MacFarlane at the San Diego Comic-Con International, July 2012

Seth MacFarlane is an American actor, animator, writer, producer, director, comedian, and singer.[1] MacFarlane began his career as an animator and writer for Hanna-Barbera for several television series, including Johnny Bravo, Cow and Chicken, Dexter's Laboratory, and created a sequel to his college thesis film Larry & Steve.[2]

Since 1999, MacFarlane has served as 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 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 for Universal Pictures with Ted, a fantasy comedy which was well received by critics and audiences. He went on to act, write, produce, and direct two more features for Universal—the western comedy A Million Ways to Die in the West (2014) and a sequel to his first film Ted 2 (2015). In 2017, MacFarlane created his fourth show, The Orville. 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), Sing (2016), and Logan Lucky (2017).

MacFarlane has received numerous awards and nominations for his work on film, television, music, and video games. He has also received twenty-three Emmy Award nominations, winning five for Family Guy. His directorial film debut in Ted earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song. In addition, he has received five Grammy Award nominations and two British Academy of Film and Television Arts among others.

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Film

Year Title Credited as Role Notes Ref.
Director Writer Producer Actor
1995 The Life of Larry Yes Yes Yes Yes Larry, Steve, Lois (voice)
Himself 		Student film [2]
2005 Inside the CIA Yes Yes Executive Yes Stan Smith, Roger (voice) Short film [3]
2005 Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story No No Executive Yes Peter Griffin, Stewie Griffin, Brian Griffin, Glenn Quagmire, Various voices Direct-to-video [4]
2006 Life is Short No No No Yes Dr. Ned Short film [5]
2008 Hellboy II: The Golden Army No No No Yes Johann Kraus (voice) [6]
2008 The Negotiating Table No Yes No Yes Alan Richdale (voice) Short film [7]
2009 Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder No No No Yes Mars Vegas Singer (voice) Direct-to-video [8]
2010 The Drawn Together Movie: The Movie! No No No Yes I.S.R.A.E.L. (voice) Direct-to-video [9]
2010 Tooth Fairy No No No Yes Ziggy [10]
2012 Ted Yes Yes Yes Yes Ted (voice and motion capture) [11]
2013 Movie 43 No No No Yes Himself Cameo [12]
2014 A Million Ways to Die in the West Yes Yes Yes Yes Albert Stark [13]
2015 Ted 2 Yes Yes Yes Yes Ted (voice and motion capture) [14]
2016 Sing No No No Yes Mike (voice) [15]
2017 Logan Lucky No No No Yes Max Chilblain [16]

As executive producer only

Year Title Notes Ref.
2015 This Changes Everything Documentary [17]
2020 aTypical Wednesdays [18]
2020 Books of Blood [19]

