John Morris (actor)

Summary

John Morris is an American voice actor. He is best known for his role as the voice of Andy Davis in the Toy Story films.[1][2]

John Morris
John Morris at Mouse-Con in November 2022
EducationSan Francisco University High School
Alma materUniversity of California-Los Angeles
OccupationVoice actor
Years active1991–present

Early life edit

John Morris graduated from the San Francisco University High School in San Francisco, California in 2003.[3]

Career edit

In 1991 while auditioning for the role of Andy in Toy Story, Morris brought some of his X-Men action figures and made voices for them; the Pixar staff loved it and gave him the part.[4][5] Morris was brought back on to Toy Story 3 by the request of the director Lee Unkrich. On the Toy Story 3 Blu-ray/DVD, Unkrich elaborated that they first had to seek out contact information for Morris, then there was a growing concern over whether his voice would sound right - fears that were relieved when Unkrich first called Morris and heard his voicemail greeting.[6]

He also has minor fame for voicing "Pepper Roni" in the 1997 video game Lego Island.[7]

Personal life edit

A 2007 graduate from the University of California-Los Angeles School of Theater, Film & Television, Morris resides in the San Francisco Bay Area.[1]

Filmography edit

Film edit

Year Title Role Notes
1993 The Nightmare Before Christmas Santa Boy Voice
1995 Toy Story Andy Davis Voice[8][7]
1999 Toy Story 2 Voice[7]
2010 Toy Story 3 Voice[7]
Toy Story 3: The Gang's All Here Himself Documentary
Direct-to-video
2019 Toy Story 4 Andy Davis Voice[7]

Television edit

Year Title Role Notes
1997 The Wonderful World of Disney Andy Voice, 1 episode
2001 Jason and the Heroes of Mount Olympus Additional voices Unknown episodes
2009 Disney Get Connected Himself
2010 That Fellow in the Coat Andy Davis Voice, Archival recordings
Episode: "A Look Back at the Animated Features of 2010"
2016 Greatest Animated Movies Himself Documentary
2019 Timon and Pumbaa at the Movies Andy Davis Voice, Archival recordings
2 episodes

Video games edit

Year Title Role Notes
1995 Animated Storybook: Toy Story Andy Davis
1997 Lego Island Pepper Roni [7]
2001 Nicktoons Nick Tunes Otto Rocket (singing voice) [7]
2010 Toy Story 3: The Video Game Andy Davis

References edit

  1. ^ a b Bierly, Mandi (June 18, 2010). "'Toy Story 3': Q&A with the voice of Andy, John Morris". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
  2. ^ Castillo, Michelle (November 1, 2010). "Growing Up: Toy Story 3's Andy, John Morris, on the End of Everything". Time. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
  3. ^ "San Francisco University High School". Retrieved January 19, 2021.
  4. ^ Villarreal, Yvonne (July 8, 2010). "Boy, that was a great story". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 19, 2021.[dead link]
  5. ^ "A bittersweet 'Toy Story' Goodbye for John Morris, voice of Andy". Chip & Co. July 1, 2010.
  6. ^ Means, Sean P. (June 17, 2010). "'Toy Story 3' director: Characters 'in my DNA'". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g "John Morris (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its opening and/or closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  8. ^ Kuhn, Sarah (August 14, 2012). "Third-Story Guy". Backstage.

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