American Dad

STAN SMITH

Stan works for the CIA in Langley, Virginia, and is always on the alert for terrorist activity. Stan will go to extremes to protect his beloved America from harm - as evidenced by the terror-alert color code on his fridge, and his frequent knee-jerk reaction of shooting holes in the toaster whenever the toast pops up.

Seth MacFarlane

Easily one of the youngest people ever to create a television series, Seth MacFarlane began his career studying animation and design at the Rhode Island School of Design, where he created the animated short film "The Life of Larry." Impressed with the short, executives at Hanna-Barbera encouraged MacFarlane to move to Los Angeles in 1995 to create and direct a short film for them. After moving to LA, he went on to work on numerous animated series, including "Ace Ventura," "Jungle Cubs" and "Johnny Bravo."

MacFarlane's big break came when the producers of MADtv discovered "The Life of Larry" and approached him to air it as four short segments. Although that deal fell apart, executives at FOX recognized his talent and gave him a shot to create a primetime animated series of his own. Over the next six months, MacFarlane created, animated, wrote, directed and provided all the main male characters' voices for what became FAMILY GUY. Utilizing all his contacts, friends and resources to produce the seven-minute short, he delivered it in May 1998 and it was picked up just weeks later. In 2000, MacFarlane received an Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance for his role as Stewie Griffin. In 2002, he received another Emmy for Outstanding Music and Lyrics for FAMILY GUY. Additionally, FAMILY GUY has garnered two nominations for Outstanding Animated Program, most recently in 2005.

MacFarlane's additional television credits include serving as consulting producer on "The Pitts" and a guest-starring role on "Gilmore Girls." MacFarlane also wrote and directed the upcoming animated feature "Party Animals" for 20 th Century Fox.

Born and raised in Connecticut, MacFarlane lives in Los Angeles.