Patrick Warburton

Patrick Warburton is an American actor and voice artist. On television, he has played David Puddy on Seinfeld,[1] the titular role on The Tick, Jeb Denton on Less Than Perfect, Jeff Bingham on Rules of Engagement, Lemony Snicket on A Series of Unfortunate Events[2], and General Dabney Stramm on Space Force. His voice acting roles include Joe Swanson on Family Guy, Kronk in The Emperor's New Groove, Brock Samson on The Venture Bros., the title character in Buzz Lightyear of Star Command, Lok in the Tak and the Power of Juju video games, Ken in Bee Movie, Flynn in Skylanders, and Hugo Vasquez in Tales from the Borderlands. In advertising, he plays a "control enthusiast" in commercials for National Car Rental.[3]

Patrick Warburton
Warburton at the 2011 San Diego Comic-Con International
Alma mater	Orange Coast College
Occupation	Actor, voice artist
Years active	1986–present
Home town	Huntington Beach, California, U.S.
Spouse(s)	Cathy Jennings ( m. 1991)
Children	4

Early life

Warburton is the son of orthopedic surgeon John Charles Warburton Jr. and Barbara Jeanne Gratz (an actress credited as Barbara Lord).[4][5][6] He and his three sisters, Mary, Lara, and Megan, were raised in a "very religious" and "conservative" Catholic family in Huntington Beach, California,[7] where he attended Saints Simon and Jude Catholic School. Warburton later attended Servite High School (in Anaheim, California), and later transferred to 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.[8]

Career

Warburton's acting roles often rely on his distinctive deep, booming voice and large physique. In the 1990s, he was known for his recurring role as David Puddy on Seinfeld, the on-again, off-again boyfriend of Elaine Benes. He played Eric in the sitcom "Dave's World". He had a small role in the 2002 film Men in Black II as J's new partner, T.

Warburton starred in FOX's short-lived series The Tick, in which he held the title role. He has repeatedly criticized FOX's mismanagement of the series after its cancellation, stating that the network "apparently didn't have a clue."[9]

He played Nick Sharp in 8 Simple Rules and joined the cast of Less Than Perfect in 2003, as anchorman Jeb Denton. He also played Jeff Bingham in Rules of Engagement, and Rip Riley in the FX series Archer.

Warburton in January 2007

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, with David Spade, Eartha Kitt, and John Goodman; Spade and Warburton would reunite for the CBS sitcom Rules of Engagement, which aired from 2007 to 2013, and Joe Dirt 2: Beautiful Loser in 2015. 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 voiced Steve Barkin in the Disney Channel show Kim Possible.

Warburton was also cast in The Venture Bros., in which he voices Brock Samson. He voices Joe Swanson on Fox’s Family Guy and Detective Cash in The Batman. He lent his voice talent to the computer-animated feature films Hoodwinked, Chicken Little, Bee Movie, Open Season, and Tak (all three games),Tak and the Power of Juju. He was also the voice of Commander Blaine H. Tate on the Comedy Central animated series Moonbeam City in October 2015.

Warburton appeared on GSN’s Poker Royale Celebrities vs. the Pros tournament in 2005, winning the tournament and the $50,000 grand prize. 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 Sheriff Bronson Stone in the Cartoon Network series Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated. He appeared as Bowser in a video by CollegeHumor entitled "The Roast of Mario".[10]

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.[11]

Warburton starred in the 2016 NBC sitcom Crowded, in which he played alongside Carrie Preston as parents who are about to enjoy their empty nest years only to find their daughters and his parents are all moving back in to live with them. The show ran for one season of 13 episodes.[12]

He is featured as the flight attendant, Patrick, in the "preboarding" video shown to guests at Soarin' Around the World in Disney California Adventure in Anaheim, California and Epcot at the Walt Disney World Resort, in Orlando, Florida where he explains the ride's requirements, reprising his role from the preboarding video to the predecessor ride Soarin' Over California. He lent his voice to the droid G2-4T in the queue of Star Tours: The Adventures Continue at Disney's Hollywood Studios in Orlando, Florida and Disneyland in Anaheim, California.

