Bill Fagerbakke

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William Mark "Bill" Fagerbakke (; born 1957) is an American actor and voice actor. He is best known for his long-running roles as Patrick Star in the animated series SpongeBob SquarePants and 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.

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Early life

Fagerbakke, was born in October 4, 1957, in Fontana, California, 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.

College

Although he had multiple scholarship offers for college football, including Pac-8 schools, he decided to stay in state and attended the University of Idaho in Moscow. 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. 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. Head coach Ed Troxel planned on moving him to the offensive line in 1977, but a knee injury in spring drills ended Fagerbakke's athletic career, which turned his focus to theater. (The Vandals went 3-8 in 1977 and Troxel was fired; then 2-9 in 1978 under Jerry Davitch, one of the wins being a "no-show" forfeit.) Fagerbakke's first theatrical role was in a campus production of Godspell. 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." He later attended graduate school at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas.

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Career

Fagerbakke has appeared on television in roles such as assistant coach "Dauber" Dybinski on Coach, in movies, including Funny Farm, and several on-and-off Broadway stage shows. 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. He is the voice of Patrick Star on the Nicktoon, SpongeBob SquarePants. His character on Coach was based on a former assistant coach at Idaho, a graduate assistant nicknamed "Tuna."

In 2007, he made a cameo appearance on the show Heroes as Steve Gustavson in the episodes "Run" and "Unexpected." Fagerbakke has received critical acclaim as a thespian by the Screen Actors Guild and Juilliard School of Performing Arts for his roles as Shylock in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, and Torvald in Ibsen's A Doll's House. 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.

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Personal life

In September 2012, Fagerbakke filed for legal separation from his wife, actress Catherine McClenahan, citing irreconcilable differences.

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Filmography

Perfect Strangers (1984)
Almost Partners (1987)
The Secret of My Success (1987)
Funny Farm (1988)
Coach (1989-1997) (TV Series)
Loose Cannons (1990)
3×3 Eyes (1991)
Porco Rosso (1992)
Aaahh!!! Real Monsters (1994-1996) (Additional Voices)
Beethoven (1994) (TV Series)
Stephen King's The Stand (1994) (TV Series)
Gargoyles (Animated TV series - voice of Broadway) (1994)
Felidae (1994) (English dub) - Gus
Playtoons (1994) (Additional Voices) - FLOOBS
Dumb and Dumber (1995) (TV Series)
Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1996) (TV Series) - Dirk
Jumanji (1996-1999) (TV Series) Alan Parrish
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) (voice) - Oafish Guard
Under Wraps (1997) - Harold/ted
Oz (TV Series) (1998-1999) - Karl Metzger
The Wild Thornberrys (1998-2004) (voice) (TV Series) - Dank ("On the Right Track")
Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles (Animated TV series) - Sgt. Gossard (1999)
Dragon Tales (1999-2005) (TV series) (Additional Voices)
The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy (TV Series) - Thud

SpongeBob SquarePants (1999-Present) (voice) (TV Series) - Patrick Star, Cavey, Additional Voices (appeared in 245 episodes)
The Night of the Headless Horseman (1999) - Dolphus
The Ultimate Christmas Present (2000) - Sparky
Batman Beyond (2000) - Payback
Help! I'm a Fish (2000) (voice) - Shark (credited David Baterson)
Lloyd in Space (2001) (voice) (TV series) - Kurt Blobberts
Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure (2001) (voice) - Mooch
Ken Park (2002)
Final Fantasy: Unlimited (2002) (voice) - Fungus (in some episodes)
Patrick the Snowman (2002) (voice) - Patrick Star
Quigley (2003)
Jackie Chan Adventures (2001) (voice) - Butch
Jimmy Neutron's Nicktoon Blast (2003) (voice) - Patrick Star
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004) (voice) - Patrick Star
SpongeBob SquarePants B.C. (Before Comedy) (2004) - Patar (Caveman version of Patrick Star), Caveman
Balto III: Wings of Change (2004) (voice) - Ralph
Callback (2005)
The Madagascar Penguins in a Christmas Caper (2005) (voice) - Ted the Polar Bear
The Legend of Frosty the Snowman (2005) (voice) - Frosty the Snowman
The Endless Summer (SpongeBob SquarePants short) (2005) (voice) - Patrick Star
How I Met Your Mother (2005-2014) - Marvin Eriksen Sr.
W.I.T.C.H. (2006) - Gulch & Karl Deplerson ("V is for Victory")
Family Guy (2007) (voice) - Patrick Star (archive footage from The Campfire Episode; uncredited) - Road to Rupert
Kim Possible (2007) (voice) - Myron
According To Jim (2007) (TV Series) - Howard
Shrieking Violet (2007) - Larchmont
Finding Amanda (2008) - Larry
Bleach: Memories of Nobody (2008) - Various
Transformers Animated (2007) - Bulkhead, Master Disaster, Hot Shot, Additional Voices
Space Buddies (2009) - Pi
Halloween II (2009) - Deputy Webb
The Spectacular Spider-Man (2009) - Morris Bench
Jennifer's Body (2009) - Jonah's Dad
Phineas and Ferb (2009) - Frosty the Snowman
Handy Manny (2010 only) - Roland
Batman: The Brave and the Bold (2010) - Ronnie Raymond, Lead
Sym-Bionic Titan (2010) - Meat
Young Justice (2011) - Big Bear
The Artist (2011) - Policeman
Rosewood Lane (2011) - Hank Hawthorne
Weeds (2012) - Police Academy Instructor
Robot and Monster (2012) - Lev Krumholtz
The Babymakers (2012) - Clark
SpongeBob SquarePants 4D: The Great Jelly Rescue (2013) - Patrick Star
Wander Over Yonder (2013) - Prince Cashmere, Additional Voices
Growing Up Fisher (2014) - Ken Fisher, Ken (2014)
Crash & Bernstein (2014) - Jeff
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water (2015) - Patrick Star
All Hail King Julien (2015) - King Joey, Lazy Doug
All In with Cam Newton (2016) - Himself

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