List of characters in the Family Guy franchise
Set in the fictional towns of
Appearances
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Peter Griffin | Seth MacFarlane | M | G | M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stewie Griffin | M | G | M | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Brian Griffin | M | G | M | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lois Griffin | Alex Borstein | M | G | M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chris Griffin | Seth Green | M | G | M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Meg Griffin | Lacey Chabert | M | G | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mila Kunis | M | G | M | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cleveland Brown | Mike Henry | R | M | R | M | M | G | |||||||||||||||||||||
Arif Zahir | M | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Glenn Quagmire | Seth MacFarlane | R | M | G | G | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Joe Swanson | Patrick Warburton | G | R | M | G | G | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Donna Tubbs-Brown
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Sanaa Lathan | G | G | R | M | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Cleveland Brown, Jr.
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Mike Henry | R | G | G | G | R | G | R | G | R | G | |||||||||||||||||
Kevin Michael Richardson | M | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rallo Tubbs
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Mike Henry | G | R | G | R | G | R | R | G | M | ||||||||||||||||||
Roberta Tubbs
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Reagan Gomez-Preston | G | R | G | R | G | R | M | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Tom Tucker | Seth MacFarlane | R | G | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diane Simmons | Lori Alan | R | G | G | G | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Jonathan Weed | Carlos Alazraqui | R | G | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Loretta Brown | Alex Borstein | G | R | G | G | G | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Bonnie Swanson | Jennifer Tilly | G | R | G | G | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Rupert | David Boat | G | R | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kevin Swanson | Scott Grimes | G | R | G | R | G | R | |||||||||||||||||||||
Bruce | Mike Henry | G | R | G | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jake Tucker | Seth MacFarlane | G | R | G | R | G | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Judge Dignified Q. Blackman | Phil LaMarr | G | R | G | R | G | G | G | ||||||||||||||||||||
God | Seth MacFarlane | G | R | G | R | G | R | R | G | R | ||||||||||||||||||
Jesus | G | R | R | G | G | R | G | R | G | G | ||||||||||||||||||
Alec Sulkin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Carter Pewterschmidt | Seth MacFarlane | R | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Babs Pewterschmidt | Alex Borstein | R | G | R | G | R | G | R | G | R | ||||||||||||||||||
Mayor Adam West
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Adam West | R | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tricia Takanawa | Alex Borstein | R | G | R | G | G | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Death | Adam Carolla[a] | R | G | G | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Elmer Hartman | Seth MacFarlane | R | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Evil Monkey | Danny Smith | R | G | R | G | G | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Horace | John G. Brennan | R | R | G | G | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Jim Kaplan | Danny Smith | R | G | R | G | G | G | G | ||||||||||||||||||||
Neil Goldman | Seth Green | R | G | R | G | R | G | |||||||||||||||||||||
Ernie The Giant Chicken | Danny Smith | G | G | R | G | R | G | R | G | R | G | R | G | |||||||||||||||
Connie D'Amico | Lisa Wilhoit
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Jasper | Seth MacFarlane | G | R | G | G | G | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Principal John Shepherd | Gary Cole | G | R | R | G | R | G | R | ||||||||||||||||||||
Francis Griffin | Charles Durning | G | R | G | G | G | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Thelma Griffin | Phyllis Diller | G | R | G | G | G | G | |||||||||||||||||||||
John Herbert
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Mike Henry | R | G | G | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mort Goldman | John Brennan | R | G | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Muriel Goldman | Nicole Sullivan | R | G | R | G | G | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Seamus Levine | Seth MacFarlane | G | R | G | R | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Ollie Williams | Phil LaMarr | G | R | G | R | G | G | R | G | R | G | G | ||||||||||||||||
Carol West | Julie Hagerty | G | G | R | G | G | G | |||||||||||||||||||||
Greased-Up Deaf Guy | Mike Henry | G | R | G | G | G | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Angela | Carrie Fisher | R | G | R | R | G | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Esther | Christina Milian | R | G | G | G | R | G | G | ||||||||||||||||||||
