# Bill Fagerbakke

William Fagerbakke (/ˈfeɪɡərbɑːki/ FAYG-ər-bahk-ee; born October 4, 1957) is an American actor. He voices Patrick Star in the SpongeBob SquarePants franchise, and played Michael "Dauber" Dybinski on the sitcom Coach. He also appeared in 12 episodes of the sitcom How I Met Your Mother as Marshall Eriksen's father Marvin.

## Early life and education

Bill Fagerbakke was born on October 4, 1957, in Fontana, California, and moved to Rupert, Idaho, as a youth. He graduated from Minico High School in Rupert in 1975, where he was a three-sport athlete for the Spartans in football, basketball, and track.
Although he had multiple scholarship offers for college football, including Pac-8 schools, Fagerbakke decided to stay in state and attended the University of Idaho in Moscow. He was a defensive lineman for the Vandals and was ticketed to redshirt in 1976, but was called into action in the fourth game of his sophomore season. The Vandals went 7–4 in 1976, their first winning season in five years, and were 5–2 in the seven games that Fagerbakke started. Head coach Ed Troxel planned on moving him to the offensive line in 1977, but a knee injury in spring drills ended Fagerbakke's athletic career, which turned his focus to theater.
Fagerbakke's first theatrical role was in a campus production of Godspell. He was a member of the Delta Tau Delta fraternity and earned his bachelor's degree in 1981, a result of "two years of football and four years of school." He later attended graduate school at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas.

## Career

Fagerbakke has appeared on television in roles such as assistant coach "Dauber" Dybinski on Coach, and in films, including Funny Farm. He had a role as the mentally disabled Tom Cullen in the 1994 mini-series Stephen King's The Stand. In 1999, he had a role in HBO's original series Oz as Officer Karl Metzger. Since 1999, he has provided the voice of Patrick Star for the Nicktoon SpongeBob SquarePants. His character on Coach was based on a former assistant coach at Idaho, a graduate assistant nicknamed "Tuna."
In 2007, he made a cameo appearance on the show Heroes as Steve Gustavson in the episodes "Run" and "Unexpected." In 2009, he had a role in the film Jennifer's Body. He also played the role of Marvin Eriksen Sr. in the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother. In 2012, he made a cameo appearance in the TV show Weeds.
In 2022, Fagerbakke guest-starred in the fifth season of Dynasty as Peter de Viblis. His daughter Carson portrays Peter's daughter Patty.

## Personal life

In 1989, Fagerbakke married actress Catherine McClenahan, with whom he had two daughters, one of which is actress Carson Fagerbakke. In September 2012, he filed for legal separation from McClenahan, citing irreconcilable differences.

