American Dad

Dee Bradley Baker was born in Indiana but was bought up in Greeley, Colorado. He started performing in musicals, operas, plays and stand ups at the age of nine. After graduating in Philosophy and German language from Colorado College he started working as a stage artist which led him to Los Angeles. He is currently living there with his wife and children.

Once in New York, there was no looking back for Baker. He soon became the one of the most flexible and preferred voice artist in the region. Over the past twenty years he has made a notable career with his ability to extensive verbal scale and ability to easily use any dialect. He has lent his voice in Spongebob Square Pants, Johnny Bravo, Cow and Chickens, Teen Titans, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Space Jam, Happy Feet, The Grim Adventures of Billy And Mandy, Time Squad and Scooby Doo 2 etc. In addition he has also done voice over for video games like Tony Hawk’s Underground, Haunted Mansion, Halo 2, Halo 3, Spiderman 2 and Spiderman 3 etc.

Role In American Dad

In American Dad, he has done the voice over for Klaus, a goldfish who can speak in German. This is due to the failed experiment of CIA, in which they tried to transplant the brain of a German man in a goldfish. Klaus has a crush on Francine and has many secret fancies about her. He jumps at any opportunity to impress her.

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Birthday : 31st August 1962

Birthplace : Indiana

Recent Role : Clock King, Gibble Leader on Batman: The Brave and the Bold

Gender : Male

Quick Facts

  How old is Dee Bradley Baker ?   56 years
  Who is Dee Bradley Baker married to ?   Michelle Baker
  How much is Dee Bradley Baker worth?   $6 million
American Dad

Rachael MacFarlane was born and bought up in Kent. She is the younger sister of Emmy Award winner Seth MacFarlane. She graduated from Boston Conservatory Musical Theater Program. She is a voice over artist and debuted in the show Melancholy Mistress. She also worked as a production manager for the shows Billy and Mandy and Welcome to Eltingville.

In addition she also wrote an entire episode for Billy and Mandy which was titled Educating Grim. She did guest appearances in shows like Codename: Kids Next Door, The Grim Adventures of Billy And Mandy, Powerpuff Girls, Johnny Bravo, and Samurai Jack etc. When Seth created Family Guy, she lent her voice to many characters such as Olivia, Maid Madeline, Margot Kidder, Kate Moss and Minnie Driver. Currently she is doing the voice over for the character of Hayley in American Dad

Role In American Dad

In American Dad, she is the voice of Hayley Smith, the teenage daughter of Stan and Francine Smith. Stan is correct to think that his daughter is ultra-liberal and so makes her go through a thorough inspection after she returns from college everyday. Although he loves his little girl a lot but he does not trust her judgment on a wide range of issues.

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Birthday : 21st March 1976

Birthplace : Kent, Connecticut, USA

Gender : Female

Quick Facts

  How old is Rachael MacFarlane ?   43 years
  Who is Rachael MacFarlane married to ?   Spencer Laudiero
  How much is Rachael MacFarlane worth?   $5 million
American Dad

Scott Grimes was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, to Pam and Rick Grimes and attended schools at Dracut. He stated his career as a singer and then moved on to acting. He married Dawn Bailey on 5th May1997. The couple has two children, named Madison and Jackson. Although it is rumored that Grimes has split with his wife in 2007, the news has not been confirmed as yet.

Scott began his career as a singer in 1980 in a Broadway musical Nine. He also appeared on television in shows like Party of Five, ER, Who’s the Boss, The Life and Built to Last etc. He also worked in movies prominent amongst them being Mystery, Alaska, Nightlife, Crimson Trade, Critters, and Critters 2. When Scott is not acting, he likes to lead his musical band Scott Grimes and the Misdemeanors.

Role In American Dad

In American Dad, Grimes has done a voice over for the character of Steve. Steve the geeky son of Stan and Francine is on the verge of puberty. He is quite noisy and embarrassed about the fact. He tries to be cool, but fails drastically in the act. In his desperation to prove himself he is ready to go to any extreme.