Patty | Martha MacIsaac | R | G | G | G | R | G | |||||||||||||||||||||
Ruth Cochamer | Emily Osment | R | G | G | R | G | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Opie | Mark Hentemann | R | G | R | G | R | G | R | R | G | ||||||||||||||||||
James William Bottomtooth III | Chris Sheridan | R | R | G | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jesse | Mike Henry | G | R | G | R | G | G | G | ||||||||||||||||||||
Al Harrington | Danny Smith | R | G | G | R | G | G | R | G | |||||||||||||||||||
James Woods | James Woods | G | G | R | G | G | G | |||||||||||||||||||||
Elle Hitler | Alex Borstein | G | G | R | G | R | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Carl | H. John Benjamin
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Jillian Russell-Wilcox | Drew Barrymore | R | G | R | R | G | G | |||||||||||||||||||||
Fouad | Mike Henry | G | R | G | G | R | G | |||||||||||||||||||||
R.J. | G | G | R | G | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Consuela | R | G | R | G | R | G | R | G | ||||||||||||||||||||
Tomik & Bellgarde | John Viener | G | R | G | G | G | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Alec Sulkin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Susie Swanson | Patrick Stewart | R | R | R | R | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Ida Davis | Seth MacFarlane | G | G | R | G | R | G | R | G | R | G | |||||||||||||||||
Jerome | Kevin Michael Richardson | G | G | R | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Joyce Kinney | Christine Lakin | R | G | R | G | R | G | R | G | |||||||||||||||||||
Stella | Marlee Matlin | G | R | G | G | R | G | |||||||||||||||||||||
Vinny | Tony Sirico | R | G | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Miss Tammy | Rachael MacFarlane | R | G | R | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bert & Sheila | Bryan Cranston | R | G | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Niecy Nash | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Doug | Chris Parnell | G | R | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wild Wild West | Sam Elliott | R | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preston Lloyd | Peter Macon | R |
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The Griffin Family
Peter Griffin
Peter Löwenbräu Griffin (voiced by Seth MacFarlane) is the patriarch of the Griffin household, a 46-year-old Irish-American blue-collar worker and the "family guy" of the show's title. For most of the series, Peter is shown as an obese, unintelligent, lazy, outspoken, childish, and eccentric alcoholic.
Lois Griffin
Lois Patrice Griffin (née Pewterschmidt) (voiced by Alex Borstein) is the matriarch of the Griffin household, Peter's wife, and the mother of Meg, Chris, and Stewie. She is 45-years-old, and is of German and Jewish descent.
Meg Griffin
Megan "Meg" Griffin (voiced by Lacey Chabert in seasons 1 & 2, Mila Kunis from season 3 onwards) is the Griffins' 18-year-old daughter and eldest child. She is a self-conscious, insecure, and sensitive teenager who is more often than not ridiculed and ignored by the people around her.
Chris Griffin
Christopher Cross "Chris" Griffin (voiced by Seth Green) is the Griffins' 15-year-old son and middle child. He is a friendly, laid-back, and slow-witted teenager who is a younger version of Peter physically, but intellectually, he often shows more potential, as demonstrated from moments of coherence and articulation within his speech.
Stewie Griffin
Stewart Gilligan "Stewie" Griffin (voiced by Seth MacFarlane) is the Griffins' 1-year-old child, but often behaves in adult ways such as speaking in an exaggerated upper-class British accent dialect.
Brian Griffin
Brian Griffin (voiced by Seth MacFarlane) is the family's 10-year-old (70 in human years)
Extended Griffin family members
The characters listed below are the extended family of the Griffin family that come from either Peter's side of the family, Lois' side of the family, and the occasional members of Brian's family:
- Francis Griffin (voiced by Catholic, he hates Lois because she is not a Catholic, and often calls her a "Protestant whore", disapproves of his stepson's family's lifestyle, and frequently attempts to force his religious views on them. In "Peter's Two Dads", Francis attends Meg's 17th birthday party, and is crushed by a drunk Peter while attempting a unicycle trick to entertain the party guests as "Pee-Pants the Inebriated Hobo Clown". The injuries prove fatal, and as Francis is dying in the hospital, his last words to Peter before his death are, "Peter… you're a fat, stinking drunk."
- Mickey McFinnigan (voiced by Seth MacFarlane) is Peter's biological father, Lois' father-in-law and the biological paternal grandfather of Meg, Chris and Stewie. He lives in Ireland and is regarded as the town drunk (a highly respected position) in his neighborhood. Peter travels to meet him after he learns that Francis, who had just died, was not his biological father. He looks just like Peter, albeit he also wears a green vest and has a red beard, and has a talking sheep named O'Brian, with similar mannerisms to Brian. Despite that, he refuses to believe Peter is his son, so Peter then challenges him to a drinking contest and wins, which convinces him he is Peter's father.
