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Tom Kenny

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Recent Role:
Tyler the Parrot on Happy Endings
Gender:
Male
Born:
7-13-1962
Birthplace:
East Syracuse, New York
Birth Name:
Thomas James Kenny
AKA:
Thomas J. Kenny
Tom Kenny was raised in East Syracuse, New York, where he later attended Catholic School. Tom Kenny was always fascinated with comic books and animated programs, which he read and watched on a constant basis, which permitted him to know more about the two subjects than anyone in his neighborhood. Tom Kenny idolized Bob Clampett and he did everything he could to learn as much as possible about animation; though Tom never imitated the voices of animated characters, as he preferred to create his own voices.

Tom Kenny began his entertainment career as a stand-up comedian in

More Boston, though he later went to San Francisco where he continued to perform stand-up comedy. However, he still credited his comedy career to the legends in animation, such as Tex Avery, rather than other comedians in the field. Tom didn’t initially plan to provide voices for a living, though one night when he was performing his comedy routine, there were some executives from Nickelodeon and Hanna-Barbera in the audience, who approached him with an offer to work with them, which changed his life forever.

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    10 Perfect

    Even at 49, Tom Kenny is one of the best actors out there.

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    While Tom Kenny doesn't really appear that much in live action movies, he is one of the best cartoon actors out there. While voicing in many Nick Cartoons, he mostly notably known for voicing SpongeBob and Gary from SpongeBob SquarePants. He also voices rabbit in the new movie Winnie the Pooh. Many of his voices have fit many animated characters, and has some of the most original and fascinating voices out there. Even still voicing SpongeBob SquarePants for 12 years, but he still voices SpongeBob perfectly no matter what. The way he acts too is so unimaginably great that I wished that I had him as a voice actor too. Despite voicing for many years, Tom Kenny remains and will remain one of the most talented voice actors out there. :D

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    10 Perfect
    What can I say?... he's an extremely talented voice actor hide show

    I think that Tom Kenny is by far the greatest voice actor that I have ever seen. He is extremely talented with his voice and he is known to be "The man with a thousand voices" which is true for me. I think that he does such an incredibly excellent job voicing as SpongeBob SquarePants in his cartoon "SpongeBob SquarePants". Tom Kenny is also very well known on a bunch of other cartoons such as "Camp Lazlo", "Codename: Kids Next Door", "The Fairly OddParents", "The Powerpuff Girls", "Scooby-Doo: Mystery Incorporated", "Dexter's Laboratory", "Rocko's Modern Life", "CatDog", "Cow and Chicken", "Johnny Bravo", "Foster's Home for Imaginery Friends", "My Gym Partner's a Monkey", and so much more cartoons that you can possibly think of. I don't know how he finds time to relax but this talented voice actor does a bunch of cartoons. He guest starred in two episodes of "True Jackson VP" as Bingo. He is even in the worst cartoon that I have ever seen on Cartoon Network called "Adventure Time" but he does a great job voicing as The Ice King as much as I despite that cartoon. He is also in films such as "Sky High", "Meet the Robinsons" and even "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen". I'm looking to watching Tom Kenny in his upcoming movies releasing in theaters this summer which are "Transformers: Dark of the Moon" and "Winnie the Pooh". Overall, this voice actor is so talented and I hope he goes as the years go by and he keeps SpongeBob on the air for a long time as well... Keep up the great work Tom Kenny. 10/10

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    he's an good guy hide show

    Tom Kenny is one of those actors that are in almost any cartoon in the Nickelodeon CartoonNetwork and the disney Channel. tom Kenny isn't quiet in a lot of Live action show he is mostly in Cartoons. Tom Kenny is famous for Voice one of the best cartoon Character in the World. Tom Kenny is the voice of the famous Nickelodeon cartoon Spongebob Sqaurepants. One of the things that I don't like about him is that in some cartoons he mostly uses the same voice like he uses his spongebob voice to voice pat from Handy Mandy but he is still a good guy

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    10 Perfect
    He is number One!!! hide show

    Tom Kenny is not only the best voice actor but he is my number 1 Voice actor!! every role is diffrent and he can prove his skills as an actor time and time again. He has a destinked (bad speller) tone to his voice that lets you know its him and love that film or programme. He can sing and he has proven this in spongebob and teen titans without losing character. my fav character he does is Raimundo Patroza (bad speller) from Xaiolin Showdown this is were i come to learn about him and to learn that he was the man behined the sponge!!!

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    10 Perfect
    Really good at voices. hide show

    Tom Kenny was raised in East Syracuse, New York, where he later attended Catholic School. Tom Kenny was always fascinated with comic books and animated programs, which he read and watched on a constant basis, which permitted him to know more about the two subjects than anyone in his neighborhood. Tom Kenny idolized Bob Clampett and he did everything he could to learn as much as possible about animation; though Tom never imitated the voices of animated characters, as he preferred to create his own voices.

    Overall he is a great actor and is really talented. Though I like his voice for Spogebob the best.

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