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Seth MacFarlane

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Seth Woodbury MacFarlane was born in the small New England town of Kent, Connecticut, where he lived with his mother, Ann Perry (Sager), an admissions office worker, his father, Ronald Milton MacFarlane, a prep school teacher, and his sister, Rachael MacFarlane, now a voice actress and singer. He is of English, Scottish, and Irish ancestry, and descends from Mayflower passengers.

Seth attended and studied animation at the Rhode Island School of Design and, after he graduated, he was hired by Hanna-Barbera Productions (Now called Cartoon Network Studios) working as an animator and writer on the TV series Johnny Bravo (1997) and Cow and Chicken (1997). He also worked for Walt Disney Animation as a writer on the TV series Jungle Cubs (1996). He created The Life of Larry (1995) which was originally supposed to be used as an in-between on MADtv (1995). Unfortunately the deal fell through but, a few months later, executives at FOX called him into their offices and gave him $50,000 to create a pilot for what would eventually become Family Guy (1999).

Since Family Guy's debut, MacFarlane has gone on to create two other television shows-American Dad! (2005) and The Cleveland Show (2009). MacFarlane began to establish himself as an actor, voice actor, animator, writer, producer, director, comedian, and singer throughout his career. MacFarlane has also written, directed and starred in Ted (2012) and its sequel Ted 2 (2015), and A Million Ways to Die in the West (2014). He voiced the mouse, Mike, in the animated musical Sing (2016).
BornOctober 26, 1973
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  • Nominated for 1 Oscar

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Seth MacFarlane and Adrianne Palicki in Electric Sheep (2022)
Seth MacFarlane and Anne Winters in Electric Sheep (2022)
Penny Johnson Jerald, Seth MacFarlane, Jessica Szohr, Adrianne Palicki, J. Lee, Mark Jackson, and John Lamarr in Electric Sheep (2022)
Seth MacFarlane in Electric Sheep (2022)
Bruce Boxleitner, Victor Garber, Lisa Banes, Scott Grimes, Seth MacFarlane, Adrianne Palicki, and Anne Winters in Gently Falling Rain (2022)
Seth MacFarlane in Saturday Night Live (1975)
Russell Crowe and Seth MacFarlane in The Loudest Voice (2019)
Seth MacFarlane and Adrianne Palicki in The Orville (2017)
Seth MacFarlane, Peter Macon, Jessica Szohr, and Adrianne Palicki in The Orville (2017)
Penny Johnson Jerald, Seth MacFarlane, Peter Macon, and Adrianne Palicki in The Orville (2017)
Seth MacFarlane in The Orville (2017)
Mark Wahlberg and Seth MacFarlane in Ted 2 (2015)

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Seth Green, Mila Kunis, Alex Borstein, and Seth MacFarlane in Family Guy (1999)
Family Guy
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  • Writer(creator)
Patrick Stewart, Curtis Armstrong, Dee Bradley Baker, Chris Diamantopoulos, Jeff Fischer, Scott Grimes, David Koechner, Seth MacFarlane, Kevin Michael Richardson, Wendy Schaal, Daisuke Suzuki, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Mike Barker, Mike Henry, Rachael MacFarlane, and Matt McKenna in American Dad! (2005)
American Dad!
7.4
TV Series
  • Writer(creator)
Mark Wahlberg and Seth MacFarlane in Ted (2012)
Ted
6.9
  • Writer
  • 2012
Charlize Theron, Liam Neeson, and Seth MacFarlane in A Million Ways to Die in the West (2014)
A Million Ways to Die in the West
6.1
  • Writer
  • 2014

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Writer

  • Ted
    • In Production
  • Seth Green, Mila Kunis, Alex Borstein, and Seth MacFarlane in Family Guy (1999)
    Family Guy
    • (creator)
  • Patrick Stewart, Curtis Armstrong, Dee Bradley Baker, Chris Diamantopoulos, Jeff Fischer, Scott Grimes, David Koechner, Seth MacFarlane, Kevin Michael Richardson, Wendy Schaal, Daisuke Suzuki, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Mike Barker, Mike Henry, Rachael MacFarlane, and Matt McKenna in American Dad! (2005)
    American Dad!
    • (creator)
  • Bill Nye in The End Is Nye (2022)
    The End Is Nye
    • (creator)
  • Scott Grimes, Penny Johnson Jerald, Seth MacFarlane, Peter Macon, Adrianne Palicki, J. Lee, Mark Jackson, and Halston Sage in The Orville (2017)
    The Orville
    • (creator)
  • Seth MacFarlane in Family Guy COVID-19 Vaccine Awareness PSA (2021)
    Family Guy COVID-19 Vaccine Awareness PSA
  • Seth MacFarlane in Peacock Presents: The At-Home Variety Show Featuring Seth MacFarlane (2020)
    Peacock Presents: The At-Home Variety Show Featuring Seth MacFarlane
  • 2016 Breakthrough Prize Ceremony
  • Balls of Glory (2015)
    Balls of Glory
  • Mark Wahlberg and Seth MacFarlane in Ted 2 Bonus Disc: The New Girl (2015)
    Ted 2
  • Breakthrough Prize 2014
  • Charlize Theron, Liam Neeson, and Seth MacFarlane in A Million Ways to Die in the West (2014)
    A Million Ways to Die in the West
  • Jamie Kennedy, Sanaa Lathan, Will Forte, Reagan Gomez-Preston, Arianna Huffington, Seth MacFarlane, Kevin Michael Richardson, Craig Robinson, Jason Sudeikis, John Viener, Glenn Howerton, Alec Sulkin, Mike Henry, Nickie Bryar, and Aseem Batra in The Cleveland Show (2009)
    The Cleveland Show
    • (creator)
  • Seth MacFarlane in The Oscars (2013)
    The Oscars
  • Family Guy: Back to the Multiverse (2012)
    Family Guy: Back to the Multiverse
    • (creator)
  • Family Guy: 200 Episodes Later (2012)
    Family Guy: 200 Episodes Later

