Michael Wallis(I)

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Michael Wallis is a best-selling author, award-winning reporter, historian, and biographer of the American West. He is a popular speaker and in 2006 joined an all-star cast in Pixar Studio's animated feature film CARS as the voice of the Sheriff of Radiator Springs. The film was a celebration of Route 66 and the Sheriff has continued to direct traffic in CARS 2 and the upcoming CARS 3.

Michael has published 18 books and has been nominated for the Pulitzer Prize three times. His book Route 66: The Mother Road is credited for sparking a resurgence of interest in the historic highway. Other titles by Michael include The Lincoln Highway: Coast to Coast from Times Square to the Golden Gate; Billy The Kid: The Endless Ride; David Crockett: The Lion of the West; and The Wild West 365

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Awards
- 1 win

Known for:

Paul Newman, Michael Keaton, Katherine Helmond, Bonnie Hunt, Cheech Marin, John Ratzenberger, Tony Shalhoub, Andrew Stanton, Mario Andretti, Jay Leno, Randy Newman, Owen Wilson, George Carlin, Lindsey Collins, Bob Costas, Paul Dooley, Richard Kind, Jenifer Lewis, Edie McClurg, Adrian Ochoa, Richard Petty, Guido Quaroni, Joe Ranft, Jonas Rivera, Lou Romano, Michael Wallis, Humpy Wheeler, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Ray Magliozzi, Tom Magliozzi, Larry the Cable Guy, Darrell Waltrip, E.J. Holowicki, Michael Schumacher, Mike Nelson, Lynda Petty, Elissa Knight, Larry Benton, Douglas Keever, and Sarah Clark in Cars (2006)

Cars

7.2

Sheriff(voice)

2006

Michael Caine, Vanessa Redgrave, Katherine Helmond, Bonnie Hunt, Joe Mantegna, Cheech Marin, John Ratzenberger, Tony Shalhoub, John Turturro, Kathy Griffin, Jason Isaacs, John Lasseter, Owen Wilson, Bruce Campbell, Paul Dooley, Teresa Gallagher, Jeff Garlin, Jeff Gordon, David Hobbs, Eddie Izzard, Peter Jacobson, Richard Kind, Thomas Kretschmann, Bradford Lewis, Jenifer Lewis, Edie McClurg, Emily Mortimer, Brent Musburger, Franco Nero, Guido Quaroni, Sonoko Konishi, Velibor Topic, Stanley Townsend, Michael Wallis, Daisuke 'Dice' Tsutsumi, Lloyd Sherr, Larry the Cable Guy, Darrell Waltrip, Patrick Walker, Jess Fulton, Lewis Hamilton, Sig Hansen, John Mainieri, Michel Michelis, Gillian Bolt, Kristen Phaneuf, and Catherine Bolt in Cars 2 (2011)

Cars 2

6.2

Sheriff(voice)

2011

Cars

7.1

Video Game

Sheriff(voice)

2006

Cars 3

6.7

Sheriff(voice)

2017

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Pixar Short Films Collection 3
8.1
Video
- Sheriff (voice)
- 2018
The Woody Guthrie Dust Bowl VR Story Experience
Short
- Narrator (voice)
- 2018
Tales from Radiator Springs
6.6
TV Mini Series
- Sheriff (voice)
- 2013–2017
Cars 3
6.7
- Sheriff (voice)
- 2017
Voices of History
Short
- Narrator (voice)
- 2014
Cars: Fast as Lightning
8.0
Video Game
- Sheriff (voice)
- 2014
Kinect Rush: A Disney-Pixar Adventure
5.6
Video Game
- Sheriff (voice)
- 2012
Cars 2: The Video Game
6.7
Video Game
- Sheriff (voice)
- 2011
Cars 2
6.2
- Sheriff (voice)
- 2011
Cars Race-O-Rama
6.4
Video Game
- Sheriff (voice)
- 2009
Mater's Tall Tales
6.8
TV Series
- Sheriff (voice)
- 2008
Cars Mater-National
5.9
Video Game
- Sheriff (voice)
- 2007
Mater and the Ghostlight
6.5
Video
- Sheriff (voice)
- 2006
Pixar Short Films
8.1
Video
- Sheriff (voice)
- 2006
Cars
7.1
Video Game
- Sheriff (voice)
- 2006

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Official site
- Michael Wallis' Virtual Campfire
Height
- 6′ 1″ (1.85 m)
Born
- October 7, 1945
- St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Spouse
- Suzanne Fitzgerald-Wallis? - present
Other works
Historian specializing in the American West, and Writer of such books as "Oil Man: The Story of Frank Phillips and the Birth of Phillips Petrolium"(1988), but more famous for "Route 66: The Mother Road"(1990).