Seth Woodbury MacFarlane (born October 26, 1973) is an American actor, animator, writer, producer, director and singer who works primarily in animation and comedy, as well as live -action and other genres. MacFarlane is the creator of the TV series Family Guy (1999-2003, 2005-present) and The Orville (2017-present), and co-creator of the TV series Dad America! (2005-present) and The Cleveland Show (2009-2013). He also wrote, directed, and starred in the films Ted (2012), the sequel Ted 2 (2015), and A Million Ways to Die in the West (2014).
MacFarlane is a graduate of Rhode Island Design School, where he studied animation. Recruited to Hollywood, he is 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 & amp; Steve . She made several guest appearances on TV series such as Gilmore Girls, The War at Home and FlashForward . In 2008, he made his own YouTube series titled Seth MacFarlane Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy. She won several awards for her work on Family Guy, including four Primetime Emmy and An Annie Award Awards. In 2009, he won the Webby Award for Film & amp; Video Person of the Year. He sometimes speaks at universities and colleges across the United States, and is an active supporter of gay rights.
MacFarlane has appeared as a singer in several places, including Carnegie Hall and Royal Albert Hall. MacFarlane has released four studio albums, in the same vein of his musical idol, Frank Sinatra, starting with Music Is Better Than Words in 2011. He has been nominated for four Grammy Awards for his musical work. MacFarlane hosted the 85th Academy Awards in 2013 and was also nominated for Best Original Song for the song "Everybody Needs a Best Friend" from Ted .
MacFarlane served as executive producer of Neil deGrasse Tyson-hosted Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey , an update of the 1980s series of Cosmos hosted by Carl Sagan. MacFarlane plays an important role in providing funds for the series, as well as securing studio support for it from other entertainment executives.
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Early life and education
MacFarlane was born and raised in Kent, Connecticut. His parents, Ronald Milton MacFarlane (born 1946) and Ann Perry (nÃÆ' Â © e Sager; 1947-2010), were born in Newburyport, Massachusetts. Her sister is the voice actress Rachael Ann MacFarlane (born 1976). He had roots in New England back to the 1600s, and was descended from the passenger's Mayflower William Brewster. MacFarlane's parents met in 1970, when they both lived and worked in Boston, Massachusetts, and married later that year. The couple moved to Kent in 1972, where Ann began working at the Admissions Office at South Kent School. He then worked at the College's Guidance and Reception Office at the Kent School, a selective academic preparatory school, where Ronald was a teacher.
During his childhood, MacFarlane developed interest in illustrations and began drawing cartoons of Fred Flintstone and Woody Woodpecker, as early as two years. At the age of five, MacFarlane knew that he wanted to pursue a career in animation, and began by making flip books, after his parents found a book about the subject for him. Four years later, at the age of nine, MacFarlane began publishing a weekly comic strip titled "Walter Crouton" for Kent Good Times Dispatch, a local newspaper in Kent, Connecticut, who paid him five dollars a week. In one anecdote of that time, MacFarlane said in an interview in October 2011 that as a child he was always "fascinated by the Communion ceremony". She creates a strip with kneeling characters on the altar taking Communion and asks "Can I have fries with it?" The paper was printed and he got an "angry letter" from a local pastor; it caused a "small kind of mini-controversy" in the city.
MacFarlane received his high school diploma in 1991 from Kent School. While there, he continues to experiment with animations, and his parents gave him an 8 mm camera. MacFarlane went on to study films, videos, and animations at the Rhode Island Design School (RISD), where he earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts. As a student, he initially intended to work for Disney, but changed his mind after graduating. At RISD MacFarlane made a series of independent films, which eventually met future cast members of Family Guy Mike Henry, whose brother Patrick was a MacFarlane classmate. During his time at RISD, MacFarlane did a stand-up comedy. In his senior year at RISD MacFarlane created a thesis film titled The Life of Larry , which will ultimately be an inspiration for Family Guy . Professor MacFarlane submitted his film to the Hanna-Barbera animation studio, where he was later employed.
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Careers
Television career
Hanna-Barbera
MacFarlane was recruited during a senior film festival by development executives Ellen Cockrill and President Fred Seibert. He went to work at Hanna-Barbera (later Hanna-Barbera Cartoons) based on the content of The Life of Larry writing, rather than the ability of cartoons. He is one of only a few people hired by a company based solely on writing talent. She works as an animator and writer for the Cartoon Cartoon series Cartoon Cartoons . He describes the atmosphere at Hanna-Barbera as resembling an "ancient Hollywood structure, where you move from one gig to another or you jump from writing jobs in one show to storyboard work elsewhere." MacFarlane worked in four television series during his tenure in the studio: Dexter Laboratories, Cow and Chicken I Am Weasel , and Johnny Bravo . Working as a storyboard writer and artist, MacFarlane spends a lot of time in Johnny Bravo . He found it easier to develop his own style in Johnny Bravo through the scriptwriting process, the Dexter Laboratory , Cattle and Chicken , and I Am Weasel is not used. As part of Johnny Bravo's crew, MacFarlane meets actor and voiceover artists like Adam West and Jack Sheldon from Schoolhouse Rock! fame. Meeting these people then becomes important for the production and success of the series of Family Guy .
