Thomas James Kenny (born July 13, 1962) is an American actor and
comedian. He is known for voicing the eponymous character in the
SpongeBob SquarePants TV series, video games, and films. Kenny has
voiced many other characters including Heffer Wolfe in Rocko's Modern
Life; the Ice King in Adventure Time; the Narrator and Mayor in The
Powerpuff Girls; Carl Chryniszzswics in Johnny Bravo; Dog in CatDog;
Hank and Jeremy in Talking Tom and Friends; and Spyro from the Spyro
the Dragon video game series. His live-action work includes the comedy
variety shows The Edge and Mr. Show. Kenny has won two Daytime Emmy
Awards and two Annie Awards for his voice work as SpongeBob
SquarePants and the Ice King. He often collaborates with his wife and
fellow voice artist Jill Talley, who plays Karen on SpongeBob
SquarePants.Kenny was born and raised in Syracuse, New York, to
Theresa Bridget (Donigan) and Paul Austin Kenny. As a young child, he
loved drawing and collecting record albums in the late 1960s and
1970s. He met Bobcat Goldthwait in first grade and they became
lifelong friends. In their mid-teens, they saw an ad for an open-mic
night at Skaneateles that featured comedian Barry Crimmins with the
moniker "Bear Cat". He and Goldthwait went to the event, and performed
under the monikers Tomcat and Bobcat, respectively, as a tribute to
Crimmins, after which Goldthwait used Bobcat as his stage name.
Describing Kenny's stand-up routines, Goldthwait said, "Tom would get
up there and talk about his therapist and he didn't even have a
therapist, he just loved Woody Allen."Kenny went to Bishop Grimes
Junior/Senior High School, a Catholic high school. After college,
Kenny performed stand-up comedy around the country for about eight
years before he moved on to other venues.
comedian. He is known for voicing the eponymous character in the
SpongeBob SquarePants TV series, video games, and films. Kenny has
voiced many other characters including Heffer Wolfe in Rocko's Modern
Life; the Ice King in Adventure Time; the Narrator and Mayor in The
Powerpuff Girls; Carl Chryniszzswics in Johnny Bravo; Dog in CatDog;
Hank and Jeremy in Talking Tom and Friends; and Spyro from the Spyro
the Dragon video game series. His live-action work includes the comedy
variety shows The Edge and Mr. Show. Kenny has won two Daytime Emmy
Awards and two Annie Awards for his voice work as SpongeBob
SquarePants and the Ice King. He often collaborates with his wife and
fellow voice artist Jill Talley, who plays Karen on SpongeBob
SquarePants.Kenny was born and raised in Syracuse, New York, to
Theresa Bridget (Donigan) and Paul Austin Kenny. As a young child, he
loved drawing and collecting record albums in the late 1960s and
1970s. He met Bobcat Goldthwait in first grade and they became
lifelong friends. In their mid-teens, they saw an ad for an open-mic
night at Skaneateles that featured comedian Barry Crimmins with the
moniker "Bear Cat". He and Goldthwait went to the event, and performed
under the monikers Tomcat and Bobcat, respectively, as a tribute to
Crimmins, after which Goldthwait used Bobcat as his stage name.
Describing Kenny's stand-up routines, Goldthwait said, "Tom would get
up there and talk about his therapist and he didn't even have a
therapist, he just loved Woody Allen."Kenny went to Bishop Grimes
Junior/Senior High School, a Catholic high school. After college,
Kenny performed stand-up comedy around the country for about eight
years before he moved on to other venues.
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