Bill Fagerbakke

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* Patrick Star from *SpongeBob SquarePants*
* Michael "Dauber" Dybinski from *Coach*
 Spouse | Catherine McClenahan

**William Mark Fagerbakke** (English pronunciation: **Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[".**; born October 4, 1957) is an American actor. He voices Patrick Star in the animated series *SpongeBob SquarePants* 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

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, he 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. (The Vandals went 3–8 in 1977 and Troxel was fired; then 2–9 in 1978 under Jerry Davitch, one of the wins being a "no-show" forfeit.)

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

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Fagerbakke has appeared on television in roles such as assistant coach "Dauber" Dybinski on *Coach*, in movies, including *Funny Farm*, and several on- and off-Broadway stage shows. 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." 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 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*.

## Filmography

### Films

* *Perfect Strangers* (1984)
* *Almost Partners* (1987)
* *The Secret of My Success* (1987)
* *Funny Farm* (1988)
* *Coach* (1989–1997) (TV Series)
* *Loose Cannons* (1990)
* *3×3 Eyes* (1991)
* *Porco Rosso* (1992)
* *Stephen King's The Stand* (1994) (TV Series)
* *Felidae* (1994) (English dub) - Gus
* *Playtoons* (1994) (Additional Voices) - FLOOBS
* *Sabrina the Teenage Witch* (1996) (TV Series) - Dirk
* *The Hunchback of Notre Dame* (1996) (voice) - Oafish Guard
* *Under Wraps* (1997) - Harold/Ted
* *Oz* (TV Series) (1998–1999) - Karl Metzger
* *Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles* (Animated TV series) – Sgt. Gossard (1999)
* *Dragon Tales* (1999–2005) (TV series) (Additional Voices)
* *The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy* (TV Series) - Thud

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* *The Ultimate Christmas Present* (2000) - Sparky
* *Help! I'm a Fish* (2000) (voice) - Shark (credited David Baterson)
* *Lloyd in Space* (2001) (voice) (TV series) - Kurt Blobberts
* *Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure* (2001) (voice) - Mooch
* *Ken Park* (2002)
* *Final Fantasy: Unlimited* (2002) (voice) - Fungus (in some episodes)
* *Patrick the Snowman* (2002) (voice) - Patrick Star
* *Quigley* (2003)
* *Jackie Chan Adventures* (2001) (voice) - Butch
* *Jimmy Neutron's Nicktoon Blast* (2003) (voice) - Patrick Star
* *The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie* (2004) (voice) - Patrick Star
* *SpongeBob SquarePants B.C. (Before Comedy)* (2004) - Patar (Caveman version of Patrick Star), Caveman
* *Balto III: Wings of Change* (2004) (voice) - Ralph, Mr. Conner
* *Callback* (2005)
* *The Madagascar Penguins in a Christmas Caper* (2005) (voice) - Ted the Polar Bear
* *The Legend of Frosty the Snowman* (2005) (voice) - Frosty the Snowman
* *The Endless Summer* (SpongeBob SquarePants short) (2005) (voice) - Patrick Star
* *How I Met Your Mother* (2005–2014) - Marvin Eriksen Sr.
* *W.I.T.C.H.* (2006) - Gulch & Karl Deplerson ("V is for Victory")
* *Family Guy* (2007) (voice) - Patrick Star (archive footage from *The Campfire Episode*; uncredited) - *Road to Rupert*
* *Kim Possible* (2007) (voice) - Myron
* *According To Jim* (2007) (TV Series) - Howard
* *Shrieking Violet* (2007) - Larchmont
* *Finding Amanda* (2008) - Larry
* *Bleach: Memories of Nobody* (2008) - Various
* *Space Buddies* (2009) - Pi
* *Halloween II* (2009) - Deputy Webb
* *Jennifer's Body* (2009) - Jonah's Dad
* *Phineas and Ferb* (2009) - Frosty the Snowman
* *Handy Manny* (2010 only) - Roland
* *The Artist* (2011) - Policeman
* *Rosewood Lane* (2011) - Hank Hawthorne
* *Weeds* (2012) - Police Academy Instructor
* *Robot and Monster* (2012) - Lev Krumholtz
* *The Babymakers* (2012) - Clark
* *SpongeBob SquarePants 4D: The Great Jelly Rescue* (2013) - Patrick Star
* *Growing Up Fisher* (2014) - Ken Fisher, Ken (2014)
* *Crash & Bernstein* (2014) - Jeff
* *The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water* (2015) - Patrick Star
* *All In with Cam Newton* (2016) - Himself
* *Black-ish* (2017) - Tom Avery
* *All Hail King Julien: Exiled* (2017) - Hans, Hans Army
* *Mom* (2018) - Sergeant Gene Rubenzer
* *I'm Dying Up Here* (2018) - Chris Beverly
* *The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run* (2021) - Patrick Star

