Tom Kenny grew up in East Syracuse, New York. When Tom was young he was into comic books, drawing funny pictures and collecting records. Tom turned to stand-up comedy in Boston and San Francisco. This led to appearances on every cable show spawned by the stand-up epidemic of the 80's and 90's as well as stints on _"The Dennis Miller Show" (1992)_ (qv), _"The Pat Sajak Show" (1989)_ (qv), _"Late Night with Conan O'Brien" (1993)_ (qv) and _"Late Night with David Letterman" (1982)_ (qv). Tom was a regular on Fox TV's _"The Edge" (1992)_ (qv) and spent a year as the host of NBC's _"Friday Night Videos" (1983)_ (qv). His mainstream television appearances include _"Brotherly Love" (1995)_ (qv) and 'David Alan Grier' (qv)'s sitcom debacle, _"The Preston Episodes" (1995)_ (qv). Tom supplies the voice for "Heffer" the cow on Nickelodeon's _"Rocko's Modern Life" (1993)_ (qv) and Hanna Barbera's _"Top Cat" (1961)_ (qv), as well as regular performances on The Cartoon Network's _"Dexter's Laboratory" (1996)_ (qv), _"Justice League" (2001)_ (qv), _"The Powerpuff Girls" (1998)_ (qv), and _"Johnny Bravo" (1997)_ (qv). Tom joined the cast of _"Mr. Show with Bob and David" (1995)_ (qv) where he met his future wife 'Jill Talley' (qv). Together they've teamed up on Comedy Central's _"The Mark Thomas Comedy Product" (1996)_ (qv), the stage show "The Show With Two Heads", HBO's _"Not Necessarily the Election" (1996)_ (qv), the 'Smashing Pumpkins' (qv)' "Tonight, Tonight" video and 'Travis (I)' (qv) "Sing" video.
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name | Tom Kenny |
birth name | Thomas James Kenny |
birth date | July 13, 1962 |
birth place | Syracuse, New York, US |
occupation | Actor, comedian, voice actor |
years active | 1980–present |
spouse | Jill Talley (1993—present) |
children | 2 children |
website | }} |
He currently voices the Ice King in the Cartoon Network animated series ''Adventure Time with Finn and Jake'', and voices additional characters on ''Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated'' (another Cartoon Network) show. He also voices Quantum Ray in ''Cosmic Quantum Ray'' and Plastic Man in ''Batman: The Brave and the Bold''. As of 2007, he hosted the TV show ''Funday Night at the Movies'' on Turner Classic Movies (TCM) which encourages children to watch old movies.
Kenny was born and raised in Syracuse, New York.
Kenny appeared regularly on NBC's music video show ''Friday Night Videos'', in a recurring comedic Music News segment. In 1991, he took over as the show's regular host until being replaced later that year by Frankie Crocker.
In 1996, Kenny appeared along with his wife, Jill Talley, in the music video for "Tonight, Tonight" by The Smashing Pumpkins, playing a young couple taking their honeymoon on the moon. The video was very popular, winning six MTV Video Music Awards. Kenny also appeared in the music video for "Sing" by the band Travis.
In 2006 Kenny co-wrote and recorded ''SpongeBob SquarePants: The Best Day Ever'' with producer Andy Paley. Kenny's singing on the CD is done in the voice of SpongeBob SquarePants and other characters from the show. Other musical artists on the CD include: Brian Wilson, Tommy Ramone, and Flaco Jiménez. The music pays homage to The Beach Boys, The Archies, The Lovin' Spoonful, and The Troggs, among others.
Kenny played his first set of voice actor roles for ''Rocko's Modern Life'', primarily as Heffer Wolfe. Joe Murray auditioned Kenny for voice acting roles for the series in a casting call in Los Angeles, California. On one occasion, the producers required Kenny to fill the role of Charlie Adler, who was absent on that occasion. In addition, Kenny had to perform one song and learn how to play another song within ten minutes due to time constraints. He said that this helped him believe that he could stand "toe to toe" with other voice actors.