He starred as Lemony Snicket in the Netflix comedy drama series A Series of Unfortunate Events.[13]

Despite being a lifelong fan of the Los Angeles Kings hockey team, Warburton has appeared at multiple New Jersey Devils games with his face (and chest) painted similar to that of his Devils crazed role in an episode of "Seinfeld", exhorting the crowd in a manner alike to that of his "Puddy" character.[14][15] His real-life relationship with the Devils began when the team invited him to drop the ceremonial first puck of the 1995 season, and he showed up with his face painted. After dropping the puck, he slipped and fell, but rescued the moment by regaining his balance and ripping off his shirt to reveal his chest was painted with the letter "D".[15] This came to be regarded as an iconic moment in Devils history.[14][15] The Devils gave out a Puddy bobblehead doll to fans at a 2019 game.[14]

Commercial voice-over

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. In August 2009, Warburton played a high-end PC in a "Get a Mac" ad for Apple Inc.[16] Warburton became the spokesman for Japanese automaker Honda's "Good Reasons" advertising campaign in September 2011.[17] He is the voice in NAPA's "Can of Know How" commercial. In 2015, Warburton became the star of National Car Rental commercials "Be the Boss of You". And he became the voice in the current "Discover Fresh" radio ad campaign by Souplantation, a California-based buffet-style restaurant chain (the restaurant is known as "Sweet Tomatoes" in other markets).[18]

Warburton is also the voice of Ranger, a forest ranger, in a series of radio spots for the national Smokey Bear campaign sponsored by the U.S. Forest Service and the Ad Council.[19]

Personal life

Warburton married Cathy Jennings, whom he met in college,[20] in 1991, and they have four children together.[21]

Filmography

Live action roles

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1987	Dragonard	Richard Abdee
1991	Scorchers	Balford
1994	Dickwad	Charlie's Brother	Short film
1996	American Strays	Rookie Cop
1999	The Woman Chaser	Richard Hudson
2000	Scream 3	Steven Stone
2000	The Dish	Al Burnett
2001	Camouflage	Horace Tutt, Jr.
2001	Dirt	Vincent
2001	Joe Somebody	Mark McKinney
2002	Run Ronnie Run	Head of Gay Conspiracy
2002	Big Trouble	Officer Walter Kramitz
2002	Men in Black II	Agent T
2004	Bob Steel	Rudy Buckmaster
2005	The Civilization of Maxwell Bright	Max Bright
2005	Hoodwinked	Wolf
2005	Rebound	Larry Burgess
2007	I'll Believe You	Dr. Seth Douglass
2007	Underdog	Cad
2008	Get Smart	Hymie
2008	Get Smart's Bruce and Lloyd: Out of Control	Hymie	Direct-to-DVD
2009	Made for Each Other	Mack Mackenzie
2009	Rock Slyde	Rock Slyde	Also executive producer
2009	The Action Hero's Guide to Saving Lives	Ace Mulligan
2010	Flicka 2	Hank	Direct-to-DVD
2012	Sophomore	Mr. McKee
2011	Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil	Wolf
2012	Ted	Guy
2013	Movie 43	Steve	Nominated - Razzie Award for Worst Screen Combo
2013	Bad Milo	Phil
2014	Playing It Cool	Dick
2014	School Dance	Prairie Puff Man
2014	The Extendables	Himself	Cameo
2015	Hoovey	Jeff Elliot
2015	Divine Access	Bob
2015	Larry Gaye: Renegade Male Flight Attendant	Captain Bryce
2015	Ted 2	Guy
2015	Joe Dirt 2: Beautiful Loser	Foggle / Guardian Angel
2016	Better Watch Out	Robert
2017	Austin Found	Chief Williams
2019	The Wedding Year	Michael
2020	Inheritance	Archer Monroe

