John Ratzenberger

John Ratzenberger

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Date of birth: April 6, 1947 (79)City: 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 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.

Filmography

2020s3 roles
2010s27 roles
2000s11 roles
1990s9 roles
1999Toy Story 2Hamm (voice)★ 7.6Movie
1997One Night StandPhil★ 5.6Movie
1980s7 roles
1983Right of WayPoliceman★ 7.4Movie
1982CheersCliff Clavin★ 7.6Series
1982BattletruckRusty★ 4.5Movie
1970s3 roles
1979Arabian AdventureAchmed★ 5.9Movie
1979The BitchHal Leonard★ 4.4Movie
1978Warlords of AtlantisFenn★ 5.7Movie