Lou Romano

Lou Romano (born April 15, 1972 in San Diego, California, U.S.) is a member of the Art Department in Pixar Animation Studios. He took an interest in drawing at an early age and studied theater arts, performing in plays throughout junior high and high school. After graduating in 1990 he studied animation at the California Institute of the Arts. Since then he has worked as an illustrator and designer on various projects including the The Powerpuff Girls and The Iron Giant. He was also the Production Designer of Brad Bird's the Incredibles for Pixar Animation Studios. He lives in Berkeley, California. He lent his voice to three Pixar films, most recently as Alfredo Linguini from 2007's Ratatouille. He will do the voice of Slinky the Dog in Toy Story 3 replacing the late Jim Varney.