Thomas James Kenny (July 13, 1962, Syracuse, New York, USA) is an American actor and comedian known for his long-running role as the title character in the SpongeBob SquarePants TV series, video games, and films.
Kenny has voiced many other characters including Heffer Wolfe in Rocko's Modern Life (1993–1996), the Ice King in Adventure Time (2010–present), the Mayor in The Powerpuff Girls (1998–2005), Dog in CatDog (1998–2005), and Spyro from the Spyro the Dragon franchise (1999–2002). His live-action work includes the comedies The Edge (1992–1993) and Mr. Show (1995–1998).Kenny has won two Annie Awards for his voice work as SpongeBob SquarePants and the Ice King.
Kenny has acted in many films and TV shows, debuting in How I Got Into College (1989) and later appeared in films such as Shakes the Clown (1991) and Comic Book: The Movie (2004). On television, he would host the "Music News" segments of Friday Night Videos in the early 1990s. He appeared in sketch comedy shows The Edge which aired on Fox from 1992–93, and Mr. Show which aired on HBO from 1995 to 1998, both roles in the show were as a regular cast member. He appears in the live-action segments of SpongeBob SquarePants as Patchy the Pirate, appeared on R.L. Stine's The Haunting Hour on the season four episode, "Uncle Howee" as Uncle Howee, a high-energy kids' show host with strange powers.
Joe Murray auditioned Kenny for voice acting roles for Rocko's Modern Life in a casting call in Los Angeles, California. On one occasion, the producers required Kenny to fill the role of Charlie Adler, who was absent. He voices Cupid for the Nickelodeon show The Fairly OddParents.
Joe Murray chose Kenny for several roles on another one of his projects, Camp Lazlo as Scoutmaster Lumpus and Slinkman, because Murray, after seeing Kenny's previous work for Rocko's Modern Life, felt that Kenny "adds writing to his roles" and "brings so much".
He voiced Dog in CatDog, as well as the voice of Cliff. He voices many characters in The Powerpuff Girls, including the Mayor, the Narrator, Mitch Mitchelson, Snake, and Little Arturo from the Gangrene Gang, Rainbow the Clown, etc. He voiced Eduardo, and various other characters in Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends, Dr. Two-Brains in the PBS Kids show, WordGirl and the villains Knightbrace, The Common Cold and Mr. Wink in Codename Kids Next Door.
| Year | Image | Character | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999-Present | 
|
SpongeBob SquarePants | SpongeBob SquarePants |
| 1999-Present | 
|
Gary | SpongeBob SquarePants |
| 2018-Present | 
|
Golden Brain | Spy Kids: Mission Critical |
| 2010-2018 | 
|
Ice King | Adventure Time |
| 2010-2018 | 
|
Gunter | Adventure Time |
| 2012-2014 | 
|
Coconut | The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange |
| 2010-2012 | 
|
Dirty Bubble | SpongeBob SquarePants |
| 2011 | 
|
Rabbit | Winnie the Pooh |
| 2004-2009 | 
|
Eduardo | Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends |
| 2007 | 
|
Mr. Willerstein | Meet the Robinsons |
| 2006 | 
|
Carl Chryniszzwics | Cartoon Network Racing |
| 2006 | 
|
SpongeBob SquarePants | SpongeBob SquarePants: Creature from the Krusty Krab |
| 2006 | 
|
Gary | SpongeBob SquarePants: Creature from the Krusty Krab |
| 2006 | 
|
Narrator | SpongeBob SquarePants: Creature from the Krusty Krab |
| 2006 | 
|
Skip Ricter | Cars |
| 2006 | 
|
Forest Animals | Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild |
| 2006 | 
|
Scouts | Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild |
| 2003-2006 | 
|
Raimundo Pedrosa | Xiaolin Showdown |
| 2003-2006 | 
|
Mumbo Jumbo | Teen Titans |
| 2005 | 
|
Mr. Tinkerton | The Legend of Frosty the Snowman |
| 1998-2005 | 
|
Dog | CatDog |
| 1998-2005 | 
|
Clifford "Cliff" Feltbottom | CatDog |
| 1998-2005 | 
|
Mayor of Townsville | The Powerpuff Girls |
| 2004 | 
|
SpongeBob SquarePants | Nicktoons Movin' |
| 1999-2004 | 
|
Carl Chryniszzwics | Johnny Bravo |
| 2003 | 
|
Operator 1 | The Animatrix |
| 2003 | 
|
Operator 2 | The Animatrix |
| 2001-2003 | 
|
Sigmund Freud | Time Squad |
| 2001-2003 | 
|
Jonathan Carnahan | The Mummy |
| 2002 | 
|
Sharper Image Chair | Eight Crazy Nights |
| 1999-2002 | 
|
Wally Langford | Mission Hill |
| 1998-2000 | 
|
N.I.G.E.L | Godzilla: The Series |
| 1995-1996 | 
|
Passerby 1 | Dumb and Dumber |
| 1995-1996 | 
|
Weeny | Dumb and Dumber |
| 1995-1996 | 
|
Thumbs | Dumb and Dumber |
| 1993-1996 | 
|
Heffer Wolfe | Rocko's Modern Life |
| 1993-1996 | 
|
Filburt | Rocko's Modern Life |