He also does freelance work for Walt Disney Television Animation, writes for Jungle Cubs, and for Nelvana, where he writes for Ace Ventura: Pet Detective . Through rigorous observations of writing elements such as story development, character betting, and plot points, MacFarlane found work for Disney is, from a writing angle, invaluable in preparation for his career (especially at Ace Ventura). MacFarlane also creates and writes short titled Zoomate for Frederator Studios' Oh Yeah! Cartoons in Nickelodeon. In 1996, MacFarlane made a sequel to The Life of Larry titled Larry & amp; Steve , featuring a middle-aged character named Larry and an intellectual dog, Steve. Shortcast is broadcast as one of Cartoon Network World Premiere Toons . Executives at Fox see shorts and negotiations Larry immediately started the prime-time animation series.
Family Guy
Although MacFarlane enjoys working at Hanna-Barbera, he feels the real call is for prime-time animation, which will allow a wider style of humor. He first threw Family Guy into Fox during his tenure at Hanna-Barbera. A development executive for Hanna-Barbera, who tried to return to the main business at the time, introduced MacFarlane to Leslie Kolins and Mike Darnell, head of the alternative comedy department at Fox. After the success of King of the Hill in 1997, MacFarlane called Kolins once more to ask about the second possible pitch for the series. The company offered the young writer a strange deal: Fox gave him a $ 50,000 budget to produce a pilot that could lead to the series (most prime-time animation episodes cost at least US $ 1 million). Given his experience in an interview with The New York Times, MacFarlane stated, "I spent about six months without sleep and no life, just drawing like a madman in my kitchen and doing this pilot".
After six months, MacFarlane returned to Fox with a "very, very simple, rough animated film - enough to get the tune of the show across" to present to executives, who loved the pilot and ordered the series immediately. In July 1998, Fox Broadcasting Company announced the purchase of Family Guy for its January 1999 debut. Family Guy was originally intended to be a series of shorts on MADTV , just as The Simpsons has started on The Tracey Ullman Show a decade earlier. Negotiations for the MADtv connection at the event have ended since the beginning as a result of budget concerns. At the age of 24, MacFarlane was the youngest television 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 > i> 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's voice Family Guy ' - Peter Griffin, Stewie Griffin, Brian Griffin, and Glenn Quagmire and Tom Tucker, his son Jake Tucker, and additional characters. Backed by high DVD sales and established fan loyalty, Family Guy evolved into a $ 1 billion franchise. On May 4, 2008, after about two and a half years of negotiations, MacFarlane reached a $ 100 million deal with Fox to keep Family Guy and American Dad! until 2012 The treaty made him the highest paid television writer in the world.
MacFarlane's success with Family Guy has opened the door for other business-related shows. On April 26, 2005, he and composer Walter Murphy created Family Guy: Live in Vegas . This soundtrack features a Broadway tune theme, and MacFarlane voiced Stewie on the track "Stewie's Sexy Party". A Broadway music fan, MacFarlane commented on using music as a component for Family Guy :
I love the lush orchestration and ancient melody writing... it makes you excited, kind of like that, "he said. This is very optimistic. And that's fun. One thing that's missing me from popular music right now is fun. Guys like [Bing] Crosby, or [Frank] Sinatra, or Dean Martin, or Mel TormÃÆ' Â © [...] they are people who sound like they are having fun.
In addition, the video game Family Guy was released in 2006. Two years later, in August 2007, he closed the contract for the production of digital content with AdSense. MacFarlane takes players on the road to voice the character in front of the live audience. Family Guy Live gives fans a chance to hear the next script. In mid-2007, Chicago fans had the opportunity to listen to the premiere of "Blue Harvest" the next six seasons. The show has been played in Montreal, New York City, Chicago, and Los Angeles.
On July 22, 2007, in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter , MacFarlane announced that he might start working on a movie, even though "nothing is official". In September 2007, Ricky Blitt gave TV.com an interview confirming that he had started working on his script. Then on TV Week on July 18, 2008, MacFarlane confirmed plans to produce feature film Family Guy released theatrically â € Å"in the next yearâ €. He came up with the idea for the story, "something you can not do on the show, which [to him] is the only reason to do the movie". He then went on to say he imagined the film to be "old-style musical with dialogue" similar to The Sound of Music, saying that he would "really try to capture, music, feel." On October 13, 2011, MacFarlane confirmed that a deal for the film Family Guy has been made, and it will be written by himself and the producer alongside Ricky Blitt. On November 30, 2012, MacFarlane confirmed plans to produce the movie Family Guy .
