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Seth MacFarlane

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Seth Woodbury MacFarlane is an American actor, animator, writer, producer, director, and singer. He is the creator of the TV show Family Guy and co-creator of the shows American Dad! and The Cleveland Show . He also voices many of the shows' various characters.

MacFarlane grew up in Kent, Connecticut and is a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design, where he studied animation, earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. Recruited to Hollywood during the senior film festival by development executive Ellen Cockrill and President Fred Seibert, he was an animator and writer for Hanna-Barbera for several television shows, including Johnny Bravo, Cow and Chicken, Dexter's Laboratory, I Am Weasel, and his own Family Guy-like "prequel", Larry and Steve.

As an actor, he has made guest appearances on shows such as Gilmore Girls, The War at Home, and FlashForward. MacFarlane's 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 Toro's Hellboy II: The Golden Army. In 2008, he created his own YouTube series entitled Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy. As a singer MacFarlane has performed at several venues, including Carnegie Hall and the 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 occasionally speaks at universities and colleges throughout the United States, and he is a supporter of gay rights.

His first feature-length comedy film, Ted, stars Mark Wahlberg as an adult who, as a kid, wished his teddy bear would come to life. MacFarlane voiced and provided motion capture for the bear. It was released on June 29, 2012, and went on to become the highest-grossing original R-rated comedy of all time. In September 2011, MacFarlane released his debut album, Music Is Better Than Words. Also in 2011, he began a revival of Hanna-Barbera's The Flintstones for the Fox network. The first episode was due to air in the U.S. in 2013, but production has been indefinitely delayed due to MacFarlane's schedule.

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Seth MacFarlane

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Books from Seth MacFarlane

A Million Ways to Die in the West

The Orville: Sympathy for the Devil

Family Guy: Stewie's Guide To World Domination (Family Guy)

Family Guy: It takes a Village Idiot, and I Married One

Seth MacFarlane: The Playboy Interview

Ted

Family Guy: Stewie's World Domination Kit

The Other Network Writers' Room vol. 2

Theme From Family Guy

Family Guy Presents Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story (DVD)

American Dad - Main Title Theme (Good Morning U.S.A.)

Play It Again Brian

Whistle While Your Wife Works

A million ways to die in the west: een miljoen manieren om te sterven in het wilde westen

Masters of Make-Up Effects: A Century of Practical Magic

Cosmos: A Personal Voyage