John George O'Hurley Jr. (October 9, 1954, Kittery, Maine, USA) is an American actor and game show host. He played J. Peterman on the NBC sitcom Seinfeld, provided the voice for King Neptune on SpongeBob SquarePants, and hosted the game show Family Feud from 2006 to 2010. O'Hurley also hosted To Tell the Truth from 2000 to 2002 in syndication.
O'Hurley was born in Kittery, Maine, the son of Jean (February 14, 1930 – February 9, 2017), a housewife, and John George O'Hurley (January 18, 1928 – February 1, 2020), an ear, nose, and throat surgeon. O'Hurley attended Natick High School in Natick, Massachusetts, and Kingswood-Oxford School in West Hartford, Connecticut, but moved to DuBois, Pennsylvania, in ninth grade. He attended Cardinal Gibbons High School senior year, and graduated in 1972. O'Hurley graduated from Providence College in 1976 with a BA in Theatre.
O'Hurley performs charitable work for the Epilepsy Foundation due to the fact that his older sister, Carol O'Hurley, died in 1970 at the age of 17 due to epileptic seizures.
On Seinfeld, O'Hurley played J. Peterman, a fictionalized version of catalog-company entrepreneur John Peterman, from 1995 until the show's end in 1998. O'Hurley invested in the relaunch of The J. Peterman Company, and since 1999 has been a part-owner and member of the board of directors.
O'Hurley was a contestant on the first season of the television show Dancing with the Stars, which aired during mid-2005. O'Hurley and his dance partner Charlotte Jørgensen made it to the final competition, which they lost to ABC soap opera star Kelly Monaco.
| Year | Image | Character | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-Present | 
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Mr. Slate | Fruity Pebbles |
| 2003-2005 | 
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Captain Star Johnson | Duck Dodgers |