Biography
Who is Mike Henry?
Early life and education
Mike Henry: Michael Robert Henry was born in Pontiac, Michigan, on November 7, 1965. His parents were artists, and he grew up in Richmond, Virginia, alongside his younger brother Patrick. After his parents divorced when he was eight years old, he and his brother were raised mainly by their mother. He received a scholarship to attend the Collegiate School, a local preparatory institution.
Following high school, Mike attended Washington and Lee University. He graduated in 1988 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in history. During his time at the university, he served as class president from his sophomore year through his senior year.
Career beginnings
At the age of twenty-four, Mike worked briefly in advertising before moving to California to pursue a career in acting. While living in Los Angeles, he took classes at the Groundlings Theater and performed stand-up comedy. After three years in California, he returned to Virginia to write, direct, and act in his own short comedy films.
During this period in Virginia, Mike frequently acted in student films created by his brother Patrick at the Rhode Island School of Design. Through these student projects, Mike met Seth MacFarlane. He later relocated to New York City to study improvisation at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater and acted in various commercials.
Family Guy and The Cleveland Show
In 1998, Seth MacFarlane contacted Mike about joining a new animated project titled Family Guy. Mike accepted the offer and joined the show as a writer and voice actor. He originally based the voice of Cleveland Brown on a man he had once played basketball with. Over the course of the series, he also voiced characters such as Herbert, Bruce, and Consuela.
Mike later co-created the spin-off series The Cleveland Show, which premiered on Fox on September 27, 2009. He served as an executive producer and voiced the titular character Cleveland Brown along with Rallo Tubbs. The animated series ran for four seasons and a total of eighty-eight episodes before concluding in 2013.
Personal life and marriages
Mike married Linda Murray in 2002. The couple shared a son together before divorcing in 2005 after three years of marriage. He subsequently married his second wife, Sara Voelker, in 2007, and they have a daughter together.
In June 2020, Mike announced that he was stepping down from voicing the character Cleveland Brown after twenty-one years in the role. He stated that characters of color should be portrayed by actors of color. He continued to voice other characters on Family Guy following his departure from the Cleveland Brown role.
Birthday and age
Mike Henry was born on November 7, 1965, which makes Mike 60 years old today. That birthday falls under the Scorpio sign. Mike shares the date with 29 other famous people.
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