Seth Woodbury MacFarlane (; born October 26, 1973) is an American actor, animator, writer, producer, director, comedian, and singer. MacFarlane is the creator of the TV series "Family Guy" (1999–present) and "The Orville" (2017–present), and co-creator of the TV series "American Dad!" (2005–present) and "The Cleveland Show" (2009–2013). He also wrote, directed, and starred in the films "Ted" (2012), its sequel "Ted 2" (2015), and "A Million Ways to Die in the West" (2014). MacFarlane is a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design, where he studied animation. Recruited to Hollywood, he was an animator and writer for Hanna-Barbera for several television series, including "Johnny Bravo", "Cow and Chicken", "Dexter's Laboratory", "I Am Weasel", and "Larry & Steve".
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Seth MacFarlane
Seth MacFarlane | Introduction
Ted, Ted 2 and A Million Ways to Die in the West. Yes, "Ted", "Ted 2",  "A Million Ways to Die in the West" Ted, Ted 2, A Million Ways to Die in the West "Ted", "Ted 2" and "A Million Ways to Die in the West"
when was family guy cancelled the second time
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2002.
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who were the creators of this show?
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MacFarlane.
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who is the main character?
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Peter Griffin.
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who is he?
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He is a fictional character who is married to Lois Griffin and is the father of Meg, Chris, and Stewie.
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who dubs the speech for this character?
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Seth MacFarlane.
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who are the ancestors of the character?
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Father Mickey McFinnigan, mother Thelma, raised by Francis and Thelma Griffin.
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who is the voice-actor mentioned above?
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He is an American actor, animator, writer, producer, director, comedian, and singer.
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any other shows he has been in?
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The Orville, American Dad and The Cleveland Show.
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any movies he has been in?
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Since then MacFarlane has co-created, co-writes, executive produces, and lead voices in FOX's "American Dad!" and wrote, co-created, executive produced, and had a supporting voice role in "The Cleveland Show", which was a spin-off of "Family Guy". In 2012, MacFarlane made his feature film directorial debut for Universal Pictures with "Ted", a fantasy comedy which was well received by critics and audiences. He went on to act, write, produce, and direct two more features for Universal—the western comedy "A Million Ways to Die in the West" (2014) and a sequel to his first film "Ted 2" (2015). In 2017, MacFarlane created his fourth show, "The Orville".
Seth MacFarlane filmography | Introduction
He has also appeared in the films "" (2008), "" (2009), "" (2010), "Tooth Fairy" (2010), "Movie 43" (2013), "Sing" (2016), and "Logan Lucky" (2017). MacFarlane has received numerous awards and nominations for his work on film, television, music, and video games. He has also received twenty-three Emmy Award nominations, winning five for "Family Guy". His directorial film debut in "Ted" earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song. In addition, he has received five Grammy Award nominations and two British Academy of Film and Television Arts among others.
Seth MacFarlane filmography | Introduction
Seth MacFarlane is an American actor, animator, writer, producer, director, comedian, and singer. MacFarlane began his career as an animator and writer for Hanna-Barbera for several television series, including "Johnny Bravo", "Cow and Chicken", "Dexter's Laboratory", "I Am Weasel", and created a sequel to his college thesis film "Larry & Steve". Since 1999, MacFarlane has served as creator, writer, executive producer, and lead voice actor in the adult animated sitcom "Family Guy" on FOX. He voices the characters of Peter Griffin, Stewie Griffin, Brian Griffin and among other characters. The series has garnered critical acclaim with critics and audiences and has won numerous awards.
Seth MacFarlane filmography | Introduction
Seth Woodbury MacFarlane (; born October 26, 1973) is an American actor, animator, writer, producer, director, comedian, and singer. MacFarlane is the creator of the TV series "Family Guy" (1999–present) and "The Orville" (2017–present), and co-creator of the TV series "American Dad!" (2005–present) and "The Cleveland Show" (2009–2013). He also wrote, directed, and starred in the films "Ted" (2012), its sequel "Ted 2" (2015), and "A Million Ways to Die in the West" (2014). MacFarlane is a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design, where he studied animation. Recruited to Hollywood, he was an animator and writer for Hanna-Barbera for several television series, including "Johnny Bravo", "Cow and Chicken", "Dexter's Laboratory", "I Am Weasel", and "Larry & Steve".
Seth MacFarlane | Introduction
He also played the villain "The Manotaur" in Bob Boyle's animated kids series "Yin Yang Yo!". In addition, MacFarlane voiced Johann Kraus in the 2008 film "Hellboy II: The Golden Army". He also had a guest appearance in the animated film "" where he sings "That Was Then (And This is Too)", the opening theme. He had also starred in a commercial for Hulu in which he plays an alien presenting Hulu as an "evil plot to destroy the world", progressively as his famous "Family Guy" and "American Dad!" characters. He also lent his voice to the series finale movie of the Comedy Central series, "Drawn Together".
Seth MacFarlane | Guest appearances
MacFarlane has appeared in sitcoms, comedy and news programs, independent films, and other animated shows. In 2002, MacFarlane appeared in the "Gilmore Girls" episode "Lorelai's Graduation Day". Four years later on November 5, 2006, MacFarlane guest starred on Fox's "The War at Home" as "Hillary's Date", an unnamed 33-year-old man who secretly dates teenaged Hillary in the episode "I Wash My Hands of You". MacFarlane also appeared as the engineer Ensign Rivers on "" in the third-season episode "" and the fourth-season episode "". During 2006, MacFarlane had a role in the independent film "Life is Short". He portrayed Dr.
Seth MacFarlane | Guest appearances
His comedy influences include people like Woody Allen, Jackie Gleason, Bill Maher, Mel Brooks, and Monty Python, while his musical influences include people like Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Vic Damone, Johnny Mercer, Bing Crosby, Bobby Darin, Gordon MacRae, and the Rat Pack.
Seth MacFarlane | Influences
He made several guest appearances on TV series such as "Gilmore Girls", "The War at Home", "", and "FlashForward". In 2008, he created his own YouTube series titled "Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy". He won several awards for his work on "Family Guy", including five Primetime Emmy Awards and an Annie Award. In 2009, he won the Webby Award for Film & Video Person of the Year. MacFarlane has performed as a singer at Carnegie Hall in New York and the Royal Albert Hall in London. He has released six studio albums, in the same vein of his musical idol Frank Sinatra, beginning with "Music Is Better Than Words" in 2011.
