Tom Kenny was born on July 13, 1962 in Syracuse, New York. His open-mic night appearances and love of comedy in his teenage years led him to perform stand-up for eight years after college. He acted in many TV shows and films, including Rocko's Modern Life, a TV series on Nickelodeon. It was during this time that he met Stephen Hillenburg, who developed the SpongeBob SquarePants series. Tom Kenny would go on to become the voice actor for SpongeBob, his most famous role. He also voiced Gary the Snail, the French Narrator, and SpongeBob's father. In the live-action sequences, he played Patchy the Pirate. In 2018 and 2020, Kenny received the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program for his work in SpongeBob SquarePants.
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