Patrick Warburton Biography

Patrick John Warburton (sometimes credited as Pat Warburton, born November 14, 1964) is an American actor of television, film, and voice. He is known for his several TV roles, including the title role of The Tick, David Puddy on Seinfeld, the evil Johnny Johnson on NewsRadio, and anchorman Jeb Denton on Less than Perfect. As a voice actor, his distinctive deep voice has been heard in roles including Kronk in The Emperor's New Groove and its sequels, paraplegic police officer Joe Swanson on Family Guy, and bodyguard Brock Samson on The Venture Bros.. Warburton was also featured in roles in Bee Movie, Kim Possible, Buzz Lightyear of Star Command TV series, Hoodwinked, and Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated, among others. He also starred as macho married man Jeff Bingham in the CBS television program Rules of Engagement.

Early life

Warburton was born in Paterson, New Jersey. His mother, Barbara Lord (née Barbara Jeanne Gratz), is an actress, and his father, John Charles Warburton, Jr., is an orthopedic surgeon. He has three sisters, Mary, Lara, and Megan. He was raised in a "conservative" Catholic family, and grew up in Huntington Beach, California, where he attended Saints Simon and Jude Catholic School until high school. Warburton attended Servite High School in Anaheim, California, and Newport Harbor High School in Newport Beach, California. He studied marine biology at Orange Coast College in Costa Mesa, California, but dropped out to pursue modeling and acting.

Career

Warburton's acting roles often rely on his deep, booming voice and large physique. He played in episodes of "Designing Women" the final season. In the mid to late 1990s, he was known for his role as David Puddy on Seinfeld, the indifferent on-again, off-again boyfriend of Elaine Benes. Warburton also had a small role in the 2002 movie Men in Black II as J's new partner, T. He also starred in FOX's short-lived, live-action series, The Tick, in the title role. He played Nick Sharp in 8 Simple Rules and joined the cast of Less than Perfect in 2003, as anchorman Jeb Denton.

Warburton has put his voice to use for several animated films and TV programs, including a lead character in Game Over, Buzz Lightyear and the Little Green Men in Buzz Lightyear of Star Command, and Kronk in The Emperor's New Groove. Warburton reprised his role as Kronk for the direct-to-video sequel, Kronk's New Groove, and the subsequent TV series The Emperor's New School. He is also the voice of Steve Barkin in the Disney Channel show Kim Possible. Warburton was also cast in The Venture Bros., under Cartoon Network's Adult Swim programming block. In this show he voices Brock Samson, the Venture family's brutally effective bodyguard and former secret agent. Warburton voices Joe Swanson on Fox's Family Guy and Detective Cash in The Batman. Warburton lent his voice talent to the computer-animated feature films Hoodwinked, Chicken Little and Open Season. He also voices Lok in all 3 Tak games and Lok in Tak and the Power of Juju Nickelodeon series.

Warburton appeared on GSN's Poker Royale Celebrities vs. the Pros tournament in 2005. He made it to the Grand Finale and won the $1,000 grand prize. Warburton's enduring identification with his character in Seinfeld was evident on January 13, 2007, during an NFL football broadcast. An advertisement for his new series, Rules of Engagement was played, and when the telecast returned to the broadcast booth, one of the announcers exclaimed, "Puddy!"

On November 8, 2009, Warburton appeared as the wild west character Cal Johnson on Seth & Alex's (Almost Live) Comedy Show, hosted by Seth MacFarlane and Alex Borstein, on Fox. He was also cast as the sheriff in the Cartoon Network series Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated. He appeared as Bowser in a video by CollegeHumor entitled "The Roast of Mario".

He appeared on the American version of Top Gear on February 21, 2012. He set the "Big Star, Small Car" lap record, beating previous record-holder Arlene Tur.

Advertising and theme parks

In the commercial and advertising world, Warburton is the voice in the Carrier Corporation commercials for their air-conditioning and HVAC units, and was the voice of Superman in The Adventures of Seinfeld and Superman for American Express. He is the voice of "Lewis" in the "Clark & Lewis Expedition" radio commercials for Horizon Air with Richard Kind as "Clark". During the 1990s and early 2000s, Warburton appeared in several M&M's commercials with the "spokescandies." He appeared in another M&M's commercial about 10 years later when Pretzel M&M's were introduced.

