Tom Kenny

Tom Kenny
Birth name	Thomas James Kenny
Born	July 13, 1962 in East Syracuse, New York, USA
Sometimes credited as	Tom Kenney
Notable Roles	SpongeBob SquarePants in SpongeBob SquarePants Himself/Various in Mr. Show with Bob and David Edaurdo in Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends Heffer Wolfe in Rocko's Modern Life
Notable Episodes
Awards

Thomas James "Tom" Kenny is an American actor and comedian, best known for his long running role as the title character of SpongeBob SquarePants. Alongside voicing SpongeBob, he has voiced many other characters including Heffer Wolfe in Rocko's Modern Life, the Ice King in Adventure Time, and many more.

Biography

Kenny was born in East Syracuse, New York to Theresa Bridget and Paul Austin Kenny. As a young child growing in the late 1960s and 70s, he loved drawing and collecting records. He went to Bishop Grimes High School, a Catholic high school located in Syracuse. He became friends with comedian Bobcat Goldthwait when Goldthwait got into trouble with one of the teachers, who had dragged him into Kenny's class. Both men remained friends through school and college. They later appeared in films directed by and starring Bobcat such as Shakey the Clown and World's Greatest Dad.

While working on the Nickelodeon series Rocko's Modern Life, Kenny met marine biologist and animator Stephen Hillenburg, who was the creative director during the fourth season. Years before the airing of the show, Hillenburg made a comic book titled The Intertidal Zone in 1989, and a friend of his told him it would be a good idea to make an animated series based on it.

Roles

Starring Roles

Series	Role	Year(s)	Season(s)
The Edge	Cast Member	1992–1993	1
Rocko's Modern Life	Heffer Wolfe / various characters	1993–1996	1	2	3	4
Dumb and Dumber	Weenie	1995–1996	1
Mr. Show with Bob and David	Himself	1995–1998	1	2	3	4
Dexter's Laboratory	Val Hallen / Douglas E. Mordecai III / various characters	1996–2003	1	2	3	4
Johnny Bravo	Carl Chryniszzswics	1997–2004	1	2	3	4
CatDog	Dog / Cliff / various characters	1998–2005	1	2	3	4
Godzilla: The Series	N.I.G.E.L	1998–2000	1	2
The Powerpuff Girls	Narrator / Mayor	1998–2005	1	2	3	4	5	6
SpongeBob SquarePants	SpongeBob SquarePants	1999–	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Xiaolin Showdown	Raimundo Pedrosa	2003–2006	1	2	3
Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends	Eduardo / various characters	2004–2009	1	2	3	4	5	6
Brandy & Mr. Whiskers	Ed / various characters	2004–2006	1	2
Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!	Gibson	2004–2006	1	2
Camp Lazlo	Lumpus / Slinkman	2005–2008	1	2	3	4	5
My Gym Partner's a Monkey	Jake Spidermonkey / Henry	2005–2008	1	2	3	4
Squirrel Boy	Leon	2006–2008	1	2
Handy Manny	Mr. Lopart / Pat	2006–2011	1	2	3
Class of 3000	Eddie Lawrence	2006–2008	1	2
Out of Jimmy's Head	Tux	2007–2008	1
Cosmic Quantum Ray	Quantum Ray / Kronecker / Doctor Brainhead	2009–2010	1
Brickleberry	Woody Johnson	2012–2015	1	2	3
Henry Hugglemonster	Daddo Hugglemonster / Grando Hugglemonster	2013–2015	1	2
Clarence	Sumo Sumozski	2014–2018	1	2
Miles from Tomorrowland	Leo Callisto	2015–2018	1	2	3
The Powerpuff Girls	Mayor / Narrator	2016–	1

Recurring Roles

Series	Role	Year(s)	Season(s)
Just Shoot Me!	Persky	1997–1999	1	2	3
Futurama	Various characters	1999–2013	1	2	3	4	5		7	8
Mission Hill	Wally Langford	1999–2002	1
The Fairly OddParents	Cupid	2001–present	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
The Batman	The Penguin	2004–2008	1	2	3	4	5
Rick and Morty	Squanchy / Jon / Pencilvestyr / King Jellybean	2014–present	1	2
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	Tyler Rockwell	2015–present			3	4

Guest Starring Roles

Series	Role	Episode	Airdate
Brotherly Love	Doug	1x13 - Remember	March 11, 1996
Brotherly Love	Lucien	2x23 - Mother's Day	May 11, 1997
Unhappily Ever After	A. Cyril Studebaker	5x02 - Feline Alright	September 20, 1998
Roswell	Barkeep	2x04 - Summer of '47	October 23, 2000
The Zeta Project (credited as Tom Kenney)	Bogg	1x09 - Crime Waves	April 14, 2001
Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law	Boo Boo	1x04 - Death by Chocolate	July 14, 2002
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch	Spongebob Squarepants (voice)	7x08 - Bada-Ping!	November 15, 2002
Justice League (credited as Tom Kenney)	Search Leader	2x03 - Tabula Rasa (1)	October 4, 2003
Justice League (credited as Tom Kenney)	Search Leader	2x04 - Tabula Rasa (2)	October 4, 2003
Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law	Elroy/Boo Boo/Computer Voice	2x06 - Back to the Present	May 16, 2004
Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law	Top Cat/Choo Choo	3x10 - Mindless	September 25, 2005

Talk, News and Game Show Appearances

Series	Episode	Airdate
The Pat Sajak Show	Show 53	March 24, 1989
The Pat Sajak Show	Show 107	June 9, 1989
Late Night with David Letterman		July 10, 1991
Late Night with Conan O'Brien	Show 125	March 4, 1994
Late Night with Conan O'Brien		September 4, 2002
Jimmy Kimmel Live!		November 19, 2004
Jimmy Kimmel Live!		May 9, 2005

Awards and Accolades

Annie Awards

(2 Nominations)