Patrick Warburton

Patrick Warburton
at San Diego Comic-Con International (July 2011)
Born	Patrick John Warburton (1964-11-14) November 14, 1964 Paterson, New Jersey, U.S.
Occupation	actor, voice artist
Years active	1986–present
Spouse(s)	Cathy Jennings (m. 1991–present)
Children	Talon Patrick Warburton Alexandra Catherine Warburton Shane Warburton Gabriel Warburton

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,^[1] 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.^[2]

Early life

Patrick John Warburton was born in Paterson, New Jersey^[3] to surgeon John Charles Warburton, Jr. and actress Barbara Jeanne Gratz.^[4][5][6] He has three sisters, Mary, Lara, and Megan. He was raised in a "conservative" Catholic family,^[7] 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.^[8]

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 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. 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 voiced 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.

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.^[9] 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]

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.^[12] Warburton also became the spokesman for Japanese automaker Honda's "Good Reasons" advertising campaign in September 2011.^[13]

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.^[14]

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 Warburton (b. November 29, 1992)
• Alexandra Catherine Warburton (b. July 9, 1994)
• Shane Warburton (b. 1998)
• Gabriel Warburton (b. October 2000)

Filmography

Film

Television films

Straight-to-DVD

Television

Television guest appearances

Video games

Web Shorts

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Patrick Warburton.

• Patrick Warburton at the Internet Movie Database
• Fletch Takes On "The Puddy", 2004 interview by Clint Fletcher on filmmonthly.com