John Morris (American actor)

John Morris
John Morris at Mouse-Con in November 2022
Education	San Francisco University High School
Alma mater	University of California-Los Angeles
Occupation	Voice actor
Years active	1991–present

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]}

Early life

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

Career

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

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

Film

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]
2019	Toy Story 4		Voice [7]

Television

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

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

1. Bierly, Mandi (June 18, 2010). "'Toy Story 3': Q&A with the voice of Andy, John Morris". Entertainment Weekly . Archived from the original on December 8, 2020. 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 . Archived from the original on June 30, 2019. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
3. "San Francisco University High School". Archived from the original on January 25, 2021. 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. Archived from the original on April 8, 2023. Retrieved June 30, 2019.
6. Means, Sean P. (June 17, 2010). "'Toy Story 3' director: Characters 'in my DNA'". The Salt Lake Tribune . Retrieved January 19, 2021.
7. "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 credits or other reliable sources of information).
8. Kuhn, Sarah (August 14, 2012). "Third-Story Guy". Backstage . Archived from the original on April 17, 2010. Retrieved April 15, 2010.

External links

• John Morris at IMDb
• John Morris on Twitter