Seth MacFarlane

Seth Woodbury MacFarlane (born October 26, 1973 in Kent, Connecticut) is an animator, screenwriter, producer, director and voice actor. He is best known as the creator of the animated series Family Guy (1999) and American Dad! (2005).

MacFarlane received his diploma at the Kent School in Connecticut, whose headmaster publicly rebuked MacFarlane for his "low" brand of humor. He went on to study animation at the Rhode Island School of Design. While in college, he created a short film entitled The Life of Larry, an early ancestor of Family Guy. After graduation, he was hired by Hanna-Barbera Productions and later worked as an animator and writer for Cartoon Network's Cartoon Cartoons series, which included Johnny Bravo, Dexter's Laboratory and Cow and Chicken.

In 1996, MacFarlane created a sequel to The Life of Larry for Hanna-Barbera Cartoons; the child-friendly Larry and Steve, which featured the bumbling middle-aged Larry and his highly intelligent dog Steve. The short was broadcast as one of Cartoon Network's World Premiere Toons. Executives at Fox saw both Larry shorts and contracted MacFarlane to create a series based on the characters. He started work on Family Guy in 1998.

On both of his series, MacFarlane provides the voices for a vast number of characters. In American Dad!, he voices the main character, Stan Smith (right on above image), among others, and in Family Guy, he voices Peter (left on above image), Stewie, Brian (really just MacFarlane's speaking voice), Quagmire, and news anchor Tom Tucker. Seth Green (co-creator of Robot Chicken) provides the voice of Peter's son, Chris on the show.

MacFarlane has made numerous appearances as a voice actor on the shows of Cartoon Network's Adult Swim in the past few years, including the voice of Wayne "The Main Brain" McClain in an episode of Aqua Teen Hunger Force, and an ever-growing list of characters on Robot Chicken.

Episodes Acted In: Junk in the Trunk The Deep End Badunkadunk Toy Meets Girl Nightmare Generator Robot Chicken Christmas Special Suck It! Federated Resources

External Links:
 * Seth MacFarlane's Wikipedia entry
 * Official Family Guy website