Joe Murray chose Kenny for a voice acting position in ''Camp Lazlo'' because Murray, after seeing Kenny's previous work for ''Rocko's Modern Life,'' felt that Kenny "adds writing to his roles" and "brings so much".
He was the voice of Dog in ''CatDog'', as well as the voice of Cliff. He also had a few roles in ''The Powerpuff Girls'' TV show. He was the Mayor, the Narrator, Mitch Mitchelson, Snake and Little Arturo from the Gangrene Gang, Rainbow the Clown, etc. He plays a number of roles in the ''Transformers Animated'' TV show. A few of the characters he voices in this series are Starscream and his clones, Isaac Sumdac, and Waspinator. He is also the voice of the Autobots Skids and Wheelie in the live-action ''Transformers'' film series. He has voiced the Penguin on the TV show ''The Batman''. On ''Dilbert'', Kenny voiced Ratbert, Asok and other one-time characters. He played Mr. Hal Gibson in the animated kids show ''Super Robot Monkey Team Hyper Force GO!''.
In 2009, Kenny became a regular cast voice in the Fox comedy series, ''Sit Down, Shut Up''. He voices Muhammad Sabeeh "Happy" Fa-ach Nuabar, the secretive custodian who is plotting a terrorist attack, as well as Happy's interpreter. The series premiered on April 19, 2009. Kenan Thompson, Kristin Chenoweth, Jason Bateman, Nick Kroll, Cheri Oteri, Henry Winkler, Will Arnett and Will Forte are the other main cast members.
He also voiced the Best Buy elf from the retail stores' Christmas TV commercials.
He replaced Ken Sansom as the voice of Rabbit in ''Winnie the Pooh'' (2011).
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name | Jill Talley |
birth date | December 19, 1962 |
birth place | Chicago, Illinois, United States |
occupation | Actress/Voice actress |
yearsactive | 1992–present |
spouse | Tom Kenny (1993–present) |
children | 2 }} |
Jill Talley (born December 19, 1962) is an American comedic actress noted for her long-running-role as Karen on ''SpongeBob SquarePants''.
Talley's vocal work includes playing Karen, computer wife of Plankton on ''SpongeBob SquarePants,'' as well as Gretchen, the tomboyish alligator Squirrel Scout, the scholarly giraffe named Nina, and the largely angry warthog named Ms. Mucus on ''Camp Lazlo''. She also voices Sarah Dubois on the Adult Swim show ''The Boondocks''.
Since ''Mr. Show'''s run she has also appeared in minor roles in several films such as ''Little Miss Sunshine'' and ''Sky High'', in the latter of which she appeared with her husband.
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name | Bill Fagerbakke |
birth name | William Mark Fagerbakke |
birth date | October 04, 1957 |
birth place | Fontana, California, US |
occupation | Actor/Voice actor |
years active | 1984–present |
spouse | Catherine McClenahan }} |
William Mark "Bill" Fagerbakke (born October 4, 1957) is an American actor and voice actor. He is well-known for his long-running-roles as Patrick Star in the animated series ''SpongeBob SquarePants'' and "Dauber" Dybinski on the sitcom ''Coach''.
In 2007, he made a cameo appearance on the show ''Heroes'' as Steve Gustavson in the episodes "Run" and "Unexpected." Fagerbakke has received critical acclaim as a thespian by the Screen Actors Guild and Juilliard School of Performing Arts for his roles as Shylock in Shakespeare's ''The Merchant of Venice'', and Torvald in Ibsen's ''A Doll's House''. In 2009, he had a role in the film, ''Jennifer's Body''. He also has the role of Marvin Eriksen, Sr. in the CBS sitcom ''How I Met Your Mother''.
Fagerbakke is a graduate of Minico High School in Rupert, Idaho, and the University of Idaho. He played football for the Vandals until an injury ended his athletic career, which turned his focus to theater. He later attended Southern Methodist University in Dallas.
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Name | Jeremy Shada |
Birth date | January 21, 1997 |
Birth place | Boise, Idaho, USA |
Yearsactive | 2004-present }} |
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