Seth MacFarlane | Introduction
He will occasionally use musical comedy for either his shows or movies.
Seth MacFarlane | Music
In 2017, he appeared in Steven Soderbergh's heist comedy "Logan Lucky", alongside Channing Tatum and Adam Driver. In 2019, MacFarlane appeared in the Showtime limited series "The Loudest Voice".
Seth MacFarlane | Guest appearances
Due to strong ratings, Fox picked up the back nine episodes of season 2, making a 22-episode season and bringing the total episode count of the show to 44. The series ended on May 19, 2013, with a total of 4 seasons and 88 episodes, and the character of Cleveland returned to "Family Guy" in the episode "He's Bla-ack!". This is the only animated series created by MacFarlane that does not have him voicing the main character. Seth MacFarlane played Tim the Bear until season 3 episode 10. Jess Harnell voices Tim from season 3 episode 11 onwards.
Seth MacFarlane | "The Cleveland Show"
What with Barker's departure from the series however, it is unclear if any of these plans have been scrapped or modified in any way.
Seth MacFarlane | "American Dad!"
MacFarlane has been nominated for twenty-three Primetime Emmy Awards for his work on "Family Guy" and has won five times, in 2000, 2002, 2016, 2017 and 2019. He has been nominated for five Grammy Awards for his work in "", "Music Is Better Than Words", "Family Guy", "No One Ever Tells You", and "In Full Swing". He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song for co-writing the opening song, "Everybody Needs a Best Friend", from his film "Ted" with the film's composer Walter Murphy. He has received numerous awards from other organizations, including the Annie Award for Best Voice Acting in an Animated Television Production and the Saturn Award for Best Television Presentation for the "Family Guy" episode titled "Blue Harvest", the MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Duo and the Empire Award for Best Comedy for "Ted".
Seth MacFarlane | Awards and nominations
He also provided Stewie's voice when he appeared as a brain tumor-induced hallucination to Seeley Booth in an episode of "Bones", writing his own dialogue for the episode. On May 8, 2009, MacFarlane was a guest on "Real Time with Bill Maher". Other than "Family Guy" and "American Dad!", MacFarlane voices characters in other cartoon shows and films. He voiced Wayne "The Brain" McClain in an episode of "Aqua Teen Hunger Force". He has also voiced various characters on Adult Swim's "Robot Chicken", including a parody of Lion-O and Emperor Palpatine as well as Peter Griffin in the Season 2 premiere – he even parodied himself in the Season 4 premiere, in which he renewed the show simply by mentioning it in a "Family Guy"-like cutaway after its fictitious cancellation at the end of Season 3.
Seth MacFarlane | Guest appearances
Macfarlane has also starred in TV movies, such as Hallmark Channel's "The Memory Book", "Christmas Land"," Maggie's Miracle Christmas", and "The Mistletoe Promise" (2016).
Luke Macfarlane | Career
Ned, a psychologist who advises a short man (played by "Freaks and Geeks" star Samm Levine) to have relationships with taller women. He is a frequent guest on the radio talkshow "Loveline", hosted by Dr. Drew Pinsky. MacFarlane appeared on the November 11, 2006 episode of Fox's comedy show "MADtv" and performed a live action re-enactment of a scene from the "Family Guy" episode "Fast Times at Buddy Cianci Jr. High". In the scene, Peter and Lois suspect Chris of murdering his teacher's husband. As a reaction, a terrified Meg jumps out the window. For the live-action sequence, besides MacFarlane, Nicole Parker played Lois, Ike Barinholtz played Chris, Nicole Randall Johnson played Meg, and Keegan-Michael Key played Stewie.
Seth MacFarlane | Guest appearances
The following is a list of "Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy" episodes. Including the episodes released online, the release of the DVD and Blu-ray editions saw 27 exclusive episodes.
List of Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy episodes | Introduction
Because of atypical scheduling of the show's first 7 episodes, "American Dad!" has a controversial season number discrepancy in which many are divided as to how many seasons the program has had. Beyond division between media journalists and fans, there has been conflicting reports as to what season the show is in even between "American Dad!" creators and the show's official website—both from its original Fox website and now from TBS website. At Comic-Con 2013 on July 20, "American Dad!" co-creator Mike Barker hinted that an "American Dad!" movie—centering on the Roger character and set from his birth planet—is in the works and partially written.
Seth MacFarlane | "American Dad!"
† A few shorts were later released online with censored language and dialogue between February to April 2010.
List of Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy episodes | Series Overview
The remaining 27 shorts were all released with the previous 23 released shorts on DVD and Blu-Ray on May 12, 2009. The few shorts that were later uploaded to YouTube in 2010 but were censored for language. Since these shorts weren't released separately with ending credits, it's currently unknown who wrote, directed, and voiced the following shorts.
List of Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy episodes | Exclusively on DVD: (2009; 2010)
According to MacFarlane, the live-action thing didn't work too well. After that clip, MacFarlane showed the same scene, but with celebrities who didn't pay attention to the script. They messed up their lines so badly that MacFarlane, in his Peter voice, screamed "The script, guys! Come on!" MacFarlane served as a host to the Canadian Awards for the Electronic & Animated Arts's Second Annual Elan Awards on February 15, 2008. MacFarlane has also appeared on news shows and late night television shows such as "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" and "Late Show with David Letterman". Three months later on March 24, 2007, MacFarlane was interviewed on Fox's "Talkshow with Spike Feresten", and closed the show by singing the Frank Sinatra song "You Make Me Feel So Young".
Seth MacFarlane | Guest appearances
In May 2011, it was announced that MacFarlane would be reviving "The Flintstones" for the Fox network, with the first episode airing in 2013. MacFarlane said that he would provide the voice of Barney Rubble. In October 2011, MacFarlane was working on another animated series with Alex Borstein and Gary Janetti. In 2015, MacFarlane was developing sitcom called "2 Black Dudes" with J. Lee and Mark Mariano. All three series′ did not move forward with an order by the network. MacFarlane told "The Hollywood Reporter", "If I did a Broadway musical, I'd probably want to do something a little bit more old-fashioned...I wouldn't necessarily do something that was as edgy as what they [Matt Stone and Trey Parker] have done.