In August 2009, Warburton played a high-end PC in a "Get a Mac" ad for Apple Inc. Warburton also became the spokesman for Japanese automaker Honda's "Good Reasons" advertising campaign in September 2011.

Warburton (in his typical deadpanned voice) plays the role of the forest ranger in a "Smokey Bear" radio ad campaign sponsored by the U.S. Forest Service and the Ad Council.

Warburton is featured in the "preboarding" film shown to guests at Soarin' Over California in Disney California Adventure and Epcot at the Walt Disney World Resort. He again, delivers all of the instructions in the same deadpan style. He lent his voice to the droid G2-4T in the queue of Star Tours: The Adventures Continue at Disney's Hollywood Studios and Disneyland.

Personal life

Warburton has been married to Cathy Jennings since 1991; they have four children " Talon Patrick (b. November 29, 1992), Alexandra Catherine (b. July 9, 1994), Shane (b. 1998) and Gabriel (b. October 2000). They live in Camarillo, California.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1987	Dragonard	Richard Abdee
1989	Master of Dragonard Hill
1991	Scorchers	Balford
1994	Dickwad	Charlie's Brother
1996	American Strays	Rookie Cop
1999	The Woman Chaser	Richard Hudson
2000	Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins	Buzz Lightyear, Little Green Men (LGM)
	Scream 3	Steven Stone
	The Dish	Al Burnett
	The Emperor's New Groove	Kronk
2001	Camouflage	Horace Tutt, Junior
	Dirt	Vincent
	Joe Somebody	Mark McKinney
2002	Run Ronnie Run	Head of Gay Conspiracy
	Big Trouble	Officer Walter Kramitz, Miami PD
	Men in Black II	Agent T
2003	I'd Rather Be in Philadelphia	Jack
2004	Bob Steel	Rudy Buckmaster
	Vacation Kids	Julio
	Home on the Range	Patrick
2005	The Civilization of Maxwell Bright	Max Bright
	Rebound	Larry Burgess
	Chicken Little	Alien Cop
	Sky High	Royal Pain Voice
2006	Hoodwinked!	The Wolf
	The Wild	Blag
	Open Season	Ian
2007	I'll Believe You	Dr. Seth Douglass
	Underdog	Cad
	Bee Movie	Ken
	Happily N'Ever After	Prince Charming
2008	Get Smart	Hymie the Robot
	Fall Down a School	Julio / Kid / 439-bus Motorist	Voice only
	Space Chimps	Titan
2009	Made for Each Other	Mack Mackenzie
	Rock Slyde	Rock Slyde
2010	Sophomore	Mr. McKee
	Space Chimps 2: Zartog Strikes Back	Titan
2011	Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil	The Wolf
2012	Ted	Guy
2013	Movie 43	Steve	Segment "Middleschool Date"
	A Many Splintered Thing

Television films

Year	Title	Role
1992	Battle in the Erogenous Zone	Pool Boy
1994	Rise and Walk: The Dennis Byrd Story
1998	Blind Men
1999	The Apartment Complex	Morgan
2000	Angels in the Infield	Eddie "Steady" Everett
2003	These Guys
2002	Less than Perfect	Jebb
2009	Wishology	M.E.R.F. agents

Straight-to-DVD

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story	Joe Swanson
	Kronk's New Groove	Kronk
2008	Get Smart's Bruce and Lloyd: Out of Control	Hymie the Robot
2010	Family Guy: It's a Trap!	Joe Swanson as Jabba the Hutt
	Flicka 2	Hank
	Space Chimps 2: Zartog Strikes Back	Titan