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1986	The Paper Chase	Pool Boy	Episode: "Honor"
1990	Quantum Leap	Blaster	Episode: "The Leap Home: Part 2 (Vietnam) – April 7, 1970"
1991	Anything But Love	Zak Saturday	Episode: "The Torrid Zone"
1992	Grapevine	Billy	Episode: "The Lisa and Billy Story"
1992	Northern Exposure	Glenn	Episode: "Northwest Passages"
1992	Murphy Brown	Bo	Episode: "A Year to Remember"
1993	Mad About You	Sam	Episode: "Love Among the Tiles"
1993	Nurses	Chuck	Episode: "What Are Friends For?"
1993	Designing Women	Craig	3 episodes
1993	Love & War	Duane	Episode: "It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing"
1994	Rise and Walk: The Dennis Byrd Story	Scott Mersereau	Television film
1995	Grace Under Fire	Meter Man	Episode: "A Night at the Opera"
1995	Ellen	Jack	3 episodes
1995–1997	Dave's World	Eric	34 episodes
1995–1998	Seinfeld	David Puddy	10 episodes
1998	House Rules	Dan	Episode: "Sex and Violence"
1998	Maggie Winters	Sonny	Episode: "Likable Maggie"
1998–1999	NewsRadio	Johnny Johnson	5 episodes
1999	The Apartment Complex	Morgan	Television film
2000	Angels in the Infield	Eddie "Steady" Everett	Television film
2001–2002	The Tick	The Tick	Main role
2002	Malcolm in the Middle	Burt Landon	Episode: Company Picnic
2002	The Twilight Zone	Azoth the Avenger	Episode: "Azoth the Avenger is a Friend of Mine"
2002–2003	8 Simple Rules	Nick Sharpe	3 episodes
2003	Happy Family	Bill Harris	Episode: "Bill's Back"
2003–2006	Less than Perfect	Jeb Denton
2007–2013	Rules of Engagement	Jeff Bingham	Main role
2012	Archer (2009 TV series)	Rip Riley
2014	The Soup	Actor	Episode: "Clips of Love and Passion"
2014	Sequestered	Governor Bennett
2016	Crowded	Mike Moore	Main role; also producer
2016–2019	The Tick	N/A	Producer
2017–2019	A Series of Unfortunate Events	Lemony Snicket
2018-2020	Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.	General Rick Stoner	4 episodes
2019	The Orville	Lt. Tharl	2 episodes
2020	Space Force	General Dabney Stramm

Voice over roles

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins	Little Green Men, Buzz Lightyear (TV version)	Direct-to-DVD
2000	The Emperor's New Groove	Kronk
2004	Home on the Range	Patrick
2005	Chicken Little	Alien Cop
2005	Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story	Joe Swanson	Direct-to-DVD
2005	Sky High	Royal Pain
2005	Kronk's New Groove	Kronk	Direct-to-DVD
2005	Hoodwinked!	Wolf
2006	The Wild	Blag
2006	Open Season	Ian
2007	Bee Movie	Ken
2007	Happily N'Ever After	Prince Charming
2008	Space Chimps	Titan
2010	Space Chimps 2: Zartog Strikes Back	Titan	Direct-to-DVD
2011	Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil	The Wolf
2011	The Little Engine That Could	Caboose
2014	Beyond Beyond	The Feather King
2014	Mr. Peabody & Sherman	King Agamemnon
2014	Planes: Fire & Rescue	Pulaski
2016	Elephant Kingdom	Human King	Direct-to-DVD
2017	Animal Crackers	Brock
2019	Red Shoes and the Seven Dwarfs	Magic Mirror