- Thelma Griffin (voiced by Florence Stanley in the first appearance, Phyllis Diller in later appearances and Alex Borstein as a young woman in "Don't Be a Dickens at Christmas") – Wife of Francis, mother of Peter, mother-in-law of Lois and paternal grandmother of Meg, Chris, and Stewie. She is an 85-year-old Irish American Catholic. In "Mom's the Word", it is revealed that Thelma has died of a stroke.
- Aunt Helen (Ellen Albertini Dow) is Peter Griffin's aunt and Thelma Griffin's sister and paternal grand-aunt of Meg Griffin, Chris Griffin and Stewie Griffin.
- Chip Griffin (voiced by Seth MacFarlane) is Peter's vestigial twin brother, who appears in "Vestigial Peter". After he is surgically separated from the side of Peter's neck, Chip lives in the Griffin household for a short while before leaving, eventually landing a role on The Middle.
- Karen "Heavy Flo" Griffin (voiced by Peter's Sister". She is the paternal aunt of Meg, Chris and Stewie and sister-in-law of Lois. Karen is a professional wrestler.
- Carter Pewterschmidt (voiced by Seth MacFarlane) is Lois' father, Babs' husband, Peter’s father-in-law and the maternal grandfather of Meg, Chris, and Stewie. He is a cruel and selfish 72-year-old WASP old money billionaire industrialist, shipping mogul, and owner of several major companies. He despises Peter and does not approve of his marriage to Lois.
- Barbara "Babs" Pewterschmidt (voiced by Jewish American Holocaust survivor.
- Carol Pewterschmidt-West (voiced by Carol Kane in the first appearance, Julie Hagerty in later appearances) is Lois' sister, Peter’s sister-in-law and the maternal aunt of Meg, Chris and Stewie. She has been married and divorced nine times. Due to all of her marriages and divorces, her full formal name is Carol Pewterschmidt-Johnson-Carrington-Stone-O'Craggity-Canseco-Shteinholtz-Washington-Proudfoot-Fong-West.
- Patrick Pewterschmidt (voiced by Robert Downey Jr. in the first appearance, Oliver Vaquer in the second appearance) is the 46-year-old elder brother of Lois and Carol and the maternal uncle of Meg, Chris and Stewie, and Peter's brother-in-law. His mother and father kept him secret from Lois as he was committed to a mental institution as a result of trauma from witnessing his mother having an affair with Jackie Gleason. After Peter unintentionally causes him to snap, he begins murdering fat men by strangling them and becomes known as "The Fat Guy Strangler". In the episode "Killer Queen", Patrick helps the Griffins track down an assailant who is trying to strangle Chris to death.
- Jasper (voiced by Seth MacFarlane) is Brian's stereotypical flamboyantly homosexual 4-year-old cousin. Brian stays with him in Hollywood in "Brian Does Hollywood". Jasper's partner is a Filipino man named Ricardo, whom he marries in "You May Now Kiss the... Uh... Guy Who Receives".
- Bertram (voiced by The Big Bang Theory", the latter of which sees him traveling back in time to attempt to kill Stewie's ancestor, Leonardo da Vinci; although he succeeds, Stewie kills him and manages to save his own existence, as well as the entire universe (as Stewie became responsible for the Big Bangin the events of the episode).
- Dylan Flannigan (voiced by Seth Green) is Brian's human son. He first appears in "The Former Life of Brian". His mother Tracy was devastated when Brian left her. After Brian apologizes to Dylan for not being there for him, Brian turns his son's life around, making him into a charming, polite young man. Dylan then decides to leave the Griffin house and change his mother like Brian changed him. In "Brian's a Bad Father", Dylan returns as the star of a Disney Channel show.
- Biscuit is Brian's deceased mother who appears in a flashback of "Road to Rhode Island". She was stuffed by her owners after her death. Brian would go on to give her a proper burial. Biscuit is also seen during a flashback in "Chris Cross".