Seth MacFarlane | Other projects
MacFarlane played Ziggy in the 2010 film "Tooth Fairy". In August 2010, he appeared as a guest voice-over in a sci-fi themed episode of Disney's "Phineas and Ferb" entitled "Nerds of a Feather". On September 15, 2012, MacFarlane hosted the season premiere of "Saturday Night Live", with musical guest Frank Ocean. The episode was MacFarlane's first appearance on the show. MacFarlane had a cameo in the 2013 film "Movie 43". MacFarlane collaborated with Matt Groening on an episode of "The Simpsons" and "Futurama". In 2016, he had a voice role in the animated film "Sing", as well as serving as a major performer on the film's soundtrack.
Seth MacFarlane | Guest appearances
He has also appeared in the television series "Awkward" and "Fear the Walking Dead", "Letterkenny", and the films "The Submarine Kid" and "Never Steady, Never Still".
Jared Abrahamson | Introduction
On May 4, 2016, FOX picked up a sci-fi comedy-drama series called "The Orville". The show is created, executive-produced, and starred in by MacFarlane. The show is set 400 years in the future aboard the "Orville", a not-so-top-of-the-line exploratory ship in the Union interstellar fleet. The series premiered during the 2017–2018 season, on Sunday, September 10, 2017.
Seth MacFarlane | "The Orville"
Negotiations for the show's "MADtv" connection fell through early on as a result of budgetary concerns. At age 24, MacFarlane was television's youngest executive producer. "Family Guy" first aired January 31, 1999. MacFarlane's work in animating "Family Guy" has been influenced by Jackie Gleason and Hanna-Barbera along with examples from "The Simpsons" and "All in the Family". In addition to writing three episodes, "Death Has a Shadow", "Family Guy Viewer Mail 1" and "North by North Quahog", MacFarlane voices "Family Guy"s main male characters – Peter Griffin, Stewie Griffin, Brian Griffin, and Glenn Quagmire as well as Tom Tucker, his son Jake Tucker, and additional characters.
Seth MacFarlane | "Family Guy"
McFarlane portrayed Police Commissioner Loeb in the critically acclaimed films "Batman Begins" (2005) and "The Dark Knight" (2008). He has also made numerous appearances in the "Doctor Who" franchise, voicing the Heavenly Host in the Christmas special "Voyage of the Damned" and playing Moran in the "Under the Lake" and "Before the Flood" episodes of the ninth series from 2015. In addition, he also appeared in the third series of "Torchwood", "", as the American military representative Colonel Pierce. He appears alongside Matt Smith and Natalie Dormer in the action horror film "Patient Zero" (2018). He then appeared as the governor in the 2019 thriller film "Crawl", featuring Kaya Scodelario and Barry Pepper.
Colin McFarlane | Film
The following is a list of awards and nominations received by American actor, animator, writer, producer, director, comedian, and singer Seth MacFarlane.
List of awards and nominations received by Seth MacFarlane | Introduction
The Critics' Choice Movie Awards have been presented annually since 1995 by the Broadcast Film Critics Association for outstanding achievements in the film industry. MacFarlane has received one nomination. ! !scope="row"| 2013
List of awards and nominations received by Seth MacFarlane | Critics' Choice Movie Awards
In addition to theater and appearances in movies, Stewart has been on tour with Jennifer Lopez and Madonna. In addition to that, Stewart has starred in Paula DeAnda's music video "Walk Away (Remember Me)" as DeAnda's ex-boyfriend as well as Jay Z.
Seth Stewart | Other works
He has also done voice work for the films "Shrek the Third", "Horton Hears a Who!", the "Kung Fu Panda" film series, "The Spiderwick Chronicles", "Monsters vs. Aliens", "Paul", "Sausage Party", and Pumbaa in the 2019 version of "The Lion King".
Seth Rogen | Introduction
In 2017, he appeared in the Episode 12 of Seth McFarlane's futuristic sci-fi Fox series, "The Orville", as the priest Valondis (aired 12/8/2017). In 1992, he also played a government agent of a future fascist state in the BBC's "Red Dwarf" series V, episode 6, "Back to Reality".
Lenny Von Dohlen | Television
The challenge to me would be more along the lines of, gosh, can somebody write "Oklahoma!" for 2011?" He has also said that, "The good thing about Broadway is that you don't have to worry about an airdate. It gets done when it gets done." In 2018, it was announced that MacFarlane would be adapting Clive Barker’s novel "Books of Blood" into a feature film for Hulu. Brannon Braga would write and direct the film while MacFarlane will serve as an executive producer.
Seth MacFarlane | Other projects
Recalling the experience in an interview with "The New York Times", MacFarlane stated, "I spent about six months with no sleep and no life, just drawing like crazy in my kitchen and doing this pilot". After six months, MacFarlane returned to Fox with a "very, very simply, crudely animated film – with just enough to get the tone of the show across" to present to the executives, who loved the pilot and ordered the series immediately. In July 1998, Fox announced the purchase of "Family Guy" for a January 1999 debut. "Family Guy" was originally intended to be a series of shorts on "MADtv", much in the same way "The Simpsons" had begun on "The Tracey Ullman Show" a decade earlier.
Seth MacFarlane | "Family Guy"
The season was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series. The last animated program to be nominated was "The Flintstones" in 1961. Seth MacFarlane was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance for his role as Peter Griffin in "I Dream of Jesus". MacFarlane was also nominated for an Annie Award for the same episode, but lost to Ahmed Best from "Robot Chicken". "Road to Germany" was nominated for a Golden Reel Award for Best Sound Editing, but lost to the "" episode "Lair of Grievous".
Family Guy (season 7) | Awards and nominations
Macon has appeared in episodes of "Nash Bridges", "Law & Order", "Without a Trace", "Supernatural", "The Shield", "Dexter", "Bosch", "SEAL Team" and "Shameless". He is currently appearing as the character Bortus in "The Orville", a comedy-drama science fiction television series created by Seth MacFarlane that premiered on FOX on September 10, 2017.
