Bill Fagerbakke

Bill Fagerbakke
Fagerbakke in 2024
Born
William Fagerbakke

(1957-10-04) October 4, 1957 (age 67)
Fontana, California, U.S.
EducationUniversity of Idaho (BA)
Southern Methodist University (MFA)
OccupationActor
Years active1984–present
Spouse
Catherine McClenahan
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(m. 1989; sep. 2012)​
Children2

William Fagerbakke (/ˈfeɪɡərbɑːki/ 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

Bill Fagerbakke was born on October 4, 1957,[1] in Fontana, California,[2] 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.[3]

Although he had multiple scholarship offers for college football, including Pac-8 schools, Fagerbakke decided to stay in state and attended the University of Idaho in Moscow.[3] 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.[4] 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.[5] Head coach Ed Troxel planned on moving him to the offensive line in 1977,[6] but a knee injury in spring drills ended Fagerbakke's athletic career, which turned his focus to theater.[5]

Fagerbakke's first theatrical role was in a campus production of Godspell.[3] 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."[7][8] He later attended graduate school at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas.[3][9]

Career

Fagerbakke in 2009

Fagerbakke has appeared on television in roles such as assistant coach "Dauber" Dybinski on Coach, and in films, including Funny Farm.[10] 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."[11]

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 the fifth season of Dynasty as Peter de Viblis. His daughter Carson portrays Peter's daughter Patty.

Personal life

In 1989, Fagerbakke married actress Catherine McClenahan, with whom he had two daughters, one of which is actress Carson Fagerbakke.[12][13][14] In September 2012, he filed for legal separation from McClenahan, citing irreconcilable differences.[15]

Filmography

Television voice roles

Year Title Role Notes Source
1990 3×3 Eyes Steve Long [16]
1994 Beethoven Caesar / Roger's Dad Main cast
1994–1996 Gargoyles Broadway / Hollywood Main cast (season 1),
recurring role (season 2)		 [16]
1994–1995 Aaahh!!! Real Monsters Troop Leader / Tiny / Carl 3 episodes [16]
1995–1996 Dumb and Dumber Harry Dunne, various voices Main cast [16]
1996–1999 Jumanji Alan Parrish Main cast
1999–present SpongeBob SquarePants Patrick Star, additional voices Main cast [16]
1999 Timon & Pumbaa Bigfoot Episode: "Bigfoot, Littlebrain"
1999 The Wild Thornberrys Dank Episode: "On the Right Track" [16]
1999 The Night of the Headless Horseman Dolphus Television film
1999–2000 Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles Sgt. Gossard Main cast
2000 Batman Beyond Payback Episode: "Payback" [16]
2001–2004 Lloyd in Space Kurt Blobberts Main cast [16]
2002 Final Fantasy: Unlimited Fungus
2002 Jackie Chan Adventures Butch Episode: "Pleasure Cruise"
2005 The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy Thud, Grandpa, Clerk Episode: "The Firebird Sweet"
2005–2006 A.T.O.M. Flesh
2007 Family Guy Patrick Star Episode: "Road to Rupert"; archival footage (uncredited)
2007 Kim Possible Myron Episode: "Larry's Birthday"
2007–2009 Transformers Animated Bulkhead, Master Disaster, Hot Shot, additional voices Recurring role [16]
2009 The Spectacular Spider-Man Morris Bench Episode: "Shear Strength" [16]
2010 Batman: The Brave and the Bold Ronnie Raymond, Lead, Helium 4 episodes [16]
2010–2011 Sym-Bionic Titan Meat 5 episodes
2011–2022 Young Justice Bear 3 episodes [16]
2011–2012 Handy Manny Roland 2 episodes
2012 Robot and Monster Lev Krumholtz 2 episodes
2013–2016 Wander Over Yonder Prince Cashmere, additional voices 3 episodes [16]
2015–2017 All Hail King Julien King Joey, Lazy Doug, Hans, Rat DJ, Leonard 9 episodes [17][16]
2017 Pig Goat Banana Cricket Banana's Dad Episode: "Flower for Burgerstein" [16]
2017 American Dad! Strannix Episode: "The Long Bomb"
2017–2020 Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz Scarecrow, various voices Main cast [16]
2018 DuckTales Ghost of Christmas Present Episode: "Last Christmas!" [16]
2021 Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years Patrick Star, additional voices Main cast [16]
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 Nick Tunes Patrick Star [16]
Nicktoons Racing
SpongeBob SquarePants: Operation Krabby Patty [16]
SpongeBob SquarePants: SuperSponge [16]
2002 SpongeBob SquarePants: Employee of the Month [16]
SpongeBob SquarePants: Revenge of the Flying Dutchman [16]
2003 Nickelodeon Toon Twister 3-D [16]
SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom [16]
2004 SpongeBob SquarePants: Typing [16]
Nicktoons Movin'
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie [16]
2005 SpongeBob SquarePants: Lights, Camera, Pants! [16]
Nicktoons Unite! [16]
2006 SpongeBob SquarePants: Creature from the Krusty Krab
Nicktoons: Battle for Volcano Island [16]
2007 Nicktoons: Attack of the Toybots [16]
SpongeBob's Atlantis SquarePantis [16]
2008 SpongeBob SquarePants featuring Nicktoons: Globs of Doom [16]
2009 SpongeBob's Truth or Square [16]
2010 SpongeBob's Boating Bash [16]
2011 Nicktoons MLB [16]
SpongeBob's Surf & Skate Roadtrip
2013 SpongeBob SquarePants: Plankton's Robotic Revenge Patrick Star, Clem [16]
2015 SpongeBob HeroPants Patrick Star [16]
2020 SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom – Rehydrated Archival recordings [18]
2021 Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl Voiceover added in the June 2022 update [16]
2022 Nickelodeon Extreme Tennis [16]
2022 Nickelodeon Kart Racers 3: Slime Speedway
2023 SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake [16]
2023 Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2 [16]
2024 SpongeBob SquarePants: The Patrick Star Game [16]

