Seth Woodbury MacFarlane was born in the small New England town of Kent, Connecticut, where he lived with his mother, Ann Perry (Sager), an admissions office worker, his father, Ronald Milton MacFarlane, a prep school teacher, and his sister, Rachael MacFarlane, now a voice actress and singer. He is of English, Scottish, and Irish ancestry, and descends from Mayflower passengers.

Seth attended and studied animation at the Rhode Island School of Design and, after he graduated, he was hired by Hanna-Barbera Productions (Now called Cartoon Network Studios) working as an animator and writer on the TV series Johnny Bravo (1997) and Cow and Chicken (1997). He also worked for Walt Disney Animation as a writer on the TV series Jungle Cubs (1996). He created The Life of Larry (1995) which was originally supposed to be used as an in-between on Mad TV (1995). Unfortunately the deal fell through but, a few months later, executives at FOX called him into their offices and gave him $50,000 to create a pilot for what would eventually become Family Guy (1999).

Since Family Guy's debut, MacFarlane has gone on to create two other television shows-American Dad! (2005) and The Cleveland Show (2009). MacFarlane began to establish himself as an actor, voice actor, animator, writer, producer, director, comedian, and singer throughout his career. MacFarlane has also written, directed and starred in Ted (2012) and its sequel Ted 2 (2015), and A Million Ways to Die in the West (2014). He voiced the mouse, Mike, in the animated musical Sing (2016).

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Seth MacFarlane and Adrianne Palicki in Electric Sheep (2022)

Penny Johnson Jerald, Seth MacFarlane, Jessica Szohr, Adrianne Palicki, J. Lee, Mark Jackson, and John Lamarr in Electric Sheep (2022)

Bruce Boxleitner, Victor Garber, Lisa Banes, Scott Grimes, Seth MacFarlane, Adrianne Palicki, and Anne Winters in Gently Falling Rain (2022)

Seth MacFarlane in Saturday Night Live (1975)

Russell Crowe and Seth MacFarlane in The Loudest Voice (2019)

Seth MacFarlane in Seth MacFarlane (2019)

Seth MacFarlane and Adrianne Palicki in The Orville (2017)

Seth Green, Mila Kunis, Alex Borstein, and Seth MacFarlane in Family Guy (1999)

Patrick Stewart, Curtis Armstrong, Dee Bradley Baker, Chris Diamantopoulos, Jeff Fischer, Scott Grimes, David Koechner, Seth MacFarlane, Kevin Michael Richardson, Wendy Schaal, Daisuke Suzuki, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Mike Barker, Mike Henry, Rachael MacFarlane, and Matt McKenna in American Dad! (2005)

Mark Wahlberg and Seth MacFarlane in Ted (2012)

Charlize Theron, Liam Neeson, and Seth MacFarlane in A Million Ways to Die in the West (2014)

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