Bill Fagerbakke

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**William "Bill" Fagerbakke** (**Script error: No such module "IPAc-en".** **Script error: No such module "Respell".**; 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*, and in movies, 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*.

## Personal life

Fagerbakke married actress Catherine McClenahan in 1989, together they have two daughters. In September 2012, he filed for legal separation from McClenahan, citing irreconcilable differences.

## Filmography

### Television

* *Coach* (1989–1997) (TV Series)
* *Stephen King's The Stand* (1994) (TV Series) - Tom Cullen
* *Sabrina the Teenage Witch* (1996) (TV Series) - Dirk
* *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
* *Lloyd in Space* (2001) (voice) (TV series) - Kurt Blobberts
* *Jackie Chan Adventures* (2001) (voice) - Butch
* *Jimmy Neutron's Nicktoon Blast* (2003) (voice) - Patrick Star
* *SpongeBob SquarePants B.C. (Before Comedy)* (2004) - Patar (Caveman version of Patrick Star), Caveman
* *How I Met Your Mother* (2005–2014) - Marvin Eriksen Sr.
* *A.T.O.M.* (2005–2006) - Albert "Flesh"
* *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
* *Phineas and Ferb* (2009) - Frosty the Snowman
* *Handy Manny* (2010) - Roland
* *Weeds* (2012) - Police Academy Instructor
* *Robot and Monster* (2012) - Lev Krumholtz
* *Growing Up Fisher* (2014) - Ken Fisher
* *Crash & Bernstein* (2014) - Jeff
* *Black-ish* (2017) - Tom Avery
* *Mom* (2018) - Sergeant Gene Rubenzer
* *I'm Dying Up Here* (2018) - Chris Beverly
* Young Sheldon (2021) - Officer Jake

### Films

* *Perfect Strangers* (1984)
* *Almost Partners* (1987)
* *The Secret of My Success* (1987)
* *Funny Farm* (1988)
* *Loose Cannons* (1990)
* *3×3 Eyes* (1991)
* *Porco Rosso* (1992)
* *Felidae* (1994) (English dub) - Gus
* *Playtoons* (1994) (Additional Voices) - FLOOBS
* *The Hunchback of Notre Dame* (1996) (voice) - Oafish Guard
* *Under Wraps* (1997) - Harold/Ted

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* *The Ultimate Christmas Present* (2000) - Sparky
* *Help! I'm a Fish* (2000) (voice) - Shark (credited David Baterson)
* *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* (SpongeBob Squarepants and Jimmy Neutron crossover short) (2002) (voice) - Patrick Star
* *Quigley* (2003)
* *Balto III: Wings of Change* (2004) (voice) - Ralph, Mr. Conner
* *The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie* (2004) (voice) - Patrick Star
* *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
* *Finding Amanda* (2008) - Larry
* *Bleach: Memories of Nobody* (2008) - Various
* *Space Buddies* (2009) - Pi
* *Halloween II* (2009) - Deputy Webb
* *Jennifer's Body* (2009) - Jonas' Dad
* *The Artist* (2011) - Policeman
* *Rosewood Lane* (2011) - Hank Hawthorne
* *The Babymakers* (2012) - Clark
* *SpongeBob SquarePants 4D: The Great Jelly Rescue* (2013) - Patrick Star
* *The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water* (2015) - Patrick Star
* *All In with Cam Newton* (2016) - Himself
* *All Hail King Julien: Exiled* (2017) - Hans, Hans Army
* *The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run* (2021) - Patrick Star

## References

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18. ↑ 17th Annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards (2012) – Best Picture: The Artist. *criticschoice.com* (December 13, 2011).
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