Despite its popularity, Family Guy is often criticized. The Parents Television Council has often criticized the event for its content, after organizing a letter-writing campaign aimed at removing it from Fox's list, and has filed a complaint with the Federal Communications Commission that some episodes of the show contained indecent content. MacFarlane responded to PTC's critics by saying, among other things, "It's like getting Hitler's hatred letters, they're really horrible human beings."
Family Guy has been canceled twice, despite strong fan support and DVD sales has caused Fox to reconsider. MacFarlane mentions how this cancellation affects the line of writers every time Fox approves the show. "One positive aspect of Family Guy is constantly drawn from [air] is that we always have to repeat the author".
During the sixth season, episodes of Family Guy and American Dad! was suspended from regular broadcasts due to the 2007-2008 Writers Guild strike (which MacFarlane participated in to support writers while Fox aired three episodes of Family Guy without MacFarlane permission). On February 12, 2008, the strike ended, and the series resumed airing regularly, starting with "Back to the Forest".
American father!
MacFarlane has a second successful long-running adult animation series on American Dad! which has been in production since early 2005. Until now, American Dad! is MacFarlane's only animated series never having an official cancellation, though it relocated the network from Fox to TBS on October 20, 2014, after 11 seasons of the show. TBS announced on July 16, 2013, that they have taken the series for the 12-episode 12th season. Reportedly, the goal of network relocation initially was to make room for new animated broadcasts in the Fox "Domination Animation" ranks that are now not working. It was reported that the relocation of American Dad! allows space for other events, such as Mulaney and another animated series from Seth MacFarlane called Bordertown . Bordertown ran during the 2015-16 television season.
While MacFarlane regularly does an extensive voice acting job for American Dad! , he has left many creative direction events up to Weitzman and Barker. MacFarlane has praised this step by helping to give different series of sounds and identities. Although, as announced on November 4, 2013, Barker left American Dad! after 10 seasons as a show producer/co-showrunner, resulting from creative differences as production for season 11 on TBS begins. American Dad! was first shown after Super Bowl XXXIX, debuting with the episode "Pilot", written by MacFarlane. The inaugural series premiere of February 6, 2005 was somewhat early from the preview because the program will not start serving regularly as part of the Fox Animation Domination until May 1st, 2005.
Due to the atypical scheduling of the first 7 episodes of the show, American Dad! has a controversial season number difference in which much is divided over how many seasons the program already has. Beyond the divide between media journalists and fans, there are conflicting reports about what season this event is even between American Dad makers! and the official website of the event - both from Fox's original website and now from the TBS Website. At Comic-Con 2013 on July 20th, American Dad! co-creator Mike Barker hinted that the movie American Dad! - centered on Roger's character and set from the birth of the planet - in the works and partially written. However, with Barker's departure from the series, it is not clear whether these plans have been removed or modified in any way.
MacFarlane has described the early season of American Dad! because it is similar to All in the Family , likens the original Stan Smith title character who is fanatical to Archie Bunker. MacFarlane also stated that his inspiration to create American Dad! comes from his anxiety and Weitzman with George W. Bush's policy as former President of the United States. However, after a few early seasons, the series stopped using political satire elements and began presenting its own brand of entertainment and humor. MacFarlane has been described as having difficulty understanding this series at the beginning of its emergence; However, he was very warm for the series after the season after he felt the show was really coming alone. Fellow makers have felt this through the increasing attention on the MacFarlane series after the early season. MacFarlane has also revealed he is an American Dad fan! own. He has recorded a positive reaction to the character "Roger" by fans through his Twitter.
The event focuses on the Smith family: Stan Smith, endanger, dog-eating-dog, rash and unconscionable household head. He has a very big chin and a masculine way about him. As a breadwinner of the family, he worked as a CIA officer and was originally portrayed in the series as an ancient conservative fanatic but has since grown from these traits (the show is known for its storyline elements and other distinguishing plot techniques); Stan is partially moralistic but at the same time inappropriate, corrupt wife, Francine; and their two children, the daughter of Hayley's new-age hippie and Steve nerds. Accompanying the Smith family are three additional major characters, two of which are from non-human species: zany, surprising, carefree, cruel, and mischievous. Roger, who is full of disguises/alter ego and has little if any limits on his behavior. He was rescued by Stan from Area 51; Klaus, a human-in-a-fish-body pet. The unpleasant situation of Klaus emerged from the brain of an East German Olympic skier shrinking and transplanted into the fish's body; and Jeff Fischer, Hayley's boyfriend turned into a "whipped" husband, known for being crazy about Hayley's mother, Francine. Together, Smith and their three housemates run what is only at the first glance of a typical American middle class lifestyle, but nothing.
