<P> MacFarlane is a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design, where he studied animation . Recruited to Hollywood, he was an animator and writer for Hanna - Barbera for several television series, including Johnny Bravo, Cow and Chicken, Dexter's Laboratory, I Am Weasel, and Larry & Steve . As an actor, he has made guest appearances on series, such as Gilmore Girls, The War at Home and FlashForward . In 2008, he created his own YouTube series titled Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy . He won several awards for his work on Family Guy, including four Primetime Emmy Awards and an Annie Award . In 2009, he won the Webby Award for Film & Video Person of the Year . He occasionally speaks at universities and colleges throughout the United States, and is an active supporter of gay rights . </P> <P> As a singer, MacFarlane has performed at several venues, including Carnegie Hall and the Royal Albert Hall . MacFarlane has released four studio albums, in the same vein of his musical idol Frank Sinatra, beginning with Music Is Better Than Words in 2011 . He has been nominated for four Grammy Awards for his musical work . MacFarlane hosted the 85th Academy Awards in 2013 and was also nominated for Best Original Song for the song "Everybody Needs a Best Friend" from Ted . </P> <P> MacFarlane served as executive producer of the Neil deGrasse Tyson - hosted Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey, an update of the 1980s Cosmos series hosted by Carl Sagan . MacFarlane was instrumental in providing funding for the series, as well as securing studio support for it from other entertainment executives . </P> <P> MacFarlane was born and raised in Kent, Connecticut . His parents, Ronald Milton MacFarlane (born 1946) and Ann Perry (née Sager; 1947--2010), were born in Newburyport, Massachusetts . His sister is voice actress Rachael Ann MacFarlane (born 1976). He has roots in New England going back to the 1600s, and is a descendant of Mayflower passenger William Brewster . MacFarlane's parents met in 1970, when they both lived and worked in Boston, Massachusetts, and married later that year . The couple moved to Kent in 1972, where Ann began working in the Admissions Office at South Kent School . She later worked in the College Guidance and Admissions Offices at the Kent School, a selective college preparatory school, where Ronald was a teacher . </P>

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