Seth MacFarlane
American actor
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| March 21 2025 | TBS announced they would not order new episodes after the season 21 finale, with potential contract negotiations to return to Fox for season 22. |
| 2024 | Initially endorsed Joe Biden for president. After Biden withdrew his candidacy, MacFarlane switched his endorsement to Kamala Harris. |
| 2024 | Seth MacFarlane appeared as the voices of Peter Griffin and Stewie Griffin on an episode of 'Hot Ones' titled 'Peter Griffin Bares It All While Eating Spicy Wings' |
| 2024 | Seth MacFarlane is set to executive produce 'Good Times: Black Again', a 10-episode TV series |
| 2024 | Began starring in Ted TV series, providing voice and motion capture for the titular character |
| 2024 | MacFarlane appears as himself in the documentary 'Music by John Williams' |
| 2024 | MacFarlane voices Stewie Griffin in the short film 'May the 12th Be with You' |
| April 20 2024 | MacFarlane partnered with Martin Scorsese to showcase 'Back From the Ink: Restored Animated Shorts' at the 2024 TCM Classic Film Festival. They jointly funded the restoration and collaborated with the UCLA Film and Television Archive and The Film Foundation, working with Paramount Pictures Archives. |
| 2023 | Seth MacFarlane donated $1 million to The Entertainment Community Fund to support film and television workers during the Writers Guild of America and SAG-AFTRA strikes, providing financial assistance to industry workers affected by the labor disputes. |
| 2023 | Seth MacFarlane voiced Peter Griffin in the popular video game 'Fortnite Battle Royale' |
| November 2023 | Released collaborative Christmas album 'We Wish You the Merriest' with Elizabeth Gillies, with the lead single dropped on the day of announcement. |
| 2022 | A new species of Hyloscirtus frog (Hyloscirtus sethmacfarlanei) is described from Ecuador and named after MacFarlane. |
| 2022 | Released seventh studio album 'Blue Skies'. |
| 2022 | MacFarlane turns a scrapped pandemic-related episode of The Orville's third season into a novel titled 'The Orville: Sympathy for the Devil'. |
| October 2022 | The Naked Gun reboot was officially greenlit with Liam Neeson in the lead role, and MacFarlane confirmed as a producer alongside Erica Huggins. |
| August 25 2022 | Premiered The End is Nye, a six-episode series about apocalyptic scenarios hosted by Bill Nye, on which MacFarlane served as executive producer and made small appearances. |
| June 2 2022 | The Orville: New Horizons (third season) premieres on Hulu, after being delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| June 2021 | Peacock ordered a straight-to-series prequel to 'Ted', with MacFarlane serving as executive producer and reprising his role as Ted. |
| January 2021 | Hired to develop a reboot of The Naked Gun, with initial discussions about casting Liam Neeson as Frank Drebin Jr. |
| 2020 | Signed a $200 million deal with NBCUniversal to develop television projects across networks and streaming platforms. |
| 2020 | Seth MacFarlane was executive producer of a Hulu feature film adaptation of Clive Barker's novel Books of Blood, directed by Brannon Braga. |
| 2020 | Released sixth studio album 'Great Songs from Stage & Screen' with composer Bruce Broughton, recorded largely at home due to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| 2020 | MacFarlane returned to executive produce and provide voices for Cosmos: Possible Worlds. |
| 2020 | Inducted into the Television Hall of Fame, cementing his legacy in television entertainment. |
| 2020 | Seth MacFarlane hosted 'The At-Home Variety Show', appearing in 15 episodes while also serving as writer and executive producer |
| 2020 | Voiced Harry S. Truman in 3 episodes of Cosmos: Possible Worlds |
| 2020 | Seth MacFarlane was involved in two film projects: 'aTypical Wednesdays' and 'Books of Blood' |
| 2019 | MacFarlane wins his fifth Primetime Emmy Award. |
| 2019 | Supported Pete Buttigieg in the 2020 U.S. presidential election, later endorsing Joe Biden after the primaries. |
| 2019 | Appeared in the Showtime limited series The Loudest Voice. |
| 2019 | Released fifth studio album 'Once in a While', collaborating with composer Andrew Cottee. |
| 2019 | Receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, recognizing his significant contributions to entertainment. |
| March 2019 | The Walt Disney Company acquires 20th Century Fox, which impacts The Orville's future broadcasting. |
| December 30 2018 | The second season of The Orville premieres, receiving better reviews than the first season. |
| 2017 | MacFarlane wins his fourth Primetime Emmy Award. |
| 2017 | Released fourth studio album 'In Full Swing', which was nominated for two Grammy Awards. |
| 2017 | Created and starred as Ed Mercer in The Orville, appearing in 36 episodes through 2022 |
| 2017 | MacFarlane plays Max Chilblain in 'Logan Lucky' |
| 2017 | Created his fourth television show, The Orville, and appeared in the film Logan Lucky. |
| 2016 | MacFarlane wins his third Primetime Emmy Award. |
| 2016 | Honored by Barbara Sinatra at the 28th annual Frank Sinatra Celebrity Invitational. |
| 2016 | Bordertown ran for 13 episodes on Fox in the first half of the year. |
| 2016 | Appeared in the animated film Sing. |
| May 2016 | MacFarlane receives a 13-episode order from Fox for The Orville, his first live-action television series as creator. |
| 2015 | Endorsed Bernie Sanders for the 2016 U.S. presidential election and introduced him onstage at a Los Angeles rally, actively supporting Sanders' campaign. |
| 2015 | Third studio album 'No One Ever Tells You' was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album. |
| 2015 | Seth MacFarlane became executive producer of 'Blunt Talk', a TV series that ran for 20 episodes from 2015-2016 |
| 2015 | Seth MacFarlane appeared in the documentary 'This Changes Everything' |
| 2015 | Directed Ted 2, a sequel to his first film, for Universal Pictures. |
| 2014 | Released second studio album and first Christmas album 'Holiday for Swing', which received mostly positive reviews. |
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