Seth MacFarlane provides the voices of Stan and Roger, based on Roger's voice to Paul Lynde (who plays Uncle Arthur on Bewitched ). Her sister, Rachael MacFarlane, cast Hayley's voice.
The Cleveland show
MacFarlane developed a spinoff called Family Guy called The Cleveland Show , which focuses on the character of Cleveland Brown and his family. The idea for the event came from suggestions by Cleveland's writer and voice of Mike Henry. Fox ordered 22 episodes and the first series aired on September 27, 2009. The show, which aired the first season consisting of 22 episodes, was taken by Fox for the second season, consisting of 13 episodes, bringing the total to 35 episodes. The announcement was made on May 3, 2009 before the first season even aired. Due to strong ratings, Fox took back nine episodes of season 2, made a 22-episode episode and made the total number of episodes of events to 44. The series ends on May 19, 2013, for a total of 4 seasons and 88 episodes, and the Cleveland character returns to > Family Guy on episode He Bla-ack! . This is the only animated series created by MacFarlane that does not make it voiced the main character.
Seth MacFarlane played Tim the Bear up to season 3 episode 10. Jess Harnell voiced Tim from season 3 episode 11 onwards.
Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy
On September 10, 2008, MacFarlane released a series of webisodes known as Seth MacFarlane Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy with animated shorts sponsored by Burger King and released every week.
Orville
On May 4, 2016, FOX took a series of sci-fi comedy dramas called The Orville . The show was created, produced executive, and starred by MacFarlane. The event is set to 400 years in the future on the Orville ship, a notorious exploratory ship in the Union's interstellar fleet.
The series airs during the 2017-2018 season, on Sunday, September 10, 2017.
Television production
MacFarlane is the executive producer of the live action sitcom, starring Rob Corddry titled The Winner . The plot has a man named Glen who discussed as he grew up at the age of 32 and told him to pursue his only love after he moved next door. Glen meets his son and both become good friends. The show runs on Fox for six episodes in spring 2007.
In August 2011, Fox ordered an updated 13-part series of Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey . MacFarlane co-produced the series with Ann Druyan and Steven Soter. The new series was hosted by Neil deGrasse Tyson and began airing on the channel in March 2014, with repetitions aired on National Geographic Channel the following night. In addition to serving as one of the executive producers, MacFarlane provides sound to characters during the animated part of the series.
In 2013 and 2014, MacFarlane produces a season of live action comedy called Dads . The series, Eli rang, played by Seth Green, and Warner, played by Giovanni Ribisi, two successful people in 30 whose worlds were turned upside down when their father moved with them. MacFarlane, the Alec Sulkin and Wellesley Wild executive who produced this series, with the writings of Sulkin and Wild.
In 2014, MacFarlane executives produced two seasons, 20 episodes called Blunt Talk for Starz. The series was followed by an English-language announcer who moved to Los Angeles with his alcoholic waiter and the baggage of several marriages that failed to hold a talk show.
In 2009 MacFarlane started working on the animated series Bordertown . The series is set in Texas and follows border patrol agents and Mexican immigrants, who ruled out the changing cultural landscape of America. It went on for 13 episodes in the first half of 2016, at Fox.
Hosting Television
MacFarlane often participates as one of the "roasters" at the annual Comedy Central Roasts. MacFarlane is the only person who serves as a roastmaster for more than one roasted Comedy Central. In 2010, he filled this role for The Comedy Central Roast of David Hasselhoff. The following year he was a roastmaster of the comedy roots of Central Donald Trump and Charlie Sheen.
On October 1, 2012, it was announced that MacFarlane will host the 85th Academy Awards on February 24, 2013. She also presented a nomination with actress Emma Stone, on January 10, 2013. In addition to hosting, MacFarlane was also nominated in an Academy Award for the Original Song category Best for co-writing the theme song "Everybody Needs a Best Friend" for his movie Ted with Walter Murphy. Critical responses to MacFarlane's performance vary. Columnist Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly commented "By calling constant attention to the misbehaving factor," MacFarlane creates an angry echo chamber, working too hard to defeat himself with fake jokes about races, Jews in Hollywood, and the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. "Goodman's team from The Hollywood Reporter praised MacFarlane's performance saying he was" impressively better than he would be at stake. " He also notes that he added "a lot of goodness with a little bit of Ricky Gervais biting-your-hands-who-eats-you things and works well alignment." He evokes controversy in the form of a music number called "We Saw Your Boobs".
