Discover
John Dezso Ratzenberger is an American actor, voice actor, director, producer, writer and entrepreneur. He played Cliff Clavin on the TV show Cheers, for which he earned two Emmy nominations, and plays voice roles in every Pixar Animation Studios film, including Hamm in the Toy Story franchise, The Underminer in The Incredibles franchise, and Mack in the Cars franchise. He is the only voice actor to appear in every Pixar feature film, and with minor appearances in major films such as Superman and The Empire Strikes Back, he is one of the most successful actors of all time in terms of box-office receipts.
Birth Name
John Deszo Ratzenberger
Born
Sunday, 06 April 1947
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Inside Out 2 | Fritz | 2024 |
| Miracle in East Texas | Dad Everett | 2023 |
| Tapawingo | Tom Roan | 2023 |
| Poker Face | Abe | 2023 |
| Luck | Rootie (voice) / Rootie | 2022 |
| In Search of Tomorrow | Self - Interviewee | 2022 |
| History of the Sitcom | Cliff Clavin | 2021 |
| Monsters at Work | Adorable / Bernard | 2021 |
| Soul | Guy on the Subway | 2020 |
| InHouse-CON | Self | 2020 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Inside Out 2 | Fritz | 2024 |
| Miracle in East Texas | Dad Everett | 2023 |
| Tapawingo | Tom Roan | 2023 |
| Poker Face | Abe | 2023 |
| Luck | Rootie (voice) / Rootie | 2022 |
| In Search of Tomorrow | Self - Interviewee | 2022 |
| History of the Sitcom | Cliff Clavin | 2021 |
| Monsters at Work | Adorable / Bernard | 2021 |
| Soul | Guy on the Subway | 2020 |
| InHouse-CON | Self | 2020 |
| Josh Gates Tonight | Self | 2020 |
| Onward | Construction Worker Fennwick (voice) / Construction Worker Fenwick | 2020 |
| Forky Asks a Question | Hamm | 2019 |
| Forky Asks a Question: What Is Money? | Hamm (voice) | 2019 |
| Bob Hearts Abishola | Hank | 2019 |
| Toy Story 4 | Hamm / Hamm (voice) | 2019 |
| Just Roll with It | George Bennett | 2019 |
| Project: Puppies for Christmas | Daniel Nilwater | 2019 |
| Incredibles 2 | Underminer / Underminer (voice) | 2018 |
| Pup Star: World Tour | Grandpa Growl (voice) / Grandpa Growl | 2018 |
| Shifting Gears | Conrad Baines | 2018 |
| Coco | Juan Ortodoncia / Juan Ortodoncia (voice) | 2017 |
| Pup Star: Better 2Gether | Salty / Salty (voice) | 2017 |
| Cars 3 | Mack (voice) / Mack | 2017 |
| Pup Star | Mutt | 2016 |
| Lego Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures | Major Derlin | 2016 |
| Finding Dory | Husband Crab (Bill) / Husband Crab (Bill) (voice) | 2016 |
| Change of Heart | Dr. Charles Burke | 2016 |
| Must See TV: A Tribute to James Burrows | Self | 2016 |
| Monkey Up | Mr. Hartz | 2016 |
| Toy Story at 20: To Infinity and Beyond | Self - Hamm / Self | 2015 |
| The Good Dinosaur | Earl / Earl (voice) | 2015 |
| Inside Out | Fritz (voice) / Fritz | 2015 |
| The Greg Gutfeld Show | Self | 2015 |
| Russell Madness | Mick Vaughn | 2015 |
| The Santa Con | Warden / Warden Jeffrey Mitchell | 2014 |
| How Murray Saved Christmas | Officer Bender (voice) / Officer Bender | 2014 |
| A Christmas Mystery | Logan Walker | 2014 |
| The McCarthys | Charlie Ellis | 2014 |
| Planes: Fire & Rescue | Brodi (voice) / Brodi | 2014 |
| Celebrity Close-Up | Self | 2014 |
| Grace of God | Reverend Thomas | 2014 |
| In the Name of God | Reverend Thomas | 2013 |
| The Goldbergs | Digby Yates | 2013 |