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Birthday : 9th July 1971

Birthplace : Lowell, Massachusetts, USA

Birth Name : Scott Richard Grimes

Height : 5’9”(1.75m)

Gender : Male

Quick Facts

  How old is Scott Grimes ?   47 years
  Who is Scott Grimes married to ?   Dawn Bailey-Grimes (e. 1997–2007)
  How much is Scott Grimes worth?   $5 million
American Dad

Seth MacFarlane was born in 1973 to Ann Perry and Ronald Milton MacFarlane. During his early childhood he developed an interest for drawing and when he was eight years old, his comic strip Walter Crouton appeared in The Kent Good Times Dispatch. He did his schooling from Kent School and then went to Rhode Island School of Design to study animation and graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts. For his thesis at college, he created a film named Life of Larry. One of his professors at RISD sent his cartoon to Hanna-Barbera who hired him as an animator.

He worked shows like Johnny Bravo, Dexter’s Laboratory, and Cow and Chicken and also created a sequel to The Life of Larry named Larry and Steve. When the executives at saw MacFarlane’s work, they invited him to create a series based on the characters of his cartoon films. The show was to be called Family Guy. Since then there has been no looking back for MacFarlane. After Family Guy he made American Dad, The Winner and The Cleveland Show.

MacFarlane, who is not only a great comedian, but also an actor, animator, producer, screenwriter, voice actor and composer, has won two Emmy Awards. The first was in the year 2000 for Outstanding Voice-over Performance, and the second came two years later in 2002 for Outstanding Music and Lyrics. Both the Awards were for Family Guy.

Role In American Dad

In American Dad, he has lent his voice for Stan Smith and Roger. Stan is a dedicated CIA agent who is obsessed with protecting his beloved motherland against the evil designs of terrorists. He is also a loving family man who will go to any lengths to protect his family. On the other hand Roger is an Alien, who was rescued by Stan from Area 51. He is initially forced to hide in the attic of the family house. However, later in the show he can be seen moving out and interacting with other human beings, but always under disguise.

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Birthday : 26th October 1973

Birthplace : Kent, Connecticut, USA

Birth Name : Seth Woodbury MacFarlane

Height : 5′10″ (1.78m)

Gender : Male

Quick Facts

  How old is Scott Grimes ?   47 years
  Who is Scott Grimes married to ?   Dawn Bailey-Grimes (e. 1997–2007)
  How much is Scott Grimes worth?   $5 million
American Dad

Wendy Schaal was born in 1954 in Chicago. She is the daughter of actor Richard Schaal and at one time was the step-daughter of actress Valerie Harper. Wendy, who currently lives in Los Angeles started her career at the age of 22 as an actress.

Since then she has either acted or done voice-over in approximately fifty eight TV shows and movies. She has mostly co-stared with actor Robert Picardo doing both comic as well as dramatic roles. Her prominent movies include Small Soldiers, My Girl 2, Innerspace, Where The Boys Are, and Bound For Glory etc. On TV she did shows such as Six Feet Under, Murder She Wrote, Friends, Star Treck: Voyager, The X-Files, and Fatal Vision etc.

Role In American Dad

In American Dad, she has done the voice over for the character of Francine. She is the party loving wife of Stan Smith, but has hidden this aspect of her personality from her husband, who is quite traditional in his ways. As the show progresses, she becomes more and more desperate to revive the romance in their marriage.

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Birthday : 2nd July 1954

Birthplace : Chicago, Illinois, USA

Birth Name : Wendy Schaal

Gender : Female

Quick Facts

  How old is Wendy Schaal ?   64 years
  Who is Wendy Schaal married to ?   Stephen M. Schwartz (e. 1977–1987)
  How much is Wendy Schaal worth?   $32 million
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Zach Tyler Eisen Career

He is an American voice actor, who has voiced mostly for the animated series Avatar. He is voicing for animes since 1999. His first voice project was as Lukas in Entropy in 1999. he also voiced for Andrew of Little Bill, which given him name and fame. He is also voicing for Kids Pick: The President of Niclodeon commercial as kid. Tyler has also worked for Marci-X, The Backyardigans, The Ant bully and his most recent and prominent work is as Aang in Avatar- the Last Air Bender. He is voicing for him since 2005.