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Type
1995"1997	Dave's World	Eric	Regular role
1995, 1997"1998	Seinfeld	David Puddy	Recurring role
1998"1999	NewsRadio	Johnny Johnson
1999"2002, 2005-present	Family Guy	Joe Swanson		Voice only
2000"2001	Buzz Lightyear of Star Command	Buzz Lightyear/L.G.M.'s	Regular role	Voice only
2001"2002	The Tick	The Tick	Regular role
2002"2007	Kim Possible	Mr. Steve Barkin	Recurring role
2003"2006	Less than Perfect	Jeb Denton	Regular role
2003"present	The Venture Bros.	Brock Samson		Voice only
2004	Game Over	Rip Smashenburn
2005"present	Robot Chicken	Various voices
2005"2006	The X's	Mr. X
2006"2008	The Emperor's New School	Kronk
2007"2009	Tak and the Power of Juju	Lok		Voice only
2007"2013	Rules of Engagement	Jeff Bingham	Main role
2010"2013	Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated	Sheriff Bronson Stone
2010	Bolts and Blip	Tiggr Jaxxon
2012	The Eric Andre Show	George Clooney
2012-TBA	Zenon: The Animated Series	Oscar

Television guest appearances

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1986	The Paper Chase	Honor	1 episode
1990	Quantum Leap	Blaster	1 episode: "The Leap Home: Part 2 (Vietnam) " April 7, 1970"
1991	Anything But Love		1 episode: "The Torrid Zone"
1992	Grapevine	Billy	1 episode: "The Lisa and Billy story"
	Northern Exposure	Glenn	1 episode: "Northwest Passages"
	Murphy Brown	Bo	1 episode: "A Year to Remember"
1993	Mad About You	Sam	1 episode: "Love Among the Tiles"
	Nurses	Chuck	1 episode: "What Are Friends For?"
	Designing Women	Craig	3 episodes: "Gone with a Whim: Part 1", "Gone with a Whim: Part 2", "Too Dumb to Date"
1994	Mike & Spike	Mark F. Pickles	1 episode: "Person To Food"
1995	Grace Under Fire	Meter Man	1 episode: "A Night at the Opera"
	Ellen	Jack	3 episodes: "Thirty Kilo Man: Part 1", "Thirty Kilo Man: Part 2", "The Spa"
1998	House Rules	Dan	1 episode: "Sex and Violence"
	Maggie Winters	Sonny	Unknown episodes
	The Secret Files of the Spy Dogs	Mange	1 episode: "Mange"
1999	Hercules: The Animated Series	Agamemnon/Lastrigon	2 episodes
2000	Teacher's Pet	Security Guard
2002	Malcolm in the Middle	Burt Landon	2 episodes: "Company Picnic: Parts 1 and 2"
	The Twilight Zone	Azoth the Avenger	1 episode: "Azoth the Avenger Is a Friend of Mine"
2003	8 Simple Rules	Nick Sharpe	3 episodes: "Paul Meets His Match", "Queen Bees and King Bees", "Goodbye: Part 1", 2003
2005	The Batman	Cash Tankenson	2 episodes
	The Daily Buzz		1 episode
2007	Biker Mice from Mars	A-Bomb	1 episode
2010	The Cleveland Show	Joe Swanson	2 episodes: "Pilot" "Beer Walk!"
2011	Archer	Rip Riley	3 episodes: "Heart of Archness, Parts I-III"
2012	Top Gear	Himself	Set a record time in a celebrity event on the show
2012	The Penguins of Madagascar	Elmer	1 episode
2013	Fish Hooks	Albert Glass	1 episode

Video games

Year	Title	Role
2000	Spider-Man	Hostage on "What If?" Mode
2001	The Emperor's New Groove: The Game	Kronk
2003	Metal Arms: Glitch in the System	Mozer
	Tak and the Power of Juju	Lok
	Tak 2: The Staff of Dreams	Lok
2005	Who Rules? The Game	Game show host
	Tak 3: The Great Juju Challenge	Lok
2006	Family Guy Video Game!	Joe Swanson
	Open Season	Ian
2007	Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare	Additional voices (uncredited)
2009	Leisure Suit Larry: Box Office Bust	Damone
	Madden: Pro Bowl XX Years
2010	Call of Duty: Black Ops	S.O.G. operative
2011	The Little Engine That Could	Caboose
	Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure	Flynn the Ballooner, extra voices
	League of Legends	Volibear, Zac
2012	Skylanders: Giants	Flynn the Ballooner
2012	Family Guy: Back to the Multiverse	Joe Swanson
2013	Poker Night 2	Brock Samson