On October 29, 2014, it was announced that MacFarlane would host a Breakthrough Prize ceremony. The event was held in Silicon Valley and aired on November 15, 2014 at Discovery Channel and Science, and globally on 22 November 2014 at BBC World News. He returned to host the following year.
Movie careers
Ted
MacFarlane made his live action debut debut with the release of Ted in 2012. He announced that he directed it to an episode of Conan which aired on February 10, 2011 Along with directing the movie, he also wrote scenario, served as producer, and starred as a title character.
Ted tells the story of John Bennett (Mark Wahlberg) and his teddy bear (MacFarlane) that made John and his girlfriend Lori Collins (Mila Kunis) move with their lives. The film received generally good reviews from critics and viewers, and was a box office success, opening with an all-time gross weekend weekend for the original R-rated comedy. Internationally, the film is currently the best-selling R-rated comedy of all time, beating The Hangover . The sequel, Ted 2 , was released on June 26, 2015.
Million Ways to Die in the West
MacFarlane co-wrote and starred in his second film, "A Million Ways to Die in the West". Alec Sulkin and Wellesley Wild are also co-writers for the film. The film follows a coward lamb rancher (MacFarlane) who lost his gunfight and saw his girlfriend leave him for another man. When a mysterious woman goes to town, she helps her find her courage. But when his criminal husband arrives seeking vengeance, the farmer must test his new courage. The film was greeted with negative reviews from critics.
On January 27, 2014, MacFarlane announced that he wrote a companion novel based on a movie script, released on March 4, 2014. An audio book version is also available, narrated by Jonathan Frakes. MacFarlane wrote the book over the weekend during filming, partly out of boredom.
Music career
Music Better Than Words
He signed a recording contract with Universal Republic Records and released a major band/standard album in 2011. MacFarlane's studio debut album, Music Is Better Than Words , was released on September 27, 2011, utilizing its training and interest in " The Great American Songbook and especially the orchestra era beginning to the late 1950s. " The singer, inquiring about his experience with music, said he performed "Nelson Riddle, Billy May chart [with] one of my composers, Ron Jones, who has a group called Jazz Orchestra Influence he performed with LA." His album was nominated in category Best Traditional Music Pop Album at the 54th Grammy Awards. Music Is Better Than Words received a score of 52 out of 100 on the compilation of music critic Metacritic.
Holiday for Swing
MacFarlane is featured on the single 2013 Calabria Foti "Let's Fall in Love". In September 2013, it was announced that MacFarlane was working on a Christmas album scheduled for release in 2014. The album, which included a collaboration with Norah Jones and Sara Bareilles, entitled Holiday for Swing, was released on September 30 2014. The album was recorded between Christmas and New Year's Eve 2013 in Los Angeles and in studio 2 at Abbey Road Studios in London. This album received mostly positive reviews.
Never Someone Tells You
MacFarlane released their third studio album on September 30, 2015. Titled No One Ever Tells You , received most positive reviews, and earned MacFarlane a Grammy Award nomination for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album. Due to the success of his musical endeavor, MacFarlane was honored by Barbara Sinatra on Frank Sinatra Celebrity Invitational's 22nd annual invitation on February 20, 2016. Later that year, MacFarlane recorded the song "Pure Imagination" as a duet with Barbra Streisand for his album Encore: Movie Partners Sing Broadway , released in August 2016.
In Full Swing
MacFarlane released their fourth studio album, In Full Swing on September 15, 2017. On May 23, 2016, MacFarlane announced on his Twitter account that he recorded a song for his new album. On May 28, 2016, he revealed that the songs composed for the album were composed by Joel McNeely, whom he had worked on with three previous albums. On May 30, 2016, MacFarlane revealed that it was his last recording day at Abbey Road Studios and thanked all the musicians who collaborated with him on the album. The album's first single, "That Face", was released on August 17, 2017. The album's second single, "Almost Like Being in Love", was released on August 28, 2017. The album's third and final single, "Have You Met Miss Jones?", Released on September 7, 2017. The album received positive reviews and was nominated for two Grammy Awards for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album and Best Setting, Instrumental and Vocal.
More projects
In 2011, it was announced that MacFarlane would revive the Flintstones for the Fox network, with the first episode airing in 2013. MacFarlane said he would vote for Barney Rubble. However, in San Diego Comic-Con in July 2012, while promoting Ted , MacFarlane revealed that the project has been suspended due to an unimpressive response collected by Fox.
Regarding Broadway, MacFarlane told The Hollywood Reporter, "If I did Broadway musicals, I might want to do something a little more old-fashioned," and kept saying "I will not have to do the same thing with what they [Matt Stone and Trey Parker] have done.Challenge for me will be more in line, can someone write Oklahoma! for 2011? "He also said that," The good thing about Broadway is that you do not need worried about an airdate.That will finish when it's done. "
At the end of 2011, it was confirmed that MacFarlane was working on another animated series with Alex Borstein and Gary Janetti. Currently not much is known about this series other than about the family and will have a female lead role. Janetti stated that this series has not been turned on by Fox.