## References

1. ↑ "Bill Fagerbakke Biography (1957-)". *www.filmreference.com*. Retrieved January 3, 2019.
2. ↑ Riggs, Thomas (2005). *Contemporary Theatre, Film, and Television*. Detroit: Gale Research Co. p. 52.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 White, Vera (July 31, 1997). "Football not enough for Fagerbakke". *Moscow-Pullman Daily News*. (Idaho-Washington). p. 1C.
4. ↑ "Bad news for Idaho: Joe Pellegrini lost". *Spokesman-Review*. (Spokane, Washington). October 5, 1976. p. 16.
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Idaho yearly results: 1975-79". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on October 8, 2012. Retrieved December 19, 2012.
6. ↑ Payne, Bob (November 28, 1976). "Vandals on the rise?". *Spokesman-Review*. p. D5.
7. ↑ "Actor uses experience at Idaho for role in Coach". *Lewiston Morning Tribune*. (Idaho). Associated Press. January 8, 1991. p. 5B.
8. ↑ Delts.org Archived 2010-05-15 at the Wayback Machine - famous members - Delta Tau Delta - accessed 2012-03-01
9. ↑ Stalwick, Howie (January 6, 1991). "Dippy Dybinski is smart off screen". *Spokesman-Review*. (Spokane, Washington). p. C4.
10. ↑ Douglas, Patrick (January 14, 2008). "Interview with Bill Fagerbakke". *thecultureshock.com*. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved June 2, 2009.
11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Crump, Steve (March 19, 2009). "Do you remember Bill Fagerbakke? He's a star". Magic Valley, Twin Falls, Idaho. Retrieved June 2, 2009.
12. ↑ "Bill Fagerbakke". *Waycross Journal-Herald*. Associated Press. January 8, 1991. p. P-4.
13. ↑ 13.00 13.01 13.02 13.03 13.04 13.05 13.06 13.07 13.08 13.09 13.10 13.11 13.12 13.13 13.14 13.15 13.16 13.17 13.18 13.19 13.20 13.21 13.22 13.23 13.24 13.25 13.26 13.27 13.28 "Bill Fagerbakke - 101 Character Images". *Behind The Voice Actors*. Retrieved January 3, 2019.
14. ↑ "True Bromance". *All Hail King Julien*. Season 2. Episode 12. October 16, 2015. Netflix.
15. ↑ https://twitter.com/Beta64Official/status/1233798354234159105
16. ↑ Gallagher, Brian (July 11, 2013). "The Spongebob Squarepants Movie 2 Sets Up Shop in Savannah, Georgia - MovieWeb.com". *MovieWeb.com*. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
17. ↑ Davis, Brandon (January 23, 2019). "'SpongeBob SquarePants 3' Begins Production". *Comicbook*. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
18. ↑ "17th Annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards (2012) – Best Picture: The Artist". *criticschoice.com*. December 13, 2011. Retrieved May 1, 2019.

## External links

* Bill Fagerbakke on IMDb
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