Television live action roles

Year Title Role Notes Source
1989–1997 Coach Michael "Dauber" Dybinski
1994 The Stand Tom Cullen Miniseries
1997 Sabrina the Teenage Witch Dirk Episode: "Cat Showdown"
1998–1999 Oz Karl Metzger 3 episodes
2005–2014 How I Met Your Mother Marvin Eriksen Sr. 12 episodes
2007 According to Jim Howard Episode: "All the Rage"
2012 Weeds Police Academy Instructor Episode: "Allosaurus Crush Castle"
2014 Growing Up Fisher Ken Fisher 4 episodes
2014 Crash & Bernstein Jeff Episode: "Escape from Bigfoot Island"
2016 All In with Cam Newton Himself Episode: "All In with Josh"
2017 Black-ish Tom Avery Episode: "One Angry Man"
2018 Mom Sergeant Gene Rubenzer Episode: "Phone Confetti and a Wee Dingle"
2018 I'm Dying Up Here Chris Beverly 3 episodes
2019 Unbelievable Detective Pruitt 3 episodes [19]
2021–2023 Young Sheldon Officer Jake 4 episodes
2022 Dynasty Peter de Viblis Episode: "Devoting All of Her Energy to Hate"

Film

Year Title Role Notes Source
1984 Perfect Strangers Carl
1987 The Secret of My Success Ron
1988 Funny Farm Lon Criterion
1990 Loose Cannons Giant
1992 Porco Rosso Mamma Aiuto Gangster (voice)
1996 The Hunchback of Notre Dame Oafish Guard (voice) [16]
1997 Under Wraps Harold, Ted
2000 The Ultimate Christmas Present Sparky Television film
2001 Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure Mooch (voice) Direct-to-video [16]
2002 Ken Park Bob
2003 Atlantis: Milo's Return Sven (voice) Direct-to-video [16]
2003 Quigley Security Guard Londo
2004 The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie Patrick Star (voice) [16]
2005 Balto III: Wings of Change Ralph, Mr. Conner (voice) [16]
2005 The Madagascar Penguins in a Christmas Caper Ted the Polar Bear (voice) Short film [16]
2005 The Legend of Frosty the Snowman Frosty the Snowman (voice) Direct-to-video [16]
2008 Finding Amanda Larry
2009 Space Buddies Pi
2009 Halloween II Deputy Webb
2009 Jennifer's Body Jonas' Dad
2011 The Artist Policeman
2011 Rosewood Lane Hank Hawthorne
2012 The Babymakers Clark
2015 The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water Patrick Star (voice) [20]
2021 The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run [21][16]
2024 Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie [22]
2025 Plankton: The Movie [22]
2025 The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants [23]

Other

Accolades

Year Film Award Category Result
2012 The Artist Critics' Choice Movie Awards[24] Best Acting Ensemble Nominated

References

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  2. ^ "Bill Fagerbakke Biography (1957-)". www.filmreference.com. Retrieved January 3, 2019.
  3. ^ a b c d White, Vera (July 31, 1997). "Football not enough for Fagerbakke". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. (Idaho-Washington). p. 1C.
  4. ^ "Bad news for Idaho: Joe Pellegrini lost". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). October 5, 1976. p. 16.
  5. ^ a b "Idaho yearly results: 1975-79". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on October 8, 2012. Retrieved December 19, 2012.
  6. ^ Payne, Bob (November 28, 1976). "Vandals on the rise?". Spokesman-Review. p. D5.
  7. ^ "Actor uses experience at Idaho for role in Coach". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. January 8, 1991. p. 5B.
  8. ^ Delts.org Archived 2010-05-15 at the Wayback Machine - famous members - Delta Tau Delta - accessed 2012-03-01
  9. ^ Stalwick, Howie (January 6, 1991). "Dippy Dybinski is smart off screen". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. C4.
  10. ^ Douglas, Patrick (January 14, 2008). "Interview with Bill Fagerbakke". thecultureshock.com. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved June 2, 2009.
  11. ^ "Bill Fagerbakke". Waycross Journal-Herald. Associated Press. January 8, 1991. p. P-4.
  12. ^ "Happy birthday to my beautiful daughter Hannah Fagerbakke. I am so proud to be your mum. You are a delight and a joy and have been for the last 27 years! I love you sweetheart! ❤️❤️❤️". facebook.com.
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  22. ^ a b Cobb, Kayla; Taylor, Drew (June 6, 2024). "Netflix Announces 'Plankton: The Movie' Set in the 'SpongeBob SquarePants' Universe". TheWrap. Retrieved September 28, 2024.
  23. ^ Gardner, Chris (April 11, 2024). "'The Smurfs Movie' Sets Starry Cast to Join Rihanna; Dave Bautista, Eric Nam Board 'Airbender' Franchise". The Hollywood Reporter.
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