 (2019)
 * P.T. Flea, the Circus Ring Leader in A Bug's Life (1998)
 * Yeti the Abominable Snowman in Monsters, Inc. (2001) and Monsters University (2013)
 * The school of Moonfish in Finding Nemo (2003)
 * The Underminer in The Incredibles (2004) and Incredibles 2 (2018)
 * Mack the truck in Cars (2006), Cars 2 (2011), and Cars 3 (2017)
 * Mustafa the waiter in Ratatouille (2007)
 * John in WALL-E (2008)
 * Construction Worker Tom in Up (2009)
 * Gordon the guard in Brave (2012)
 * Fritz in Inside Out (2015)
 * Earl the Velociraptor in The Good Dinosaur (2015)
 * Bill the crab in Finding Dory (2016)
 * Juan Ortodoncia in Coco (2017)
 * Fennwick the cyclops construction worker in Onward (2020)

John Ratzenberger's tenure at Pixar was parodied during the end credits of Cars, where his character, Mack, watches car-themed versions of Pixar films (Toy Car Story, Monster Trucks, Inc., and A Bug's Life, the latter of which references the Volkswagen Beetle). Mack notes that all the characters that John Ratzenberger has played had excellent voice actors until he realizes that they are performed by the same actor, at which point he remarks, "They're just using the same actor over and over," and asks, "What kind of cut-rate production is this?!"

Ratzenberger said that his favorite Pixar character was P.T. Flea, because "...in real life, I always get a kick out of those kinds of characters, people who just go into a rage for [no] explicable reason. He was always on edge. His blood pressure was always way over the top, and everything that he did was done in a panicked state. So it was a lot of fun to play him." John Ratzenberger voiced characters for other studios as well; he played Harland the Jet Tug in Disneytoon Studios' Planes (2013) and a mustached plane named Brodi in its sequel, Planes: Fire & Rescue (2014), Additionally, Ratzenberger reprised his role as the Abominable Snowman in the Disney+-exclusive series Monsters at Work, which is set after the events of Monsters, Inc. Ratzenberger has also voiced a character named Rootie in Skydance Animation's first film, Luck, which continues his collaboration in animation with former Pixar filmmaker John Lasseter.

Soul, Pixar's 23rd feature film, is the first Pixar film not to include Ratzenberger's voice or personal involvement. The film's director, Pete Docter, hinted to audiences that Ratzenberger makes a "cameo" in the film, but the cameo was subsequently confirmed by co-director Kemp Powers to be an animated appearance instead of a voice role, meaning Ratzenberger himself technically did not participate in the film. Docter subsequently explained on the audio commentary track for Soul's home media releases that he wanted to come up with something more subdued for Ratzenberger's cameo in the film rather than go the traditional route of having a voice cameo.