John Ratzenberger as Walter Nugent | Legit on FX
John Ratzenberger
Walter Nugent
"Walter," portrayed by John Ratzenberger, explores what it’s like to be an unattached bachelor by crashing with the boys after an unexpected fight with his wife, Janice. Whether he’s guzzling his stinky tea, buying Asian hookers with Jim’s dad, or explaining the meaning of life, Walter injects the household with unwanted wisdom and advice at every turn. The question is: how do they get him to leave?
Career Highlights
A multi-Emmy-nominated actor and accomplished screenwriter, director, producer and author, John Ratzenberger may be best known for playing mail carrier “Cliff Clavin” on the long-running NBC sitcom Cheers. Though never a postman in real life, he did work as a carpenter, archery instructor and oyster boat crewman, and also created and starred in the Travel Channel series Made in America, which spotlighted U.S.-made goods and workers. Along with work in feature films, from major studio blockbusters like Superman and Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back to independent films like the recent drama The Woodcarver, animation has been a natural home to his versatile vocal talents.
John Ratzenberger is the only actor to participate in every Pixar film. Beginning with the charming and witty “Hamm” the piggy bank in Toy Story, reprised in Toy Story 2 and 3, there came “P.T. Flea” in A Bug’s Life, “Yeti” the abominable snowman in Monsters, Inc., a school of moonfish in Finding Nemo, the “Underminer” in The Incredibles, “Mack” the truck in Cars and Cars 2, “Mustafa” the waiter in Ratatouille, “John” in WALL-E, “Tom” the construction worker in Up and “Gordon” in Brave. John has recently appeared on Bones, CSI, Drop Dead Diva, and Franklin & Bash. He is currently a recurring character on the FXX comedy Legit.