Seth MacFarlane

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Contents 1 Story 2 Episodes Of Family Guy He Has Written 3 Filmography 4 Trivia

Story

Seth Woodbury MacFarlane was born October 26, 1973, in Kent, Connecticut. He studied animation at Rhode Island School of Design (where he met co-executive producer and cast member of Family Guy, Mike Henry), which would ultimately lead to the setting of Family Guy, taking place in the fictional Quahog, Rhode Island. He worked for Hanna-Barbera Productions on shows such as Johnny Bravo and Cow and Chicken. He created two short cartoons that paved the way to Family Guy, that bore a striking resemblance to Family Guy itself, titled The Life of Larry, and Larry and Steve. Mad TV recognised his work and helped MacFarlane get into connection with Fox executives. Fox gave him $50,000 to make Family Guy.

Seth received an Honorary degree from Harvard University on June, 7th, 2006.

Seth MacFarlane's voices include:

• Peter Griffin
• Brian Griffin
• Stewie Griffin
• Glenn Quagmire
• Tom Tucker
• Jake Tucker
• Dr. Hartman
• Carter Pewterschmidt
• Kool Aid Man
• Jesus Christ
• God
• Jasper
• Additional Voices

He voices on American Dad Stan Smith and Roger the Alien.

More on Seth MacFarlane can be found at TV Tome

Episodes Of Family Guy He Has Written

• Season 1:
  • Death Has a Shadow
• Season 3:
  • Family Guy Viewer Mail #1 ("Super Griffins")
• Season 4:
  • North By North Quahog

Note: MacFarlane has taken part in the writing of every single episode of Family Guy in one way or another. The above list refers to the episodes for which he wrote the original script.

Filmography

• Family Guy (1999)
• American Dad (2005)
• The Winner (2007)
• Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy (2008)

Trivia

• Seth attended the same art school, The Rhode Island School of Design, as Shepard Fairey who created Obey Giant
• A reference to Obey Giant was shown in a Family Guy episode where Peter is re-painting the Sistine Chapel
• Seth is a huge Star Trek fan and appeared twice in minor roles on Star Trek: Enterprise.
• Seth's normal speaking voice is identical to Brian's.
• Seth was scheduled to be on one of the planes, American Airlines Flight 11, which was hijacked on Sept. 11th, 2001 and flown into the World Trade Center in New York City. A combination of being hungover from the night before and a miscommunication with the travel agency caused MacFarlane to miss this flight by 10 minutes. MacFarlane has addressed the issue, stating that Fate is to decide when he is to die, and if it was meant to be that he was to perish on 9-11, he would have been accepting of that.
• Seth is also a huge Star Wars fan, which contributes to many Star Wars references on the show.
• Seth loves musical comedy and sings in a classical musical theater style resembling the Big Band Jazzy period. He also plays the piano.