Seth MacFarlane is an American actor, animator, writer, producer, director, comedian, and singer.
MacFarlane began his career as an animator and writer for
Hanna-Barbera for several television series, including ''
Johnny Bravo
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'', ''
Cow and Chicken
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'', ''
Dexter's Laboratory'', and created a sequel to his college thesis film ''
Larry & Steve''.
Since 1999, MacFarlane has served as creator, writer, executive producer, and lead voice actor in the adult animated sitcom ''
Family Guy'' on
FOX
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. He voices the characters of
Peter Griffin,
Stewie Griffin,
Brian Griffin and among other characters. The series has garnered critical acclaim with critics and audiences and has won numerous awards. Since then MacFarlane has co-created, co-writes, executive produces, and lead voices in FOX's ''
American Dad!'' and wrote, co-created, executive produced, and had a supporting voice role in ''
The Cleveland Show
''The Cleveland Show'' is an American animated sitcom created by Seth MacFarlane, Richard Appel, and Mike Henry for the Fox Broadcasting Company. A spin-off of ''Family Guy'', the series centers on Cleveland Brown, his new wife Donna Tubbs, and ...
'', which was a spin-off of ''Family Guy''. In 2012, MacFarlane made his feature film directorial debut for
Universal Pictures
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with ''
Ted
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Economics and finance
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Education
* ''Türk Eğitim Derneği'', the Turkish Education Association
** TED Ankara College Foundation Schools, Turkey
** Transvaal Education Depa ...
'', a fantasy comedy which was well received by critics and audiences. He went on to act, write, produce, and direct two more features for Universal—the western comedy ''
A Million Ways to Die in the West'' (2014) and a sequel to his first film ''
Ted 2
''Ted 2'' (stylized as ted2) is a 2015 American comedy film directed by Seth MacFarlane and written by MacFarlane, Alec Sulkin, and Wellesley Wild. The second installment in the ''Ted'' franchise, it serves as a sequel to the 2012 film of the ...
'' (2015). In 2017, MacFarlane created his fourth show, ''
The Orville
''The Orville'' is an American science fiction comedy-drama television series created by Seth MacFarlane, who also stars as series protagonist Ed Mercer, an officer in the Planetary Union's line of exploratory space vessels in the 25th century. ...
''. He has also appeared in the films ''
Hellboy II: The Golden Army'' (2008), ''
Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder'' (2009), ''
The Drawn Together Movie: The Movie!'' (2010), ''
Tooth Fairy
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'' (2010), ''
Movie 43
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'' (2013), ''
Sing
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'' (2016), and ''
Logan Lucky'' (2017).
MacFarlane has received
numerous awards and nominations for his work on film, television, music, and video games. He has also received twenty-three
Emmy Award nominations, winning five for ''
Family Guy''. His directorial film debut in ''Ted'' earned him an
Academy Award nomination for
Best Original Song
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Best Actor/Best Actress
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. In addition, he has received five
Grammy Award
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nominations and two
British Academy of Film and Television Arts
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** Britishness, the British identity and common culture
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among others.
Film
As executive producer only
Television
As executive producer only
Video games
Web
See also
*
List of awards and nominations received by Seth MacFarlane
References
External links
*
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Director filmographies
Male actor filmographies
American filmographies