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Tom Kenny

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Tom Kenny
Tom Kenny at the San Diego Comic-Con International in July 2010.
Born	Thomas James Kenny July 13, 1962 (1962-07-13) (age 49) Syracuse, New York, US
Occupation	Actor, comedian, voice actor
Years active	1980–present
Spouse	Jill Talley (1993—present)
Children	2 children

Thomas James "Tom" Kenny (born July 13, 1962) is an American actor, voice actor and comedian. He is especially known for his long-running-role as SpongeBob SquarePants in the television series of the same name, as well as the live-action character Patchy the Pirate, Gary the Snail and the French narrator based on Jacques Cousteau. He is also the Mayor and narrator of Cartoon Network's The Powerpuff Girls and "Rabbit" from "Winnie The Pooh". Aside from voice acting, Kenny starred in the short-lived Fox sketch show The Edge and was a cast member of the HBO sketch comedy program Mr. Show, where he worked with his wife, Jill Talley. He is also known for being one of the longest-working voice actors to voice Spyro in the Spyro the Dragon series. He voiced Spyro three times, followed by Elijah Wood who voiced Spyro on the same number of instances. Later in 2011, The role of Spyro was passed on to Josh Keaton in: Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure.
He currently voices the Ice King in the Cartoon Network animated series Adventure Time with Finn and Jake, and voices additional characters on Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated. He also voices Quantum Ray in Cosmic Quantum Ray and Plastic Man in Batman: The Brave and the Bold. As of 2007, he hosted the TV show Funday Night at the Movies on Turner Classic Movies (TCM) which encourages children to watch old movies.^[1]
Kenny was born and raised in Syracuse, New York.

Contents 1 Musical career 2 Acting Career 3 Voice acting career 4 Kids' Choice Awards 5 Personal life 6 Filmography 7 References 8 External links

Musical career

He was the lead vocalist for the Syracuse, New York-based band The Tearjerkers since the early 1980s, when he replaced the original vocalist Buddy Love. Other members of The Tearjerkers included Charlie Robbins, Dave DeCirce, and Dave Soule, who is still active in the central New York music scene. "Syracuse Summer" is the group's best-known song, and is included on The History of Syracuse Music, Volume XII and XIII. While the Tearjerkers did not become a national act, one Tearjerkers roadie would go on to achieve fame: comedian Bobcat Goldthwait. Goldthwait's film Shakes the Clown features Kenny as Shakes' bitter archrival. In 1980 Kenny was briefly a member of Syracuse-based pop punk band The Trend along with Goldthwait.
Kenny appeared regularly on NBC's music video show Friday Night Videos, in a recurring comedic Music News segment. In 1991, he took over as the show's regular host until being replaced later that year by Frankie Crocker.
In 1996, Kenny appeared along with his wife, Jill Talley, in the music video for "Tonight, Tonight" by The Smashing Pumpkins, playing a young couple taking their honeymoon on the moon. The video was very popular, winning six MTV Video Music Awards. Kenny also appeared in the music video for "Sing" by the band Travis.
In 2006 Kenny co-wrote and recorded SpongeBob SquarePants: The Best Day Ever with producer Andy Paley. Kenny's singing on the CD is done in the voice of SpongeBob SquarePants and other characters from the show. Other musical artists on the CD include: Brian Wilson, Tommy Ramone, and Flaco Jiménez. The music pays homage to The Beach Boys, The Archies, The Lovin' Spoonful, and The Troggs, among others.^[2]
Kenny makes a vocal cameo in the track "TMZ" on Weird Al Yankovic's 2011 album Alpocalypse.

Acting Career

Kenny has acted in many films and T.V shows since 1989. He made his first ever role in the 1989 comedy film How I Got Into College. Later he appeared in films such as Shakes The Clown and Comic Book: The Movie which starred Mark Hamill. He played in the live action segments of Spongebob Squarepants as Patchy the Pirate. He appeared in sketch comedies The Edge and Mr. Show. He made many more acting roles in his career since 1989.

