Seth MacFarlane

Seth Woodbury MacFarlane (born October 26, 1973) is an American animator, writer, comedian, producer, actor, singer, voice actor, and director best known for creating the animated sitcoms Family Guy, ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Dad! American Dad!] and The Cleveland Show'', for which he also voices many of the shows' various characters.

MacFarlane voices Peter Griffin, Brian Griffin, Stewie Griffin, Glen Quagmire, Tom Tucker, Carter Pewterschmidt, Doctor Elmer Hartman and many others in Family Guy. In American Dad! MacFarlane voices Stan Smith and Roger as well as occasional additional voices. On The Cleveland Show he voices Tim the Bear and occasional additional voices.

A hard core Star Wars, Star Trek and science-fiction fan, MacFarlane and his animation team created Family Guy versions of the original Star Wars trilogy which aired between 2007 and 2011 on Fox.

MacFarlane announced on the TBS nighttime talk-show series Conan, that he is directing his first feature length film, Ted. The film is currently in production and will be released in 2012.

MacFarlane is also working on his first album Music is Better Than Words which will be released in September 2011. MacFarlane and Fox also announced that MacFarlane is reviving The Flintstones for the Fox network. Production begins 2011 and the series will air in 2013.

On the morning of September 11, 2001, MacFarlane was scheduled to return to Los Angeles on American Airlines Flight 11 from Boston, Massachusetts. Suffering from a hangover from the previous night's celebrations,undefinedand with an incorrect departure time (8:15 a.m. instead of 7:45 a.m.) from his travel agent, he arrived at Logan International Airport about ten minutes too late to board the flight as the gates had been closed. Fifteen minutes after departure, American Airlines Flight 11 was hijacked, and at 8:46 a.m. was flown into the North Tower of the World Trade Center, obliterating the airplane, and killing everyone on board.

In an interview with TVShowsOnDVD.com, MacFarlane said the following about his close call: