Seth MacFarlane
Acting
Born 1973-10-26
Kent, Connecticut, USA
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Seth Woodbury MacFarlane (born October 26, 1973) is an American animator, writer, comedian, producer, actor, singer, voice actor, and director best known for creating the animated sitcoms Family Guy, American Dad! and The Cleveland Show, for which he also voices many of the shows' various characters.
A native of Kent, Connecticut, MacFarlane is a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design, where he studied animation, earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree. He was an animator and writer for Hanna-Barbera for several television shows, including Johnny Bravo, Cow and Chicken and Dexter's Laboratory, before creating his own series for 20th Century Fox entitled Family Guy in 1999. MacFarlane would go on to co-create American Dad! in 2005, The Winner in 2007 and The Cleveland Show in 2009 for 20th Century Fox.
As an actor, he has made guest appearances on shows such as Gilmore Girls, The War at Home and FlashForward. MacFarlane's interest in science fiction and fantasy has led to cameo and guest appearances on Star Trek: Enterprise and voicing the character of Johann Kraus in Guillermo del Toro's Hellboy II: The Golden Army. In 2008, he created his own YouTube series entitled Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy. As a performer, MacFarlane has sung at several venues, including Carnegie and Royal Albert Hall.
MacFarlane has won several awards for his work on Family Guy, including two Primetime Emmy Awards, and an Annie Award. In 2009, he won the Webby Award for Film & Video Person of the Year. He has been a subject of criticism from television watchdog groups, such as the Parents Television Council, who regularly condemn Family Guy for its indecency. He occasionally speaks at universities and colleges throughout the United States, and is a supporter of gay rights.
On the February 10, 2011 episode of the TBS variety nighttime talk-show series Conan, MacFarlane announced he is directing his first feature-length film, Ted. The film stars Mark Wahlberg as an adult, who as a child, wished his teddy bear would come to life. MacFarlane will be the voice and motion capture for the bear.
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Filmography
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Acting
50 credits
The Simpsons
Family Guy
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Daily Show
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Bones
American Dad!
Futurama
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Saturday Night Live
Conan
Real Time with Bill Maher
The Graham Norton Show
Gilmore Girls
Phineas and Ferb
The View
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Star Trek: Enterprise
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Robot Chicken
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
ted
The Orville
The Drew Barrymore Show
The Cleveland Show
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
Ted
WIRED's Autocomplete Interviews
Ted 2
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
Cosmos
The Oscars
Sing
FlashForward
Yin Yang Yo!
Logan Lucky
What a Cartoon!
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Movie 43
A Million Ways to Die in the West
The War at Home
StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson
Entertainment Tonight
Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy
Tooth Fairy
The Loudest Voice
Hart to Heart
Producing
14 credits
Family Guy
American Dad!
ted
The Orville
The Cleveland Show
Ted
Ted 2
Cosmos
The Naked Gun
A Million Ways to Die in the West
Good Times
The 'Burbs
Blunt Talk
Bordertown
Writing
14 credits
Family Guy
American Dad!
ted
The Orville
Cow and Chicken
Johnny Bravo
The Cleveland Show
Ted
Ted 2
What a Cartoon!
A Million Ways to Die in the West
Jungle Cubs
Oh Yeah! Cartoons
Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy
Directing
7 credits
Other credits
2 credits
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