Seth MacFarlane

Seth MacFarlane was booked on the first plane to hit the Twin Towers on September 11, but he missed the flight because his travel agent gave him the wrong departure time.

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He took voice lessons from a 90-year-old couple who also trained Frank Sinatra.

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He is a skilled pianist and has a baritone singing range.

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The voice of Peter Griffin is largely based on a loud security guard who worked on the campus where he went to college.

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His production company is named Fuzzy Door after the apartment he lived in while attending the Rhode Island School of Design ("RISD"); the door of the house was covered in fur.

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The voice of Stewie Griffin was inspired by Rex Harrison's portrayal of Henry Higgins in My Fair Lady (1964).

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He is a devoted fan of Star Wars and Star Trek. His favorite film in the Star Wars saga is Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980), and his favorite TV series in the Star Trek franchise is Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987). He also guest-starred as Ensign Rivers in two episodes of Star Trek: Enterprise (2001).

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He considers The Jerk (1979) the funniest film ever made.

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His favorite comedy films are Airplane! (1980) and Caddyshack (1980).

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The International Astronomical Union (IAU) renamed asteroid 1999-UL46 "70713 SethMcFarlane," citing his role as a founding member of the Advisory Board of the Science and Entertainment Exchange, the Los Angeles branch of the National Academy of Sciences.

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His father, Ron MacFarlane, narrated the hour-long Christmas episode Road to the North Pole (2010).

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He is very close friends with Butch Hartman, the creator of The Fairly OddParents (2001) and Danny Phantom (2003).

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On April 23, 2019, he was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Television at 6259 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.

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He is the grandson of Milton Worcester MacFarlane and Selina Alfreda Shean on his father's side, and of Arthur Woodbury Sager and Berta Rogers on his mother's side. Through his maternal grandmother, he is descended from Mayflower passengers William Brewster and his wife Mary.

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His favorite Western is The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962). He prefers Westerns of the 1940s and 1950s over Spaghetti Westerns, which he finds very boring.

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He once said his favorite film was The Sound of Music (1965).

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In both Family Guy (1999) and American Dad! (2005), he constantly references Back to the Future (1985) and its sequels.

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He loves Kermit the Frog. In The Orville (2017), a Kermit the Frog plush is in the office of his character, Captain Ed Mercer.

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His favorite television series are The Twilight Zone (1959), Adam-12 (1968), Home Movies (1999), The Sopranos (1999), Black Mirror (2011) and Real Time with Bill Maher (2003).

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He is of English, Scottish and Irish descent. His ancestry includes deep Colonial American roots in Massachusetts.

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Seth MacFarlane owns a production company called Fuzzy Door Productions.

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Seth MacFarlane is a distant cousin of Ashley Judd. Both are descendants of William Brewster and his wife, who came to Massachusetts, America, on the Mayflower.

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Seth MacFarlane is a supporter of the Democratic Party and is known for ruthlessly mocking and scolding conservatives and their policies through his shows. Ironically, his programs air on the FOX network, a channel that largely supports Republicans.

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Seth MacFarlane is good friends with Alan Silvestri, Matt Groening, Bill Nye, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Mike Judge, Jon Favreau, Neil Patrick Harris, Seth Meyers, Charlize Theron and Amy Schumer.

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Seth MacFarlane does not like the crime drama The Godfather (1972).

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Seth MacFarlane was raised Roman Catholic, but at the age of 11 he turned it into a joke and became an atheist.

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Seth MacFarlane took part in the 2007-2008 Writers Guild of America strike.

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Seth MacFarlane's favorite Western series is Gunsmoke (1955).

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Seth MacFarlane met Kara Vallow at Hanna-Barbera Studios, where he worked as a writer on Johnny Bravo (1997).

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On Saturday, August 1, Seth MacFarlane appeared at Prom 22: A Celebration of Classic MGM Film Musicals (2009) in the 2009 season of the BBC Proms in London, singing alongside Kim Criswell, Sarah Fox, Sir Thomas Allen and Curtis Stigers.

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Seth MacFarlane graduated from Kent School, the high school also attended by Ted Danson, Treat Williams, Peter Farrelly and Sebastian Siegel.

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Seth MacFarlane is a big fan of Grammy Award winner Billy Joel.

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Seth MacFarlane idolized Garry Shandling. He considers The Larry Sanders Show (1992) the best single-camera comedy of all time.

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Seth MacFarlane supported Bernie Sanders in the 2016 United States presidential election.

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Family Guy (1999) and American Dad! (2005) both premiered after the Super Bowl, while The Cleveland Show (2009) premiered after The Simpsons (1989).

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Seth MacFarlane is a big fan of Rex Harrison and Woody Allen.

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Seth MacFarlane is a distant cousin of actress Meredith Baxter on his mother's side. His sitcom Family Guy (1999) has often referenced the sitcom Family Ties (1982).

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Many people say Seth MacFarlane physically resembles Christopher Knight, known for The Brady Bunch (1969). The series is referenced several times in MacFarlane's shows, including Family Guy (1999).

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Seth MacFarlane is a big fan of Keith Olbermann and a personal friend of his.

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Seth MacFarlane graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, Rhode Island, with a Bachelor of Fine Arts (1995). He later received an honorary degree (Doctor of Fine Arts) from the Rhode Island School of Design (2007).

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Seth MacFarlane had a relationship with Emilia Clarke, who is 12 years younger than him (2012-13).

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Seth MacFarlane pitched a story series for CatDog at Nickelodeon, but it was rejected.

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Seth MacFarlane once resided in Wrentham, Massachusetts.

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Seth MacFarlane is the older brother of Rachael MacFarlane and the brother-in-law of her husband, Spencer Laudiero. He is the uncle of two children.

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