Peter Macon | Television
In addition to serving as one of the executive producers, MacFarlane provided voices for characters during the animated portions of the series. In 2013 and 2014, MacFarlane produced one season of a live-action sitcom called "Dads". The series, revolves around Eli, played by Seth Green, and Warner, played by Giovanni Ribisi, two successful guys in their 30s whose world is turned upside down when their dads move in with them. MacFarlane, Alec Sulkin and Wellesley Wild executive-produced the series, with Sulkin and Wild writing.
Seth MacFarlane | Television producing
The Golden Raspberry Awards or the Razzies are awarded in recognition of the worst in film. MacFarlane has received three nominations. ! !scope="row" rowspan="3" | 2015
List of awards and nominations received by Seth MacFarlane | Golden Raspberry Awards
Seth MacFarlane, the creator and executive producer of The Cleveland Show, as well as its sister shows Family Guy and American Dad!, served as the executive producer for the episode, along with series veterans Mike Henry and Richard Appel. This episode featured guest appearances from Will.i.am and T-Pain, as well as several recurring voice actors and actresses for the series. "Your Show of Shows" was originally intended to air as the twenty second episode of the second season of "The Cleveland Show", airing a week after the third part of a fictional crossover event between "American Dad!", "The Cleveland Show", and "Family Guy".
Your Show of Shows (The Cleveland Show) | Production
MacFarlane said:The only reason it hasn't really affected me as it maybe could have is I didn't really know that I was in any danger until after it was over, so I never had that panic moment. After the fact, it was sobering, but people have a lot of close calls; you're crossing the street and you almost get hit by a car... this one just happened to be related to something massive. I really can't let it affect me because I'm a comedy writer. I have to put that in the back of my head.
Seth MacFarlane | September 11, 2001 experience
He has had a long-running partnership with Seth MacFarlane, composing music for his films and TV shows such as "Family Guy", "The Cleveland Show", "American Dad!", "Ted", and "Ted 2".
Walter Murphy | Introduction
He has also made regular appearances in British TV comedy, in the shows "The Fast Show", "Randall & Hopkirk"," Jeeves and Wooster", "Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps", "Harry and Paul" and "The Thin Blue Line". He played Inspector Norris in the "Black Books" episode "The Blackout", Inspector Terrence Brown in the first episode of "Dirk Gently" and voiced the Judge in the 2016 revival of the sitcom "Porridge".
Colin McFarlane | Television
MacFarlane made his directorial live-action film debut with the release of "Ted" in 2012. He announced that he was directing it on an episode of "Conan" that aired on February 10, 2011. Along with directing the film, he also wrote the screenplay, served as producer, and starred as the title character. "Ted" tells the story of John Bennett (Mark Wahlberg) and his talking teddy bear (MacFarlane) who keeps John and his girlfriend Lori Collins (Mila Kunis) from moving on with their lives. The film received generally favorable reviews from both critics and audiences, and was a box office success, opening with the highest weekend gross of all time for an original R-rated comedy.
Seth MacFarlane | "Ted"
The first season, with additional content, was released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc on May 12, 2009 and was released on DVD in the UK on January 25, 2010. In addition to the 23 episodes officially released online, 27 episodes were exclusively included on the DVD and Blu-ray release. The release uncensored the first eleven episodes which were censored online.
Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy | Home media
Fuzzy Door (formally known as Fuzzy Door Productions) is the production company of actor and producer Seth MacFarlane, established in 1998. The company's productions include the animated series "Family Guy", "American Dad!", the "Family Guy" spin-off "The Cleveland Show", the live-action sitcom "The Winner," the science documentary series "" and the sci-fi comedy drama series "The Orville". More recently, it signed a deal with NBCUniversal. The name of the company comes from the leopard-printed fake fur-covered door to the house MacFarlane lived in when he was attending Rhode Island School of Design as an undergraduate in animation. The house itself also went by the nickname The Fuzzy Door during MacFarlane's residence and was the location of many "Fuzzy Door" parties.
Fuzzy Door Productions | Introduction
Seth's quite vulnerable too and... well, I’m not. No, I am quite vulnerable too. He’s basically me, but just like a younger version of myself!" In December 2011, it was announced that Higson had finished filming with "Hollyoaks" and that Seth's final scenes will air at the end of that year.
Seth Costello | Character creation and development
In 2019, MacFarlane received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6259 Hollywood Blvd. In 2020, he was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame.
Seth MacFarlane | Awards and nominations
The DVD Exclusive Awards was an awards program that honored direct to video productions released on DVD. MacFarlane has won two awards. ! !scope="row" rowspan="2"| 2006
List of awards and nominations received by Seth MacFarlane | DVD Exclusive Awards
On September 10, 2008, MacFarlane released a series of webisodes known as "Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy" with its animated shorts sponsored by Burger King and released weekly.
Seth MacFarlane | "Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy"
Seth Benjamin Green (born Seth Benjamin Gesshel-Green; February 8, 1974) is an American actor, voice artist, comedian, producer, writer and director. He is known as a co-creator, executive producer, and most frequent voice on Adult Swim's "Robot Chicken" and has also directed the "Robot Chicken" "Star Wars" and "DC Comics" specials. Green has appeared in the films "Radio Days", "Rat Race", "My Stepmother Is an Alien", "Airborne", the "Austin Powers" series, "Can't Hardly Wait", "The Italian Job", "", "Without a Paddle", "Guardians of the Galaxy", "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2", and "The Lego Batman Movie". He is also known for his roles as Daniel "Oz" Osbourne on "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Angel", voicing Chris Griffin on Fox's "Family Guy", and Jeff "Joker" Moreau in the" Mass Effect" video games.
Seth Green | Introduction
L. Brent Bozell III of the Parents Television Council, a common critic of the show, took offense at this episode's portrayal of Jesus. Bozell said "this lying, slacker Jesus is even dumber than Peter, the greatest idiot on animated television today." Tom Eames of entertainment website "Digital Spy" placed the episode at number nine on his listing of the best "Family Guy" episodes in order of "yukyukyuks" due its use of the 'Sufin Bird' song and quipped that "you never know when it might strike again." Seth MacFarlane was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance for his role as Peter Griffin in this episode, MacFarlane was also nominated for the Annie Award for Voice Acting in an Animated Television Production or Short Form for his work in "I Dream of Jesus", but lost to Ahmed Best for his role as Jar Jar Binks in "".