- Coco is Brian's deceased father who has never appeared on screen, but has been mentioned several times by Brian. According to Brian, Coco was racist towards African-Americans, and died after being run over by a milk truck.
Throughout the series, mainly during the first seasons, Peter often mentions various ancestors of the Griffin family, which are shown in cutaway gags.
The Brown/Tubbs family
Cleveland Brown
Cleveland Orenthal Brown Sr. (voiced by Mike Henry from 1999-2021, Arif Zahir from 2021–present[1]) is a portly 42-year-old African-American man who is very polite to everyone and has a unique laugh. He was one of Peter Griffin's best friends in Family Guy and also owned and ran a deli. In the "Pilot" of The Cleveland Show, he moves to the town of Stoolbend, Virginia to show his son where he grew up, unintentionally meeting up with his old friend Donna, whom he was in love with despite her being unaware. Eventually re-sparking his relationship with her, they get married and he and his son move in with her and her two children. Cleveland is usually depicted as exceedingly gentle and patient, and it is only on rare occasions that he has been known to lose his temper and resort to violence. However, Cleveland gets visibly annoyed with racist behavior. He often acts as the voice of caution when other characters hatch harebrained schemes. Cleveland's speech is slow and almost elongated in Family Guy, but in The Cleveland Show his voice has a wide variety. Various flashbacks give conflicting histories of his speech patterns. He is shown as a more sexual, obnoxious, unintelligent, selfish, and violent character in his new form than he was originally. After the show wasn't renewed for a fifth season, Cleveland would move back to Quahog (and Family Guy) in the twelfth season, now working as a mailman.
Loretta Brown
Loretta Brown (voiced by Alex Borstein) is Cleveland's late ex-wife and the mother of Cleveland Brown Jr. in Family Guy. In early episodes, Loretta had a minimal quantity of lines, the bulk of which were "Mm-hmm!". She treated Cleveland harshly, and eventually cheated on him with Glenn Quagmire, leading them to divorce. She had a liking for cricket and the television program Friends. In The Cleveland Show episode "Gone With the Wind", she dies in a freak accident back in Quahog when in her 40s because Peter accidentally swings a Brontosaurus skeleton found by Brian from a mobile crane into her house, destroying it and causing her to fall from the second floor in her bathtub (in a similar manner to Cleveland in a running gag on Family Guy), only for her neck to snap. She was buried in Stoolbend, and left her fortune to Cleveland Jr. in her will.
Donna Tubbs-Brown
Donna Lou Retten Tubbs-Brown (née Tubbs) (voiced by Sanaa Lathan), is the second and current wife of Cleveland Brown. She is 42 years old and works as the principal's secretary at Stoolbend High School. She has two biological children from her previous marriage with Robert Unknown (His last name is literally "Unknown", which is a joke later in the series), Roberta and Rallo, and she has kept her maiden name (seen in "Pilot", Cleveland says, "Back in high school, I would have given anything to spend the night at Donna Tubbs' house."). While one of the main characters of The Cleveland Show, as of "He's Bla-ack!", she has now taken on the former role of the late Loretta as a recurring character of Family Guy.
Cleveland Brown Jr.
Cleveland Orenthal Brown Jr., (also referred to as Cleveland Raj Rerun Dwayne Brown)
Roberta Tubbs
Roberta Coretta Tubbs (sometimes Roberta Benigni Tubbs) (voiced by Nia Long and later Reagan Gomez-Preston) is the 15-year-old biological daughter of Donna and her ex-husband, Robert, Rallo's sister, Cleveland's stepdaughter and Cleveland Jr.'s stepsister. She looks up to Tyra Banks, hoping to one day become her co-hostess. A relatively popular girl in school, Roberta is often seen socializing with her friends, both in person, and using phones/social networking websites. She has been dating a less-than-respectable boy named Gabriel "Federline Jones" Friedman. Donna does not approve of Federline, though Cleveland has since managed to bully him into submission. As with many popular students, Roberta often acts as a bully and a self-centered character, even towards her own family members. She is also revealed to be a genius in The Cleveland Show Season 3 episode "B.M.O.C.", when she went on a college tour to Cleveland's alma mater, State.