| Mom | Stan | 2013 |
| Planes | Harland | 2013 |
| Super Buddies | Marvin 'Gramps' Livingstone | 2013 |
| Monsters University | Yeti / Yeti (voice) | 2013 |
| Legit | Walter Nugent / Walter | 2013 |
| Matchmaker Santa | George | 2012 |
| Home & Family | Self / Self - Guest | 2012 |
| Toy Story Toons: Partysaurus Rex | Hamm (voice) / Hamm | 2012 |
| Brave | Gordon / Gordon (voice) | 2012 |
| The Woodcarver | Ernest Otto / Ernest | 2012 |
| Toy Story Toons: Small Fry | Hamm (voice) / Hamm | 2011 |
| Fixing Pete | Clayton | 2011 |
| Long Island Medium | Self | 2011 |
| Cars 2 | Mack / Mack (voice) | 2011 |
| Toy Story Toons: Hawaiian Vacation | Hamm / Hamm (voice) | 2011 |
| Franklin & Bash | Judge Elliot Reid | 2011 |
| Fish Hooks | Wilford | 2010 |
| Melissa & Joey | Arnie | 2010 |
| Toy Story 3 | Hamm / Hamm (voice) | 2010 |
| What If... | Mike the Angel | 2010 |
| Red Carpet Report | Self | 2009 |
| Drop Dead Diva | Larry Kaswell | 2009 |
| Up | Construction Foreman Tom / Construction Foreman Tom (voice) | 2009 |
| Our First Christmas | Joe Noll | 2008 |
| WALL·E | John / John (voice) | 2008 |
| The Village Barbershop | Art Leroldi | 2008 |
| Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project | Hamm | 2007 |
| Your Friend the Rat | P.T. Flea | 2007 |
| Ratatouille | Mustafa (voice) / Mustafa | 2007 |
| Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut | Controller #1 | 2006 |
| Mystery Woman: Redemption | Jim Carter | 2006 |
| Cars | P.T. Flea Car / Mack / Hamm Truck / Abominable Snow Plow / Hamm Car / P.T. Flea Car (voice) | 2006 |
| Something New | Brian's Father | 2006 |
| Made in Hollywood | Self | 2005 |
| TV Land Confidential | Self - Interviewee | 2005 |
| Bones | Bill Schumacher | 2005 |
| Dancing with the Stars | Self - Contestant / Self - Audience Member | 2005 |
| Hell's Kitchen | Self - Bartender & Guest Judge | 2005 |
| The Incredibles | Underminer (voice) / Underminer | 2004 |
| Geeks | Self | 2004 |
| Rodney | John Ratzenberger | 2004 |
| TV Land's Top Ten | Self | 2004 |
| Mystery Woman | Jim Carter | 2003 |
| Last Comic Standing | Self - Celebrity Talent Scout | 2003 |
| Finding Nemo | Fish School (voice) / Fish School | 2003 |
| Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Himself | 2003 |
| Made in America | Self - Host | 2003 |
| 8 Simple Rules | Fred Doyle | 2002 |
| Monsters, Inc. | Yeti / Yeti (voice) | 2001 |
| Determination of Death | Charlie Halloran | 2001 |
| Spirited Away | Assistant Manager | 2001 |
| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Stu Kirchoff | 2000 |
| Tick Tock | Clay Fairfield, P. I. / Clay Fairfield, P.I. | 2000 |
| Pigs Next Door | Ike Stump / (voice) | 2000 |
| Toy Story 2 | Hamm / Hamm the Piggy Bank (voice) | 1999 |
| Loose Women | Himself | 1999 |
| A Fare to Remember | Mickey | 1999 |
| A Bug's Life | P.T. Flea (voice) / P.T. Flea | 1998 |
| That '70s Show | Glen | 1998 |
| Monty Python's Flying Circus: Live at Aspen | Self - Audience | 1998 |
| One Night Stand | Phil | 1997 |
| Bad Day on the Block | Al Calavito | 1997 |
| That Darn Cat | Dusty | 1997 |
| The Story Behind 'Toy Story' | Self | 1996 |
| Sabrina the Teenage Witch | Bob / Santa Claus | 1996 |
| Remember WENN | Mr. Abernathy | 1996 |
| Toy Story Treats | Hamm | 1996 |
| Toy Story | Hamm / Hamm (voice) | 1995 |
| Caroline in the City | Mr. Berman | 1995 |
