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Bill Fagerbakke
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Fagerbakke in 2022
Born
William Fagerbakke

(1957-10-04) October 4, 1957 (age 66)
Education University of Idaho (BA)
Southern Methodist University (MFA)
Occupation Actor
Years active 1984–present
Spouse(s)
Catherine McClenahan
(m. 1989; separated 2012)
Children 2

William Fagerbakke (/ˈfɡərbɑːki/ FAYG-ər-BAHK-ee; born October 4, 1957) is an American actor. He voices Patrick Star in the SpongeBob SquarePants franchise, and played Michael "Dauber" Dybinski on the sitcom Coach. He also appeared in 12 episodes of the sitcom How I Met Your Mother as Marshall Eriksen's father Marvin.

Early life and education

Fagerbakke was born on October 4, 1957, in Fontana, California, and moved to Rupert, Idaho, as a youth. He graduated from Minico High School in Rupert in 1975, where he was a three-sport athlete for the Spartans in football, basketball, and track.

Although he had multiple scholarship offers for college football, including Pac-8 schools, he decided to stay in state and attended the University of Idaho in Moscow. He was a defensive lineman for the Vandals and was ticketed to redshirt in 1976, but was called into action in the fourth game of his sophomore season. The Vandals went 7–4 in 1976, their first winning season in five years, and were 5–2 in the seven games that Fagerbakke started. Head coach Ed Troxel planned on moving him to the offensive line in 1977, but a knee injury in spring drills ended Fagerbakke's athletic career, which turned his focus to theater (the Vandals went 3–8 in 1977 and Troxel was fired; then 2–9 in 1978 under Jerry Davitch, one of the wins being a "no-show" forfeit).

Fagerbakke's first theatrical role was in a campus production of Godspell. He was a member of the Delta Tau Delta fraternity and earned his bachelor's degree in 1981, a result of "two years of football and four years of school." He later attended graduate school at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas.

Career

Bill Fagerbakke on Comic-Con panel (2009) - Cropped
Fagerbakke in 2009

Fagerbakke has appeared on television in roles such as assistant coach "Dauber" Dybinski on Coach, and in movies, including Funny Farm. He had a role as the mentally disabled Tom Cullen in the 1994 mini-series Stephen King's The Stand. In 1999, he had a role in HBO's original series Oz as Officer Karl Metzger. Since 1999, he has provided the voice of Patrick Star for the Nicktoon SpongeBob SquarePants. His character on Coach was based on a former assistant coach at Idaho, a graduate assistant nicknamed "Tuna."

In 2007, he made a cameo appearance on the show Heroes as Steve Gustavson in the episodes "Run" and "Unexpected." In 2009, he had a role in the film Jennifer's Body. He also played the role of Marvin Eriksen Sr. in the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother. In 2012, he made a cameo appearance in the TV show Weeds.

In 2022, Fagerbakke guest-starred in season 5 of Dynasty portraying Peter De Vilbes while his daughter Carson portrays Peter's daughter Patty.

Personal life

Fagerbakke married actress Catherine McClenahan in 1989, together they have two daughters. In September 2012, he filed for legal separation from McClenahan, citing irreconcilable differences.

Filmography

Television voice roles

Year Title Role Notes Source
1994 Beethoven Caesar / Roger's Dad Main cast
1994–1996 Gargoyles Broadway / Hollywood Main cast (season 1),
recurring role (season 2)
1994–1995 Aaahh!!! Real Monsters Troop Leader / Tiny / Carl 3 episodes
1995–1996 Dumb and Dumber Harry Dunne Main cast
1996–1999 Jumanji Alan Parrish Main cast
1999–present SpongeBob SquarePants Patrick Star, additional voices Main cast
1999 Timon & Pumbaa Bigfoot Episode: "Bigfoot, Littlebrain"
1999 The Wild Thornberrys Dank Episode: "On the Right Track"
1999 The Night of the Headless Horseman Dolphus Television film
1999–2000 Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles Sgt. Gossard Main cast
2000 Batman Beyond Payback Episode: "Payback"
2001–2004 Lloyd in Space Kurt Blobberts Main cast
2007–2009 Transformers Animated Bulkhead, Master Disaster, Hot Shot, additional voices Recurring role
2009 The Spectacular Spider-Man Morris Bench Episode: "Shear Strength"
2010 Batman: The Brave and the Bold Ronnie Raymond, Lead 4 episodes
2010–2011 Sym-Bionic Titan Meat 5 episodes
2011 Young Justice Big Bear 3 episodes
2013–2016 Wander Over Yonder Prince Cashmere, Additional Voices 3 episodes
2015–2017 All Hail King Julien King Joey, Lazy Doug, Hans, Rat DJ, Leonard 9 episodes
2017 Pig Goat Banana Cricket Banana's Dad Episode: "Flower for Burgerstein"
2017 American Dad! Strannix Episode: "The Long Bomb"
2017–2020 Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz Scarecrow Main cast
2018 DuckTales Ghost of Christmas Present Episode: "Last Christmas!"
2021 Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years Patrick Star, additional voices Main cast
2021–Present The Patrick Star Show Patrick Star, Patgor, additional voices Lead role