Neither Roberta nor her brother Rallo are initially pleased with the arrival of Cleveland and Cleveland Brown Jr., though both appear to accept their mother marrying Cleveland without much issue. In fact, Roberta and Cleveland seem to fall into a rather stereotypical father/daughter relationship, with Roberta being embarrassed by her stepfather's behavior when he attends social functions at her school. Eventually she accepts Cleveland as her father. While one of the main characters of The Cleveland Show, as of "He's Bla-ack!", she is now occasionally referred to and less frequently seen on Family Guy. She's also the only member of the Tubbs family that has yet to speak in Family Guy (the video game Family Guy: The Quest for Stuff is not considered a speaking role).[3]
Rallo Tubbs
Montclair "Rallo" Tubbs (voiced by Mike Henry) is the 5-year-old biological son of Donna and her ex-husband, Robert, Roberta's brother, Cleveland's stepson and Cleveland Jr.'s stepbrother. Despite his age, and the fact his father has been mostly absent most of his life, Rallo acts much like Robert, behaving at times very articulate, yet hormonally charged. He seems to get along fairly well with his mother, Donna and has a normal love/hate relationship with Roberta, who at times seems to neglect him, yet at other times speaks to him as an intellectual equal.
In The Cleveland Show Season 3 episode "American Prankster", Cleveland asks Donna why his name is Rallo. Donna replies to that question by stating it was from "that guy from Sanford and Son." (referring to Rollo Larson). One of the main characters of The Cleveland Show, as of "He's Bla-ack!", he is now an infrequently-appearing cast member of Family Guy.
Extended Brown family members
- Evelyn "Cookie" Brown (voiced by Frances Callier) is Cleveland's mother and Cleveland Brown Jr.'s paternal grandmother. Her first appearance was in the episode "A Brown Thanksgiving". She deeply cares for her son and is prone to babying him, but also often stands by her husband. She is hypercritical of her new daughter-in-law Donna, having never forgiven her for spurning Cleveland in favor of Robert in high school, although Cleveland is quite oblivious to their rough relationship. In "Baby Stewie", Cookie is stated to have died of a heart attack.
- LeVar "Freight Train" Brown (voiced by Craig Robinson) is Cleveland's 63-year-old father, whose first appearance is in the episode "A Brown Thanksgiving". He tends to take his wife for granted and is often verbally and physically abusive to Cleveland; the latter is revealed to be because of the latter's ineptitude at a family game show when he was a kid, costing the Browns a victory.
- Broderick Brown is Cleveland's brother and Cleveland Brown Jr.'s uncle who is a doctor who first appears in the Our Gang", where it is revealed that he left his career as a plastic surgeon in Quahog to enlist in the navy, and he rescues Cleveland and Cleveland Jr. from a drug gang by trading Afghani heroin to the gang for their freedom.
- Robert (voiced by Corey Holcomb) is Donna's 42-year-old ex-husband and the biological father of Roberta and Rallo. At the start of the show, he had grown negligent of the statuses of his children, not even knowing their names or ages, which convinced Donna to accept Cleveland as her true love.
- Kevin "Auntie Momma" Tubbs (voiced by Kym Whitley as a female and Kevin Michael Richardson as a male) is Donna's caring, lovable, eccentric aunt who is in her 60s. She is a large, fat woman whose appearance and mannerisms are a parody of Tyler Perry's character Madea. Auntie Momma was originally Donna's Uncle Kevin and when Donna was younger, her parents were never around. So Uncle Kevin creates the character of Auntie Momma in order to provide Donna with a strong female influence in her life.
- Dorothy "Dee Dee" Tubbs (voiced by Phylicia Rashād) is Donna Tubbs' long-lost mother, Cleveland's mother-in-law, Cleveland Brown Jr.'s step grandmother, and Roberta and Rallo's grandmother. In the Season Three episode "Mama Drama", they are reunited once again, and she becomes a recurring character for the remainder of the series. In the last episode of Season 4, Dee Dee begins a relationship with Robert (her daughter's ex-husband), and they adopt a 5-year-old Chinese boy named Quang Quang. In the Season 14 episode Candy, Quahog, Marshmallow!, it is revealed Dee Dee committed suicide.
- Quang Quang (later Hong-Kong-Phooey) is the 5-year-old adopted Chinese boy of Dee Dee and Robert. This would make him Donna's adopted brother, Cleveland's adopted brother-in-law, Cleveland Brown Jr.'s adopted step-uncle, and both the adopted brother and uncle of Roberta and Rallo, who Donna refers to as their "bruncle". Near the end of the episode, Quang Quang was christened with the new name Hong-Kong-Phooey by Reverend Jenkins.