Guest appearances
MacFarlane has appeared in sitcoms, comedy and news programs, independent movies, and other animated shows. In 2002, MacFarlane appeared on the episode of Gilmore Girls on "Graduation Day of Lorelai". Four years later on November 5, 2006, MacFarlane guest starred in Fox's
MacFarlane appeared on the November 11th, 2006 episode of the Fox comedy MADtv and re-acted live action from the scene of Fast Times's "Fast Guy" episode of Buddy Cianci Jr. High. In the scene, Peter and Lois suspect Chris killed his master's husband. In reaction, a frightened Meg jumps out the window. For a live-action sequence, in addition to MacFarlane, Nicole Parker plays Lois, Ike Barinholtz plays Chris, Nicole Randall Johnson plays Meg, and Keegan-Michael Key plays Stewie. According to MacFarlane, the direct action did not work at all and made the problem worse, when Johnson jumped out the window, his face believed to be covered with fake blood. After the clip, MacFarlane shows the same scene, but with a celebrity that does not pay attention to the script. Kathy Griffin, Dane Cook, Queen Latifah, and Snoop Dogg voiced Lois, Chris, Meg, and Stewie, respectively. They screwed up their lines so badly that MacFarlane, in his Peter's voice, shouted, "Script, friends! Come on!" MacFarlane serves as host for the Canada Award for Electronics & amp; Second Annual Elan Award from Animated Arts on February 15, 2008.
MacFarlane also appeared on news shows and late night television shows like Jimmy Kimmel Live! and Late Show with David Letterman . On January 19, 2007, MacFarlane appeared on Countdown with Keith Olbermann on MSNBC to discuss Stephen Colbert's appearance on The O'Reilly Factor and Bill O'Reilly's re-appearance at The Colbert Report . MacFarlane introduced the segment by saying in Stewie's voice, "Oh, wait for Bill.Stay, allow me to drop myself on you. Victory is mine!" Three months later on March 24, 2007, MacFarlane was interviewed on Fox's
In addition to Family Guy and American Dad! , MacFarlane sound character in cartoon and other movies. He voiced Wayne "The Brain" McClain in episode Aqua Teen Hunger Force . He also voiced various characters on Adult Swim's Robot Chicken, including a parody of Lion-O and Emperor Palpatine and Peter Griffin at the premiere of Season 2 - he even parodied himself at the premiere of Season 4, where he updated the show only by mentioning it in the cutaway Family Guy after a fictitious cancellation at the end of Season 3. He also plays the villain "The Manotaur" in the animated children's series Bob Boyle Yin Yang Yo! . In addition, MacFarlane voiced Johann Kraus in the 2008 movie Hellboy II: The Golden Army . She also has a guest appearance in the Futurama animated film "Into the Wild Green Yonder" where she sings "That Was Then (And This Is Too)", the opening theme. She also starred in ads for Hulu where she plays aliens who present Hulu as "a bad plan to destroy the world", becoming more famous as Family Guy and American Dad! i> characters. He also lent his voice to the final series of Comedy Central series, Pulled Together .
MacFarlane plays Ziggy in the 2010 film Tooth Fairy . In August 2010, she appeared as a guest voice in a science fiction episode of the Disney movie Phineas and Ferb titled "Nerds of a Feather". On September 15th, 2012, MacFarlane hosted the premiere of the Saturday Night Live season, with music guest Frank Ocean. The episode was MacFarlane's first appearance on the show. MacFarlane has a cameo in the 2013 movie Movie 43 . MacFarlane collaborated with Matt Groening in one of the episodes of The Simpsons and Futurama . In 2016, he has a voice role in the animated film Sing , as well as acting as a major player on the movie soundtrack. In 2017, he appeared in the comedy robbery Steven Soderbergh Logan Lucky , along with Channing Tatum and Adam Driver.
Music
Style
In 2009, she appeared as a lead vocalist on the BBC Prom with John Wilson's Orchestra on the Prom 22 of the Classical Music Movie MGM Celebration . In 2010, he reappeared on Proms with John Wilson Orchestra in a special Christmas concert. In 2012, it was announced he will re-appear in Proms with John Wilson Orchestra in a concert celebrating Broadway musicals. Regarding his musical spirit, MacFarlane says, "I like and am fascinated with an interesting orchestration - what can you do with a band of that size - and I think in many ways it is a lost art." MacFarlane music sounds dominated by traditional pop music, easy listening, jazz, vocals, jazz vocals, song performances, swings, and big bands. He will occasionally use musical comedies for his shows or movies.
