Thomas James Kenny (born July 13, 1962, in East Syracuse, New York) is an American voice actor and comedian perhaps best known for his work in the animated series SpongeBob SquarePants, in which he is the voice of SpongeBob, the narrator, and Gary among others. Aside from voice acting, Kenny was a cast member of the HBO sketch comedy program, Mr. Show and the short-lived Fox sketch show, The Edge, where he worked with Jill Talley, whom he subsequently married. He also hosts the show Funday Night at the Movies on TCM. This show tries to encourage kids to watch "old movies." Kenny got his start in comedy performing stand-up with people such as Wendell E. Wild Jr. and Barry Crimmons. He is good friends with voice overs Bill Fagerbakke and Clancy Brown. He also voices in the show Out Of Jimmy's Head.
Tom Kenny grew up in East Syracuse, New York. When Tom was young he was into comic books, drawing funny pictures and collecting records. Tom turned to stand-up comedy in Boston and San Francisco. This led to appearances on every cable show spawned by the stand-up epidemic of the 80's and 90's as well as stints on "Dennis Miller Show, The" (1992), "Pat Sajak Show, The" (1989), "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" (1993) and "Late Night with David Letterman" (1982). Tom was a regular on Fox TV's "Edge, The" (1992) and spent a year as the host of NBC's "Friday Night Videos" (1983). His mainstream television appearances include "Brotherly Love" (1995) and David Alan Grier's sitcom debacle, "Preston Episodes, The" (1995). Tom supplies the voice for "Heffer" the cow on Nickelodeon's "Rocko's Modern Life" (1993) and Hanna Barbera's "Top Cat" (1961), as well as regular performances on The Cartoon Network's "Dexter's Laboratory" (1996), "Justice League" (2001), "Powerpuff Girls, The" (1998), and "Johnny Bravo" (1997). Tom joined the cast of "Mr. Show with Bob and David" (1995) where he met his future wife Jill Talley. Together they've teamed up on Comedy Central's _Comedy Product (1996)(TV)_qv), the stage show "The Show With Two Heads", HBO's "Not Necessarily the Election" (1996), the Smashing Pumpkins' "Tonight, Tonight" video and Travis (I) "Sing" video.