Television

Year Title Credited as Role Notes Ref.
Creator Director Writer Producer Actor
1996 Jungle Cubs No No Yes No No 2 episodes [20]
1996–1999 Ace Ventura: Pet Detective No No Yes No No 4 episodes [20]
1997 What a Cartoon! No Yes Yes No Yes Larry, Steve (voice) Episode: "Larry & Steve" [21]
1997; 2004 Johnny Bravo No No Yes No Yes Scott, Bird Forema, Mr. Magician (voice) 10 episodes
Also storyboard artist for 3 episodes
Voice episode: "Traffic Troubles/My Funny Looking Friend" 		[22][20]
1997–1998 Dexter's Laboratory No No Yes No No 4 episodes
Also storyboard artist for 2 episodes 		[20]
1997 Cow and Chicken No No Yes No No 3 episodes
Also storyboard artist for 2 episodes 		[20]
1998 Oh Yeah! Cartoons No No Yes No No Episode: "Zoomates" [23]
1999–present Family Guy Yes No Yes Executive Yes Peter Griffin, Stewie Griffin, Brian Griffin, Glenn Quagmire, Various voices [24]
2002–2003 Gilmore Girls No No No No Yes Zach
Bob Merriam, Folk singer (voice) 		3 episodes [25]
2003 Will & Grace No No No No Yes Pencil Sharpener (voice) Episode: "Fagmalion Part II: Attack of the Clones" [26]
2003 3 South No No No No Yes Max (voice) Episode: "Cock Tale" [27]
2003 Aqua Teen Hunger Force No No No No Yes Wayne the Brain McClain (voice) Episode: "Super Trivia" [28]
2003 The Pitts No No No Consulting Yes Radio Announcer, Movie Dad and Son (voice) 7 episodes
Voice epiosde: 2 episodes 		[26][29]
2003–2005 Crank Yankers No No No No Yes Dick Rogers, Arthur Johnson (voice) 4 episodes [26]
2004–2005 Star Trek: Enterprise No No No No Yes Ensign Rivers 2 episodes [30]
2005–present American Dad! Yes No Yes Executive Yes Stan Smith, Roger, Various voices [31]
2005–present Robot Chicken No No No No Yes Various voices Recurring role [32]
2006–2009 Late Show with David Letterman No No No No Yes Peter Griffin, Stewie Griffin (voice) 2 episodes [33]
2006 The War at Home No No No No Yes Hillary's Date Episode: "I Wash My Hands of You" [34]
2006 Help Me Help You No No No No Yes Seth Episode: "Moving On" [35]
2006 MADtv No No No No Yes Himself Episode: "12.5" [36]
2007 59th Primetime Emmy Awards No No No No Yes Stewie Griffin, Brian Griffin (voice) TV special [37]
2008 Yin Yang Yo! No No No No Yes The Manotaur (voice) 2 episodes [38]
2009 Bones No No No No Yes Stewie Griffin (voice) Episode: "The Critic in the Cabernet" [39]
2009–2010 FlashForward No No No No Yes Agent Jake Curdy 2 episodes [40]
2009–2013 The Cleveland Show Yes No Yes Executive Yes Tim the Bear, Various voices 88 episodes [41]
2009 Family Guy Presents: Seth & Alex's Almost Live Comedy Show No No Yes Executive Yes Himself TV special [42]
2010 Comedy Central Roast of David Hasselhoff No No No No Yes Himself (host) TV special [43]
2010 Phineas and Ferb No No No No Yes Jeff McGarland (voice) Episode: "Nerds of a Feather" [44]
2011 Comedy Central Roast of Donald Trump No No No No Yes Himself (host) TV special [45]
2011 Comedy Central Roast of Charlie Sheen No No No No Yes Himself (host) TV special [46]
2011 Seth MacFarlane: Swingin' in Concert No No Yes Executive Yes Himself TV special [47]
2012 Saturday Night Live No No No No Yes Himself (host) Episode: "Seth MacFarlane/Frank Ocean" [48]
2012–2018 Jimmy Kimmel Live! No No No No Yes Ted, Peter Griffin, Stewie Griffin (voice) 2 episodes [49]
[50]
2013 85th Academy Awards No No Yes No Yes Himself (host)
Ted (voice) 		TV special [51]
2013 The Simpsons No No No No Yes Ben (voice) Episode: "Dangers on a Train" [52]
2013 Futurama No No No No Yes Seymour (voice) Episode: "Game of Tones" [53]
2014 Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey No No No Executive Yes Giordano Bruno (voice) 13 episodes
Voice episode: "Standing Up in the Milky Way" 		[54][55]
2014 2015 Breakthrough Prize Ceremony No No Yes No Yes Himself (host) TV special [56]
2015 2016 Breakthrough Prize Ceremony No No Yes No Yes Himself (host) TV special [57]
2016 Bordertown No No No Executive Yes Peter Griffin (voice) 13 episodes
Voice episode: "American Doll" 		[58][59]
2017–present The Orville Yes Yes Yes Executive Yes Ed Mercer [60]
2019 The Loudest Voice No No No No Yes Brian Lewis 5 episodes [61]
2020 Cosmos: Possible Worlds No No No Executive Yes Harry S. Truman (voice) 13 episodes
Voice episode: 3 episodes 		[62]
2022 The End is Nye Yes No No Executive Yes Various roles 6 episodes [63]
2024 Ted Yes Yes Yes Executive Yes Ted (voice and motion capture) [64]

As executive producer only

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2007 The Winner Executive producer 6 episodes [65]
2013–2014 Dads Executive producer 18 episodes [66]
2015–2016 Blunt Talk Executive producer 20 episodes [67]

Video games

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2006 Family Guy Video Game! Peter Griffin, Stewie Griffin, Brian Griffin, Glenn Quagmire, Various voices [68]
2012 Family Guy: Back to the Multiverse [69]
2014 Family Guy: The Quest for Stuff [70]
2023 Fortnite Battle Royale Peter Griffin (voice) [71]

Web

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2008–2009 Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy Various voices 50 episodes; also creator, writer, and director [72]
2020 The At-Home Variety Show Himself (host) 15 episodes; also writer, and executive producer [73]

See also

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