Bill Fagerbakke

Bill Fagerbakke
Occupation	Actor

William "Bill" Fagerbakke (born October 4, 1957 in Fontana, California) is an American actor. Fagerbakke, who stands at 6'6" (1.98 meters), played football and appeared on television in such roles 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 retarded Tom Cullen in the 1994 mini-series Stephen King's The Stand. In 1999, he had a recurring role on HBO's original series Oz. Currently, Fagerbakke is known as the voice of Patrick Star on the SpongeBob SquarePants animated series. In 2007, he made a cameo appearance on the show Heroes as Steve Gustavson in the episodes "Run" and "Unexpected." Amongst his peers, Fagerbakke is known as a very serious method actor and 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, Torvald in Ibsen's A Doll's House, and most notably Dauber in Coach. Fagerbakke was involved in several controversial plot lines in Coach, including 'Dauber's Blow-Out' (Season 1, Episode 13) airing on June 7,1989 which involved a zany mixup.

Fagerbakke attended Minico High School in Rupert, Idaho, the University of Idaho (B.A. in theater arts), and Southern Methodist University . He is a member of Delta Tau Delta International Fraternity and currently owns a house in Fayetteville, Arkansas.

Selected filmography

• Transformers Animated (2008) Bulkhead (Transformers), Master Disaster
• Finding Amanda (2008) Larry
• Shrieking Violet (2007) Larchmont
• The Kid Animated Series (2007) Ñoño
• W.I.T.C.H. (TV series) (2006) Gulch & Karl Deplerson ("V is for Victory")
• The Legend of Frosty the Snowman (2005) (voice) Frosty the Snowman
• The Endless Summer (SpongeBob SquarePants short) (2005) (voice) Patrick Star
• The Madagascar Penguins in a Christmas Caper (2005) Ted the Polar Bear
• Callback (film) (2005)
• Balto III: Wings of Change (2004) (voice) Ralph
• SpongeBob Squarepants B.C. (Before Comedy) (2004) Caveman
• The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004) (voice) Patrick Star
• Quigley (film) (2003)
• Patrick the Snowman (2002) (voice) Patrick Star
• Ken Park (2002)
• Lady and the Tramp 2: Scamp's Adventure (2001) (voice)
• Lloyd in Space (2001) (TV series - Larry, Kurt)
• The Ultimate Christmas Present (2000)
• SpongeBob SquarePants (1999) (voice) (TV Series) Patrick Star
• The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy (TV Series) Thud
• Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles (Animated TV series - Sgt. Gossard (1999)
• Under Wraps (film) (1997)
• The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996 film) (1996) (voice)
• Jumanji (TV series) (1996) (TV Series) Alan Perrish
• Dumb and Dumber (1995) (TV Series)
• Gargoyles (TV series) (Animated TV series - voice of Broadway) (1994)
• The Stand (1994) (TV Series)
• Beethoven (TV series) (1994) (TV Series)
• Porco Rosso (1992)
• Loose Cannons (1990)
• Coach (TV series) (1989) (TV Series)
• Funny Farm (film) (1988)
• The Secret of My Succe$s (1987)
• Almost Partners (1987)

• Perfect Strangers (1984)

External links

• Bill Fagerbakke at IMDb
• Template:Voice actor

William Fagerbakke was known for a Patrick every whata-do.