Voice acting career

Kenny at the 2008 Comic-Con International

Although most famous for being the voice of Spongebob Squarepants since the series premiere in 1999, in "Help Wanted", Tom Kenny has voiced many characters in over 200 productions.^[3] Kenny said that he voices "a lot of sweet, kind of dumb yellow characters for some reason."^[4]
He is known to provide the voice of the various meows of Gary Snail in Spongebob, but he played his first set of voice actor roles for Rocko's Modern Life, primarily as Heffer Wolfe.^[4] Joe Murray auditioned Kenny for voice acting roles for the series in a casting call in Los Angeles, California.^[5] On one occasion, the producers required Kenny to fill the role of Charlie Adler, who was absent on that occasion. In addition, Kenny had to perform one song and learn how to play another song within ten minutes due to time constraints. He said that this helped him believe that he could stand "toe to toe" with other voice actors.^[6]
Joe Murray chose Kenny for a voice acting position in Camp Lazlo because Murray, after seeing Kenny's previous work for Rocko's Modern Life, felt that Kenny "adds writing to his roles" and "brings so much".^[7]
He was the voice of Dog in CatDog, as well as the voice of Cliff. He also had a few roles in The Powerpuff Girls TV show. He was the Mayor, the Narrator, Mitch Mitchelson, Snake and Little Arturo from the Gangrene Gang, Rainbow the Clown, etc. He plays a number of roles in the Transformers Animated TV show. A few of the characters he voices in this series are Starscream and his clones, Isaac Sumdac, and Waspinator. He is also the voice of the Autobots Skids and Wheelie in the live-action Transformers film series. He has voiced the Penguin on the TV show The Batman. On Dilbert, Kenny voiced Ratbert, Asok and other one-time characters. He played Mr. Hal Gibson in the animated kids show Super Robot Monkey Team Hyper Force GO!.
In 2009, Kenny became a regular cast voice in the Fox comedy series Sit Down, Shut Up. He voices Muhammad Sabeeh "Happy" Fa-ach Nuabar, the secretive custodian who is plotting a terrorist attack, as well as Happy's interpreter.^[8] The series premiered on April 19, 2009.^[8] Kenan Thompson, Kristin Chenoweth, Jason Bateman, Nick Kroll, Cheri Oteri, Henry Winkler, Will Arnett and Will Forte are the other main cast members.^[8]
He also voiced the Best Buy elf from the retail stores' Christmas TV commercials.
He replaced Ken Sansom as the voice of Rabbit in Winnie the Pooh (2011).
He will voice the Sandman named Sandy in the upcoming film Rise of the Guardians, which in theaters November 21, 2012.

[edit] Kids' Choice Awards

Nickelodeon's annual Kids' Choice Awards is narrated by Tom Kenny. At the 2005 Kids' Choice Awards, he called himself "The World's Best Announcer". At the 2006 Kids' Choice Awards, he called himself the "Man of 1,000 Voices, all of them this one." Kenny was featured as the Voice in a Box at the 2008 Kids' Choice Awards. On the 2009 Kids' Choice Awards, he called himself, "the only announcer who does all of his own stunts." At the 2010 Kids' Choice Awards, he described himself as, "the only announcer that makes all this stuff up as he goes." At the 2011 Kids' Choice Awards he called himself as "the only announcer who was born this way."

Personal life

Kenny is married to Jill Talley. They have two children, a boy and a girl.^[9]