Video games

Year Title Role Notes Source
1996 Disney's Animated Storybook: The Hunchback of Notre Dame Oafish Guard
2001 Nicktoons Racing Patrick Star
SpongeBob SquarePants: Operation Krabby Patty
SpongeBob SquarePants: SuperSponge
2002 SpongeBob SquarePants: Employee of the Month
SpongeBob SquarePants: Revenge of the Flying Dutchman
2003 SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom
2004 Nicktoons Movin'
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
2005 SpongeBob SquarePants: Lights, Camera, Pants!
Nicktoons Unite!
2006 SpongeBob SquarePants: Creature from the Krusty Krab
Nicktoons: Battle for Volcano Island
2007 Nicktoons: Attack of the Toybots
SpongeBob's Atlantis SquarePantis
2008 SpongeBob SquarePants featuring Nicktoons: Globs of Doom
2009 SpongeBob's Truth or Square
2010 SpongeBob's Boating Bash
2011 Nicktoons MLB
SpongeBob's Surf & Skate Roadtrip
2013 SpongeBob SquarePants: Plankton's Robotic Revenge Patrick Star/Clem
2015 SpongeBob HeroPants Patrick Star
2020 SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom – Rehydrated Archival recordings
2021 Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl Voiceover added in the June 2022 update
2022 Nickelodeon Extreme Tennis
2022 Nickelodeon Kart Racers 3: Slime Speedway
2023 SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake
2023 Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2

Television live action roles

  • Coach (1989–1997) (TV Series)
  • Stephen King's The Stand (1994) (TV Series) - Tom Cullen
  • Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1996) (TV Series) - Dirk
  • Oz (TV Series) (1998–1999) - Karl Metzger
  • The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy (TV Series) - Thud
  • Jackie Chan Adventures (2001) (voice) - Butch
  • Jimmy Neutron's Nicktoon Blast (2003) (voice) - Patrick Star
  • SpongeBob SquarePants B.C. (Before Comedy) (2004) - Patar (Caveman version of Patrick Star), Caveman
  • How I Met Your Mother (2005–2014) - Marvin Eriksen Sr.
  • A.T.O.M. (2005–2006) - Albert "Flesh"
  • Family Guy (2007) (voice) - Patrick Star (archive footage from The Campfire Episode; uncredited) - Road to Rupert
  • Kim Possible (2007) (voice) - Myron
  • According to Jim (2007) (TV Series) - Howard
  • Shrieking Violet (2007) - Larchmont
  • Phineas and Ferb (2009) - Frosty the Snowman
  • Handy Manny (2010) - Roland
  • Weeds (2012) - Police Academy Instructor
  • Robot and Monster (2012) - Lev Krumholtz
  • Growing Up Fisher (2014) - Ken Fisher
  • Crash & Bernstein (2014) - Jeff
  • Black-ish (2017) - Tom Avery
  • Mom (2018) - Sergeant Gene Rubenzer
  • I'm Dying Up Here (2018) - Chris Beverly
  • Young Sheldon (2021) - Officer Jake
  • Dynasty (2022) - Peter De Vilbes

Films

  • Perfect Strangers (1984)
  • Almost Partners (1987)
  • The Secret of My Success (1987)
  • Funny Farm (1988)
  • Loose Cannons (1990)
  • 3×3 Eyes (1991)
  • Porco Rosso (1992)
  • Playtoons (1994) (Additional Voices) - FLOOBS
  • The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) (voice) - Oafish Guard
  • Under Wraps (1997) - Harold/Ted
  • The Ultimate Christmas Present (2000) - Sparky
  • Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure (2001) (voice) - Mooch
  • Ken Park (2002)
  • Final Fantasy: Unlimited (2002) (voice) - Fungus (in some episodes)
  • Patrick the Snowman (SpongeBob SquarePants and Jimmy Neutron crossover short) (2002) (voice) - Patrick Star
  • Quigley (2003)
  • Balto III: Wings of Change (2004) (voice) - Ralph, Mr. Conner
  • The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004) (voice) - Patrick Star
  • Callback (2005)
  • The Madagascar Penguins in a Christmas Caper (2005) (voice) - Ted the Polar Bear
  • The Legend of Frosty the Snowman (2005) (voice) - Frosty the Snowman
  • The Endless Summer (SpongeBob SquarePants short) (2005) (voice) - Patrick Star
  • Finding Amanda (2008) - Larry
  • Space Buddies (2009) - Pi
  • Halloween II (2009) - Deputy Webb
  • Jennifer's Body (2009) - Jonas' Dad
  • The Artist (2011) - Policeman
  • Rosewood Lane (2011) - Hank Hawthorne
  • The Babymakers (2012) - Clark
  • SpongeBob SquarePants 4D: The Great Jelly Rescue (2013) - Patrick Star
  • The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water (2015) - Patrick Star
  • All In with Cam Newton (2016) - Himself
  • All Hail King Julien: Exiled (2017) - Hans, Hans Army
  • The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run (2021) - Patrick Star

Accolades

Year Film Award Category Result
2012 The Artist Critics' Choice Movie Awards Best Acting Ensemble Nominated

See also

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