Radio personality Jeremy Mansfield announced on his show on 94.7 Highveld that he is set to voice a character in Toy Story 3.

“It’s official and has just been finalised. This is really exciting news! I am a big fan of Disney. Pixar and this is indeed an honour,” said a thrilled Mansfield this morning.

Mansfield’s voice will be used for the character of Lifer, a Chatter telephone who has spent his life in the toy box at a children’s nursery school.

Under the direction of Rick Dempsey, Senior Vice President, Creative – Disney Character Voices, Mansfield will record the.

According to Dempsey there is lots of excitement surrounding the release of Toy Story 3 and Disney.

A behind-the-scenes look at how the voice recording was done will be shown in an exclusive insert on M-NET’s All Access on the 21st of May at 19h30.

The film, set to release in South Africa on 3D screens on the 18th of June and across other screens nationally on the 25th of June, welcomes Woody (voice of Tom Hanks), Buzz (voice of Tim Allen) and the whole gang back to the big screen as Andy prepares to depart for college and his loyal toys find themselves in… daycare!