He voices Cupid for the Nickelodeon show The Fairly OddParents. On one occasion, the producers required Kenny to fill the role of Charlie Adler, who was absent. Joe Murray auditioned Kenny for voice acting roles for Rocko's Modern Life in a casting call in Los Angeles, California. Kind of like a Munchkin but not quite, kind of like a kid, but not in a Charlie Brown child's voice on the TV shows.' Kenny said that he voices 'a lot of sweet yellow characters for some reason.' He described SpongeBob's voice as in between that of a child and an adult, stating 'Think a Stan Laurel, Jerry Lewis kind of child-man. After college, he performed stand-up comedy around the country for about eight years before he moved on to other venues. Kenny went to Bishop Grimes Junior/Senior High School, a Catholic high school. Describing Kenny's stand-up routines, Goldthwait said, 'Tom would get up there and talk about his therapist and he didn't even have a therapist, he just loved Woody Allen.' He and Goldthwait went to the event, and performed under the monikers Tomcat and Bobcat, respectively, as a tribute to Crimmins, after which Goldthwait used Bobcat as his stage name. In their mid-teens, they saw an ad for an open-mic night at Skaneateles that featured comedian Barry Crimmins with the moniker 'Bear Cat'. He met Bobcat Goldthwait in first grade and they became lifelong friends. As a young child, in the late 1960s and the 1970s, he loved drawing and collecting record albums. Kenny was born and raised in Syracuse, New York, to Theresa Bridget (Donigan) and Paul Austin Kenny. He often collaborates with his wife and fellow voice artist Jill Talley, who plays Karen on SpongeBob SquarePants. Kenny has won two Daytime Emmy Awards and two Annie Awards for his voice work as SpongeBob SquarePants and the Ice King. His live action work includes the comedy variety shows The Edge and Mr. Kenny has voiced many other characters, including Heffer Wolfe in Rocko's Modern Life, the Ice King in Adventure Time, the Narrator and Mayor in The Powerpuff Girls, Carl Chryniszzswics in Johnny Bravo, Dog in CatDog, Hank and Jeremy in Talking Tom and Friends, and Spyro from the Spyro video game series. He is known for voicing the titular character in SpongeBob SquarePants and associated media. Thomas James Kenny (born July 13, 1962) is an American actor and comedian.

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