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John Ratzenberger
Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA
John Dezso Ratzenberger is an American actor, voice actor, director, producer, writer and entrepreneur. He is one of the most successful actors of all time in terms of box-office…
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John Dezso Ratzenberger is an American actor, voice actor, director, producer, writer and entrepreneur. He is one of the most successful actors of all time in terms of box-office receipts. Ratzenberger is best known for portraying Cliff Clavin on the popular comedy series Cheers, for which he earned two Primetime Emmy nominations. He is also known being a voice actor appearing in almost every Pixar Animation Studios feature film, including Hamm in the Toy Story franchise, The Underminer in The Incredibles franchise, and Mack in the Cars franchise. Ratzenberger began his entertainment career while living in London in the 1970s. He had minor film and television roles throughout the late 70s and early 1980s before creating, and then landing, the role of the know-it-all mailman Cliff Clavin on Cheers, a role he portrayed throughout the show's eleven seasons. His first Pixar role was the voice of Hamm in Toy Story, and he has voiced Pixar characters in films and video games ever since. From 2004 to 2008 he hosted the TV documentary series Made in America. Outside of acting, he has promoted American entrepreneurship and manufacturing, and campaigned for several Republican candidates.
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2026
Ray Gunn
Movie (voice)
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2026
Toy Story 5
Movie Hamm (voice)
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2026
Swapped
Movie Elder Javan (voice)
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2025
Tapawingo
Movie Tom Roan
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2024
Spellbound
Movie Milo The Monster Handler (voice)
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2024
WondLa
TV show Caruncle (voice)
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2024
Inside Out 2
Movie Fritz (voice)
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2023
Poker Face
TV show Abe
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2022
Luck
Movie Rootie (voice)
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2022
In Search of Tomorrow
Movie Self - Interviewee
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2021
Monsters at Work
TV show Yeti (voice)
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2020
Onward
Movie Construction Worker Fennwick (voice)
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2020
Miracle in East Texas
Movie Dad Everett
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2019
Forky Asks a Question: What Is a Friend?
Movie Hamm (voice)
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2019
Forky Asks a Question: What Is Money?
Movie Hamm (voice)
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2019
Forky Asks a Question
TV show Hamm (voice)
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2019
Bob Hearts Abishola
TV show Hank
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2019
Toy Story 4
Movie Hamm (voice)
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2019
Just Roll with It
TV show George Bennett
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2019
Project: Puppies for Christmas
Movie Daniel Nilwater
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2018
Incredibles 2
Movie Underminer (voice)
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2018
Pup Star: World Tour
Movie Grandpa Growl (voice)
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2018
Shifting Gears
Movie Conrad Baines
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2017
Coco
Movie Juan Ortodoncia (voice)
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2017
Pup Star: Better 2Gether
Movie Salty (voice)
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2017
Cars 3
Movie Mack (voice)
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2016
Pup Star
Movie Mutt (voice)
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2016
LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures
TV show Major Derlin (voice)
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2016
Finding Dory
Movie Husband Crab (Bill) (voice)
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2016
Change of Heart
Movie Dr. Charles Burke
- 2016
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2016
Monkey Up
Movie Mr. Hartz
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2015
Toy Story at 20: To Infinity and Beyond
Movie Self
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2015
The Good Dinosaur
Movie Earl (voice)
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2015
Inside Out
Movie Fritz (voice)
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2015
Russell Madness
Movie Mick Vaughn
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2014
The Santa Con
Movie Warden
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2014
How Murray Saved Christmas
Movie Officer Bender (voice)
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2014
A Christmas Mystery
Movie Logan Walker
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2014
Planes: Fire & Rescue
Movie Brodi (voice)
