''Archibald's Next Big Thing'' and ''Archibald's Next Big Thing Is Here!'' are American
animated
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comedy
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streaming television
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series created by
Tony Hale
Anthony Russell Hale (born September 30, 1970) is an American actor and comedian. He is known for his role in the Fox comedy series '' Arrested Development'' as Buster Bluth. Hale played Gary Walsh on the HBO comedy '' Veep'' from 2012 until ...
for
Netflix
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and
Peacock
Peafowl is a common name for three bird species in the genera ''Pavo (genus), Pavo'' and ''Afropavo'' within the tribe Pavonini of the family Phasianidae, the pheasants and their allies. Male peafowl are referred to as peacocks, and female pea ...
. The plot revolves around Archibald Strutter, a positive chicken who often goes astray from home, but eventually always finds his way back home.
The series debuted on September 6, 2019 on Netflix. Its second season was released on March 20, 2020.
On January 26, 2021, the new series was announced, which saw the series move to
Peacock
Peafowl is a common name for three bird species in the genera ''Pavo (genus), Pavo'' and ''Afropavo'' within the tribe Pavonini of the family Phasianidae, the pheasants and their allies. Male peafowl are referred to as peacocks, and female pea ...
and rebrand as ''Archibald's Next Big Thing Is Here!'', which premiered on February 18, 2021.
The second season premiered on April 22, 2021, the third on July 15, 2021, and the fourth on October 14, 2021.
Voice cast
Main Voice Cast
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Tony Hale
Anthony Russell Hale (born September 30, 1970) is an American actor and comedian. He is known for his role in the Fox comedy series '' Arrested Development'' as Buster Bluth. Hale played Gary Walsh on the HBO comedy '' Veep'' from 2012 until ...
as Archibald
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Adam Pally
Adam Saul Pally (born March 18, 1982) is an American actor, comedian, writer, and producer. He is best known for starring as Max Blum in the ABC comedy series ''Happy Endings'' and as Dr. Peter Prentice in '' The Mindy Project''. He also starred ...
as Sage, Archibald's older brother who enjoys the outdoors
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Chelsea Kane as Loy, Archibald's sister who likes inventing things and doing science
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Jordan Fisher as Finly, Archibald's brother who likes singing, dancing and art
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Kari Wahlgren
Kari Wahlgren (born July 13, 1977) is an American actress who has provided English-language voices for animated movies, TV series, and video games. She got her start in anime voice-overs as Haruko Haruhara in ''FLCL'', and would later land majo ...
as Bea, Archibald's best friend and
sidekick
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Some well-known fictional sidekicks are Don Quixote's Sancho Panza, ...
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Rosamund Pike
Rosamund Mary Ellen Pike (born 1979) is a British actress. She began her acting career by appearing in stage productions such as ''Romeo and Juliet'' and '' Gas Light''. After her screen debut in the television film ''A Rather English Marriage'' ...
as the Narrator
Recurring Voice Cast
* Kari Wahlgren as Murph, Cheryl, additional voices
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Roger Craig Smith
Roger Craig Smith (born 11 August 1975) is an American voice actor. He is well known for his video game voice roles as Chris Redfield in the ''Resident Evil'' series (2009–2017), Ezio Auditore da Firenze in the ''Assassin's Creed'' series ...
as Cousin Ashley, Mayor Fowler, Brock, additional voices
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Kevin Michael Richardson
Kevin Michael Richardson (born October 25, 1964) is an American actor. Known for his distinctively deep voice, he has mostly voiced villainous characters in animation and video games. In film, Richardson voiced Goro in '' Mortal Kombat'' (1995) ...
as Ronald, Moe, Dave, additional voices
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Eric Bauza
Eric Bauza (born December 7, 1979) is a Canadian-American voice actor and comedian. His most-known roles include Stimpy on '' Ren and Stimpy "Adult Party Cartoon"'', Foop on ''The Fairly OddParents'' and its reboot '' Fairly Odder'', Thunderbolt ...
as Mikael, Nitro Ned, additional voices
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Casey Wilson
Cathryn Rose "Casey" Wilson (born October 24, 1980) is an American actress, comedienne, and screenwriter. She starred as Penny Hartz in the ABC comedy series ''Happy Endings'' for which she was twice nominated to the Critics' Choice Television ...
as Wendi Powers, a reporter
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Matty Cardarople as Preston, a bird who works various jobs
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Chris Parnell
Thomas Christopher Parnell (; born February 5, 1967) is an American actor and comedian. He was a cast member on ''Saturday Night Live'' from 1998 to 2006 and played the role of Dr. Leo Spaceman on ''30 Rock''. In animation, he voices Cyril Figgis ...
