Jeff Pidgeon

Jeff Pidgeon is an American animator, screenwriter, storyboard artist and voice actor, formerly at Pixar.

Early life Influenced by Charles M. Schulz's comic strip Peanuts, Jeff Pidgeon dreamed of becoming a newspaper cartoonist. He studied and graduated with a BFA degree from the California Institute of the Arts. He currently lives in Northern California.

Career In 1991, he began working for Pixar Animation Studios, where he worked as a writer, animator, and voice actor for 32 years. He has worked behind the scenes on films such as FernGully: The Last Rainforest, Toy Story, A Bug's Life, Toy Story 2, Monsters, Inc., and WALL-E, as well as many US TV shows. He also provided the voice for the "Aliens" in the Toy Story films and the Toy Story Toons short, Hawaiian Vacation. Pidgeon was one of 75 Pixar employees laid off by The Walt Disney Company as part of an ongoing company-wide restructuring in July 2024.

He is the designer of Hamton J. Pig in Tiny Toon Adventures.

Pidgeon has also manufactured his own toys.

Filmography Production work Toy Story 5 (2026) - Story artist Turning Red (2022) - Additional storyboard artist Toy Story 4 (2019) - Story artist Monsters University (2013) - Story artist Toy Story 3 (2010) - Story artist Up (2009) - Story artist WALL-E (2008) - Story artist Your Friend the Rat (2007) - Writer Lifted (2006) - Story artist Mike's New Car (2002) - Writer Monsters, Inc. (2001) - Original Story, Story artist Buzz Lightyear of Star Command (2000-2001) - Creative consultant Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins (2000) - Creative consultant Toy Story 2 (1999) - Story artist, additional story material A Bug's Life (1998) - additional storyboard artist Toy Story (1995) - Animator, story artist FernGully: The Last Rainforest (1992) - Additional character designer Taz-Mania (1991) - Animation layout artist, concept artist The Simpsons (1990-1991) - Character layout artist Tiny Toon Adventures (1990-1991) - Model designer, character layout artist Bart Simpson: Do the Bartman (1990) - Character layout artist The Butter Battle Book (1989) - Concept artist Hound Town (1989) - Character concept designer, layout artist Christmas in Tattertown (1988) - Character designer, layout artist Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures (1987-1988) - Character designer

Voice acting Hoppers (2026) - Beaverton Citizen, Owl, Deer Dug Days (2021) - Fly Forky Asks a Question (2020) - Mr. Spell Toy Story 4 (2019) - Aliens Kingdom Hearts III (2019) (video game) - Aliens Disney Infinity: Marvel Super Heroes (2014) (video game) - Aliens Disney Infinity (2013) (video game) - Aliens Monsters University (2013) - Additional Voices Kinect: Disneyland Adventures (2011) (video game) - Aliens Toy Story Toons: Hawaiian Vacation (2011) - Aliens Toy Story 3: The Video Game (2010) (video game) - Aliens Toy Story 3 (2010) - Aliens Toy Story Mania! (2009) (video game) - Aliens Tracy (2009) - Justin Pooge Up (2009) - Additional Voices WALL-E (2008) - Additional Voices Toy Story Midway Mania! (2008) - Aliens The Incredibles (2004) - Additional Voices Finding Nemo (2003) - Additional Voices Monsters, Inc (2001) - Bile Toy Story Racer (2001) (video game) - Little Green Man Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins (2000) - Toy Aliens Toy Story 2 (1999) - Aliens A Bug's Life (1998) - Grasshopper Toy Story Treats (1996) - Aliens Disney's Animated Storybook: Toy Story (1996) (video game) - Aliens Toy Story (1995) - Aliens / Robot / Mr. Spell A Story (1987) - Ted / The Goon Squad Bring Me the Head of Charlie Brown (1986) - Great Pumpkin Somewhere in the Arctic (1986) - Uhk