Seth MacFarlane

A Star Trek-watching, show-tune-singing, entertainment-obsessed fan boy, MacFarlane began drawing cartoons at age 2 and was publishing his own comic strip in his hometown newspaper by age 8. Sure of w...
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BirthDate
BirthPlace
10/25/1973
Kent, CT
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Was hired by Hanna-Barbera after college when one of his professors sent his thesis film to the noted Hollywood animators.
Was booked on the hijacked Sept. 11, 2001, Boston-Los Angeles flight that hit the north tower of the World Trade Center, but he missed the plane.
The evil Griffin baby Stewie on Family Guy which MacFarlane voiced was based on his cousin Tyler.
An avid Trekker, he guest-starred on a few episodes of Star Trek: Enterprise.
Started drawing cartoons at age 2; his strip Walter Crouton was published in his hometown newspaper when he was 8.
In 1999, Rev. Richardson Schell, the headmaster of the Kent School, began writing letters to Family Guy advertisers complaining that the show was offensive and asking them to drop their sponsor