See the voices behind Finding Nemo characters

Marlin (Albert Brooks)

Albert Brooks, whose onscreen credits include the films Taxi Driver (1976), Broadcast News (1987), Out of Sight (1998), Drive (2011), and Concussion (2015), voiced Marlin, the clownfish who becomes separated from his son.

Brooks has also stepped behind the camera to direct films such as Lost in America (1985), Defending Your Life (1991), Mother (1996), and The Muse (1998). The actor added to his voice work résumé with roles in the 1998 version of Dr. Dolittle, The Secret Life of Pets (2016), and various characters on The Simpsons over the years. He reprised his role as Marlin in Finding Dory (2016).

A documentary about Brooks' life and career, titled Albert Brooks: Defending My Life, was released in 2023.

Nemo (Alexander Gould)

The filmmakers found their Nemo in Alexander Gould. After voicing the lost clownfish, the former child star picked up an onscreen gig on the Showtime comedy series Weeds as Shane Botwin.

Gould's additional voice credits include Curious George (2006), Bambi II (2006), and HBO's The Life & Times of Tim. He left his Hollywood career behind in the early-2010s, though he had a cameo in Finding Dory, not as Nemo but as Carl, a delivery truck driver.

Dory (Ellen DeGeneres)

Ellen DeGeneres brought her unique vocal talents to the charming and forgetful pacific regal blue tang Dory. In addition to getting her own spinoff in Finding Dory, DeGeneres' other voice credits are coincidentally similar to Brooks' — Doctor Dolittle and a 2010 episode of The Simpsons (as herself).

DeGeneres previously starred in her own sitcom, Ellen, from 1994 to 1998, and began her wildly popular talk show, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, the same year as Finding Nemo in 2003. The show aired 3,294 episodes across 19 seasons, ending in May 2022.

Gill (Willem Dafoe)

Willem Dafoe lent his trademark sound to Gill, the wise Moorish idol who has seen a lot during his time in the tank.

Outside of the fishy character, Dafoe has bounced between lead and supporting roles in such films as The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), Clear and Present Danger (1994), The English Patient (1996), Spider-Man (2002), The Fault in Our Stars (2014), and The Lighthouse (2019), and Poor Things (2023). He has earned four Oscar nominations over multiple decades, for his performances in Platoon (1986), Shadow of the Vampire (2000), The Florida Project (2017), and At Eternity's Gate (2018).

Bloat (Brad Garrett)

Brad Garrett played Bloat, a pufferfish Nemo encounters in the tank.

Famous for his Emmy-winning turn as Robert Barone on Everybody Loves Raymond, Garrett also lent his voice to Jetsons: The Movie (1990), Casper (1995), A Bug's Life (1998), Ratatouille (2007), and Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018). A prolific TV actor, Garrett had starring roles on shows like Til Death, Single Parents, and High Desert. He also appears on Bupkis and Not Dead Yet.

Peach (Allison Janney)

The West Wing alum Allison Janney traded in the White House for the fish tank, voicing the observant starfish Peach. She went on to lend her voice to Mr. Peabody & Sherman (2014), Minions (2015), and The Addams Family (2019), as well as episodes of Phineas and Ferb and Family Guy.

Janney's résumé in film and TV is impressive, as is her awards record, winning four Emmys for The West Wing and two for the CBS sitcom Mom, as well as an Oscar, Golden Globe, and many other awards for her scene-stealing role in 2017's I, Tonya. She's since appeared in 2022's To Leslie and starred in Lou (2022), The People We Hate at the Wedding (2022), and The Creator (2023).

Gurgle (Austin Pendleton)

Character actor Austin Pendleton joined Finding Nemo as Gurgle, a nervous royal gramma fish in the tank at the dentist's office. Some of the actor's other credits include Catch-22 (1970), Short Circuit (1986), My Cousin Vinny (1992), A Beautiful Mind (2001), and Our Father (2021). He starred in the 2022 short film Bell and Vase (2022), for which he won Best Actor at the LA Shorts International Film Festival.

In addition to film and television, Pendleton has an extensive career in theater, directing and appearing in numerous plays since the 1960s.

Bubbles (Stephen Root)

Stephen Root voiced Bubbles, a yellow tang fish with a particular affinity for the air bubbles in the tank. The actor also lent his voice to the Ice Age franchise, Kim Possible, American Dad!, and King of the Hill.

Like many of his Finding Nemo costars, Root has worked diligently as a character actor for decades. Some of his most notable credits include the films Office Space (1999), No Country for Old Men (2007), and Get Out (2017) and the series Boardwalk Empire, True Blood, and Barry — for which he earned his first Emmy nomination.

Deb (Vicki Lewis)

Vicki Lewis found herself in the fish tank as Deb, a humbug damselfish who has a habit of mistaking her own reflection for another fish named Flo.

The Broadway actress also boasts roles in NewsRadio, Mousehunt (1997), and Godzilla (1998), as well as guest-star spots on The Blacklist and The Goldbergs. She returned for Finding Dory and has had voice roles in multiple direct-to-video animated films.

Jacques (Joe Ranft)

Writer/voice actor Joe Ranft added another line to his résumé as Jacques, the shrimp from France who tends to the fish's hygiene in the tank.

His other credits include The Brave Little Toaster (1987), Toy Story (1995) — for which he earned an Oscar nomination for Best Original Screenplay — and A Bug's Life (1998). The multihyphenate died in 2005, with his final voice work being in the 2006 film Cars.

Nigel (Geoffrey Rush)

Geoffrey Rush found his spot in the flick as Nigel, the pelican who saves Marlin and Dory and brings them to Nemo.

Rush, who won an Oscar for his performance in 1996's Shine, is mostly known for his additional onscreen work in such films as Shakespeare in Love (1998), Quills (2000), The King's Speech (2010), and the Pirates of the Caribbean movies — where he plays Captain Barbossa.

Crush (Andrew Stanton)

Andrew Stanton, who directed and co-wrote the film, also played the marine surfer dude Crush, a sea turtle who meets Marlin on his journey.

He kept it in the Disney family for his next directorial efforts, WALL-E (2008), John Carter (2012), and Finding Dory. He joined Pixar in 1990, where he now works as Vice President, Creative.

Coral (Elizabeth Perkins)

Elizabeth Perkins' appearance in Finding Nemo was all too brief, playing Coral, the wife of Marlin and mother of Nemo who dies at the fins of a barracuda.

Perkins' largely onscreen résumé includes Big (1988), The Flintstones (1994), Miracle on 34th Street (1994), and the series Weeds, for which she earned three Emmy nominations. In addition to her work on shows like This Is Us, Sharp Objects, Truth Be Told, and The Afterparty, she returned to major studio voice work as Aunt May Parker in Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023).

Squirt (Nicholas Bird)

The pint-sized answer to Stanton's Crush, the young sea turtle Squirt was played by Nicholas Bird.

The child actor had a short stint in the industry, debuting in Finding Nemo and earning minor credits thereafter for The Incredibles, directed by his father, Brad Bird, and a Finding Nemo short, though he returned to lend his voice to Incredibles 2 in 2018, as well as its short spinoff Auntie Edna that same year.

Anchor (Eric Bana)

Eric Bana brought the hammerhead shark Anchor to the big screen, voicing the vegetarian creature who acknowledges that "fish are friends, not food."

The actor also starred in Black Hawk Down (2001), Hulk (2003), Troy (2004), Munich (2005), and Star Trek (2009), and had a voice role in Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers (2022).