Lou Romano is an American animator and voice actor. He did design work on Monsters, Inc. and The Incredibles, and provided the voices of Bernie Kropp in The Incredibles, Snot Rod in Cars, and Alfredo Linguini in Ratatouille.
Romano was interested in drawing and painting at an early age. He studied theater arts, performing in plays throughout junior high and high school. He studied acting at the San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts (SCPA). After graduating in 1990, he studied animation at the California Institute of the Arts. He then completed workshops at The Groundlings in Los Angeles. He later went on to work as an art director and designer for animated projects, such as The Powerpuff Girls and The Iron Giant.
In 2000, Romano joined Pixar as the production designer of The Incredibles, for which he won an Annie Award in 2005. His artwork has been exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art and the Gallery at The Metropolitan Opera in New York City and has been published on the cover of The New Yorker. In 2009, Romano left Pixar to work at Laika in Portland, Oregon. He and his wife reside in the Bay Area.
Filmography
Whoopass Stew! (1992) – Voice of Amoeba Boys
The Pagemaster (1994) – Effects assistant
Dexter's Laboratory (1996) – Storyboard artist
Cats Don't Dance (1997) – Effects assistant
The Powerpuff Girls (1998) – Background color designer, storyboard artist
The Iron Giant (1999) – Visual development
Herd (1999) – Bible Boy #1
The Trouble with Lou (2001) – Voice of Lou/Ciro Romano
Monsters, Inc. (2001) – Visual development
Monkeybone (2001) – Cop/Psychiatrist
Boys Night Out (2003) – Voice
The Incredibles (2004) – Production designer, voice of Bernie Kropp
Jack-Jack Attack (2005) – Art director: lighting
Cars (2006) – Voice of Snot Rod
Ratatouille (2007) – Voice of Alfredo Linguini
Your Friend the Rat (2007) – Voice of Alfredo Linguini
Up (2009) – Art director: lighting
Kinect Rush: A Disney-Pixar Adventure (2012) – Voice of Alfredo Linguini
ParaNorman (2012) – Thanks
Paperman (2012) – Visual development artist
The Boxtrolls (2014) – Additional character designer
The Little Prince (2016) – Production designer
Kubo and the Two Strings (2016) – Concept artist
Samurai Jack (2017) – Layout keys
Dumbo (2019) – Concept artist
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (2019) – Visual development artist
Wonder Park (2019) – Art director
Luca (2021) – Development artist
Wendell & Wild (2022) – Production designer