I Dream of Jesus | Reception
Other films in which he has since appeared include "Happy Gilmore", "The Wedding Singer", "Anger Management", "Little Nicky", "Just Go with It", "Daddy Day Care", "Good Boy!", and "Aliens in the Attic" (2009). He has a part in many of Adam Sandler's Happy Madison films, including "Grandma's Boy" (2006), "You Don't Mess with the Zohan" (2008), and "Father of the Year" (2018), and made a cameo appearance in the 2008 film "Get Smart".
Kevin Nealon | Career
Seth MacFarlane and Jon Cassar are the only directors. Filming for the third season began in October 2019, but was halted in March 2020 with approximately half of the season completed because of the coronavirus pandemic.
The Orville (season 3) | Production
MacFarlane has a second long-running, successful adult animated series in "American Dad!" which has been in production since early 2005. To date, "American Dad!" is MacFarlane's only animated series never to have suffered an official cancellation, though it did undergo a network relocation from Fox to TBS on October 20, 2014, following the show's 11th season. TBS announced on July 16, 2013, that they had picked up the series for a 15-episode 12th season. Reportedly, the purpose of the network relocation was originally to make room for new animated broadcasts on Fox's now-defunct "Animation Domination" lineup. It was reported that the relocation of "American Dad!" allowed room for other shows, such as "Mulaney" and another animated series from Seth MacFarlane called "Bordertown".
Seth MacFarlane | "American Dad!"
Long after these events, the original series was revealed to have been staged. Outside of CollegeHumor, Blumenfeld has appeared in the short film "The Old Man and the Seymour", the television series "Louie" and "I Just Want My Pants Back", and the 2011 film "A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas". He also wrote for "ESPN The Magazine" and "Mental Floss".
Amir Blumenfeld | Introduction
Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy is an animated web series created by Seth MacFarlane.
Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy | Introduction
Internationally, the movie is currently the highest-grossing original R-rated comedy of all time, beating "The Hangover". A sequel, "Ted 2", was released on June 26, 2015.
Seth MacFarlane | "Ted"
In 2007, he starred in the comedy "", garnering him a Grammy Award nomination and a second Golden Globe Award nomination for the song performed in the film, "Walk Hard". Reilly starred with Will Ferrell in the Adam McKay-directed comedies "Talladega Nights" (2006) and "Step Brothers" (2008). He voiced the title character in the commercially successful animated film "Wreck-It Ralph" (2012), and its 2018 sequel and appeared in the superhero film "Guardians of the Galaxy" (2014), as well as "" (2017). Since 2010, Reilly has been starring in the television series "Check It Out! with Dr. Steve Brule", playing the titular character that originated on "Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!".
John C. Reilly filmography | Introduction
Adkins made his debut in 1996, in the shows "Small Talk" and in "Sabrina, the Teenage Witch". He appeared in the series "ER", and "", and in the films "...First Do No Harm", "Stir", "Titanic". He voiced Duby in the film "Baby Geniuses". He had a role in the television movie "Wuthering Heights", and in the feature films "Funky Monkey", "Bad News Bears", "Privileged", and "Let Me In". Adkins also appeared in the television series "" and "Touched by an Angel", "Judging Amy", "", and "Crash".
Seth Adkins | Career
In a July 22, 2007 interview with "The Hollywood Reporter", MacFarlane announced that he may start working on a feature film, although "nothing's official." In "TV Week" on July 18, 2008, MacFarlane confirmed plans to produce a theatrically released "Family Guy" feature film sometime "within the next year." He came up with an idea for the story, "something that you could not do on the show, which [to him] is the only reason to do a movie." He later went on to say he imagines the film to be "an old-style musical with dialogue" similar to "The Sound of Music", saying that he would "really be trying to capture, musically, that feel." On October 13, 2011, Seth MacFarlane confirmed that a deal for a "Family Guy" film had been made, and that it would be written by himself and series co-producer Ricky Blitt.
Family Guy | Film
MacFarlane developed a "Family Guy" spin-off called "The Cleveland Show", which focuses on the character of Cleveland Brown and his family. The idea for the show originated from a suggestion by "Family Guy" writer and voice of Cleveland, Mike Henry. Fox ordered 22 episodes and the series first aired on September 27, 2009. The show, which was picked up to air a first season consisting of 22 episodes, was picked up by Fox for a second season, consisting of 13 episodes, bringing the total number to 35 episodes. The announcement was made on May 3, 2009 before the first season even premiered.
Seth MacFarlane | "The Cleveland Show"
"Bordertown" ran during the 2015–16 television season. While MacFarlane regularly does extensive voice acting work for "American Dad!", he has left much of the show's creative direction up to Weitzman and Barker. MacFarlane has credited this move with helping to give the series its own distinct voice and identity. Though, as announced on November 4, 2013, Barker departed "American Dad!" after 10 seasons of serving as the show's producer/co-showrunner, resulting from creative differences as production for season 11 on TBS commenced. "American Dad!" was first shown after Super Bowl XXXIX, debuting with the episode "Pilot", which MacFarlane co-wrote. This February 6, 2005 series premiere was somewhat of an early sneak preview as the program would not begin airing regularly as part of Fox's Animation Domination until May 1, 2005.
Seth MacFarlane | "American Dad!"
Macfarlane had early supporting roles including PV2 Frank "Dim" Dumphy on the 2005 FX series "Over There", he played opposite Cynthia Nixon in Robert Altman's miniseries "Tanner on Tanner" on the Sundance Channel and was the leading role in the two-part miniseries titled "Iron Road". Macfarlane first notable role was as Scotty Wandell on ABC's "Brothers & Sisters", husband to Kevin Walker (played by Matthew Rhys), one of the "brothers" of the show. Macfarlane's other notable television roles include Jason Howell in the Canadian sitcom "Satisfaction", Rick Lincoln on NBC's "The Night Shift", Chaplain Hopkins on PBS's "Mercy Street" and the starring role of D'avin Jaqobis in Syfy's "Killjoys".
