John Charles Morris is an American actor

Actor

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 and voice actor

Voice acting

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. He is best known for his role as Andy Davis in the Toy Story film trilogy

Toy Story (franchise)

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. He currently resides in Northern California

California

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. He graduated in 2007 from the University of California, Los Angeles's School of Theater, Film & Television.

When auditioning for the role of Andy he brought some of his X-Men

X-Men

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 action figures and made voices for them, the Pixar staff loved it and gave him the part.

Morris was brought back on to Toy Story 3

Toy Story 3

Toy Story 3 is a 2010 American 3D computer-animated comedy-adventure film, and the third installment in the Toy Story series. It was produced by Pixar and released by Walt Disney Pictures. It was directed by Lee Unkrich. The film was released worldwide from June through October in Disney Digital...

by the request of the director Lee Unkrich

Lee Unkrich

Lee Unkrich is an American director and film editor. He is a longtime member of the creative team at Pixar, where he started in 1994 as a film editor. He later began directing, first as co-director of Toy Story 2...

. Unkrich described the process by which he went to get Morris on the Toy Story 3 Blu-ray/DVD

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 detailing how he called him to ask him to reprise his role of Andy (from the original Toy Story

Toy Story

Toy Story is a 1995 American computer-animated film released by Walt Disney Pictures. It is Pixar's first feature film as well as the first ever feature film to be made entirely with CGI. The film was directed by John Lasseter and featuring the voices of Tom Hanks and Tim Allen...

), and after hearing Morris' voicemail greeting, Unkrich knew immediately that Morris would again be playing Andy.

Filmography

Film
Year	Film	Role
1991	The Little Engine That Could The Little Engine That Could (film) The Little Engine that Could is a 1991 animated film directed by Dave Edwards and co-produced by Edwards and Mike Young, animated at Kalato Animation in Wales and co-financed by Universal Studios through their MCA/Universal Home Video arm and S4C, Wales' dedicated Welsh-language channel. It was...	Additional voices
1993	The Nightmare Before Christmas The Nightmare Before Christmas The Nightmare Before Christmas, often promoted as Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas, is a 1993 stop motion musical fantasy film directed by Henry Selick and produced/co-written by Tim Burton. It tells the story of Jack Skellington, a being from "Halloween Town" who opens a portal to...	Santa Boy
1995	Toy Story Toy Story Toy Story is a 1995 American computer-animated film released by Walt Disney Pictures. It is Pixar's first feature film as well as the first ever feature film to be made entirely with CGI. The film was directed by John Lasseter and featuring the voices of Tom Hanks and Tim Allen...	Andy Davis
1999	Toy Story 2 Toy Story 2 Toy Story 2 is a 1999 American computer animated film directed by John Lasseter and co-directed by Lee Unkrich and Ash Brannon. It is the sequel to the 1995 film Toy Story, released by Walt Disney Pictures and the third film to be produced by Pixar...
2010	Toy Story 3 Toy Story 3 Toy Story 3 is a 2010 American 3D computer-animated comedy-adventure film, and the third installment in the Toy Story series. It was produced by Pixar and released by Walt Disney Pictures. It was directed by Lee Unkrich. The film was released worldwide from June through October in Disney Digital...
Video game
Year	Game	Role
1997	Lego Island Lego Island LEGO Island is a Lego based action-adventure computer game developed by Lego and Mindscape. Released for the PC on October 2, 1997, the game is the first in the Lego Island series , followed by Lego Island 2 The Brickster's Revenge, Island Xtreme Stunts, and Lego Island Xtreme Stunts Lego sets.-...	Pepper
2010	Toy Story 3: The Video Game Toy Story 3: The Video Game Toy Story 3: The Video Game is a platform video game loosely based on the film Toy Story 3. It was published by Disney Interactive Studios and developed by Avalanche Software , Asobo Studio and n-Space...	Andy Davis
Television
Year	Television	Role
2001	Jason and the Heroes of Mount Olympus Jason and the Heroes of Mount Olympus Jason and the Heroes of Mount Olympus was an animated TV series produced by Night Storms Productions and Saban Entertainment. The series stars the voices of Miles Marsico, Pat Fraley, John Morris, Tifanie Christun, Scott Bullock and Tom Bosley....	Additional voices

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