Seth MacFarlane
Acting
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.
TV Shows(54)
ted
Ted (voice)
2024
Hart to Heart
Self
2021
The Drew Barrymore Show
Self - Guest
2020
Peacock Presents: The At-Home Variety Show Featuring Seth MacFarlane
Self - Host
2020
Cosmos: Mundos Posibles
2020
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
2019
The Loudest Voice
Brian Lewis
2019
The Orville
Capt. Ed Mercer
2017
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
Self
2017
The Cowboy
Self
2016
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
2015
StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson
Self
2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self - Guest
2015
Delirium
Peter Griffin / Brian Griffin / Quagmire (archive footage)
2014
Sock or Hat?
Self - Contestant
2014
Cosmos
Giordano Bruno (voice)
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest
2014
Conan
Self
2010
The Cleveland Show
Tim the Bear (voice)
2009
FlashForward
FBI Agent
2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
2009
Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy
Various Characters (voice)
2008
Phineas and Ferb
Jeff McGarland (voice)
2007
The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007
Talkshow with Spike Feresten
2006
Yin Yang Yo!
The Manotaur (voice)
2006
Bones
Stewie Griffin (voice)
2005
The War at Home
Hillary's Date
2005
Too Late with Adam Carolla
2005
Robot Chicken
2005
American Dad!
Stan Smith / Roger (voice)
2005
Complete Savages
2004
The Pitts
Radio Announcer (voice)
2003
Real Time with Bill Maher
Self
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
2003
3-South
2002
Star Trek: Enterprise
Engineer
2001
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
Wayne "The Brain" McClain (voice)
2000
Gilmore Girls
Zach
2000
Teen Choice Awards
Self
1999
Futurama
Seymour (voice)
1999
Family Guy
Peter Griffin / Brian Griffin / Stewie Griffin / Glenn Quagmire (voice)
1999
The View
Self - Guest
1997
The Daily Show
Self
1996
MADtv
Seth MacFarlane / Peter Griffin
1995
What a Cartoon!
Larry / Steve (voice)
1995
The Simpsons
Ben (voice)
1989
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
1988
Entertainment Tonight
Self
1981
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
1975
The Oscars
Self - Host
1953
Ted: The Animated Series
Ted (voice)
Stewie
Stewie Griffin / Brian Griffin (voice)
Movies(56)
Disney’s Hulu’s Family Guy’s Hallmark Channel’s Lifetime’s Familiar Holiday Movie
Peter Griffin / Brian Griffin / Stewie Griffin / Glenn Quagmire / Carter Pewterschmidt / Tom Tucker (voice)
2025
Family Guy: A Little Fright Music
Peter Griffin / Brian Griffin / Stewie Griffin / Glenn Quagmire (voice)
2025
The Wonderful World of Disney: Holiday Spectacular
Self - Performer
2024
Family Guy: Gift of the White Guy
Peter Griffin / Brian Griffin / Stewie Griffin / Glenn Quagmire / Santa Claus (voice)
2024
Music by John Williams
Self - Filmmaker / Vocalist
2024
Family Guy: Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Cheater
Peter Griffin / Brian Griffin / Stewie Griffin / Glenn Quagmire (voice)
2024
May the 12th Be with You
Stewie Griffin (voice)
2024
Goodbye Channel 99
The Family Guy
2023
Pencils vs Pixels
Self
2023
Stoner Cats
Reginald
2021
Gwen Stefani: You Make It Feel Like Christmas
Self
2017
Logan Lucky
Max Chilblain
2017
The Truth Is in the Stars
Self
2017
Sing
Mike (voice)
2016
TV's Funniest Animated Stars: A Paley Center for Media Special
Self / Stewie Griffin (voice)
2015
Sinatra 100: An All-Star Grammy Concert
Self
2015
Ted 2
Ted (voice)
2015
Robot Chicken: Christmas Specials
Various (voice) (archive sound)
2014
A Million Ways to Die in the West
Albert
2014
Born Again Virgin Christmas Special
Santa Claus (voice)
2013
Starring Adam West
Self
2013
Movie 43
Seth MacFarlane (segment “The Pitch”)
2013
Ted
Ted (voice)
2012
FOX 25th Anniversary Special
Self
2012
Seth MacFarlane: Swingin' in Concert
Self
2011
Comedy Central Roast of Charlie Sheen
Self - Roastmaster
2011
Comedy Central Roast of Donald Trump
Self
2011
BBC Swingin' Christmas
Self - Performer
2010
Family Guy Presents: It's a Trap!