Luke Macfarlane | Career
This episode was written by Matt Fusfeld and Alex Cuthbertson and directed by Josue Cervantes. Seth MacFarlane, the creator and executive producer of "American Dad!", as well as its sister shows "Family Guy" and "The Cleveland Show", served as the executive producer for the episode, along with series veterans Mike Barker, Rick Wiener, Matt Weitzman, and Kenny Schwartz. In addition to the regular cast, Sharon Lawrence and Shannon Sharpe guest starred in the episode. Recurring voice actors Curtis Armstrong, Elizabeth Banks, Mike Barker, Mike Henry, David Koechner, Teri Lyn Rodriguez, Patrick Stewart, Alec Sulkin, Daisuke Suzuki, Eddie Kaye Thomas, and John Viener made minor appearances as well.
The Scarlett Getter | Production
The Phoenix Film Critics Society (PFCS) is an organization of film reviewers from Phoenix-based publications. MacFarlane has been nominated once. ! !scope="row" |2012
List of awards and nominations received by Seth MacFarlane | Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards
He is very popular among fans of the series. Green has starred on Fox's "Greg the Bunny" and guest-starred on "The X-Files", "That '70s Show", "Will & Grace", "MADtv", "Reno 911!", "Entourage", "Grey's Anatomy", "The Wonder Years", "Heroes", "The Facts of Life", "The Drew Carey Show", and "My Name Is Earl".
Seth Green | Early work
"The Cleveland Show" characters have appeared on other animated sitcoms and vice versa. "The Cleveland Show" crossovers have all involved two other animated programs. Both the other two animated programs were also created by Seth MacFarlane: "Family Guy" and "American Dad!" There are also many brief cameos of characters from other Fox animated series, "The Simpsons", and "King of the Hill".
The Cleveland Show | Crossovers with other animated sitcoms
Seth MacFarlane's directorial debut is a live-action effort, with computer animation handled by visual effects facilities Tippett Studio and Iloura. MacFarlane wrote the screenplay with his "Family Guy" colleagues Alec Sulkin and Wellesley Wild. In a "behind the scenes" video, it was revealed that MacFarlane originally wanted to make "Ted" into an animated TV show, much like his previous works "Family Guy", "American Dad!", and "The Cleveland Show". Originally, 20th Century Fox was offered to finance and distribute the movie, given its collaboration with MacFarlane for shows like "Family Guy", "American Dad!", and "The Cleveland Show". However, MacFarlane wanted a $65 million budget for the movie, which Fox considered the price to be too high for the R-rated comedy film, let alone for a first-time director, and was skeptical about the film's future success.
Ted (film) | Production
In 2003, McFarlane made a few appearances on the show "Lizzie McGuire", and a small appearance in Season 1 Episode 3 of "The Bernie Mac Show". In 2001, McFarlane joined the main cast of "My Wife and Kids" in the role of Roger, the original Claire's (Jazz Raycole) crush for one episode. He returned to the show as Tony Jeffers, portraying the character through 2005 when the series ended. In 2008–2009, he played the role of Jason in ten episodes of "The Secret Life of the American Teenager". He had a small role in the 2009 parody film "Dance Flick" and an upcoming role in "Just Peck".
Andrew McFarlane (American actor) | Biography
On July 22, 2007, in an interview with "The Hollywood Reporter", MacFarlane announced that he may start working on a feature film, although "nothing's official." In "TV Week" on July 18, 2008, MacFarlane confirmed plans to produce a theatrically released "Family Guy" feature film sometime "within the next year." He came up with an idea for the story, "something that you could not do on the show, which [to him] is the only reason to do a movie." He later went to say he imagines the film to be "an old-style musical with dialogue" similar to "The Sound of Music", saying that he would "really be trying to capture, musically, that feel." On October 13, 2011, Seth MacFarlane confirmed that a deal for a "Family Guy" film had been made, and that it would be written by himself and series co-producer Ricky Blitt.
Family Guy (franchise) | Film
As a student, he had intended to work for Disney but changed his mind after graduating.
Seth MacFarlane | Early life and education
Seth Elijah Adkins (born October 30, 1989) is an American actor. He made his debut as a child actor in the TV shows "Small Talk" and "Sabrina, the Teenage Witch" in 1996 and the films "...First Do No Harm" and "Titanic" in 1997. He later made a successful transition to portraying adult characters. Adkins played Pinocchio in the film "Geppetto" (2000) and appeared in the film "Let Me In" (2010) directed by Matt Reeves.
Seth Adkins | Introduction
The Academy Awards are a set of awards given annually for excellence of cinematic achievements, and are organised by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). MacFarlane has received one nomination. ! !scope="row"| 2013
List of awards and nominations received by Seth MacFarlane | Academy Awards
After the pilot was given the green light, the Griffin family appeared in the episode "Death Has a Shadow". Brian has been featured in many items of merchandise for "Family Guy", and he is considered to be one of the show's biggest merchandising characters. He has also made crossover appearances in the other MacFarlane-produced shows, such as "American Dad!" and "The Cleveland Show".
Brian Griffin | Introduction
Adam Jared Brody (born December 15, 1979) is an American actor, writer, musician, and producer. He is known for his role as Seth Cohen on the 2003 television series "The O.C.". Brody has appeared in the films "Mr. & Mrs. Smith" (2005), "Thank You for Smoking" (2006), "In the Land of Women" (2007), "Jennifer's Body" (2009), "Cop Out" (2010), "Scream 4" (2011), "Lovelace" (2013), "Life Partners" (2014), "Sleeping with Other People" (2015), "StartUp" (2016), "Shazam!" (2019) and "Ready or Not" (2019).
Adam Brody | Introduction
As a part of the "Johnny Bravo" crew, MacFarlane met actors and voiceover artists such as Adam West and Jack Sheldon of "Schoolhouse Rock!" fame. Meeting these individuals later became significant to the production and success of his "Family Guy" series. He also did freelance work for Walt Disney Television Animation, writing for "Jungle Cubs", and for Nelvana, where he wrote for "". Through strict observation of writing elements such as story progression, character stakes and plot points, MacFarlane found the work for Disney was, from a writing standpoint, very valuable in preparation for his career (particularly on "Ace Ventura").
