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Seth MacFarlane

Seth MacFarlane

Actor · b. 1973 · Kent, Connecticut, USA

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.

Series24

  • TV6.1
  • TV5.0
  • TV5.1
  • TV5.8
  • TV5.1
  • TV7.0

    American Dad!

    2005 · 2.4K votes

  • TV8.0

    The Simpsons

    1989 · 11K votes

  • TV7.4

    Family Guy

    1999 · 5.1K votes

  • TV6.4

    The Daily Show

    1996 · 660 votes

  • TV6.2

    The Kelly Clarkson Show

    2019 · 73 votes

  • TV4.3

    The View

    1997 · 113 votes

  • TV8.2

    Bones

    2005 · 3.6K votes

  • TV6.9

    Saturday Night Live

    1975 · 527 votes

  • TV7.2

    Conan

    2010 · 266 votes

  • TV5.3

    Jimmy Kimmel Live!

    2003 · 217 votes

  • TV7.9

    Gilmore Girls

    2000 · 1.3K votes

  • TV7.2

    The Graham Norton Show

    2007 · 290 votes

  • TV5.6

    LIVE with Kelly and Mark

    1988 · 51 votes

  • TV8.4

    Futurama

    1999 · 3.9K votes

  • TV6.0

    Real Time with Bill Maher

    2003 · 248 votes

  • TV5.4
  • TV7.9

    Phineas and Ferb

    2007 · 1.1K votes

  • TV5.8

    The Drew Barrymore Show

    2020 · 17 votes

  • TV7.6

    Robot Chicken

    2005 · 593 votes

Movies23

  • Movie6.3

    Ted 2

    2015 · 8.2K votes

  • Movie6.5

    Ted

    2012 · 13K votes

  • Movie7.1

    Sing

    2016 · 8.6K votes

  • Movie6.1
  • Movie6.8

    Hellboy II: The Golden Army

    2008 · 5.8K votes

  • Movie6.7

    Logan Lucky

    2017 · 4K votes

  • Movie4.7

    Movie 43

    2013 · 2.6K votes

  • Movie5.5

    Tooth Fairy

    2010 · 2.2K votes

  • Movie8.0

    Music by John Williams

    2024 · 97 votes

  • Movie5.2

    May the 12th Be with You

    2024 · 69 votes

  • Movie6.9
  • Movie6.8
  • Movie7.1
  • Movie7.4
  • Movie7.2

    Robot Chicken: Star Wars

    2007 · 275 votes

  • Movie6.4
  • Movie7.5
  • Movie7.2
  • Movie7.5
  • Movie6.8
  • Movie6.8
  • Movie8.0
  • Movie