Seth MacFarlane

**Seth Woodbury MacFarlane** (born October 26, 1973) is an American actor, comedian, director, producer, and voice actor. He is best known for creating the animated television series, *Family Guy*, *American Dad!*, and *The Cleveland Show.*

## Early years and beginning of *Family Guy*
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.

### Political views
MacFarlane is a supporter for the Democratic Party. In 2015, MacFarlane revealed support for Bernie Sanders on the 2016 U.S. presidential election, and he introduced Sanders on a Los Angeles rally.

### September 11 attacks
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, and after getting his departure time incorrectly (8:15 a.m. instead of 7:45 a.m.) from his travel agent, Fifteen minutes after departure, American Airlines Flight 11 was hijacked, 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.

## Awards and nominations 
MacFarlane has been nominated for twenty-four Primetime Emmy Awards for his work on *Family Guy* and has won five times, in 2000, 2002, 2016, 2017 and 2019. He has been nominated for five Grammy Awards for his work in *Family Guy: Live in Vegas*, *Music Is Better Than Words*, *Family Guy*, *No One Ever Tells You* and *In Full Swing*. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song for co-writing the opening song, "Everybody Needs a Best Friend", from his film *Ted* with the film's composer Walter Murphy.

He has received numerous awards from other organizations, including the Annie Award for Best Voice Acting in an Animated Television Production and the Saturn Award for Best Television Presentation for the *Family Guy* episode titled "Blue Harvest", the MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Duo and the Empire Award for Best Comedy for *Ted*. In 2019, MacFarlane received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6259 Hollywood Blvd. In 2020, he was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame.

In 2022, a new species of *Hyloscirtus* frog (*Hyloscirtus sethmacfarlanei*) was described from Ecuador and named after him.

## Career
### *Family Guy*
### *American Dad!*
### *The Winner*
### *The Cleveland Show*
### *Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy*
### *The Flintstones*
### *Cosmos: A Personal Voyage*
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  by Neil deGrasse Tyson. The series was broadcast on Fox in 2014.
### *Bordertown*
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.

## Awards and nominations 
MacFarlane has been nominated for twenty-four Primetime Emmy Awards for his work on Family Guy and has won five times, in 2000, 2002, 2016, 2017 and 2019. He has been nominated for five Grammy Awards for hisR work in *Family Guy: Live in Vegas*, *Music Is Better Than Words*, *Family Guy*, *No One Ever Tells You* and *In Full Swing*. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song for co-writing the opening song, "Everybody Needs a Best Friend", from his film *Ted* with the film's composer Walter Murphy.

He has received numerous awards from other organizations, including the Annie Aw for Best Voice Acting in an Animated Television Production and the Saturn Award for Best Television Presentation for the *Family Guy* episode titled "Blue Harvest", the MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Duo and the Empire Award for Best Comedy for *Ted*. In 2019, MacFarlane received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6259 Hollywood Blvd. In 2020, he was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame.

In 2022, a new species of *Hyloscirtus* frog (*Hyloscirtus sethmacfarlanei*) was described from Ecuador and named after him.

## Filmography
### Movies
### Television
## References
## Other websites
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*Interview  on IGN.com
* Seth Macfarlane at Emmys.com