Peter Griffin as Han Solo / Stewie Griffin as Darth Vader / Brian Griffin as Chewbacca / Glenn Quagmire as C-3PO / Carter Pewterschmidt as Emperor Palpatine / Roger as Moff Jerjerrod / Tim the Bear as Wickett / Live Studio Ostrich / Pee-wee Herman (voice)
2010
Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III
Emperor Palpatine (voice)
2010
Comedy Central Roast of David Hasselhoff
Self - Roastmaster
2010
The Drawn Together Movie: The Movie!
I.S.R.A.E.L. (aka Intelligent Smart Robotic Animated Eraser Lady) (voice)
2010
Tooth Fairy
Ziggy
2010
The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special - In 3D! On Ice!
Self
2010
Family Guy Presents: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side
Peter Griffin as Han Solo / Brian Griffin as Chewbacca / Stewie Griffin as Darth Vader / Glenn Quagmire as C-3PO / Dr. Elmer Hartman as General Rieekan / Carter Pewterschmidt as Emperor Palpatine / Aaron Sorkin / Cookie Monster / Man / George Takei / Dagobah Man / Commander #2 / Driver / Ringo Starr / Empire Member #2 / Pilot #1 (voice)
2009
Dear Consumer (Robot Chicken's Full-Assed Christmas Special)
Santa Claus / Thor / Atheist Mayor (voice)
2009
Family Guy Presents: Seth & Alex's Almost Live Comedy Show
Self / Various (voice)
2009
BBC Proms - A Celebration of Classic MGM Film Musicals
Self- vocals
2009
Family Guy Presents: Stewie Kills Lois and Lois Kills Stewie
Peter Griffin / Stewie Griffin / Stan Smith (voice)
2009
Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder
Mars Vegas Singer (singing voice)
2009
Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II
Emperor Palpatine / Dr. Ball / Figrin D'an (voice)
2008
Hellboy: In Service of the Demon
Self
2008
Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy
Various Characters (voice)
2008
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Johann Krauss (voice)
2008
Robot Chicken's Half-Assed Christmas Special
Aslan / Hermey the Elf / Santa Claus / Narrator (voice)
2007
Family Guy Presents: Blue Harvest
Peter Griffin as Han Solo / Brian Griffin as Chewbacca / Stewie Griffin as Darth Vader / Glenn Quagmire as C-3PO / Tom Tucker as Imperial Newscaster / Carter Pewterschmidt as Uncle Owen / Safeguard #1 / Italian #2 / White Guard #2 (voice)
2007
Robot Chicken: Star Wars
Emperor Palpatine (voice)
2007
Life Is Short
Dr. Ned
2006
Robot Chicken's Christmas Special
Hermey the Elf / Jesus Christ (voice)
2005
Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story
Stewie Griffin / Various Characters (voice)
2005
American Dad: The New CIA
Stan Smith / Roger (voice)
2005
A Very Special Family Guy Freakin' Christmas
Peter Griffin / Brian / Stewie / Quagmire / additional (voice)
2001
Larry and Steve
Larry/Steve (voice)
1997
Return of the Sun Devil
Narrator (voice)
1996
The Life of Larry
Seth MacFarlane / Larry Cummings / Steve / Lois Cummings / Man in Underwear / Captain Kirk / Mr. Spock / Sulu / Ensign Skippee / British Man / Jeremy / Tom Hanks / Alex Trebek / Preacher / God (voice)
1995
Construção
Peter Griffin