Bill Fagerbakke
Fagerbakke in 2022
Born
William Fagerbakke[1]

(1957-10-04) October 4, 1957 (age 66)[1]
Fontana, California, U.S.[1]
EducationUniversity of Idaho (BA)
Southern Methodist University (MFA)
OccupationActor
Years active1984–present
Spouse
Catherine McClenahan
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(m. 1989; sep. 2012)​
Children2

William Fagerbakke (/ˈfeɪɡərbɑːki/ FAYG-ər-bahk-ee; born October 4, 1957)[1] is an American actor. He voices Patrick Star in the SpongeBob SquarePants franchise, and played Michael "Dauber" Dybinski on the sitcom Coach. He also appeared in 12 episodes of the sitcom How I Met Your Mother as Marshall Eriksen's father Marvin.

Early life and education

Fagerbakke was born on October 4, 1957,[2] in Fontana, California, and moved to Rupert, Idaho, as a youth. He graduated from Minico High School in Rupert in 1975, where he was a three-sport athlete for the Spartans in football, basketball, and track.[3]

Although he had multiple scholarship offers for college football, including Pac-8 schools, he decided to stay in state and attended the University of Idaho in Moscow.[3] He was a defensive lineman for the Vandals and was ticketed to redshirt in 1976, but was called into action in the fourth game of his sophomore season.[4] The Vandals went 7–4 in 1976, their first winning season in five years, and were 5–2 in the seven games that Fagerbakke started.[5] Head coach Ed Troxel planned on moving him to the offensive line in 1977,[6] but a knee injury in spring drills ended Fagerbakke's athletic career, which turned his focus to theater (the Vandals went 3–8 in 1977 and Troxel was fired; then 2–9 in 1978 under Jerry Davitch, one of the wins being a "no-show" forfeit).[5]

Fagerbakke's first theatrical role was in a campus production of Godspell.[3] He was a member of the Delta Tau Delta fraternity and earned his bachelor's degree in 1981, a result of "two years of football and four years of school."[7][8] He later attended graduate school at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas.[3][9]

Career

Fagerbakke in 2009

Fagerbakke has appeared on television in roles such as assistant coach "Dauber" Dybinski on Coach, and in movies, including Funny Farm.[10] He had a role as the mentally disabled Tom Cullen in the 1994 mini-series Stephen King's The Stand. In 1999, he had a role in HBO's original series Oz as Officer Karl Metzger. Since 1999, he has provided the voice of Patrick Star for the Nicktoon SpongeBob SquarePants. His character on Coach was based on a former assistant coach at Idaho, a graduate assistant nicknamed "Tuna."[11]

In 2007, he made a cameo appearance on the show Heroes as Steve Gustavson in the episodes "Run" and "Unexpected." In 2009, he had a role in the film Jennifer's Body. He also played the role of Marvin Eriksen Sr. in the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother. In 2012, he made a cameo appearance in the TV show Weeds.

In 2022, Fagerbakke guest-starred in season 5 of Dynasty portraying Peter De Vilbes while his daughter Carson portrays Peter's daughter Patty.

Personal life

Fagerbakke married actress Catherine McClenahan in 1989, together they have two daughters.[1] In September 2012, he filed for legal separation from McClenahan, citing irreconcilable differences.[12]

Filmography

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Television voice roles

Year Title Role Notes Source
1994 Beethoven Caesar / Roger's Dad Main cast
1994–1996 Gargoyles Broadway / Hollywood Main cast (season 1),
recurring role (season 2)
1994–1995 Aaahh!!! Real Monsters Troop Leader / Tiny / Carl 3 episodes [13]
1995–1996 Dumb and Dumber Harry Dunne Main cast [13]
1996–1999 Jumanji Alan Parrish Main cast
1999–present SpongeBob SquarePants Patrick Star, additional voices Main cast [13]
1999 Timon & Pumbaa Bigfoot Episode: "Bigfoot, Littlebrain"
1999 The Wild Thornberrys Dank Episode: "On the Right Track" [13]
1999 The Night of the Headless Horseman Dolphus Television film
1999–2000 Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles Sgt. Gossard Main cast
2000 Batman Beyond Payback Episode: "Payback" [13]
2001–2004 Lloyd in Space Kurt Blobberts Main cast
2007–2009 Transformers Animated Bulkhead, Master Disaster, Hot Shot, additional voices Recurring role [13]
2009 The Spectacular Spider-Man Morris Bench Episode: "Shear Strength" [13]
2010 Batman: The Brave and the Bold Ronnie Raymond, Lead 4 episodes [13]
2010–2011 Sym-Bionic Titan Meat 5 episodes
2011 Young Justice Big Bear 3 episodes [13]
2013–2016 Wander Over Yonder Prince Cashmere, Additional Voices 3 episodes [13]
2015–2017 All Hail King Julien King Joey, Lazy Doug, Hans, Rat DJ, Leonard 9 episodes [14][13]
2017 Pig Goat Banana Cricket Banana's Dad Episode: "Flower for Burgerstein" [13]
2017 American Dad! Strannix Episode: "The Long Bomb"
2017–2020 Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz Scarecrow Main cast [13]
2018 DuckTales Ghost of Christmas Present Episode: "Last Christmas!"
2021 Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years Patrick Star, additional voices Main cast
2021–Present The Patrick Star Show Patrick Star, Patgor, additional voices Lead role