Neighbors and their relatives
Spooner Street
- Doug (voiced by 80's Guy", Doug reveals that he mainly antagonizes Stewie because he's intimidated by his brilliance and envious of his hair. He later dies in a commuter plane crash in "The Candidate".
- Internal Affairs", Herbert's ice cream truck is hijacked and destroyed during one of Peter and the Giant Chicken's fighting rampages. In an interview, Henry stated that he based Herbert's voice on an old man he used to meet at a grocery store.[4] Before the character was used for the show, Mike would use the Herbert voice to motivate stalled writers at meetings.[citation needed] He also appeared in The Cleveland Show episode "It's the Great Pancake, Cleveland Brown" as Cleveland Jr.'s first house when he was trick or treating. In "Valentine's Day in Quahog", it is revealed that Herbert's first name is John and that he has a grandniece named Sandy.
Quagmire family
- US Navy, but is best known for his extreme sexuality and saying "Giggity", "Alright" or yelling "Oh!" after innuendos.
- Crystal Quagmire (voiced by Fore, Father" and Allison Janney in "Quagmire's Mom") is the mother of Glenn, Gary and Brenda Quagmire, the grandmother of Anna Lee and Courtney, and the wife of Dan. Her first appearance was in "Fore Father" where she is seen in a flashback breastfeeding Glenn. Crystal was once very promiscuous and neglectful of her son, but it is revealed that prior to the events of the episode "Quagmire's Mom", she has become a born-again Christian.
- Ida Davis (voiced by Seth MacFarlane) – Born Daniel Quagmire,[5] she is the father of Glenn, Gary and Brenda Quagmire, the grandfather of Anna Lee and Courtney, and the ex-husband of Crystal Quagmire, first appearing in the episode "Quagmire's Dad" where she undergoes a sex change operation. Like her son, Ida is a military veteran, and was a war hero in the Vietnam War. She also has an on-again off-again relationship with Brian.
- Brenda Quagmire (voiced by Alex Borstein in "Jerome Is the New Black" and Kaitlin Olson in "Screams of Silence: The Story of Brenda Q") is the sister of Glenn and Gary Quagmire, the aunt of Anna Lee and Courtney, and the daughter of Dan and Crystal, who used to be in an abusive relationship with a man named Jeff Fecalman, whom Quagmire murders in retribution.
- Gary Quagmire is the brother of Quagmire and Brenda, the uncle of Anna Lee and Courtney, and the son of Dan and Crystal. That was mentioned in "Jerome Is the New Black" and "Screams of Silence: The Story of Brenda Q". In "Jerome Is the New Black", he is stated to be deaf.
- Anna Lee (voiced by Mae Whitman) is Quagmire's infant daughter that was revealed in "Quagmire's Baby". She was the result of a one-night stand and was left on his doorstep.
- Courtney Quagmire[6] (voiced by Mandy Moore) is the biological daughter of Glenn Quagmire as revealed in the episode "No Giggity, No Doubt". She is one of Quagmire's several daughters like Anna Lee.
Swanson family
- Joe Swanson (voiced by impotence and incontinence. Joe still proves to be an extremely skilled police officer, as he is constantly seen pursuing criminals or rescuing victims with the aid of his wheelchair and even goes so far as to abandon his wheelchair to complete his work.
- Bonnie Swanson (voiced by Jennifer Tilly) is Joe's calm and soft-spoken 46-year-old wife who is the mother of Kevin and Susie Swanson, and the daughter-in-law of Bud Swanson. She is pregnant from her first appearance in "A Hero Sits Next Door" in season one until "Ocean's Three and a Half" in season seven, in which she gives birth to her and Joe's daughter Susie.
- Kevin Swanson (voiced by Seth MacFarlane in early appearances and Scott Grimes in later appearances) is Joe and Bonnie's 25-year-old son. He was mainly seen in the first three seasons, only making a few occasional appearances after that with no speaking parts. He enlisted in the US Army and served in the Iraq War but after witnessing American treatment of Iraqi civilians he chooses to desert, faking his death after a cellphone bomb attached to a turkey kills his platoon on Thanksgiving. He returns to his parents in episode "Thanksgiving". He is shown to have depression, behavioral disorders and PTSD.