Seth MacFarlane | Hanna-Barbera years
The episode was written by series regular Kirker Butler and directed by series regular Steve Robertson shortly after the conclusion of the second production season. This episode features Seth MacFarlane as his "Family Guy" characters Peter Griffin, Stewie Griffin and Brian Griffin. In addition to the regular cast, Ric Flair guest starred in the episode. Recurring voice actors Will Forte, David Lynch, Beth Littleford and Aseem Batra made minor appearances as well.
BFFs (The Cleveland Show) | Production
He had a brief cameo as himself in the 2006 film "Boys & Girls Guide To Getting Down". On February 4, 2015, Haskins reunited with Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Elizabeth Berkley, Mario Lopez and Tiffani Thiessen on "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" where they appeared in a Saved by the Bell sketch with Fallon.
Dennis Haskins | Television and film
Seth MacFarlane voices three of the show's main characters: Peter Griffin, Brian Griffin, and Stewie Griffin. Since MacFarlane had a strong vision for these characters, he chose to voice them himself, believing it would be easier than for someone else to attempt it. MacFarlane drew inspiration for the voice of Peter from a security guard he overheard talking while attending the Rhode Island School of Design. Stewie's voice was based on the voice of English actor Rex Harrison, especially his performance in the 1964 musical drama film "My Fair Lady". MacFarlane uses his regular speaking voice when playing Brian. MacFarlane also provides the voices for various other recurring and one-time-only characters, most prominently those of the Griffins' neighbor Glenn Quagmire, news anchor Tom Tucker, and Lois' father, Carter Pewterschmidt.
Family Guy | Voice cast
At the time, Borstein performed in a stage show in Los Angeles, in which she played a redheaded mother whose voice she had based on one of her cousins. The voice was originally slower, but when MacFarlane heard it, he replied "Make it a little less annoying...and speed it up, or every episode will last four hours". Seth Green was chosen to play Chris Griffin and Neil Goldman. Green stated that he did an impression of the "Buffalo Bill" character from the thriller film "The Silence of the Lambs" during his audition. His main inspiration for Chris' voice came from envisioning how "Buffalo Bill" would sound if he were speaking through a public address system at a McDonald's.
Death Has a Shadow | Production
Morris also recurred as Scotty on the ABC comedy series "Happy Endings" and as Danny on the NBC comedy series "Go On". Other programs Morris appeared in regularly included "Late Night with Conan O'Brien", the HBO sketch series "Funny or Die Presents", and the MTV prank show "Damage Control". Morris has also made numerous guest appearances on comedy programs such as "Curb Your Enthusiasm", "Parks and Recreation", "The League", "Reno 911!", "Crossballs", "It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia", "Maron", "How I Met Your Mother", "Broad City", "Big Lake", "Human Giant", and "Nick Swardson's Pretend Time". He has appeared in films such as "The Dictator", "Step Brothers", "", and "I Love You, Man".
Seth Morris | Career
Blaylock's first acting role was for a short in 2004. From there he went to appear in "The Bernie Mac Show", "No Country for Old Men", "Video Game High School", "Spider-Man" and other series and films.
Josh Blaylock | Filmography
MacFarlane was the executive producer of a live-action sitcom starring Rob Corddry called "The Winner". The plot has a man named Glen discussing the time he matured at 32 and has him pursuing his only love after she moves in next door. Glen meets her son and both become good friends. The show ran on Fox for six episodes in Spring 2007. In August 2011, Fox ordered a 13-part updated series of "". MacFarlane co-produced the series with Ann Druyan and Steven Soter. The new series is hosted by Neil deGrasse Tyson and began airing on the channel in March 2014, with repeats airing on the National Geographic Channel on the next night.
Seth MacFarlane | Television producing
The British Academy Television Awards is an annual award show presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. The awards were founded in 1947 as The British Film Academy, by David Lean, Alexander Korda, Carol Reed, Charles Laughton, Roger Manvell and others. MacFarlane has been nominated twice. ! !scope="row"| 2008 !scope="row"| 2010
List of awards and nominations received by Seth MacFarlane | British Academy Television Awards
Originally from Florida, he began modeling at age of 12, and soon began appearing in commercials and on the stage. He made his first appearance on television in 1998 on the "Late Show with David Letterman" and his first film appearance that year in a small role in "Hot Boyz". His first notable role was the recurring character of Carver Washington on "Any Day Now" (1998–2000). Other recurring roles soon followed including Nick on "The Amanda Show" (1999–2000), Jesse Robbins (the nephew of Peter Benton) on "ER" (2000), and Anthony Marcus on "The West Wing" (2002). He also appeared in an episode of the sitcom "The King of Queens" in 2000.
Andrew McFarlane (American actor) | Biography
In 2010, he reappeared at the Proms with the John Wilson Orchestra in a Christmas concert special. In 2012, it was announced he would again appear at the Proms with the John Wilson Orchestra in a concert celebrating Broadway musicals. In 2015, MacFarlane again appeared at The Proms as a vocalist with the John Wilson Orchestra, this time in a Sinatra program. Regarding his musical passion, MacFarlane has said, "I love and am fascinated by exciting orchestration—what you can do with a band that size—and I think in many ways it's a lost art." His music is predominantly vocal jazz, show tunes, and swing.
Seth MacFarlane | Music
I don't know why, but [creator] Seth MacFarlane really likes the sound of my voice. I'll never understand that. He just liked me and they call me back all the time to do different things." Breckenridge often does celebrity impressions in the series, such as Sarah Jessica Parker and Renée Zellweger. She also had roles in MacFarlane's web series "Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy". Breckenridge also guest starred in the episode "With Friends Like Steve's" of "American Dad!", also created by MacFarlane. In 2006, Breckenridge starred as Monique in the film "She's the Man". She has also appeared in a couple of series that have later been canceled, such as the FX drama series "Dirt" from 2007 to 2008, in which she played Willa McPherson, a young upstart writer.