Video games

Year Title Role Notes Source
1996 Disney's Animated Storybook: The Hunchback of Notre Dame Oafish Guard
2001 Nicktoons Racing Patrick Star
SpongeBob SquarePants: Operation Krabby Patty [13]
SpongeBob SquarePants: SuperSponge [13]
2002 SpongeBob SquarePants: Employee of the Month [13]
SpongeBob SquarePants: Revenge of the Flying Dutchman [13]
2003 SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom [13]
2004 Nicktoons Movin'
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie [13]
2005 SpongeBob SquarePants: Lights, Camera, Pants! [13]
Nicktoons Unite! [13]
2006 SpongeBob SquarePants: Creature from the Krusty Krab
Nicktoons: Battle for Volcano Island [13]
2007 Nicktoons: Attack of the Toybots [13]
SpongeBob's Atlantis SquarePantis [13]
2008 SpongeBob SquarePants featuring Nicktoons: Globs of Doom [13]
2009 SpongeBob's Truth or Square [13]
2010 SpongeBob's Boating Bash [13]
2011 Nicktoons MLB [13]
SpongeBob's Surf & Skate Roadtrip
2013 SpongeBob SquarePants: Plankton's Robotic Revenge Patrick Star/Clem [13]
2015 SpongeBob HeroPants Patrick Star [13]
2020 SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom – Rehydrated Archival recordings [15]
2021 Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl Voiceover added in the June 2022 update [13]
2022 Nickelodeon Extreme Tennis [13]
2022 Nickelodeon Kart Racers 3: Slime Speedway
2023 SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake
2023 Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2

Television live action roles

Films

Accolades

Year Film Award Category Result
2012 The Artist Critics' Choice Movie Awards[18] Best Acting Ensemble Nominated

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Bill Fagerbakke Biography (1957-)". www.filmreference.com. Retrieved January 3, 2019.
  2. ^ Riggs, Thomas (2005). Contemporary Theatre, Film, and Television. Detroit: Gale Research Co. p. 52. ISBN 9780787690342.
  3. ^ a b c d White, Vera (July 31, 1997). "Football not enough for Fagerbakke". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. (Idaho-Washington). p. 1C.
  4. ^ "Bad news for Idaho: Joe Pellegrini lost". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). October 5, 1976. p. 16.
  5. ^ a b "Idaho yearly results: 1975-79". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on October 8, 2012. Retrieved December 19, 2012.
  6. ^ Payne, Bob (November 28, 1976). "Vandals on the rise?". Spokesman-Review. p. D5.
  7. ^ "Actor uses experience at Idaho for role in Coach". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. January 8, 1991. p. 5B.
  8. ^ Delts.org Archived 2010-05-15 at the Wayback Machine - famous members - Delta Tau Delta - accessed 2012-03-01
  9. ^ Stalwick, Howie (January 6, 1991). "Dippy Dybinski is smart off screen". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. C4.
  10. ^ Douglas, Patrick (January 14, 2008). "Interview with Bill Fagerbakke". thecultureshock.com. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved June 2, 2009.
  11. ^ "Bill Fagerbakke". Waycross Journal-Herald. Associated Press. January 8, 1991. p. P-4.
  12. ^ "Actor Bill Fagerbakke granted legal separation from estranged wife". December 26, 2013.
  13. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af "Bill Fagerbakke (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved January 3, 2019. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its opening and/or closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information.((cite web)): CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  14. ^ "True Bromance". All Hail King Julien. Season 2. Episode 12. October 16, 2015. Netflix.
  15. ^ @Beta64Official (February 29, 2020). "According to the THQ guy I had show..." (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  16. ^ Gallagher, Brian (July 11, 2013). "The Spongebob Squarepants Movie 2 Sets Up Shop in Savannah, Georgia - MovieWeb.com". MovieWeb.com. Archived from the original on July 15, 2013. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
  17. ^ Davis, Brandon (January 23, 2019). "'SpongeBob SquarePants 3' Begins Production". Comicbook. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
  18. ^ "17th Annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards (2012) – Best Picture: The Artist". criticschoice.com. December 13, 2011. Archived from the original on January 8, 2013. Retrieved May 1, 2019.

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