In 2015, MacFarlane re-appear in The Proms as a vocalist with John Wilson Orchestra, this time in the Sinatra program.
Sound and effect
MacFarlane has a baritone voice. He is a pianist and singer who, in his early years, trained with Lee and Sally Sweetland, vocal coaches Barbra Streisand and Frank Sinatra. In an interview with NPR, MacFarlane commented on their vocal training, which he said "They really drilled you," he said. "They teach you how to sing old style, back when you do not have electronic help... [They teach you to] show your teeth.If you look at old photos of Sinatra when he sings, there are lots of open teeth. is something that Lee Sweetland hits on a day-by-day basis, and rightly so, because it only enlightens the whole show. "Her comedic influences include the likes of Woody Allen, Jackie Gleason, Mel Brooks, and creator of Monty Python. While his musical influences include the likes of Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Vic Damone, Johnny Mercer, Bing Crosby, Bobby Darin, Gordon MacRae, and Rat Pack.
Activism
Political view
MacFarlane is a Democratic Party supporter. He has donated more than US $ 200,000 to various Democratic congressional committees and to the 2008 US-US presidential campaign. Senator Barack Obama. He has stated that he supports the legalization of marijuana. MacFarlane serves on the board of directors of People for the American Way, a progressive advocacy organization.
In 2015, MacFarlane expressed support for Bernie Sanders in the US presidential election of 2016, and he introduced Sanders on stage at a rally in Los Angeles. After the preliminary election, MacFarlane then supported Hillary Clinton for president during the general election.
LGBT issues
MacFarlane is very interested in his support for gay rights. In 2008 he called it "annoying and stupid" that two gay partners "had to go through this dog and pony action when they stopped at a hotel and the man behind the counter said, 'Do you want one or two rooms?' went on to say, "I am very excited about my support for the gay community and what they face at this point." MacFarlane continued, "Why Johnny Spaghetti Stain in Georgia can beat a woman, legally married to him, and then defeat him, but these two smart and sophisticated writers who have been together for 20 years can get married? "
MacFarlane, in recognition of his "active and passionate commitment to human values, and his undaunted support of equal marriage rights and other social justice issues", was named Humanist of the Year of the Year on year 2011.
However, MacFarlane was criticized for his role as transsexual in the episode of Family Guy "Quagmire's Dad". Gay novelist Brent Hartinger discovers the entry of transphobic commentary episodes from Peter and Lois Griffin - as well as Brian's vomiting scenes after discovering his new boyfriend as Glenn Quagmire's father - becomes "very insensitive". Hartinger continued, "Frankly, it's literally impossible for me to reconcile a night's episode with MacFarlane's words, unless I come to the conclusion that the guy is really an idiot." The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, the LGBT media watchdog organization, shares "serious concerns voiced by community members" about the episode. MacFarlane said he was "shocked" by the negative reaction to "Quagmire's father," saying that "it seems [gay commentators] do not understand the fact that it is a very sympathetic transsexual characteristic portrayal". He further added, "Look, Brian happened to be a heterosexual character, like me.If I find that I have slept with a transsexual, I might throw up in the same way that a gay man looks at her pussy and goes," My God, that disgusting."
Speak engagement
MacFarlane is a frequent guest speaking on campuses. On April 16, 2006, he was invited by the Stanford University Observer Bureau to deliver an audience of more than 1,000 people at the Warning Auditorium. MacFarlane was invited by the Harvard University class in 2006 to deliver a "class day" speech on June 7, 2006. He speaks as himself, as well as Peter Griffin, Stewie Griffin and Glenn Quagmire. He has also delivered speeches at George Washington University, Washington University in St. Louis, University of Texas, University of Missouri, Toledo University, Bowling Green State University, and Loyola Marymount University.
Author 2007-08 Guild of America broke down
During the 2007-08 Writers Guild cutout of America, MacFarlane publicly sided with the Writers Guild, and fully participate in the strike. The official Production Family Guy was discontinued for most of December 2007 and various periods thereafter. Fox continues to produce episodes without MacFarlane final approval, and although he refused to work on the show during the strike, his contract with Fox required him to contribute to any episode that later produced. Rumors of resuming production at the Family Guy encouraging statement from MacFarlane that "..... it would just be a giant movement if they do it". During the strike, MacFarlane wrote jokes into episodes of Family Guy on selection Jon Stewart to return to the air and tear down the authors of The Daily Show , causing Stewart to respond to the call of the hour in where he questioned how MacFarlane could regard himself as Hollywood's "moral mediator". The strike ended on February 12, 2008.
