Age: 52
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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. MacFarlane has won several awards for his work on Family Guy, including two Primetime Emmy Awards, and an Annie Award. In 2009, he won the Webby Award for Film & Video Person of the Year. He has been a subject of criticism from television watchdog groups, such as the Parents Television Council, who regularly condemn Family Guy for its indecency. He occasionally speaks at universities and colleges throughout the United States, and is a supporter of gay rights. On the February 10, 2011 episode of the TBS variety nighttime talk-show series Conan, MacFarlane announced he is directing his first feature-length film, Ted. The film stars Mark Wahlberg as an adult, who as a child, wished his teddy bear would come to life. MacFarlane will be the voice and motion capture for the bear.
Seth MacFarlane
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for Writer in Family Guy: Into the Griffinverse
Suggested by matthewfenner
When Peter Griffin’s latest drunken stunt—a nuclear-level explosion at the Pawtucket Brewery—rips a hole in the fabric of reality, the Griffin family finds themselves hurled into a chaotic multiverse war that’s part Star Wars, part Rick and Morty, and 100% Family Guy. As Quahog collapses into madness, alternate versions of Peter, Lois, and Stewie battle across universes for control of existence itself. From a dystopian Quahog ruled by Meg the Conqueror to a timeline where Brian’s a talking cop car, every world gets darker and more deranged. Amid the chaos, the Griffins must team up with their most absurd variants to undo Peter’s cosmic screw-up before the entire multiverse collapses into an endless cutaway gag. Armed with fart jokes, violent slapstick, and moments of shocking heart, Family Guy: Into the Griffinverse takes the series’ trademark irreverence to R-rated heights. As Stewie and Brian scramble through twisted realities and Lois questions her entire marriage, Peter remains obliviously destructive—believing he’s in a “really long Halloween episode.” From brutal interdimensional fights to fourth-wall-breaking chaos that skewers modern pop culture, the movie pushes every boundary imaginable. In the end, the Griffins learn that no matter how many universes there are, stupidity—especially Peter’s—might just be the one constant holding it all together.
