Michael Robert Henry (born November 7, 1965) is an American actor,
voice actor, comedian, director, writer and producer. He is known for
his work on the animated TV series Family Guy (1999â€"present), where
he writes and produces episodes along with voicing Cleveland Brown
(1999â€"2020), Herbert, Bruce, and Consuela, among others. Henry is
also known for co-creating and starring in the spin-off, The Cleveland
Show (2009â€"2013) and for his recurring role as Dann in the
television series, The Orville.Henry was born in Pontiac, Michigan to
artist parents and raised in Richmond, Virginia, with his younger
brother Patrick. Their parents divorced when Henry was eight years old
and the boys were primarily raised by their mother. He was awarded a
scholarship and attended the nearby preparatory Collegiate School.
Henry graduated from Washington and Lee University (1988) where he
earned his B.A. in history and served as class president his
sophomore-senior years. Although interested in comedy, Henry never
believed he could make a career of it so instead opted for more
“business stuff.†At 24, after a brief career in advertising, Henry
moved to California to pursue acting. There he began taking classes at
the Groundlings Theater and performing stand-up comedy. After three
years in Los Angeles, Henry returned to Virginia to shoot short comedy
films that he wrote and acted in. During that time, Henry often acted
in his brother Patrick's student films at the Rhode Island School of
Design. It was there that he was introduced to his brother's college
roommate, Seth MacFarlane. The two quickly became friends. "We
immediately hit it off and cracked each other up and kept in touch,"
Henry says.Henry later moved to New York City where he acted in
commercials, studied improvisation at the Upright Citizens Brigade
Theater and wrote, produced, starred-in and co-directed (with his
brother Patrick) comedy shorts for Lorne Michaels’ Burly Bear
Network.
voice actor, comedian, director, writer and producer. He is known for
his work on the animated TV series Family Guy (1999â€"present), where
he writes and produces episodes along with voicing Cleveland Brown
(1999â€"2020), Herbert, Bruce, and Consuela, among others. Henry is
also known for co-creating and starring in the spin-off, The Cleveland
Show (2009â€"2013) and for his recurring role as Dann in the
television series, The Orville.Henry was born in Pontiac, Michigan to
artist parents and raised in Richmond, Virginia, with his younger
brother Patrick. Their parents divorced when Henry was eight years old
and the boys were primarily raised by their mother. He was awarded a
scholarship and attended the nearby preparatory Collegiate School.
Henry graduated from Washington and Lee University (1988) where he
earned his B.A. in history and served as class president his
sophomore-senior years. Although interested in comedy, Henry never
believed he could make a career of it so instead opted for more
“business stuff.†At 24, after a brief career in advertising, Henry
moved to California to pursue acting. There he began taking classes at
the Groundlings Theater and performing stand-up comedy. After three
years in Los Angeles, Henry returned to Virginia to shoot short comedy
films that he wrote and acted in. During that time, Henry often acted
in his brother Patrick's student films at the Rhode Island School of
Design. It was there that he was introduced to his brother's college
roommate, Seth MacFarlane. The two quickly became friends. "We
immediately hit it off and cracked each other up and kept in touch,"
Henry says.Henry later moved to New York City where he acted in
commercials, studied improvisation at the Upright Citizens Brigade
Theater and wrote, produced, starred-in and co-directed (with his
brother Patrick) comedy shorts for Lorne Michaels’ Burly Bear
Network.
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