- Susie Swanson (inner monologue provided by Patrick Stewart) is Joe and Bonnie's 1-year-old daughter who was born in the episode "Ocean's Three and a Half".
- Bud Swanson (voiced by Papa Has a Rollin' Son". Peter and friends set up Bud to visit his son in Quahog for Father's Day, only to learn from Joe that his father frequently makes fun of handicapped people and he doesn't know his own son is now a paraplegic, so Peter and Joe pretend to be each other in front of Bud in hopes that he won't find out the truth.
Goldman family
- Mort Goldman (voiced by Johnny Brennan) is a pharmacist who is of Polish-Jewish descent, and one of Peter's friends. He runs Goldman's Pharmacy and was married to Muriel Goldman, with whom he had one son, Neil. Mort's family are stereotypes of American Jews, but Mort is a decent person who gets along well with people in Quahog. He gets remarried to a woman named Rachel in Season 19, though she has yet to appear in any later episodes.[citation needed]
- Neil Goldman (voiced by Seth Green) is Mort's stereotypically nerdy son who is Chris' best friend at James Woods Regional High School, despite differing ages. He is also shown to be a classmate of Meg's and has a borderline-obsessive crush on her, although he seems to have gotten over this crush as of Season 13, "Once Bitten". He is the editor of the school's newspaper, is a member of the A/V Club, and works at his father's pharmacy where he is employee of the month.
- Muriel Goldman (voiced by Nicole Sullivan) is Mort's 42-year-old wife and Neil's mother, whose physical appearance is very similar to her husband's. She met Mort via a video dating service, and they had their first kiss at age fourteen while both were suffering from a cold. Muriel died in "And Then There Were Fewer", where she is stabbed by Diane Simmons upon becoming a witness to her plot to kill James Woods and frame Tom Tucker.
- Rachel Goldman (voiced by Courtenay Taylor) is Mort's second wife and Neil's stepmother. She makes her appearance in the episode “The Marrying Kind” where she and Mort have their wedding in New Orleans.
Grace Street
In The Cleveland Show, a number of characters live on the same street as the Brown family. All were seen attending the wedding of Cleveland and Donna Brown.
Bear family
- Tim (voiced by Skip Day") and lives with his wife, Arianna, and his son, Raymond. He becomes Cleveland's drinking buddy at The Broken Stool, where he also converses with Holt and Lester.
- Arianna (voiced by Arianna Huffington) is the wife of Tim and one of Cleveland and Donna's neighbors in Stoolbend. Arianna has a son named Raymond. Like her son and husband, Arianna is a brown bear.
- Raymond (voiced by Nat Faxon) is the teenage son of Tim and Arianna and neighbors with Cleveland and Donna in Stoolbend. He appears briefly in the pilot at Cleveland and Donna's wedding.
Krinklesac family
- Lester Krinklesac (voiced by beer gut. He becomes Cleveland's drinking buddy at The Broken Stool, conversing with Tim and Holt.
- Kendra Krinklesac (voiced by Aseem Batra) is the wife of Lester the redneck. While having been slender in her early life, Kendra is now obese and uses a mobility scooter to get around.
- Ernie Krinklesac (voiced by Glenn Howerton) is the 17-year-old son of Lester and Kendra, and Cleveland Jr.'s best friend. Ernie first appeared in the episode "Pilot" at Cleveland and Donna's wedding.
- (Unnamed Sister) is Lester's unnamed sister, who is a stripper.
- Princess is Krinklesac family's pet opossum.
Richter family
- Holt Richter (voiced by Jason Sudeikis) is a frat boy wannabe.
- Mrs. Richter (voiced by Stacy Ferguson) – The unnamed and unseen mother of Holt who lives with him and still treats him like a child.
- General Richter (voiced by Will Arnett) is the strict father of Holt who works in the military.
Choni's family
- Choni (voiced by Rosie Perez) is the aunt of Cecilia, the aunt-in-law of Cleveland Brown Jr., and the mother of Marco. She is the owner of a Mexican restaurant called, Choni's Cantina.
- Cecilia Moreno-Brown (voiced by Elia Saldana) is the 16-year-old niece of Choni and wife of Cleveland Jr. who works at her aunt's restaurant but she wants to go to college to become a nurse.