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998–99	Hercules: The Animated Series	Lastrigon, Agamemnon	2 episodes
1999–present	Family Guy	Joe Swanson	Main Role
2000	Teacher's Pet	Security Guard	Episode: "Movin' on Pup/Escaping Dog Trick"
2000–2001	Buzz Lightyear of Star Command	Buzz Lightyear, Little Green Men	Main role
2002–2007	Kim Possible	Steve Barkin	35 episodes
2003–present	The Venture Bros.	Brock Samson	Main Role
2004	Game Over	Ripley "Rip" Smashenburn	6 episodes
2005, 2006	The Batman	Cash Tankenson	2 episodes
2005–2006	The X's	Mr. X	Main role
2006–2008	The Emperor's New School	Kronk	Main role
2007	Biker Mice from Mars	A-Bomb	Episode: "Here Comes the Judge"
2007	Robot Chicken	Big Jim, The Riddler, Seuss Dad	Episode: "Endless Breadsticks"
2007–2009	Tak and the Power of Juju	Lok	15 episodes
2009	The Fairly OddParents	Agent #1, Agent #2	2 episodes
2009–2010	The Cleveland Show	Joe Swanson	2 episodes
2010–2013	Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated	Sheriff Bronson Stone	[22]
2011	Archer	Rip Riley	3 episodes
2012	The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange	Big Mike Watermelon	Episode: "Generic Holiday Special"
2012	The Penguins of Madagascar	Elmer	Episode: "Street Smarts/Nighty Night Ninja"
2013	Fish Hooks	Man Voiced Albert	Episode: "Bye Bye Bea Bea/Glass Man Standing"
2015	Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja	Ninja 2005	Episode: "When Howie Met Randy"
2015	Moonbeam City	Commander Blade H. Tate	Episode: "Quest for Aquatica"
2015	TripTank	Cop, Steve's Dad	6 episodes
2017	Puppy Dog Pals	Captain Dog, Worker #1	4 episodes
2018	Skylanders Academy	Flynn	5 episodes
2019	Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	Fiskerton	Season 2
2020	Elena of Avalor	General Macaw	Episode: "Coronation Day"

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	Spider-Man	Hostage	"What If?" mode
2001	The Emperor's New Groove: The Game	Kronk
2003	Metal Arms: Glitch in the System	Mozer
2003	Tak and the Power of Juju	Lok
2004	Tak 2: The Staff of Dreams	Lok
2005	Tak: The Great Juju Challenge	Lok
2006	Family Guy Video Game!	Joe Swanson
2006	Open Season	Ian
2007	Bee Movie Game	Ken
2007	Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare	Additional Voices
2009	Leisure Suit Larry: Box Office Bust	Damone
2010	Call of Duty: Black Ops	S.O.G. Operative
2011	Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure	Flynn
2011	League of Legends	Volibear, Zac
2012	Skylanders: Giants	Flynn
2012	Family Guy: Back to the Multiverse	Joe Swanson
2013	Poker Night 2	Brock Samson
2013	Skylanders: Swap Force	Flynn
2014	Family Guy: The Quest for Stuff	Joe Swanson
2014–2015	Tales from the Borderlands	Hugo Vasquez / Rhysquez
2014	Skylanders: Trap Team	Flynn
2015	Nords: Heroes of the North	King Björn	[23]
2015	Skylanders: SuperChargers[24]	Flynn	[lower-alpha 1]
2016	Skylanders: Imaginators	Flynn
2019	The Outer Worlds	Martin Callahan
2020	Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered	American Soldier

Web

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2010	CollegeHumor: The Roast of Mario	Bowser	Voice
2015	Nerdist: COPS: Skyrim	Police Officer	Voice

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result
2001	Online Film and Television Association Award	Best Voice-Over Performance	The Emperor's New Groove	Nominated
	Annie Award	Voice Acting in a Feature Production		Nominated
2005	New York VisionFest Outstanding Achievement Award	Acting – Male	The Civilization of Maxwell Bright	Won
2006	Boulder International Film Festival Award	Best Actor		Won
	Beverly Hills Film Festival Award	Best Male Performance		Won
2007	Annie Award	Voice Acting in an Animated Television Production	The Emperor's New School	Nominated
2008		Annie Award for Voice Acting in a Feature Production	Bee Movie	Nominated

Notes

1. Skylanders roles are reprising for later releases.[25]

References

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External links

• Patrick Warburton on IMDb
• Fletch Takes On "The Puddy", 2004 interview by Clint Fletcher on filmmonthly.com; accessed October 31, 2014.