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Joseph Henry Ranft (March 13, 1960 – August 16, 2005) was an American screenwriter, animator, storyboard artist and voice actor, who worked for Pixar Animation Studios and Disney at Walt Disney Animation Studios and Disney Television Animation. His younger brother Jerome Ranft is a sculptor who also worked on several Pixar films. Description above from the Wikipedia article Joe Ranft, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

7.2

Self (archive footage)

Waking Sleeping Beauty

2009

7.6

Self - Heimlich/ Lenny

The Pixar Story

2007

5.7

Self - Co-director

The Inspiration for 'Cars'

2006

7.0

Red / Peterbilt (voice)

Cars

2006

7.7

Additional Voices (voice)

The Incredibles

2004

6.7

Store Owner (uncredited)

Elf

2003

7.8

Jacques (voice)

Finding Nemo

2003

6.9

Self

The Sweatbox

2002

7.8

Additional Voices (voice)

Monsters, Inc.

2001

5.2

Streetsquash Rabbit (voice)

Monkeybone

2001

Credits

Waking Sleeping Beauty

as Self (archive footage)

2009

7.2

The Pixar Story

as Self - Heimlich/ Lenny

2007

7.6

The Inspiration for 'Cars'

as Self - Co-director

2006

5.7

Cars

as Red / Peterbilt (voice)

2006

7.0

The Incredibles

as Additional Voices (voice)

2004

7.7

Elf

as Store Owner (uncredited)

2003

6.7

Finding Nemo

as Jacques (voice)

2003

7.8

The Sweatbox

as Self

2002

6.9

Monsters, Inc.

as Additional Voices (voice)

2001

7.8

Monkeybone

as Streetsquash Rabbit (voice)

2001

5.2

Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins

as Wheezy (voice)

2000

6.4

Toy Story 2

as Wheezy (voice)

1999

7.6

A Bug's Life

as Heimlich / Additional Voices (voice)

1998

7.0

A Night at the Roxbury

as Hottie Dancer

1998

6.5

Making 'Toy Story'

as Self

1995

5.9

Toy Story

as Lenny the Binoculars (voice)

1995

8.0

The Nightmare Before Christmas

as Igor (voice) (uncredited)

1993

7.8

The Brave Little Toaster

as Elmo St. Peters (voice)

1987

6.9

Hansel and Gretel

as Puppeteer

1983

6.4