Yahoo LifestyleRed Carpet Flashback! ‘Finding Nemo’ Premiere in 2003
1/13Ellen DeGeneres
The Ellen star was cast as the forgetful blue tang Dory in Finding Nemo during a career slump after coming out on her sitcom several years prior. Her hit talk show launched the following September and is now heading into its 14th season. (Photo: Steve Granitz/WireImage)
2/13Albert Brooks
The Oscar nominated actor voiced the concerned clownfish Marlin who befriends DeGeneres’ character while searching for his missing son Nemo. (Photo: Steve Granitz/WireImage)
3/13Cindy Crawford
The supermodel brought her 3 year-old son Presley Walker Gerber to the premiere of the family-friendly Pixar film. (Photo: Steve Granitz/WireImage)
4/13Brad Garrett
The Everybody Loves Raymond star played a pufferfish named Bloat. He reprises his role in Finding Dory. (Photo: Steve Granitz/WireImage)
5/13The Jenners
Before their Keeping Up with the Kardashian fame, Kris and Caitlyn (then Bruce) Jenner attended the premiere of Finding Nemo with young daughters Kendall and Kylie. (Photo: Steve Granitz/WireImage)
6/13Alexander Gould
The young actor voiced the young clownfish Nemo in the movie. Gould went on to star as Shane Botwin in the popular Showtime series Weeds and has a voice cameo in Dory. (Photo: Dan Steinberg/Getty Images)
7/13Dick Cook and Steve Jobs
The Walt Disney Studios Chairman posed with the Apple Co-Founder Steve Jobs, who at the time was the majority shareholder of Pixar. (Photo: Steve Granitz/WireImage)
8/13Raven-Symoné
That’s So Raven star Raven-Symoné wore a yellow velour tracksuit to the daytime premiere. (Photo: Steve Granitz/WireImage)
9/13James Marsden
The X-Men star attended the premiere with wife Lisa Linde and their 2-year old son Jack. (Photo: Steve Granitz/WireImage)
10/13Holly Robinson-Peete and Rodney Peete
The For Your Love star attended the premiere with husband and NFL star Rodney Peete and two of their young children. (Photo: Steve Granitz/WireImage)
11/13Willem Dafoe
Dafoe voiced the leader of the ‘tank gang’ Gill, who eventually helps Nemo escape the dentist’s fish tank and return to the sea. If you hang around after the end credits, you’ll discover the actor reprises his role as the rough-around-the-edges fish in Finding Dory. (Photo: Steve Granitz/WireImage)
12/13Jon Voight and Beau Bridges
The two veteran actors pose together at the Los Angeles premiere of Finding Nemo. (Photo: Steve Granitz/WireImage)
13/13Finding Nemo Cast
(L-R, front row) Finding Nemo stars Ericka Beck, Gould, DeGeneres, Brooks, director Andrew Stanton, (L-R, back row) Stephen Root, Garrett, Elizabeth Perkins, John Ratzenberger and Dafoe pose together at the premiere. (Photo: Dan Steinberg/Getty Images)
It’s hard to believe it’s been 13 years since Finding Nemo, the Pixar adventure about a couple of clownfish and their forgetful friend Dory, hit theaters. With the sequel Finding Dory set to hit theaters this weekend, we thought we’d take a look back to the first premiere in Los Angeles on May 18, 2003.
