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Tom Kenny
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American actor and comedian (born 1962)
OverviewAI-generated
Thomas James Kenny, born on July 13, 1962, in East Syracuse, is an American voice actor, comedian, screenwriter, and television actor. He is a Catholic and resides in Syracuse with his spouse, Jill Talley, and two children. Kenny began his professional work period in 1981 and speaks English. His most notable work and role is SpongeBob SquarePants.
In addition to his acting career, Kenny is credited as an author with ten works listed on Open Library. These include titles such as Listening Advantage, Nice Talking With You, and Listening Advantage 2 Student Book. Crossref data indicates he has five associated works. He is distinct from the individual Tom Kane.
Synthesized by Vinony from 36 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Crossref, Open Library, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, TMDb, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 10
Top works
- Listening advantage
- Nice Talking With You
- Listening Advantage 2 Student Book
- Listening Advantage 3 Listening Advantage
- Listening Advantage Student Book
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Syracuse, New York, USA
Thomas James "Tom" Kenny (born July 13, 1962) is an American actor and comedian, known for his long-running-role as SpongeBob SquarePants in the television series of the same name, as well as the live-action character Patchy the Pirate, Gary the Snail and the French narrator based on Jacques Cousteau. His other voice acting roles include the Narrator and Mayor in the Powerpuff Girls, Heffer in…
Known for
- Strip Law — (voice)2026
- Adventure Time: Side Quests — Ice King (voice)2026
- Pinocchio and the Water of Life — (voice)2025
- Plankton: The Movie — SpongeBob / Random Student / Gary / French Narrator (voice)2025
- Kiff Lore of the Ring Light — Trevor / Additional Voices (voice)2025
- Swamp Dogg Gets His Pool Painted — Self2025
- SpongeBob SquarePants: Order Up — SpongeBob (voice)2025
- Go Fetch! — SpongeBob / Gary / Baby Gary / Bessy (voice)2025
- SpongeBob and Patrick's Timeline Twist-Up — SpongeBob / Past SpongeBob / French Narrator / Snail Fail / Various Incidental Characters (voice)2025
- The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants — SpongeBob SquarePants / Gary / Morning DJ (voice)2025
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- United States
- Active from
- 1962
Member of
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 21,362
- Total plays
- 68,785
Tags
An American actor, voice actor and comedian, best known as the voice of SpongeBob SquarePants in the television series of the same name, as well as the live-action character Patchy the Pirate, Gary the Snail and the French narrator based on Jacques Cousteau. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Tom+Kenny">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Key facts
- Born
- Thomas James Kenny , ( 1962-07-13 ) July 13, 1962 (age 63) , Syracuse, New York , U.S.
- Occupations
- Actor comedian
- Years active
- 1981–present
- Works
- Roles and awards
- Spouse
- Jill Talley ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1996 )
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- James
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- East Syracuse
- Spouse
- Jill Talley
- Occupation
- film actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- American English
- Religion
- Catholic Church
- Notable work
- SpongeBob SquarePants
- Image
- TomKenny.jpg
- Height
- 1.80
- Number of children
- 2
- Residence
- Syracuse
Show 7 more facts
- date of birth
- 1962-07-13
- start of work period
- 1981-00-00
- different from
- Tom Kane
- name in native language
- Thomas James Kenny
- birth name
- Thomas James Kenny
- Commons category
- Tom Kenny
- notable role
- SpongeBob SquarePants
Sources (10)
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Thomas James Kenny (born July 13, 1962) is an American actor and comedian. He has been voicing the titular character in SpongeBob SquarePants and associated media since its debut in 1999. His other voice roles include the Ice King in Adventure Time and its spinoff Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake, Spyro in the Spyro video game series, Heffer Wolfe in Rocko's Modern Life, the Narrator and Mayor in The Powerpuff Girls, Dog in CatDog, Carl Chryniszzswics in Johnny Bravo, Starscream in Transformers: Animated, The Penguin in various animated media based on DC Comics, and Raimundo Pedrosa in Xiaolin Showdown. Kenny's live-action work includes the sketch comedy series The Edge and Mr. Show with Bob and David. Kenny's accolades include two Daytime Emmy Awards and two Annie Awards for his voice work. He is married to Jill Talley, with whom he has two children.
Biography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tom Kenny” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.