Alexandra Breckenridge | Career
Around the country, he has been seen on stage at the American Conservatory Theater, South Coast Repertory, Florida Stage, Paper Mill Playhouse, and the National Jewish Theatre, as well as at various theatres in Los Angeles. In 2004 he booked a lead in the Jessica Simpson pilot for ABC, and over the next several years made a number of guest appearances on television. In 2010 he was cast as the lead in TV Land's second original comedy series "Retired at 35" which premiered on January 19, 2011, at 10:30 pm following "Hot in Cleveland".
Johnathan McClain | Career
In late 2013, it was reported that a parallel universe had begun production. Mixing ideals from the original first and third films, the show pits the humans, led by Seth, who is played by D. J. Cotrona against the "culebras", notably Santanico Pandemonium, played by Eiza González and Sheriff McGraw, played by Don Johnson. This series stars Robert Patrick as Jacob Fuller.
Seth Gecko | Television series universe
The TCA Awards are awards presented by the Television Critics Association in recognition of excellence in television. MacFarlane has won one award. ! !scope="row" |2014
List of awards and nominations received by Seth MacFarlane | TCA Awards
This episode was written by Jordan Blum and Parker Deay and directed by Shawn Murray. Seth MacFarlane, the creator and executive producer of "American Dad!", as well as its sister shows "Family Guy" and "The Cleveland Show", served as the executive producer for the episode, along with series veterans Mike Barker, Rick Wiener, Matt Weitzman, and Kenny Schwartz. In addition to the regular cast, Sarah Michelle Gellar guest starred in the episode also appearing in this episode was Gellar's former co-star Alyson Hannigan. David Koechner, who appeared in "The Office" and "Saturday Night Live", reprises his role of Dick Reynolds in this episode.
Virtual In-Stanity | Production
The show is based on the comic book series of the same name created by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon and follows a small-town preacher named Jesse Custer (played by Dominic Cooper) who possesses a superpower that allows him to command others to do as he says. His last release of 2016 was the animated comedy "Sausage Party", which in addition to voicing the lead character Frank—a sausage who tries to escape his fate in a supermarket—he co-wrote and produced. "Sausage Party" became the most commercially successful R-rated animated film of all time, overtaking "" (1999). Associated Press critic Lindsey Bahr wrote of the film: "There is no one out there making comedies quite like Rogen and Goldberg.
Seth Rogen | 2015–present: Continued success and television work
Seth MacFarlane voices three of the show's main characters: Peter Griffin, Brian Griffin, and Stewie Griffin. MacFarlane chose to voice these characters himself, believing it would be easier to portray the voices he had already envisioned than for someone else to attempt it. MacFarlane drew inspiration for the voice of Peter from a security guard he overheard talking while attending the Rhode Island School of Design. Stewie's voice was based on the voice of English actor Rex Harrison, especially his performance in the 1964 musical drama film "My Fair Lady". MacFarlane uses his own voice while portraying Brian. MacFarlane also provides the voices for various other recurring and one-time only characters, most prominently those of neighbour Glenn Quagmire, news anchor Tom Tucker, Lois' father Carter Pewterschmidt and Dr.
List of Family Guy cast members | Seth MacFarlane
"The Cleveland Show" has received mixed reviews from critics and negative reviews from fans. Review aggregator Metacritic gave the show a score of 57 out of 100. Tom Shales of "The Washington Post" spoke very negatively about both the show and MacFarlane himself, describing him as "no better than the dirty old man hanging around playgrounds with naughty pictures or risque jokes as lures". Roberto Bianco of "USA Today" wrote a similarly negative review, suggesting that the easiest fix for its problem was "cancellation". John McWhorter of "The New Republic" called it "a patronizing mess" and "basically "Family Guy" in blackface".
The Cleveland Show | Critical reception
The episode was written by Wellesley Wild, who has been with the show since its fourth season. It was directed by Brian Iles, who would direct the episode "Back to the Woods" later this season. Series regulars Peter Shin and James Purdun acted as supervising directors for the episode. This is one of the episodes of "Family Guy" that was released after the show's creator, Seth MacFarlane, joined the Writers Guild of America strike. MacFarlane participated in the writing process and did record the voices of the characters that he normally plays for the episode, but he did not approve or participate in any post-production done to the episode.
McStroke | Production
The Satellite Awards are a set of annual awards given by the International Press Academy. MacFarlane has been nominated once. ! !scope="row" | 2004
List of awards and nominations received by Seth MacFarlane | Satellite Awards
Uranowitz has had minor appearances in the television series "", "Inside Amy Schumer," "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel", and horror-musical film "Stage Fright."
Brandon Uranowitz | Television and film
He described the atmosphere at Hanna-Barbera as resembling an "old-fashioned Hollywood structure, where you move from one show to another or you jump from a writing job on one show to a storyboard job on another". MacFarlane worked on four television series during his tenure at the studio: "Dexter's Laboratory", "Cow and Chicken", "I Am Weasel", and "Johnny Bravo". Working as both a writer and storyboard artist, MacFarlane spent the most time on "Johnny Bravo". He found it easier to develop his own style at "Johnny Bravo" through the show's process of scriptwriting, which "Dexter's Laboratory", "Cow and Chicken", and "I Am Weasel" did not use.
Seth MacFarlane | Hanna-Barbera years
Matthew McNulty was first cast as Seth to appear in the Christmas special. McNulty reprised his role as Seth throughout the third series which he said was always an option but was never a definite. He was only informed that he would be returning a month before filming began. McNulty explained that Seth is a "plot tool" and is a "useful tool" for the writers to help continue changing the show due to his ability to change the powers of other characters. Digital Spy's Morgan Jeffrey confirmed Seth would appear in the fourth series.
Seth (Misfits) | Casting and character creation
In addition to the regular cast, actor Dwayne Johnson made a brief live-action appearance in the episode, appearing as himself, along with two action figures of Peter and Lois, which he proceeds to bang on top of each other in order to illustrate a censored sex scene. Commenting on his appearance in the episode, Johnson stated that he was a "big fan" of "Family Guy", having quickly befriended show creator Seth MacFarlane after he had a minor role in Johnson's 2010 film "Tooth Fairy". While filming the movie, Johnson had reached out to MacFarlane, saying that he would love to "return the favor" by appearing on "Family Guy", which eventually led to his role in this episode.
Big Man on Hippocampus | Production and development