## Filmography
### Television voice roles

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1990 | 3×3 Eyes | Steve Long | |
| 1994 | Beethoven | Caesar / Roger's Dad | Main cast |
| 1994–1996 | Gargoyles | Broadway / Hollywood | Main cast (season 1), recurring role (season 2) |
| 1994–1995 | Aaahh!!! Real Monsters | Troop Leader / Tiny / Carl | 3 episodes |
| 1995–1996 | Dumb and Dumber | Harry Dunne, various voices | Main cast |
| 1996–1999 | Jumanji | Alan Parrish | Main cast |
| 1999–present | SpongeBob SquarePants | Patrick Star, additional voices | Main cast |
| 1999 | Timon & Pumbaa | Bigfoot | Episode: "Bigfoot, Littlebrain" |
| 1999 | The Wild Thornberrys | Dank | Episode: "On the Right Track" |
| 1999 | The Night of the Headless Horseman | Dolphus | Television film |
| 1999–2000 | Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles | Sgt. Gossard | Main cast |
| 2000 | Batman Beyond | Payback | Episode: "Payback" |
| 2001–2004 | Lloyd in Space | Kurt Blobberts | Main cast |
| 2002 | Final Fantasy: Unlimited | Fungus | |
| 2002 | Jackie Chan Adventures | Butch | Episode: "Pleasure Cruise" |
| 2005 | The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy | Thud, Grandpa, Clerk | Episode: "The Firebird Sweet" |
| 2005–2006 | A.T.O.M. | Flesh | |
| 2007 | Family Guy | Patrick Star | Episode: "Road to Rupert"; archival footage (uncredited) |
| 2007 | Kim Possible | Myron | Episode: "Larry's Birthday" |
| 2007–2009 | Transformers Animated | Bulkhead, Master Disaster, Hot Shot, additional voices | Recurring role |
| 2009 | The Spectacular Spider-Man | Morris Bench | Episode: "Shear Strength" |
| 2010 | Batman: The Brave and the Bold | Ronnie Raymond, Lead, Helium | 4 episodes |
| 2010–2011 | Sym-Bionic Titan | Meat | 5 episodes |
| 2011–2022 | Young Justice | Bear | 3 episodes |
| 2011–2012 | Handy Manny | Roland | 2 episodes |
| 2012 | Robot and Monster | Lev Krumholtz | 2 episodes |
| 2013–2016 | Wander Over Yonder | Prince Cashmere, additional voices | 3 episodes |
| 2015–2017 | All Hail King Julien | King Joey, Lazy Doug, Hans, Rat DJ, Leonard | 9 episodes |
| 2017 | Pig Goat Banana Cricket | Banana's Dad | Episode: "Flower for Burgerstein" |
| 2017 | American Dad! | Strannix | Episode: "The Long Bomb" |
| 2017–2020 | Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz | Scarecrow, various voices | Main cast |
| 2018 | DuckTales | Ghost of Christmas Present | Episode: "Last Christmas!" |
| 2021 | Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years | Patrick Star, additional voices | Main cast |
| 2021–present | The Patrick Star Show | Patrick Star, Patgor, additional voices | Lead role |

### Video games

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1996 | Disney's Animated Storybook: The Hunchback of Notre Dame | Oafish Guard | |
| 2001 | Nicktoons Nick Tunes | Patrick Star | |
| 2001 | Nicktoons Racing | Patrick Star | |
| 2001 | SpongeBob SquarePants: Operation Krabby Patty | Patrick Star | |
| 2001 | SpongeBob SquarePants: SuperSponge | Patrick Star | |
| 2002 | SpongeBob SquarePants: Employee of the Month | Patrick Star | |
| 2002 | SpongeBob SquarePants: Revenge of the Flying Dutchman | Patrick Star | |
| 2003 | Nickelodeon Toon Twister 3-D | Patrick Star | |
| 2003 | SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom | Patrick Star | |
| 2004 | SpongeBob SquarePants: Typing | Patrick Star | |
| 2004 | Nicktoons Movin' | Patrick Star | |
| 2004 | The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie | Patrick Star | |
| 2005 | SpongeBob SquarePants: Lights, Camera, Pants! | Patrick Star | |
| 2005 | Nicktoons Unite! | Patrick Star | |
| 2006 | SpongeBob SquarePants: Creature from the Krusty Krab | Patrick Star | |
| 2006 | Nicktoons: Battle for Volcano Island | Patrick Star | |
| 2007 | Nicktoons: Attack of the Toybots | Patrick Star | |
| 2007 | SpongeBob's Atlantis SquarePantis | Patrick Star | |
| 2008 | SpongeBob SquarePants featuring Nicktoons: Globs of Doom | Patrick Star | |
| 2009 | SpongeBob's Truth or Square | Patrick Star | |
| 2010 | SpongeBob's Boating Bash | Patrick Star | |
| 2011 | Nicktoons MLB | Patrick Star | |
| 2011 | SpongeBob's Surf & Skate Roadtrip | Patrick Star | |
| 2013 | SpongeBob SquarePants: Plankton's Robotic Revenge | Patrick Star, Clem | |
| 2015 | SpongeBob HeroPants | Patrick Star | |
| 2020 | SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom – Rehydrated | Patrick Star | Archival recordings |
| 2021 | Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl | Patrick Star | Voiceover added in the June 2022 update |
| 2022 | Nickelodeon Extreme Tennis | Patrick Star | |
| 2022 | Nickelodeon Kart Racers 3: Slime Speedway | Patrick Star | |
| 2023 | SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake | Patrick Star | |
| 2023 | Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2 | Patrick Star | |
| 2024 | SpongeBob SquarePants: The Patrick Star Game | Patrick Star | |