| The Drew Carey Show | John Ratzenberger / Various | 1995 |
| Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child | Hinky | 1995 |
| Touched by an Angel | Merl | 1994 |
| Extra | Self | 1994 |
| Sister, Sister | Gus Kilamilikimaka | 1994 |
| Frasier | Cliff Clavin | 1993 |
| Moon Over Miami | Norman Rust | 1993 |
| Bill Nye the Science Guy | Host of Ferns | 1993 |
| The Wild West | (voice) | 1993 |
| The Detectives | Edsel | 1993 |
| Noel's House Party | Self / Special Guest | 1991 |
| Nurses | Mr. Hafner | 1991 |
| Camp Cucamonga | Marvin Schector | 1990 |
| Captain Planet and the Planeteers | Rigger / Rex Rigger I | 1990 |
| Blossom | John Ratzenberger | 1990 |
| The Earth Day Special | Cliff Clavin | 1990 |
| Wings | Cliff Clavin | 1990 |
| The Simpsons | CGI Homer Simpson / Cliff Clavin | 1989 |
| The Pat Sajak Show | Self | 1989 |
| Murphy Brown | Felix | 1988 |
| Going to the Chapel | Walt Caruso | 1988 |
| The 2nd Annual American Comedy Awards | Self - Audience Member | 1988 |
| She's Having a Baby | John Ratzenberger | 1988 |
| House 2: The Second Story | Bill | 1987 |
| House II: The Second Story | Bill | 1987 |
| D.C. Follies | John Ratzenberger | 1987 |
| Timestalkers | General Joe Brodsky | 1987 |
| The Tortellis | Cliff Clavin | 1987 |
| Combat High | Mr. Barnett | 1986 |
| NBC 60th Anniversary Celebration | Self | 1986 |
| The Falcon and the Snowman | Detective | 1985 |
| Protocol | Security Guard on TV | 1984 |
| Super Password | Self - Celebrity Contestant | 1984 |
| Right of Way | Policeman | 1983 |
| Wizards and Warriors | Archie | 1983 |
| Gandhi | American Lieutenant | 1982 |
| St. Elsewhere | Cliff Clavin | 1982 |
| Cheers | Cliff Clavin / Cliff / Self | 1982 |
| Firefox | Chief Peck | 1982 |
| Battletruck | Rusty | 1982 |
| Reds | Communist Leader | 1981 |
| Ragtime | Policeman | 1981 |
| Goliath Awaits | Bill Sweeney | 1981 |
| Code Red | Inspector Ray Allen | 1981 |
| Private Schulz | American Newsreel Commentator | 1981 |
| Outland | Tarlow | 1981 |
| The Good Soldier | Jimmy | 1981 |
| Hill Street Blues | Phony Cop | 1981 |
| Magnum, P.I. | Walt Brewster | 1980 |
| Superman II | Controller #1 / Controller | 1980 |
| Motel Hell | Drummer | 1980 |
| The Bitch | Hal Leonard | 1980 |
| Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back | Rebel Force Major Derlin / Major Derlin | 1980 |
| Yanks | Corporal Cook / Cpl Cook | 1979 |
| Arabian Adventure | Achmed | 1979 |
| Hanover Street | Sgt. John Lucas | 1979 |
| Superman | 1st Controller | 1978 |
| Warlords of the Deep | Fenn | 1978 |
| Secret Army | Staff Sergeant Dexter | 1977 |
| Valentino | Newshound | 1977 |
| A Bridge Too Far | U.S. Lieutenant | 1977 |
| The Love Boat | Marty Elder | 1977 |
| Twilight's Last Gleaming | Sgt. Kopecki | 1977 |
| The Ritz | Patron | 1976 |
| ITV Playhouse | Tom Phillips | 1967 |
| The Magical World of Disney | Cliff Clavin | 1954 |
Director Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| Pearl | 1996 |
| Madman of the People | 1994 |
| Sister, Sister | 1994 |
| Evening Shade | 1990 |
| Down Home | 1990 |
| Sydney | 1990 |
| Cheers | 1982 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1986 | Emmy | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series | Nominated |
| 1985 | Emmy | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series | Nominated |
