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The Actors Who Voiced the Characters in "Toy Story 5"

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<div style="text-align:left"><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px;display:block" width="960"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1781817443133toy story 5.jpeg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/><span class="fr-inner" spellcheck="false">Jessie, Buzz, and Woody return to the big screen in Toy Story 5 | Photo: © 2026 Disney/Pixar. All Rights Reserved.</span></span></span></div><div><br/></div><p><strong><em>Toy Story 5 </em></strong>is here, striking a balance between nostalgia and modern-day relevance. </p><p>The fifth installment from <strong>Pixar</strong>&#x27;s <em>Toy Story </em>series and the sequel to <em>Toy Story 4 </em>takes viewers on a new adventure, where an eight-year-old <strong>Bonnie</strong> struggles to make friends in the real world overtaken by the cyberworld. Seeing how she wants to belong and keep up with the other kids, her parents finally decide to buy her a frog-themed tablet named <strong>Lilypad</strong> &quot;Lily.&quot; </p><p>Reflecting the reality of what playtime looks like for many kids today, <em>Toy Story 5 </em>shifts the focus from the toys&#x27; story to the kids&#x27; story and how their relationship with traditional toys has evolved. Many of those who watched the first film in 1995 as kids might be parents now, giving the idea of growing up with the film a whole new meaning, and its relatability to them is now viewed from a different lens.</p><p>As toys meet tech in <em>Toy Story 5</em>, we tread a journey that&#x27;s new yet familiar at the same time, thanks in part to the voices we recognize from way back. </p><div><br/></div><div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px;display:block" width="960"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1781817273570toy story 5 bonnie.jpeg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/><span class="fr-inner">Photo: © 2026 Disney/Pixar. All Rights Reserved.</span></span></span></div><div><br/></div><div><em></em><em></em></div><p style="text-align:left">As this fun and heartwarming movie from a beloved franchise comes to life, we put the spotlight on the actors who lent their voices to the characters viewers have loved for decades, as well as the new ones we&#x27;re introduced to. </p><div style="text-align:left"><br/></div><div><strong>Tom Hanks as Woody</strong></div><div><strong></strong></div><p>Tom Hanks is iconic for many roles, including in movies like <em>Sleepless in Seattle</em>, <em>Forrest Gump</em>, <em>Saving Private Ryan</em>,<em> You&#x27;ve Got Mail,</em> and <em>The Da Vinci Code</em>, among many others. But <em></em><em></em><em>Toy Story </em>has also become such a significant part of his career. From the film&#x27;s 1995 release to the franchise&#x27;s latest installment, Tom has stepped into the shoes of Sheriff Woody.</p><p>How did he become the voice of Woody? In an interview with Jace Diehl, Tom shared, &quot;<strong>Jeffrey Katzenberg</strong> [former CEO of DreamWorks Animation] showed me a voice of Turner from <em>Turner and Hooch</em>, put in Woody&#x27;s body. CGI animated. It was all elbows, knees, outrage, and consternation, and I said, &#x27;I&#x27;m in!&#x27;&quot;</p><div><em></em><em></em><br/></div><div style="text-align:center"><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px;display:block" width="960"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1781824175110tom hanks as woody.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/><span class="fr-inner">Photo from @toystory</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align:center"><br/></div><div style="text-align:center"><br/></div><div style="text-align:left"><strong>Tim Allen as Buzz Lightyear</strong></div><p>Like Tom, Tim Allen also voiced Buzz Lightyear, a superhero action figure, since the first film in 1995, and even in the 2000 spin-off <strong><em>Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins</em></strong><em>. </em></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6oA0Qquxt0" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">In an interview</a>, Tim recalled how he was cast as the voice of this character who famously said, &quot;To infinity and beyond.&quot; He shared, &quot;<strong>John Lasseter </strong>came to my home, and he showed me a picture of it. The voice that they had used in the studio was very disc jockey AM radio, and I said, what about we put a little heart to it, so he&#x27;s a little more delusional? And he liked it.&quot; </p><div><em></em><strong><em></em></strong><em></em><strong><em></em></strong><br/></div><div style="text-align:left"><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px;display:block" width="960"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1781830911860642543759_18162915832410617_3366840588964024897_n.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/><span class="fr-inner">Photo from @toystory</span></span></span></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div><div><strong>Joan Cusack as Jessie</strong></div><div><strong></strong></div><p>Acclaimed actress Joan Cusack made her red carpet appearance after 11 years to promote <em>Toy Story 5</em>. Joan has been part of the <em>Toy Story </em>universe since 1999 for the second installment. For voicing the character of Jessie, a cowgirl rag doll, she even won Best Female Voice Acting in a Feature Production at the Annie Awards in 2000. </p><p>Commenting on the message of <em>Toy Story 5 </em>during <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxSzXgrEVjo" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">her interview on<em> The View</em></a>, she said, &quot;What I love and what I&#x27;ve taken away from it is that there&#x27;s nothing better than laughing and giggling with your friends.&quot;<em></em><em></em></p><div> </div><div style="text-align:center"><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px;display:block" width="960"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1781841156348710157669_18599582881041477_5838045386916774374_n.