Producer

  • Ted
    • In Production
  • Good Times
    • Post-production
  • The Naked Gun
    • Pre-production
  • Seth Green, Mila Kunis, Alex Borstein, and Seth MacFarlane in Family Guy (1999)
    Family Guy
  • Patrick Stewart, Curtis Armstrong, Dee Bradley Baker, Chris Diamantopoulos, Jeff Fischer, Scott Grimes, David Koechner, Seth MacFarlane, Kevin Michael Richardson, Wendy Schaal, Daisuke Suzuki, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Mike Barker, Mike Henry, Rachael MacFarlane, and Matt McKenna in American Dad! (2005)
    American Dad!
  • Bill Nye in The End Is Nye (2022)
    The End Is Nye
  • Scott Grimes, Penny Johnson Jerald, Seth MacFarlane, Peter Macon, Adrianne Palicki, J. Lee, Mark Jackson, and Halston Sage in The Orville (2017)
    The Orville
  • Seth MacFarlane in Family Guy COVID-19 Vaccine Awareness PSA (2021)
    Family Guy COVID-19 Vaccine Awareness PSA
  • Books of Blood (2020)
    Books of Blood
  • Seth Green, J. Lee, Cooper J. Friedman, and Emmy Raver-Lampman in aTypical Wednesday (2020)
    aTypical Wednesday
  • Seth MacFarlane in Peacock Presents: The At-Home Variety Show Featuring Seth MacFarlane (2020)
    Peacock Presents: The At-Home Variety Show Featuring Seth MacFarlane
  • Cosmos: Possible Worlds (2020)
    Cosmos: Possible Worlds
  • Patrick Stewart, Adrian Scarborough, Timm Sharp, Jacki Weaver, Dolly Wells, Karan Soni, and Mary Holland in Blunt Talk (2015)
    Blunt Talk
  • Bordertown (2016)
    Bordertown
  • This Changes Everything (2015)
    This Changes Everything
  • Mark Wahlberg and Seth MacFarlane in Ted 2 Bonus Disc: The New Girl (2015)
    Ted 2
  • Dads (2013)
    Dads
  • Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey (2014)
    Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey

Music Department

  • Patrick Stewart, Curtis Armstrong, Dee Bradley Baker, Chris Diamantopoulos, Jeff Fischer, Scott Grimes, David Koechner, Seth MacFarlane, Kevin Michael Richardson, Wendy Schaal, Daisuke Suzuki, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Mike Barker, Mike Henry, Rachael MacFarlane, and Matt McKenna in American Dad! (2005)
    American Dad!
  • Seth Green, Mila Kunis, Alex Borstein, and Seth MacFarlane in Family Guy (1999)
    Family Guy
  • Mark Wahlberg and Seth MacFarlane in Ted 2 Bonus Disc: The New Girl (2015)
    Ted 2
  • Charlize Theron, Liam Neeson, and Seth MacFarlane in A Million Ways to Die in the West (2014)
    A Million Ways to Die in the West
  • Seth MacFarlane in The Oscars (2013)
    The Oscars
    • (uncredited)
  • Mark Wahlberg and Seth MacFarlane in Ted (2012)
    Ted
  • Jamie Kennedy, Sanaa Lathan, Will Forte, Reagan Gomez-Preston, Arianna Huffington, Seth MacFarlane, Kevin Michael Richardson, Craig Robinson, Jason Sudeikis, John Viener, Glenn Howerton, Alec Sulkin, Mike Henry, Nickie Bryar, and Aseem Batra in The Cleveland Show (2009)
    The Cleveland Show
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    • October 26, 1973
    • Kent, Connecticut, USA
    • Rachael MacFarlane(Sibling)
  • Other works
    TV commercials: American Dad! (2005)
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    • 4 Interviews
    • 10 Articles
    • 1 Pictorial
    • 2 Magazine Cover Photos

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    Was supposed to board the first plane which crashed into the Twin Towers on September 11th, but he missed his flight due to his travel agent giving him the wrong departure time.
  • Quotes
    [on criticism] The only way it gets to me is that it demonstrates a deterioration of the power of restrained, critical, rational thought that was once more ubiquitous in our society. In the sixties and seventies, there was such a high regard in this country for the achievements of human beings in science, in technology, in space exploration. And in some ways, we've turned into this wimpy, astrology-loving, angel-loving, pseudo-scientific culture that no longer has that ability. We've gotten lazy in our willingness to use our brains.
    • Often references musicals and Broadway musical numbers
    • Family Guy
      (1999)
      $50,000 per episode

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