Aang’s Character

Aang is the agonist of the show Avatar- The Last Air bender. The title refers to him. He is called air bender because of his ability to manipulate air around him. This is the main characteristic of his dynasty of monks of Air nomads. His character contains extracts of Buddhist and Taoist traditions. His physical appearance is like a twelve year old kid but his actual age is 112 years, as he was confined into an iceberg for hundred years.

It is shown in the series that he was developing into avatar unknowingly and during the process he crossed the seventh chakra and entered the Avatar state and enshrined himself into an air bubble which appears like an iceberg. After hundred years, two members of Southern Water tribe rescue him who later on they become his companions. Aang is the spirit of a planet in human form. He can control elements and is now responsible for safety of four nations.

He is basically a non-violent and vegetarian personality but when confronting evils his previous avatars suggest him to be violent towards the enemies.

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Azula’s Character- Azula is younger sister of Zuko and is a perfectionist in fire bending. That’s why she is most adored in her family. She was fourteen years old when Prince Zuko left the country. She is shown as very cunning and a power hungry girl. She attacked and defeated Aang along with Iroh and Zuko. But later on gave all the credit to Zuko of killing Avatar.

She explains it as she doesn’t need to do something additional to win love of hr father, but Zuko needs this. Later on it is revealed that she knows that if Avatar survived then all the glory of Zuko will turn into shame and this way she snatched away the throne from Zuko forever. Later on when she is about to be crowned, Zuko arrives there and Azula challenges him for Agni Kai, in which Zuko and Katara defeat her with their cunning techniques and in the end Azula becomes insane and she never appeared in the rest of seasons. It is heard that she has been sent to Fire nation Mental Health Facility on a nearby Island.

Grey Delisle- Voice of Azula

Birthday- August 24, 1973

Birth Place- Fort Ord, California.

Career- She is a multi-talented lady. She is an American singer, songwriter and voice actress. Initially she was in The Cure Band and later in her teens she started singing old Gospel tunes and joined Stand –up comedy. Her imitating skills brought her entry into the world of Voice acting. She was announced as Superstar voice actress by anime news network after her work in The Fairy Oddparents, What’s New Scooby Doo?, and Clifford: The Big Red Dog. She has also voiced for a number of Video games including popular Star-Wars games. Recently she has voiced for Azula in Avatar– The Last Air Bender. She is also known for her voice work for Mandy in The Grim Adventures of Bill and Mandy. It will not be wrong to say that her voice has been used in the most of animated series, films and Video games of America.

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Iroh’s Character

Iroh is also known as Dragon of the west in the series. He’s Zuko and Azula’s uncle and older brother of Zuko’s father Fire Lord Ozai. He is a former Crown Prince as well. He leaves with Zuko when he is exiled from his country by Ozai. It is learnt that he has created his own fire bending and lightening techniques after closely observing water benders. He teaches these techniques to Zuko in the later seasons, which help him in defeating Aang and in capturing Ba Sing Se for Azula. He remains beside Zuko in all his bad times but still confronts him when he defeats Aang while in avatar state and later on Zuko regrets his actions as well. Later Iroh is put behind the bars for the charges of defending the Avatar. While in orison he refuses to meet Zuko. I the series finale it is shown that he has absconded from prison.

Mako-Voice of Iroh in first two seasons.

Real Name- Mako Iwamatsu.

Birthday- December 10, 1933.

Died on- July 21, 2006

Birth Place- Kobe, Japan.

Career- He was born in Japan but soon his family relocated to US. He is graduate in architecture, worked in military, and it was there that he came to know about his acting skills. Finally he got formal training and did debut with Never So Few. He is an Academy Award and Tony Award nominated actor. He has acted in numerous films and TV shows. He lent his voice for Iroh in Avatar- The Last Airbender and as Aku in Samurai Jack. He voiced for Iroh until two seasons only as unfortunately he died in July, 2006. He was suffering from Esophageal cancer.

Greg Baldwin- Voice for Iroh.

Birthday- September 13, 1960

Birth Place- Grants, New Mexico.

