Tom Kenny is an American actor, comedian, voice artist, and singer.
In live-action, he is known for his works in two comedy television series, The Edge, and Mr. Show. He even made a cameo as Mr. Timmerman in the 2005 Disney superhero film, Sky High.
Cited as one of the most famous voice artists and comedians in the animation industry, he is best known for his voice work as SpongeBob SquarePants in the long-running Nickelodeon series of the same name, the Ice King in Cartoon Network's Adventure Time, and Heffer Wolfe in Nickelodeon's Rocko's Modern Life. He has also done the voices of Scoutmaster Lumpus and Slinkman from Camp Lazlo, Rabbit from Winnie the Pooh (replacing Ken Sansom), The Narrator, Mayor of Townsville, Snake, and Lil' Arturo from The Powerpuff Girls, Knightbrace and Common Cold from Codename: Kids Next Door, Starscream from Transformers: Animated, Raimundo Pedrosa from Xiaolin Showdown, Eduardo from Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, Nathan Evo, Jetbug, Daniel Rocka, and Mysterious Villain from Hero Factory, Flain, Seismo, Teslo, Berp, Tungster, Booger, Screeno, Mysto, Blip, Munchstache, Banjoe and Brohawk from Mixels and many more.
His roles as SpongeBob and the Ice King earned him two Annie Awards.
For WordGirl, Kenny has voiced a wide array of characters, such as Dr Two-Brains, T.J. Botsford, Brent the Handsome Successful Everybody-Loves-Him Sandwich Making Guy, Warden Chalmers, Steve McClean, Razzmatazz, and Beau Handsome (replacing J.D. Cerna for the episode "Tell Her What She's Won!").
Similar to his work in SpongeBob SquarePants and Adventure Time, Kenny has earned praise from fans for the roles he took on in WordGirl, and the series has become one of the best-known TV series he was a part of.
Trivia[]
- He once commented that his favorite episode is "Chuck's Brother", because he can relate personally with the episode, as he too has an older brother that he often has sibling trouble with.
- He is a lover of words, vocabulary, and language.
- A particular thing he finds interesting about the series is that unlike other kids shows, each character has a certain obsession over something, such as WordGirl having an obsession with words, TJ having an obsession with WordGirl, Chuck having an obsession with sandwiches, Warden Chalmers having an obsession with eating his hat, and Dr. Two-Brains having an obsession with cheese.