Seth MacFarlane set of Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan Archive
MacFarlane donated money to create Seth MacFarlane Collection from Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan Archive at the Library of Congress. MacFarlane says, "Carl Sagan's work has become a major influence in my life, and the lives of every individual who recognizes the importance of the ongoing commitment of mankind to the exploration of our universe [...] The continuation of our journey out into space must always occupy some part of our collective attention, regardless of what Snooki did last week. "
Personal life
Relationships
In a 2004 interview with The Daily Princetonian, MacFarlane noted the similarities to Brian Griffin from Family Guy, revealing, "I have some kind of Brian problem from time to time - searching for the right person - but I am dating the next guy ". In 2012, she dated the Game of Thrones starred in Emilia Clarke for about six months. MacFarlane is a Game of Thrones fan, and the two remain friends after they break up.
On July 16, 2010, MacFarlane's mother, Ann Perry Sager, died after a long battle with cancer. His death was reported by Larry King on his Larry King Live show, which acknowledged the conversation he had with him during an interview with his son in May 2010.
September 11, 2001 experience
On the morning of September 11, 2001, MacFarlane was scheduled to return to Los Angeles with American Airlines Flight 11 from Boston. Suffering from drunkenness after the previous night's celebrations following his speech at his alma mater, Rhode Island Design School, and with the wrong departure time (8:15 am instead of 7:45 am) from his travel agent, he arrived at Logan International Airport about ten minutes late to board the plane because the gate has been closed. Fifteen minutes after departure, American Airlines Flight 11 was hijacked, and at 08.46 AM the plane was flown to the North Tower of the World Trade Center, killing everyone inside. MacFarlane said,
The only reason it did not really affect me was because maybe I did not really know that I was in danger until after it ended, so I never had that moment of panic. After the fact, it's serious, but people have a lot of familiar calls; You are crossing the road and you are almost hit by a car..... this one happens to be related to something big. I really can not let it affect me because I'm a comedy writer. I had to put it behind my head.
Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music, Inc. On March 16, 2009, US District Judge Deborah Batts stated that the Family Guy did not infringe on Bourne's copyright when it changed the song un for comical use in episodes.In December 2007, Family Guy was again accused of copyright infringement when actor Art Metrano filed a lawsuit against the scene at Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story , where Jesus did the signature of Metrano a magical parody action, which involves an unreasonably false magical hand movement while humming a typical "Good and Cool" song. MacFarlane, 20th Century Fox, Steve Callaghan, and Alex Borstein are all mentioned in the lawsuit. In July 2009, a federal district court judge dismissed Fox's actions to dismiss, saying that the first three use factors involved - "purpose and character of use", "the nature of work being violated", and "the amount and substance of taking" - are calculated in Metrano goodness, while the fourth - "economic impact" - must wait for more fact-finding. By denying the dismissal, the court ruled that the reference in the scene made the light of Jesus and his followers - not Metrano or his actions. The case was settled out of court in 2010 with an undisclosed requirement.
On July 16, 2014, MacFarlane was confronted with a lawsuit from the production company of a series of internet videos called Charlie the Abusive Teddy Bear claiming that Ted infringed the copyright of his video because the Ted bear fits perfectly with Charlie's background story, persona, tone of voice, attitude, and dialogue. The lawsuit was dropped on March 23, 2015, after the plaintiffs withdrew the lawsuit.
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Awards and nominations
MacFarlane has won four Primetime Emmy Awards for his work on Family Guy and has been nominated twenty times, winning in 2000, 2002 and 2016. He has been nominated for five Grammy Awards for his work at Family Guy : Live in Vegas , Music Better than Words , Family Guy , No One Ever Tells You , and In Full Swing . She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song to write the opening song, "Everybody Needs a Best Friend", from her movie Ted with film composer Walter Murphy.
She has received numerous awards from other organizations, including Annie Award for Best Voice Acting in Animated Television Production and Saturn Award for Best Television Presentation for Family Guy episode titled "Blue Harvest", MTV Film Award for Deep Duo -The Best Screen and Empire Award for Best Comedy for Ted .
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Movieography
- Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story (2005)
- Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)
- Futurama: To Wild Green Yonder (2009)
- The Drawn Together Movie: The Movie! (2010)
- Tooth Fairy (2010)
- Ted (2012)
- Movie 43 (2013)
- A Million Ways to Die in the West (2014)
- Ted 2 (2015)
- Sing (2016)
- Logan Lucky (2017)
Discussion
Albums
Studio album
Soundtrack album
Singles
As main artist
As an artist display
Guest appearance
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Writing
- MacFarlane, Seth (2014). A Million Ways to Die in the West . New York: Ballantine Book. ISBNÃ, 978-0-553-39167-1 Ã,
See also
References
External links
- Seth MacFarlane on IMDb
- Seth MacFarlane in AllMusic
- Seth MacFarlane in Hollywood Bowl
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