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Seth Woodbury MacFarlane
(born October 26, 1973) is an
American
actor
,
comedian
and
voice actor
. He is best known for creating the animated
television series
,
Family Guy
,
American Dad!
and
The Cleveland Show
.
MacFarlane developed the upcoming animated series,
The John Layzell Show
, which will be premiered in October 2024.
Early years and beginning of
Family Guy
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MacFarlane went to Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), a
school
in
Rhode Island
where he studied
animation
. He made a short
cartoon
movie
named,
The Life of Larry
during his senior year. He worked at
Hanna-Barbera
writing and making
episodes
of
Johnny Bravo
.
FOX
, a
media
network
, saw
The Life of Larry
and offered him $50,000 to make a
pilot
.
MacFarlane is a supporter for the
Democratic Party
.
[2]
In 2015, MacFarlane revealed support for
Bernie Sanders
on the
2016 U.S. presidential election
, and he introduced Sanders on a Los Angeles rally.
[3]
On the morning of
September 11, 2001
, MacFarlane was scheduled to return to Los Angeles on
American Airlines Flight 11
from Boston. After having a
hangover
from last night's celebrations,
[4]
and after getting his departure time incorrectly (8:15 a.m. instead of 7:45 a.m.) from his
travel agent
,
[5]
he arrived at
Logan International Airport
about ten minutes too late to board the flight as the gates had been closed.
[5]
Fifteen minutes after departure,
American Airlines Flight 11
was hijacked,
[6]
and at 8:46 a.m. it was flown into the North Tower of the
World Trade Center
, destroying the airplane, and killing everyone on board.
[7]
In August 2011, Fox ordered a 13-part updated series of
Cosmos: A Personal Voyage
. MacFarlane will
co-produce
with Anne Druyan and Steven Soter. It will be
hosted
by
Neil deGrasse Tyson
. The series was
broadcast
on Fox in 2014.
[8]
Seth MacFarlane is on his fifth
animated
series
Bordertown
with
Alex Borstein
. Its broadcast date is on January 3, 2016. It shows a family and has a female lead role.
[9]
Media related to
Seth MacFarlane
at Wikimedia Commons
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