"They're just using the same actor over and over. What kind of cut-rate production is this?"
— Mack, Carsnote
John Dezso Ratzenberger (born April 6, 1947) is an American actor, voice actor, director, producer, writer, and entrepreneur best known for his role as Cliff Clavin in Cheers and for having a role in every Pixar film (to the point of being called 'Pixar's Good Luck Charm') until Soulnote and Luca (though he's back in Inside Out 2).
He was married to Georgia Stiny, currently married to Julie Blichfeldt, and has two children with Stiny.
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Film Roles
- The Ritz as Patron
- Twilight's Last Gleaming as Sgt. Kopecki
- A Bridge Too Far as Lt. James Megellas
- Valentino as Newshound
- Warlords of Atlantis as Fenn
- Superman: The Movie as Missile Controller
- Superman II as Controller #1
- Hanover Street as Sgt. John Lucas
- Arabian Adventure as Achmed
- Yanks as Corporal Cook
- The Empire Strikes Back as Major Bren Derlin
- Motel Hell as Drummer
- Outland as Tarlow
- Ragtime as Policeman
- Reds as Communist Leader (uncredited)
- The Good Soldier as Jimmy
- Battletruck as Rusty
- Firefox as Chief Peck
- Gandhi as American Lieutenant
- Protocol as Security Guard on TV (uncredited)
- The Falcon and the Snowman as Detective (uncredited)
- Goliath Awaits as Bill Sweeney
- House II: The Second Story as Bill
- She's Having a Baby As Himself (uncredited)
- Toy Story series as Hamm (voice):
- That Darn Cat! (1997 remake) as Dusty
- Bad Day on the Block as Al Calavito
- One Night Stand as Phil
- A Bug's Life as P.T. Flea (voice)
- Monsters, Inc. series as the Yeti (voice):
- Spirited Away as Assistant Manager (voice; English dub)
- Finding Nemo as School of Moonfish (voice)
- Finding Dory as Bill the Husband Crab (voice)
- The Incredibles series as the Underminer (voice):
- Something New as Brian's Father (uncredited)
- Cars series as Mack (voice):
- Ratatouille as Mustafa the Waiter (voice)
- The Village Barbershop as Art Leroldi
- WALLE as John (voice)
- Up as Tom the Construction Worker (voice)
- Fixing Pete as Clayton
- Brave as Gordon the Guard (voice)
- The Woodcarver as Ernest
- Planes as Harland the Pitty (voice)
- Planes: Fire & Rescue as Brodie (voice)
- Super Buddies as Marvin 'Gramps' Livingston
- Inside Out as Fritz (voice)
- The Good Dinosaur as Earl the Velociraptor (voice)
- Coco as Juan Ortodoncia (voice)
- Onward as Construction Worker Fenwick (voice)
- Luck as Rootie (voice)
Television Roles
- Hill Street Blues as Phony Cop (1 episode)
- Cheers as Cliff Clavin:
- St. Elsewhere (1 episode)
- The Tortellis (1 episode)
- Wings (1 episode)
- The Earth Day Special (TV Movie)
- The Simpsons (voice; 1 episode)note
- Frasier (1 episode)
- Wizards & Warriors as Archie (1 episode)
- Magnum, P.I. as Walt Brewster (1 episode)
- The Love Boat as Marty Elder (1 episode)
- Small World as Morris Zapp (6 episodes)
- Captain Planet and the Planeteers as Rigger (voice; 24 episodes)
- Nurses as Mr. Hafner (1 episode)
- Moon Over Miami as Norman Rust (1 episode)
- Murphy Brown as Felix (1 episode)
- Sister, Sister as Gus Kiamilikimaka (2 episodes)
- Caroline in the City as Mr. Berman (1 episode)
- Toy Story Treats as Hamm (voice)
- Sabrina the Teenage Witch as Bob/Santa Claus (1 episode)
- The Detectives as Edsel (1 episode)
- Touched by an Angel as Merl (1 episode)
- That '70s Show as Glen (1 episode)
- The Drew Carey Show as Himself/various (1 episode)
- 8 Simple Rules as Fred Doyle (4 episodes)
- Made in America as Himself (host)
- Rodney As Himself (1 episode)
- Melissa & Joey as Arnie (1 episode)
- Drop Dead Diva as Larry Kaswell (3 episodes)
- Bones as Bill Schumacher (1 episode)
- CSI as Stu Kirchoff (1 episode)
- Legit as Walter Nugent (10 episodes)
- Franklin & Bash as Judge Elliot Reid (3 episodes)
- The McCarthys as Charlie Ellis (1 episode)
- Hell's Kitchen as himself (1 episode)
- LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures as Major Bren Derlin (voice; 1 episode)
- Mom as Stan (1 episode)
- The Goldbergs as Digby Yates (1 episode)
- Fancy Nancy as Sid (voice; 2 episodes)
- Just Roll With It as Grandpa (4 episodes)
- BOB ❤️ ABISHOLA as Hank (1 episode)
- Monsters at Work as Yeti/Bernard (voice)
- Poker Face as Abe (1 episode)
Video Game Roles
- Toy Story video games as Hamm:
- Toy Story 2: Buzz Lightyear to the Rescue!
- Toy Story 3
- Disney Infinity series as Hamm
- Kingdom Hearts III as Hamm
- Monsters, Inc. as the Yeti
- Trivial Pursuit: Unhinged as Himself
- The Incredibles video games as the Underminer
- Cars as Mack
Writer
- Crown Court (1 episode)
Director
- Sydney (1 episode)
- Cheers (4 episodes)
- Evening Shade (1 episode)
- Sister, Sister (1 episode)
- Pearl (1 episode)
