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Date of Birth
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26-October-1973
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Place of Birth
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Kent
(Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States of America)
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Nationality
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United States of America
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Also know as
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Seth Woodbury MacFarlane, Stewie, Seth Woodbury MacFarlane, Σεθ ΜακΦάÏλεϊν, Σεθ ΜακΦάÏλειν, Seth MacFarlane
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Profession
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Actor, Animator, Composer, Television Producer, Voice Actor, Comedian, Singer, Screenwriter, Film director, Television Director, Film Producer, Musician, Lyricist, Cartoonist, Presenter
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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.
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