as Dr. Fluffberg
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Gary Cole
Gary Michael Cole (born September 20, 1956) is an American television, film and voice actor. Cole began his professional acting career on stage at Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre Company in 1985. On television, he has had starring roles in the T ...
as Officer Jones
* Lauren Blumenfeld as Roxlyn, Archibald's unicorn pen pal
* Aaron LaPlante as Gorbit
Guest Voice Cast
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JP Karliak as Mr. Hackensack
Notable Guest Stars
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"Weird Al" Yankovic
Alfred Matthew "Weird Al" Yankovic ( ; born October 23, 1959) is an American singer, musician, songwriter, record producer, actor and author. He is best known for creating comedy songs that make light of pop culture and often parody specifi ...
as Jasper
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RuPaul
RuPaul Andre Charles (born November 17, 1960; stylized as RuPaul) is an American drag queen, television personality, actor, musician, and model. Best known for producing, hosting, and judging the reality competition series '' RuPaul's Drag Race ...
as Jonathan Jagger, a fashion designer llama
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Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Julia Scarlett Elizabeth Louis-Dreyfus ( ; born January 13, 1961) is an American actress, comedian, and producer who worked on the comedy television series ''Saturday Night Live'' (1982–1985), ''Seinfeld'' (1989–1998), '' The New Adventure ...
as Claire the Astronaut Monkey who actually has a fear of space
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Adam Ray as Johnny Hawkstorm, an action movie star
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Joel McHale
Joel Edward McHale (born November 20, 1971) is an American actor, comedian, and television host. He is best known for hosting ''The Soup'' (2004–2015) and his role as Jeff Winger on the NBC sitcom ''Community'' (2009–2015). He has performed ...
as Jean Pierre
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Taylor Trensch
Taylor Hunt Trensch (born May 3, 1989) is an American stage and film actor.
Early life and education
Trensch was born in Tampa, Florida.
He began his education at Howard W. Blake High School in Tampa, Florida. He was an acting major and stud ...
as Archibald's singing voice
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Jane Lynch
Jane Marie Lynch (born July 14, 1960) is an American actress, comedian and author. She is known for starring as Sue Sylvester in the musical comedy series ''Glee'' (2009–2015), which earned her a Primetime Emmy Award. Lynch also gained recogn ...
as Dotty Culpepper
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Henry Winkler
Henry Franklin Winkler, OBE (born October 30, 1945), is an American actor, comedian, author, executive producer, and director. After rising to fame as Arthur "Fonzie" Fonzarelli on the American television series '' Happy Days'', Winkler has ...
as Herman Sherman
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John O'Hurley
John George O'Hurley Jr. (born October 9, 1954) is an American actor, comedian, singer, author, game show host and television personality. He is known for his portrayal of J. Peterman on the NBC sitcom ''Seinfeld'', and was the sixth host of the ...
as Dr. Eggleston
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Rachael Ray
Rachael Domenica Ray (born August 25, 1968) is an American cook, television personality, businesswoman, and author. She hosts the syndicated daily talk and lifestyle program '' Rachael Ray'', and the Food Network series ''30 Minute Meals''. ...
as the Krak-hen
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Justin Long
Justin Jacob Long (born June 2, 1978) is an American actor, comedian, director and screenwriter. Long is known for his film roles, notably appearing in '' Jeepers Creepers'' (2001), ''Dodgeball'' (2004), '' Accepted'' (2006), '' Idiocracy'' ( ...
as Mr. Skunkmeyer
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Ana Gasteyer
Ana Kristina Gasteyer (born May 4, 1967) is an American actress and comedian. She was a cast member on ''Saturday Night Live'' from 1996 to 2002. She has since starred in such sitcoms as ABC's '' Suburgatory,'' TBS's '' People of Earth'', NBC's ...
as Mimsy
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Laraine Newman
Laraine Newman (born March 2, 1952) is an American actress, writer and comedian. She was part of the original cast of NBC's ''Saturday Night Live''. She took an interest at improv in high school. After graduating, she studied mime with Marcel Ma ...
as Suzie
Episodes
''Archibald's Next Big Thing''
Series overview
Season 1 (2019)
Season 2 (2020)
''Archibald's Next Big Thing Is Here!''
Series overview
Season 1 (2021)
Season 2 (2021)
Season 3 (2021)
Season 4 (2021)
References
External links
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