Patrick Warburton

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Patrick Warburton

Born Patrick J. Warburton
November 14, 1964 (1964-11-14) (age 43)
Paterson, New Jersey
Occupation television actor, voice artist
Spouse(s) Cathy Warburton

Patrick J. Warburton (born November 14, 1964) is an American television actor and voice actor. He is best known for his TV roles of David Puddy on Seinfeld, the title role of The Tick, and the evil Johnny Johnson on NewsRadio. As a voice actor, he has had well-known roles including Ken in Bee Movie, Kronk in The Emperor's New Groove and its sequels, bodyguard Brock Samson on The Venture Bros., wheelchair-bound Joe Swanson on Family Guy, Steve Barkin on Kim Possible, and the wolf in Hoodwinked, amongst others. He currently appears in the television program, Rules of Engagement.

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[edit] Biography

[edit] Early life

Warburton was born in Paterson, New Jersey[1] and grew up in Huntington Beach, California, moving there with his family when he was three years old. His father, John Warburton, is an orthopedic surgeon,[2] and his mother, Barbara Lord (née Barbara Jeannette Gratz), is an actress. He has three sisters, Mary, Lara, and Megan. After graduating from high school, he studied marine biology at Orange Coast College in Costa Mesa, California, but dropped out to pursue modeling and acting.[3] He loves Ronald Reagan.[4]

[edit] Career

Warburton's acting roles often rely on his deep voice and large physique. In the mid to late 1990s, he was known for his role as David Puddy on Seinfeld, the indifferent boyfriend of Elaine Benes. He also starred in FOX's short-lived, live-action series, The Tick, in the title role. He appeared in the Australian film The Dish as a NASA official and on NewsRadio as Jimmy James's nemesis, Johnny Johnson. He had a role on the mid-1990s CBS sitcom Dave's World, and had a memorable turn as Mary Jo's hunky-but-dumb love interest on Designing Women, where he was brought back for the series' final episode. He also appeared as Officer Walter Kramitz in the 2002 movie Big Trouble and in the critically acclaimed art house film, The Civilization of Maxwell Bright. He also plays the voice of Kronk in The Emperor's New Groove. He had a small role, playing Agent T, in the 2002 movie Men In Black II.

Warburton has put his booming, authoritative voice to use for several animated films and TV programs, including a lead character in Game Over, and Buzz Lightyear in Buzz Lightyear of Star Command. He plays Nick Sharp in 8 Simple Rules, and he voices Steve Barkin in the Disney Channel show Kim Possible. He joined the cast of Less Than Perfect in 2003, as anchorman Jeb Denton. He returned to the role of Kronk for Kronk's New Groove (the sequel to the 2000 film, The Emperor's New Groove) and the subsequent TV series The Emperor's New School. His next major project was on the animated series The Venture Bros., under Cartoon Network's Adult Swim programming block; in it he voices Brock Samson, the Venture family's brutally effective bodyguard and former secret agent. Warburton also voices Joe Swanson on Fox's Family Guy.

Warburton lent his voice talent to 2005's computer-animated feature film Hoodwinked - a comical take on the Little Red Riding Hood folktale. He played "the Wolf". He had a small role as the voice of the alien cop in 2005's Chicken Little. He voiced a character in Call of Duty 4; Sgt. Vasquez. He is the voice of "Mr. X" in The X's, and the voice of "Ian the Buck" in the film Open Season. He also voices Lok in all 3 Tak games and Lok in Tak and the Power of Juju Nickelodeon series.

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".

Warburton is featured in the "preboarding" film shown to guests at Soarin' Over California (located in Disney's California Adventure Park). This same film is shown as Soarin, located in Epcot at the Walt Disney World Resort. Warburton delivers all of the instructions in his typical deadpan style. Warburton appeared on GSN's Poker Royale Celebrities vs. the Pros tournament in 2005. He made it to the Grand Finale and won the $100,000 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!"

Warburton played a cameo role as a car salesman in the video of the song "Online" by Brad Paisley.

[edit] Personal life

Warburton has been married to Cathy Warburton since 1991; they have four children and live in Camarillo, California.

[edit] Voiceography

Year Film Role Other notes
1999 Hercules: The Animated Series Lastrigon  
1999— Family Guy Joe Swanson  
1998— The Charmander & Blastoise Show Blastoise  
2000 Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins Buzz Lightyear  
Teacher's Pet Security Guard  
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command Buzz Lightyear video game
The Emperor's New Groove Kronk  
2001 The Emperor's New Groove:The Game Kronk video game
2002 Kim Possible Mr. Steve Barkin  
2003 Kim Possible: The Secret Files Mr. Steve Barkin  
Metal Arms: Glitch in the System Moser video game
Tak and the Power of Juju Lok video game  
2003— Venture Bros. Brock Samson  
2004 A Uniform Used to Mean Something Superman short
Game Over Ripley "Rip" Smashenburn  
Home on the Range Patrick  
Hindsight Is 20/20... Superman short
Tak 2: The Staff of Dreams Lok video game
2005 Family Guy Presents: Stewie Griffin - The Untold Story Joe Swanson  
Who Rules? The Game Game Show Host video game
Tak 3: The Great Juju Challenge Lok video game  
Chicken Little Alien Cop  
Kronk's New Groove Kronk  
Rebound Larry Burgess  
Balto 3: Wings of Change Kirby
The Batman Cash Tankenson
The X's Mr. X
2006 The Emperor's New School Kronk
Family Guy Joe Swanson video game
Hoodwinked Wolf W. Wolf
The Wild Blag
Open Season Ian  
2007 Happily N'Ever After Prince Humperdink  
Tak and the Power of Juju Lok
Bee Movie Ken
2008 Space Chimps Titan  
Hoodwinked 2: Hood vs. Evil The Wolf

[edit] Filmography

Year Film Role Other notes
1987 Dragonard Richard Abdee  
1989 Master of Dragonard Hill Richard Abdee  
1991 Scorchers Balford  
1994 Dickwad Charlie's Brother  
1996 American Strays Rookie Cop  
1998 Blind Men    
1999 The Woman Chaser Richard Hudson  
2000 Scream 3 Steven Stone  
The Dish Al Burnett  
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  
2005 The Civilization of Maxwell Bright Max Bright  
Rebound Larry Burgess  
2007 I'll Believe You Dr. Seth Douglass
Underdog Cad
2008 Made for Each Other Mack Mackenzie

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[edit] References

  1. ^ Yannis, Alex. "HOCKEY;The Devils, And Fans, Ignite First Match", The New York Times, October 8, 1995. Accessed November 25, 2007. "Moments after the banner was raised, Patrick Warburton, the actor who portrayed a fanatic Devils' fan in a segment of the "Seinfeld" television show, was called upon to drop the puck. With his face painted in Devils red and black, the native of nearby Paterson dropped the puck, then stripped the Brodeur jersey he was wearing to display the letter D on his chest."
  2. ^ ESPN.com - Page2 - Patrick Warburton
  3. ^ Patrick Warburton - Biography - Moviefone
  4. ^ hulu: Guest Host: Jerry Seinfeld: Talkshow with Spike Feresten

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