John Ratzenberger Bio, Age, Marriage, Children, Net Worth, Movie works, Movies, TV Shows, Finding Dory, Star War

John Ratzenberger Bio

John Dezso Ratzenberger best known as John Ratzenberger is an American actor, voice actor, and entrepreneur.He was born on April 6, 1947 Bridgeport, Connecticut, U.S.

He played Cliff Clavin in the TV show Cheers, for which he earned two Emmy nominations, and plays voice roles in Pixar Animation Studios’ films, including Hamm in the Toy Story franchise, The Underminer in The Incredibles franchise, and Mack in the Cars franchise.

He is the only actor to appear in all of Pixar’s feature films, 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.

John Ratzenberger Age

He is 71 years old as of 2019,having been born on April 6, 1947.

John Ratzenberger Height and Weight

He has an estimated height of about 1.75 m and a weight of 68 kg.

John Ratzenberger Family

Ratzenberger was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, the son of Bertha Veronica (née Grochowski), who worked for Remington Arms, and Dezso Alexander Ratzenberger, a Texaco truck driver. His father was of Austrian and Hungarian descent, and his mother was of Polish ancestry.

John Ratzenberger Marriage

His first marriage to Georgia Stiny lasted for 19 years but ended in divorce in 2004 due to unknown reasons.

Then he dated for nearly four years, to marry Julie Blichfeldt on November 6, 2012.Both Ratzenberger and Blichfeldt are described as “avid outdoors enthusiasts, philanthropists, and activists”.

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John Ratzenberger Children

Ratzenberger has two children, James John who was born on 1987, and Nina Kathrine who was born on 1989, from his marriage with Georgia Stiny.

John Ratzenberger Education

He attended St. Ann’s School in Bridgeport and Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Connecticut. He went to the sacred Heart University.

John Ratzenberger Net Worth

He has a net worth of $80 million as an american actor.

John Ratzenberger Career

He began acting as a student at Sacred Heart University. After graduating from college he worked as a carpenter to earn a living while he began his career as a performer. He lived in London for 10 years, touring as a member of an improvisational comedy group and playing minor roles in more than 25 films, including The Empire Strikes Back in 1980, Superman in 1978 and Ragtime in 1981.

After returning to the United States, Ratzenberger auditioned for the television comedy Cheers. During the audition, he suggested creating a talkative, “know-it-all” character to the show’s writers, and showed them what he meant. Thanks to this idea, he was cast as mail carrier Cliff Clavin, a trivia-spouting barfly always dressed in his postal service uniform. He played Cliff for the full run of Cheers, from 1982 through 1993.

In the mid-1990s, Ratzenberger began providing voices for animated characters in Pixar’s feature films. Among various roles, he played Hamm, the piggy bank in 1995’s Toy Story and its two sequels; the Abominable Snowman in Monsters, Inc.; Mack Truck in Cars; the waiter Mustafa in Ratatouille; and Construction Foreman Tom in Up. Ratzenberger has performed in every Pixar movie released from 1995 to 2012, and is slated to perform in the corporation’s future films.

Ratzenberger still makes regular television appearances. He performed on Dancing with the Stars in 2007. From 2004 to 2008, he produced and hosted the Travel Channel documentary series Made in America, for which he traveled nationwide, visiting American manufacturers and learning how everyday items are made. He also wrote a tie-in book about the series, We’ve Got it Made in America: A Common Man’s Salute to an Uncommon Country which was published in 2006.

John Ratzenberger Activism

Beyond his acting career, Ratzenberger has spoken out on a number of social issues. As a co-owner of the company Eco-Pack, he produced environmentally conscious packaging materials.

He also co-founded Nuts, Bolts & Thingamajigs, a foundation aimed at encouraging young people to explore careers in manufacturing, and is involved in the nationwide Mobile Outreach Skills Training program. Additionally, he has worked to raise awareness of juvenile diabetes.

John Ratzenberger Movie works

• Guest starred as Walter Brewster in an episode of Magnum, P.I. in 1984
• Appeared in the sitcom Sabrina the Teenage Witch as Bob or Santa Claus (1997)
• Hosted the Travel Channel TV series John Ratzenberger’s Made in America, about things made in the USA (2003–2008)
• Guest-starred in four episodes of the first season of John Ritter’s sitcom 8 Simple Rules as Paul Hennessy’s overly friendly neighbor Fred Doyle
• Hosts the Wildcard section in the PC version of the board game Trivial Pursuit
• Also appeared on That ’70s Show as Glen, a man stuck in an awful marriage with his high-school sweetheart whose negative example gives Eric second thoughts about marrying Donna
• Played Thomas Foy in the TV movie The Pennsylvania Miners’ Story
• As Shelly Cole star in The Village Barbershop (2008), written and directed by Chris Ford^[22]
• An appearance in Bill Nye the Science Guy
• Provided the voice of Rigger in the animated series Captain Planet and the Planeteers
• Made an appearance on British show Live from Studio Five (February 17, 2010).
• Appeared in television commercials for the Pitney Bowes personal post office, ended every commercial saying “Hey, I look good in red!”
• Appeared in commercials for Quality Hotels and Zaxby’s restaurant chain (2010)
• Plays Mike the Angel in What If…, a Pure Flix Entertainment/Jenkins Entertainment movie release in 2010, also starring Kevin Sorbo, Kristy Swanson, and Debby Ryan^[23]
• Reprised his role of Cliff Clavin in an episode of Frasier^[24] and – along with his Cheers partner, George Wendt – an episode of Wings called “The Story of Joe”
• Hosted the documentary Industrial Tsunami, intended to wake Americans up to the shortage of skilled workers threatening the existence of American companies and entire industries
• Appeared in the final episode of Secret Army entitled “The Execution” as a Canadian officer who is bribed by Standartenfuhrer Kessler’s mistress Madeleine Duclos to spring Kessler from the POW camp where he is incarcerated
• Starred in “A House Divided,” the 28th episode of the first season of Melissa & Joey as Arnie the neighbor
• Voiced the bathhouse’s assistant manager, Aniyaku, in the English dub of Spirited Away
• Made a cameo in the DisneyToon Studios animation Planes (2013) playing Harland the pushback vehicle
• Made commercials for Ontario’s The Beer Store with his Cheers partner, George Wendt
• Appeared in Drop Dead Diva as Kim Kaswell’s estranged father

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John Ratzenberger Finding Dory

Cheers star Ratzenberger has had a voice role in every single Pixar film, and he’s become the animation studio’s good luck charm. His trademark voice is a little more difficult to spot in Finding Dory though, because it’s been turned up to a slightly higher pitch.

He’s the grass-clipping crab Bill that Dory talks to before she heads back into the pipes after realizing her parents aren’t in her childhood home.

Note: This biography is based on the available information as of 2023, and real-time updates or developments are being updated by our editorial team.