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Seth MacFarlane is an American actor, animator, writer, producer, director, comedian, and singer. MacFarlane began his career has 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 has 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. 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 with Ted, a fantasy comedy which was well received by critics and audiences. He went on to act, write, produce, and direct two features for Universal Studios—the western comedy A Million Ways to Die in the West (2014) and a sequel to his first film Ted 2 (2015). He has also appeared in the films Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008), Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder (2009), The Drawn Together Movie: The Movie! (2010), Tooth Fairy (2010), Movie 43 (2013), and Sing (2016).
MacFarlane has received numerous awards and nominations for his work on film, television, music, and video games. He has also received nineteen Emmy Award nominations, winning two for Family Guy. His directorial film debut in Ted earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song. In addition, he has received four Grammy Award nominations and two British Academy of Film and Television Arts among others.