### Television live action roles

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1989–1997 | Coach | Michael "Dauber" Dybinski | |
| 1994 | The Stand | Tom Cullen | Miniseries |
| 1997 | Sabrina the Teenage Witch | Dirk | Episode: "Cat Showdown" |
| 1998–1999 | Oz | Karl Metzger | 3 episodes |
| 2005–2014 | How I Met Your Mother | Marvin Eriksen Sr. | 12 episodes |
| 2007 | According to Jim | Howard | Episode: "All the Rage" |
| 2012 | Weeds | Police Academy Instructor | Episode: "Allosaurus Crush Castle" |
| 2014 | Growing Up Fisher | Ken Fisher | 4 episodes |
| 2014 | Crash & Bernstein | Jeff | Episode: "Escape from Bigfoot Island" |
| 2016 | All In with Cam Newton | Himself | Episode: "All In with Josh" |
| 2017 | Black-ish | Tom Avery | Episode: "One Angry Man" |
| 2018 | Mom | Sergeant Gene Rubenzer | Episode: "Phone Confetti and a Wee Dingle" |
| 2018 | I'm Dying Up Here | Chris Beverly | 3 episodes |
| 2019 | Unbelievable | Detective Pruitt | 3 episodes |
| 2021–2023 | Young Sheldon | Officer Jake | 4 episodes |
| 2022 | Dynasty | Peter de Viblis | Episode: "Devoting All of Her Energy to Hate" |

### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1984 | Perfect Strangers | Carl | |
| 1987 | The Secret of My Success | Ron | |
| 1988 | Funny Farm | Lon Criterion | |
| 1990 | Loose Cannons | Giant | |
| 1992 | Porco Rosso | Mamma Aiuto Gangster (voice) | |
| 1996 | The Hunchback of Notre Dame | Oafish Guard (voice) | |
| 1997 | Under Wraps | Harold, Ted | |
| 2000 | The Ultimate Christmas Present | Sparky | Television film |
| 2001 | Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure | Mooch (voice) | Direct-to-video |
| 2002 | Ken Park | Bob | |
| 2003 | Atlantis: Milo's Return | Sven (voice) | Direct-to-video |
| 2003 | Quigley | Security Guard Londo | |
| 2004 | The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie | Patrick Star, Various voices (voice) | |
| 2005 | Balto III: Wings of Change | Ralph, Mr. Conner (voice) | |
| 2005 | The Madagascar Penguins in a Christmas Caper | Ted the Polar Bear (voice) | Short film |
| 2005 | The Legend of Frosty the Snowman | Frosty the Snowman (voice) | Direct-to-video |
| 2008 | Finding Amanda | Larry | |
| 2009 | Space Buddies | Pi | |
| 2009 | Halloween II | Deputy Webb | |
| 2009 | Jennifer's Body | Jonas' Dad | |
| 2011 | The Artist | Policeman | |
| 2011 | Rosewood Lane | Hank Hawthorne | |
| 2012 | The Babymakers | Clark | |
| 2015 | The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water | Patrick Star, Various voices (voice) | |
| 2021 | The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run | Patrick Star (voice) | |
| 2024 | Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie | Patrick Star, Bikini Bottomites | |
| 2025 | Plankton: The Movie | Patrick Star, Troop (voice) | |
| 2025 | The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants | Patrick Star (voice) | |

### Other

* Jimmy Neutron's Nicktoon Blast (2003) - Patrick Star
* SpongeBob SquarePants 4D: The Great Jelly Rescue (2013) - Patrick Star

## Accolades

| Year | Film | Award | Category | Result |
| 2012 | The Artist | Critics' Choice Movie Awards | Best Acting Ensemble | Nominated |