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/><span class="fr-inner">Photo from @gettyentertainment</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align:left"><br/></div><div style="text-align:left"><br/></div><div><strong>Greta Lee as Lilypad</strong></div><p>The new addition to the voice cast in <em>Toy Story 5 </em>is Greta Lee, who is best known for her role in the movie <em>Past Lives</em>. Far from her previous stints and roles, she takes on voice acting, breathing life into the &quot;villain&quot; in the latest installment. Her character is the newcomer in the <em>Toy Story </em>playground, Lilypad, which is basically a tablet threatening to destroy the very essence of playtime. </p><div><em></em><em></em></div><p>In an interview with <em>As Told By</em>, Greta shared the story of her joining the cast, saying, &quot;I didn&#x27;t really know what to expect when I got the call. I kind of assumed that I would just be one of the new toys. And it wasn&#x27;t until we started recording and they started sharing the artwork that it really started to register, like, what kind of a part I was gonna have in this franchise.&quot;</p><div><br/></div><div style="text-align:center"><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px;display:block" width="960"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1781843577797708674407_18599582944041477_1802148825649157410_n.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/><span class="fr-inner">Photo from @gettyentertainment</span></span></span></div><div><em></em></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div><div><strong>Conan O&#x27;Brien as Smarty Pants </strong></div><p><strong></strong>Host extraordinaire Conan O&#x27;Brien, with his signature humor crystal-clear in his voice, shines in <em>Toy Story 5 </em>as a toilet-training tech toy. </p><div><em></em></div><p>&quot;You know what I like about him,&quot; Conan said of his character, SmartyPants, in an interview with <em>Good Morning America</em>, &quot;he takes his job very seriously. He&#x27;s really serious about it. He&#x27;s thin-skinned because not everyone respects what he does, and so, he&#x27;s quick to be offended. He&#x27;s also been turned off for a long time; he has just come back to life.&quot;</p><div><strong></strong><br/></div><div style="text-align:center"><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px;display:block" width="960"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1781843464015721625403_18602709703008611_2530351482971345633_n.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/><span class="fr-inner">Photo from @pixar</span></span></span></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div><div><strong>Scarlett Spears as Bonnie</strong></div><p>Nine-year-old child actress Scarlett Spears is the voice behind eight-year-old Bonnie in <em>Toy Story 5</em>. This is the first time Scarlett took on a voice acting stint, as her previous projects cast her as the young versions of Dora in <em>Dora and the Search for Sol Dorado</em> and Glinda in <em>Wicked: For Good</em>.</p><p><em></em>&quot;It&#x27;s so amazing. This movie has been going on for so long. Most movies would just end up at, let&#x27;s say, two or three, but <em>Toy Story </em>has been going on for over 30 years. And it&#x27;s just so cool to be in this movie,&quot; she told <em>Good Morning America</em>. </p><div><em></em><em></em><br/></div><div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px;display:block" width="960"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1781844331882721842513_18321601909285608_4831694192784580745_n.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/><span class="fr-inner">Photo from @miss.scarlett.brielle</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align:left"><br/></div><div style="text-align:left"><br/></div><div style="text-align:left"><strong>Mykal-Michelle Harris as Blaze Manoukian<br/></strong></div><p style="text-align:left">The eight-year-old Blaze Manoukian was voiced by an actress older than the character, with a remarkable experience in voice acting: 14-year-old Mykal-Michelle Harris. She voiced characters in TV shows like <em>Summer Camp Island</em> and <em>Ariel</em>.</p><p>Brimming with enthusiasm, Mykal-Michelle shared what she loves about her character, telling Disney Music, &quot;I&#x27;m really excited to play her because she is an older kid, one of the first African American characters in the movie franchise, and she is always being herself, and I love that about her.&quot;<em></em></p><div style="text-align:left"> </div><div style="text-align:center"><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px;display:block" width="960"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1781845617804722313959_18580722976027796_5101791904248702127_n.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/><span class="fr-inner">Photo from @mykalscorner</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align:left"><br/></div><p style="text-align:left">As Woody, Buzz, Jessie, and the rest of the toys return to the big screen, <strong>Ayala Malls Cinemas </strong>offers the perfect setting to create new memories while revisiting old ones, bringing the film in exciting and immersive formats such as 4DX. </p><p style="text-align:left">To add to the experience, visit the <em>Toy Story 5</em> activation at Glorietta Activity Center where kids and adults can experience both tech and play until June 21.</p><div style="text-align:left"><strong><em>Catch the movie and book your tickets now at <a href="https://www.ayalaallaccess.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ayala All Access</a>. </em></strong></div><div><strong></strong><br/></div>

<p>As this fun and heartwarming movie from a beloved franchise comes to life, we put the spotlight on the actors who lent their voices to the characters viewers have loved for decades, as well as the new ones we're introduced to. </p>

As this fun and heartwarming movie from a beloved franchise comes to life, we put the spotlight on the actors who lent their voices to the characters viewers have loved for decades, as well as the new ones we're introduced to.

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