Seth MacFarlane

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 HannaBarbera for several television shows including Johnny Bravo Cow and Chicken and Dexters Laboratory before creating his own series for 20th Century Fox entitled Family Guy in 1999 MacFarlane would go on to cocreate 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 MacFarlanes 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 Toros Hellboy II The Golden Army In 2008 he created his own YouTube series entitled Seth MacFarlanes 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 talkshow series Conan MacFarlane announced he is directing his first featurelength 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