Bill Fagerbakke

Bill Fagerbakke
Bill Fagerbakke
	Fagerbakke in 2022
Born	William Fagerbakke; October 4, 1957 (age 66); Fontana, California, U.S.
Education	University of Idaho (BA); Southern Methodist University (MFA)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1984–present
Spouse	Catherine McClenahan (m. 1989; sep. 2012)
Children	2

William Fagerbakke (/ˈfeɪɡərbɑːki/ FAYG-ər-bahk-ee; born October 4, 1957)^[1] 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,^[2] 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.^[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 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 season 5 of Dynasty portraying Peter De Vilbes while his daughter Carson portrays Peter's daughter Patty.

Personal life

In 1989, Fagerbakke married actress Catherine McClenahan, with whom he had two daughters.^[1] In September 2012, he filed for legal separation from McClenahan, citing irreconcilable differences.^[12]

Filmography

Television voice roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
1990	3×3 Eyes	Steve Long		^[13]
1994	Beethoven	Caesar / Roger's Dad	Main cast
1994–1996	Gargoyles	Broadway / Hollywood	Main cast (season 1), recurring role (season 2)	^[13]
1994–1995	Aaahh!!! Real Monsters	Troop Leader / Tiny / Carl	3 episodes	^[13]
1995–1996	Dumb and Dumber	Harry Dunne, various voices	Main cast	^[13]
1996–1999	Jumanji	Alan Parrish	Main cast
1999–present	SpongeBob SquarePants	Patrick Star, additional voices	Main cast	^[13]
1999	Timon & Pumbaa	Bigfoot	Episode: "Bigfoot, Littlebrain"
1999	The Wild Thornberrys	Dank	Episode: "On the Right Track"	^[13]
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"	^[13]
2001–2004	Lloyd in Space	Kurt Blobberts	Main cast	^[13]
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	^[13]
2009	The Spectacular Spider-Man	Morris Bench	Episode: "Shear Strength"	^[13]
2010	Batman: The Brave and the Bold	Ronnie Raymond, Lead, Helium	4 episodes	^[13]
2010–2011	Sym-Bionic Titan	Meat	5 episodes
2011–2022	Young Justice	Big Bear	3 episodes	^[13]
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	^[13]
2015–2017	All Hail King Julien	King Joey, Lazy Doug, Hans, Rat DJ, Leonard	9 episodes	^[14]^[13]
2017	Pig Goat Banana Cricket	Banana's Dad	Episode: "Flower for Burgerstein"	^[13]
2017	American Dad!	Strannix	Episode: "The Long Bomb"
2017–2020	Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz	Scarecrow, various voices	Main cast	^[13]
2018	DuckTales	Ghost of Christmas Present	Episode: "Last Christmas!"	^[13]
2021	Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years	Patrick Star, additional voices	Main cast	^[13]
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		^[13]
	Nicktoons Racing
	SpongeBob SquarePants: Operation Krabby Patty			^[13]
	SpongeBob SquarePants: SuperSponge			^[13]
2002	SpongeBob SquarePants: Employee of the Month			^[13]
2002	SpongeBob SquarePants: Revenge of the Flying Dutchman			^[13]
2003	Nickelodeon Toon Twister 3-D			^[13]
2003	SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom			^[13]
2004	SpongeBob SquarePants: Typing			^[13]
	Nicktoons Movin'
	The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie			^[13]
2005	SpongeBob SquarePants: Lights, Camera, Pants!			^[13]
2005	Nicktoons Unite!			^[13]
2006	SpongeBob SquarePants: Creature from the Krusty Krab
2006	Nicktoons: Battle for Volcano Island			^[13]
2007	Nicktoons: Attack of the Toybots			^[13]
2007	SpongeBob's Atlantis SquarePantis			^[13]
2008	SpongeBob SquarePants featuring Nicktoons: Globs of Doom			^[13]
2009	SpongeBob's Truth or Square			^[13]
2010	SpongeBob's Boating Bash			^[13]
2011	Nicktoons MLB			^[13]
2011	SpongeBob's Surf & Skate Roadtrip
2013	SpongeBob SquarePants: Plankton's Robotic Revenge	Patrick Star, Clem		^[13]
2015	SpongeBob HeroPants	Patrick Star		^[13]
2020	SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom – Rehydrated		Archival recordings	^[15]
2021	Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl		Voiceover added in the June 2022 update	^[13]
2022	Nickelodeon Extreme Tennis			^[13]
2022	Nickelodeon Kart Racers 3: Slime Speedway
2023	SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake			^[13]
2023	Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2			^[13]

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	^[16]
2021–2023	Young Sheldon	Officer Jake	4 episodes
2022	Dynasty	Peter De Vilbes	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)		^[13]
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	^[13]
2002	Ken Park	Bob
2003	Atlantis: Milo's Return	Sven (voice)	Direct-to-video	^[13]
2003	Quigley	Security Guard Londo
2004	The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie	Patrick Star (voice)		^[13]
2005	Balto III: Wings of Change	Ralph, Mr. Conner (voice)		^[13]
2005	The Madagascar Penguins in a Christmas Caper	Ted the Polar Bear (voice)	Short film	^[13]
2005	The Legend of Frosty the Snowman	Frosty the Snowman (voice)	Direct-to-video	^[13]
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)		^[17]
2021	The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run			^[18]^[13]
2024	Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie			^[19]
2025	The Plankton Movie			^[20]