Career- Born in New Mexico and raised in Spring, Texas, Greg has worked the most in theatre. Currently he is residing in San Fernando Valley. His first theatre appearance was as Mushnik in Little Shop of Horrors. He is most known as a voice actor. He has voiced for Boris in Brandy and Mr. Whiskers and also worked for Xiaolin Showdown, Spongebob squarepants along with several video games. After unfortunate demise of Mako, he was the first choice of Avatar creators to replace the voice of Iroh in Avatar- Tha Last Airbender.

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24 TV Series

Leslie Hope was born on 6 May 1965 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. She completed her graduation from St. Michael’s University School, Victoria, British Columbia in 1982. She is the daughter of Ann and Frank Hope, and is the sister of Stephen Hope. She is the wife of Adam Kane, who is a cinematographer, producer and director. Her son is named Mackenzie Angell who is fathered by her ex-husband Jamie Angell.

She appeared in a Canadian movie ‘Ups and Downs’ for the first time, in 1981. She then appeared in ‘Paris, France’, an erotic drama directed by Gerald Ciccoritti, in 1993. She is best known for the role of “Terry Bauer” in the TV series ‘24′. She has also appeared in ‘Star Trek: Deep Space Nine’, ‘Human Cargo’, and appeared as a guest star in ‘House’. She appeared in ‘Commander in Chief’ (2005-2006) as “Melanie Blackstone”- an Attorney General of the United States. She appeared in five episodes of the series. She was also seen in the CW drama series ‘Runaway’ and in a CBC mini-series ‘Everest ‘82′.

She was the co-artistic director of ‘The Wilton Project’, a Los Angeles-based theater company, along with Charlie Stratton. She appeared in ‘Never Back Down’ and one episode of ‘Private Practice’, in 2008. She has acted in the movies like ‘Kansas’, ‘The Dance Goes On’, ‘The Life Before This’ and ‘Kansas’.

She earned the nomination for the Screen Actors Guild Awards in 2003. She was nominated was Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series for her role in ‘24′.

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Birthday : 6 May 1965

Birth Place : Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Birth Name : Leslie Ann Hope

Height : 5′9″

Gender : Female

Quick Facts

  How old is Leslie Hope ?   54 years
    Who is Leslie Hope husband ?   Adam Kane (e. 2005–2015), Jamie Angell (e. 1994–1996)
  How much is Leslie Hope worth?   $3 million
24 TV Series

Sarah Clarke was born on 16 February 1972 in St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.A. She is the daughter of Ernest Clarke, an engineer, and Carolyn, a homemaker. She has studied Fine Arts and Italian from the Indiana University. There, she became the member of Kappa Alpha Theta sorority.

She was inclined towards acting from the days when Sarah was studying at Bolonga, Italy, during her senior year. She retuned to America and continued her studies, as she started learning architectural photography. Sarah had a chance to attend free acting classes at the cultural arts center in return for clicking the photographs of the center. She also learnt acting at the Circle in the Square Theatre School, at Axis Theatre Company and at The Willow Cabin Theatre Company.

She is married to Xander Berkeley, whom she met on the set of ‘24′ and after seeing him for one year, she married him in 2002. They have one daughter named Olwyn Harper.

Sarah Clarke Career

Her career in acting started in 1999 with her appearance for a commercial for Volkswagen. Then, she acted in a short film ‘Pas de deux’. She won the Outstanding Performance award for her role in this film, in the Brooklyn Film Festival. She began to appear in minor roles in films such as ‘All About George’ and ‘The Accident’ and in television shows like ‘Ed’ and ‘Sex and the City’.

She is best known for her role in ‘24′ as “Nina Myers”. She appeared in a guest role in one episode of ‘House’ and ‘Life’. She has also acted as “Renee Dwyer” in ‘Twilight’. Recently, she has been cast in a lead role, in a series ‘Trust Me’.

She earned the nomination for the Screen Actors Guild Awards – 2003 in the category of Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series for ‘24′. She has won the Golden Satellite Award – 2003 in the category of Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Drama for ‘24′.

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Birthday : 16 February 1972

Birth Place : St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.A.

Height : 5′4″

Gender : Female

Quick Facts

  How old is Sarah Clarke ?   47 years
  Who is Sarah Clarke husband ?   Xander Berkeley
  How much is Sarah Clarke worth?   $2 million