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1989	How I Got into College	"B"
1990	Kashi no ki Mokku	"Pinocchio"	TV series
	MTV's Half Hour Comedy	Himself
1992	Shakes the Clown	Binky the Clown
	Medusa: Dare to Be Truthful	Bobo Kaufman	TV movie
	Porco Rosso	Additional Voices
1992–1993	The Edge	Various	Television series
1993	2 Stupid Dogs	Kenny / Boy 1	TV series
	Rocko's Modern Life	Heffer Wolfe Additional characters	voices only Animated series
	Animaniacs	Additional characters	voices only Animated series
1993	Nickelodeon Pinchface	Singing face	Network ID
1994	Plughead Rewired: Circuitry Man II	Guru
	Attack of the 5 Ft. 2 In. Women	Director	TV movie
1995	Dumb and Dumber	Weenie	Voice TV series
1995	The Shnookums and Meat Funny Cartoon Show	New Jersey Bug	TV series
1995	Dead Weekend	Joe Blow	TV movie
1995	Out There	Man in Lobby	TV movie
1995	Mr. Show with Bob and David	Various	Television series
1996	Mr. Show with Bob and David: Fantastic Newness	Carlin McCree	TV movie
1996	Malibu Shores	Debate Moderator	TV series
1996	Nickelodeon 3D Movie Maker	Heffer Wolfe	voice video game
1996	Dexter's Laboratory	Val Hallen Douglas E. Mordecai III Various	voices
1996–1997	Brotherly Love	Doug / Lucien	TV series
1997	The Online Adventures Of Ozzie The Elf	Voice	TV short
	Cow and Chicken	additional voices	animated series
	I Am Weasel	additional voices	Voice TV series
1998	Toonsylvania	Voice TV series
	CatDog	Dog Cliff Additional voices	voices only Animated series
1998–1999	Pinky, Elmyra & the Brain	Additional voices	voices Animated series
1998–2004, 2009	The Powerpuff Girls	The Mayor of Townsville Narrator Mitchel "Mitch" Mitchelson Snake Little Arturo Rainbow the Clown Additional characters
1998	A Little Curious	Mr. String ("Slippery When Wet" & "Hot and Sticky")
1998–2001	Histeria!	Bill Straitman Additional characters	voices only Animated series
1999	Spyro the Dragon (2–4)	Spyro the Dragon Sergeant James Byrd The Professor Additional characters	voices only Video game
	SpongeBob SquarePants (ongoing)	SpongeBob SquarePants Gary the Snail French Narrator Mr. SquarePants Jellyfish Patchy the Pirate (live action segments) Additional characters	voices Animated series Appeared in all 310 episodes; Lead Role Tom Kenny as SpongeBob in Wormy NOMINATED Tom Kenny in Spy Buddies NOMINATED Tom Kenny in SpongeBob's Truth or Square WON
	Futurama	Yancy Fry Additional characters	voices only Animated series
	Mission Hill	Wally Langford Supplemental Voices
	Johnny Bravo	Carl Chryniszzswics (1999–2001)	voice only Animated series
	Dilbert	Asok Ratbert Additional voices
	The Brothers Flub	additional voices
2000	Escape From Monkey Island	Deadeye Dave Thrawtle the Lucre Lawyer	voices only Video game
2000	Buiness Tom 4: Killvol Naknifinhome	Himself	playing Tom Jake in a film
2001	Samurai Jack	Additional Voices	voices only Animated series
	Final Fantasy X	Bobba Rin Wantz	voice only Video game
	The Mummy: The Animated Series	Jonathan Carnaghan	voice only Animated series
	The Fairly OddParents	Cupid Additional voices
	Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (film)	Various characters	voice only Animated movie
	Dr. Dolittle 2	Male Tortoise	voice only
	The Cramp Twins	Wayne Cramp	voice only Animated series
	Time Squad	Eli Whitney Sigmund Freud Moctezuma
2002	Codename: Kids Next Door	Mr. Wink The Common Cold Knightbrace Various
	The Paz Show	Additional voices	Animated Series
	The Powerpuff Girls Movie	The Mayor The Narrator Ka-Ching Ka-Ching Mitch Mitchelson Snake Arturo voices only
	¡Mucha Lucha!	Additional Voices	Animated series
	3 South	Various
	What's New Scooby-Doo	Natlas Harry Harrison Sam the Safety Engineer	voices only Animated series
	Run Ronnie Run	TV News Reporter Cult Leader Gleh'n
	Home Movies	Doctor	Animated series
	Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights	Sharper Image Chair	voice
2003	Windy City Heat	Gay Costume Designer	voice
	Final Fantasy X-2	Rin Wantz	voice only Video game
	Xiaolin Showdown	Raimundo Pedrosa Grand Master Dashi Vlad Hannibal Roy Bean	voices only Animated series
	SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom	SpongeBob SquarePants Gary the Snail	voices only Video game
	Animatrix	various	voice only
	Teen Titans	Mumbo Fixit	voice only Animated series
	Scary Movie 3	Alien (uncredited)	voice only
	Saturday Night Live	SpongeBob SquarePants (uncredited)	Cameo
2004	The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie	SpongeBob SquarePants Gary the Snail French Narrator Clay Tough Fish #2 Twin #2 Houston Voice	voices only, Movie
	The Batman	Oswald "Ozzie" Chesterfield Cobblepot (the Penguin)	voice only Animated series
	Comic Book: The Movie	Derek Sprang	Direct-to-video
	Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!	Gibson	voice only Animated series
	Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends	Eduardo Additional voices	voice only Animated series
	Brandy & Mr. Whiskers	Ed	voice only
	Rave Master	Griff	voice only
	April 16 baseball game between the Red Sox and New York Yankees	Scooter the talking baseball	voice only Sports game
2005	Hoodwinked	Tommy	voice only
	My Gym Partner's a Monkey	Jake Spidermonkey Henry the Armadillo	voice only Animated series
	The Legend of Frosty the Snowman	Mr. Tinkerton		voice only Direct-to-video
	The Endless Summer (SpongeBob SquarePants short)	SpongeBob SquarePants	voice only TV short
	Tom and Jerry: The Fast and the Furry	Gorthan	voice only Direct-to-video
	Firehouse Tales	Spinner Additional characters	voice only Animated series
	IGPX: Immortal Grand Prix	Benjamin Bright	voice only Animated series
	Camp Lazlo (2005)	ScoutMaster Lumpus Slinkman	voices only Animated series
	Sky High	Mr. Timmerman	Cameo
	Aloha, Scooby-Doo!	Ruben Laluna California Surfer Tiny Tiki	voices only Direct-to-video
	2006	Tom Goes to the Mayor	Saxman
Korgoth of Barbaria		Hargon various others	voices only
Here Comes Peter Cottontail: The Movie		Peter Cottontail, Junior, Antoine	voice only Direct-to-video
Re-Animated		Appleday Board Member/"Tux The Penguin"	voice and cast Animated movie
Class of 3000		Edward "Eddie" Phillip James Lawrence III, Ms. Squatenchowder.	voice only Animated series Filming
Handy Manny		Mr. Lopart Pat	voice only Animated series
Shorty McShorts' Shorts'		Additional voices
Squirrel Boy		Leon	voice only Animated series
2007	Transformers: Animated	Starscream, Scrapper, Isaac Sumdac, Waspinator, Skywarp, Thundercracker, Ramjet, Sunstorm, Jetfire and Rattletrap	voice only Animated Series
	Futurama: Bender's Big Score	Additional voices
	Word Girl	Tony James "T.J." Botsford/Dr. Two-Brains/Phil/Additional Voices
	Out Of Jimmy's Head	Tux The Penguin
	Crash of the Titans	Ratnicians
	Kids' Choice Awards	Announcer
	Meet the Robinsons	Mr. Willerstein	voice only
	Happily N'Ever After	Amigos #1/Dwarves #2/Wolf #1
	Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!	Pat Dudley, Grum
	Atlantis SquarePantis	SpongeBob SquarePants, Gary the Snail, Squidward	TV Movie
2008	Unstable Fables: 3 Pigs and a Baby	Dr. Wolfowitz, Musical Comedy Wolf	voice only Computer-animated film
	Kids' Choice Awards	Announcer
	Line Rider 2: Unbound	Bosh	voice only videogames for Nintendo DS, Wii and PC
	Star Wars: The Clone Wars	Nute Gunray Nahdarr Vebb Various voices	voice only
	Immigrants (L.A. Dolce Vita)
	The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack	Various voices	voices only Animated series
	Back at the Barnyard: Cowman: The Uddered Avenger	Professor Twinny Vines Martin Fargleman	voice only Animated series
	Crash: Mind over Mutant	Ratnicians	voice only Video game
	Batman: The Brave and the Bold	Plastic Man Baby Face Ray Deadshot Mirror Master 'Mazing Man	voices only Animated series
	Lego Batman: The Videogame	The Penguin The Riddler	vocal effects Video game
2009	Kids Choice Awards 2009	Announcer
	Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen	Wheelie, Skids	voice only
	The Haunted World of El Superbeasto	Otto
	The Super Hero Squad Show	Iron Man, Captain America, Colossus, Juggernaut, MODOK, Sentinels, Space Phantom
2010	Coulden in W Series : The Lost Empire	Mr. Lopart Wheelie	voice only Direct-to-video
	Futurama	Yancy Fry Additional characters	voices only Animated series
	SpongeBob's Truth or Square	SpongeBob SquarePants Gary The Snail French Narrator Patchy The Pirate Jellyfish various voices	TV Movie
	Space Chimps 2: Zartog Strikes Back	Ham III
	Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil	Kyle Buttowski
	True Jackson VP	Bingo	Guest Star Role
	Kids Choice Awards 2010	Announcer	voice only
	Adventure Time with Finn and Jake	The Ice King/Magic Man/Flambo
	Kung Fu Magoo	Dr. Malicio
	Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated	Mr. Broccoli Head Mr. Baywosenthal Child #8
	Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2	Sebastian
Tangled	Guard	voice only
2011	Winnie the Pooh	Rabbit	voice only
	Bubble Guppies	Sam
	LEGO Hero Factory	Jetbug/Nathan Evo/Rocka	voices only
	Big Time Beach Party	Patchy the Pirate	Special Guest Star, TV movie, Big Time Rush episode
	Transformers: Dark of the Moon	Wheelie	voice only
	2011 Kids' Choice Awards	Announcer	voice only
	BrainSurge	Himself	Co-host, Episode: 223
	Lego Racers: Faster and the Furious	Wally Klump	voice only
	The Amazing World of Gumball	Banana Joe	voice only
	The Looney Tunes Show	Elmer Fudd's uncle, Additional Voices	voice only
	Cosmic Quantum Ray	Quantum Ray	voice only
	Adventures in Time	Tyler	voice only
	Green Lantern: The Animated Series	Zilius Zox	voice only
2012	Rise of the Guardians	Sandy (Sandman)	voice only
	DC Nation Shorts	Plastic Man	voice only
	Killer Klowns from Outer Space 3D	Killer Klowns	voice only