Seth MacFarlane
Biography
Seth Woodbury MacFarlane (born October 26, 1973) is an American animator, writer, comedian, producer, actor, singer, voice actor, and director best known for creating the animated sitcoms Family Guy, American Dad! and The Cleveland Show, for which he also voices many of the shows' various characters.
A native of Kent, Connecticut, MacFarlane is a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design, where he studied animation, earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree. He was an animator and writer for Hanna-Barbera for several television shows, including Johnny Bravo, Cow and Chicken and Dexter's Laboratory, before creating his own series for 20th Century Fox entitled Family Guy in 1999. MacFarlane would go on to co-create American Dad! in 2005, The Winner in 2007 and The Cleveland Show in 2009 for 20th Century Fox.
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 performer, MacFarlane has sung at several venues, including Carnegie and Royal Albert Hall.
Most directed genres
Recurring actors
- Seth MacFarlane 5
- Giovanni Ribisi 3
- Amanda Seyfried 2
- Bill Smitrovich 2
- Jessica Barth 2
- Mark Wahlberg 2
- Patrick Warburton 2
Awards and nominations
- 2017 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance
- 2013 MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Duo
- 2013 Academy Award for Best Original Song Nominated
- 2002 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics
- 2000 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance
- — star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
The career in numbers
- US$ 158 mi Total budget from 3 film(s) with data
- US$ 852 mi Total box office from 3 film(s) with data
- US$ 53 mi Average budget from 3 film(s) with data
- US$ 284 mi Average box office from 3 film(s) with data
- 6.3 Average rating from 3 film(s) with data
- 5.4× Return on investment from 3 film(s) with data
Budget and box office do not exist for every film in our records. Averages are computed over the films that carry the figure, and the count beside each one says how many.
Films directed
| Film | Year | Budget | Box office | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Ted 2
|
2015 | US$ 68 mi | US$ 216 mi | 6.3 |
A Million Ways to Die in the West
|
2014 | US$ 40 mi | US$ 86 mi | 6.1 |
Ted
|
2012 | US$ 50 mi | US$ 549 mi | 6.5 |
American Dad: The New CIA
|
2005 | — | — | 7.4 |
Larry and Steve
|
1997 | — | — | 6.3 |