- Marco is Choni's young son, Cleveland Brown Jr.'s cousin-in-law and Cecilia's cousin. He is only shown in the episode "There Goes El Neighborhood" when Choni asks Cleveland to babysithim while she went out.
- Sofía Vergara (voiced by herself) – In The Cleveland Show, Sofía Vergara appears in the Mexican segment of "Wide World of Cleveland Show" where she is depicted as the fictional aunt of Cecilia.
Co-workers
The following characters have worked with Peter and Cleveland at different jobs:
Happy-Go-Lucky Toy Factory
- Mr. Jonathan Weed (voiced by Lois Kills Stewie", Stewie tells Lois, before attempting to shoot her, "Say hello to Cleveland for me, Oh, and Mr. Weed".[7]
Peter's ship
- Santos and Pasquale (voiced by Denis Martell and Mark Peredes) are a pair of The Cleveland-Loretta Quagmire". In this episode, Pasquale saves Joe's life after he nearly drowns by using CPR. This prompts Lois to demand that Peter take CPR classes in order to learn what to do should the situation happen again.
Pawtucket Brewery
- Pawtucket Pat (voiced by Michael McKean) is the original Willy Wonka-like owner and mascot of the Pawtucket Patriot Brewery. So far, he has only appeared in the season 2 episode "Wasted Talent" and was mentioned in the season 4 episode "Jungle Love" when Peter started working at his brewery stating that Pat sold his brewery. A public statue of his ancestor - also called Pawtucket Pat - in the eponymous episode "Pawtucket Pat" becomes the center of controversy when it is revealed that he stole the recipe for Pawtucket Patriot Ale from the Narragansett tribe. After a publicized debate on whether or not the statue should be torn down, a group of Narragansett descendants intervene and their leader gives his say, stating that the pressing issue is not the injustices that Native Americans have faced in the past, but how society can help Native Americans today. Following this, the statue is relocated to the Quahog Museum.
- Opie (voiced by Carlsbad Caverns") and is replaced by a deaf woman named Stella. He makes a cameo crowd appearance when Peter proposes reinstating the city government in "Tea Peter". Opie can also be seen as Stewie rides through town under Brian's car in "Family Guy Viewer Mail 2". In "The Simpsons Guy", Opie attended the trial in Springfield between Duff Beer and Pawtucket Patriot Ale. In "Underage Peter", it is revealed that Opie is not disabled, but rather he spoke gibberish due to being constantly under the influence of alcohol.
- Angela (voiced by Carrie Fisher) was the former overseer of the Pawtucket Brewery's shipping department, and the supervisor of Peter, Opie, and later Stella. She likes Opie far better than Peter, and treats Peter very coldly, repeatedly rewarding Opie as employee of the month. However, Angela fires Opie in "The Blind Side". Peter tried to befriend her based on her love of animals, but ended up horrifying her by staging a bloody cockfight in her house. In "Peter-assment", Angela sexually assaults Peter after he comes to work without wearing his glasses (which were broken at the time). After Peter refused to have sex with her and cheat on Lois, she tried to gas herself in her car. After Peter rescued her, it was revealed that she has not dated anyone in ten years. Feeling sorry for her, Peter disguised himself as a stereotypical 1920s New York billionaire and had sex with her. Angela knew it was really Peter, but what she did not know was that Peter, as a means of remaining faithful to Lois, hid Mort Goldman (who did it for $2) in his pants so it was Mort who actually had sex with her, not Peter. In "The Simpsons Guy", Angela attended the trial in Springfield between Duff Beer and Pawtucket Patriot Ale. Following Carrie Fisher's unexpected death on December 27, 2016, Seth MacFarlane revealed that Angela would appear on at least two more episodes that Fisher had already done voiceover work on in season 15, but would not comment on the character's future except by saying that "Family Guy will miss [Fisher] immensely."[8] Her final appearance was during the sixteenth-season episode "Don't Be A Dickens At Christmas", aired on December 10, 2017. The episode "Pawtucket Pete" states that Angela had died after going swimming less than 20 minutes after she had eaten, presumably by way of getting a stomach cramp and drowning, as claimed in Peter's eulogy for her. (Peter mentions to the audience, "That's a real thing, kids – listen to your mothers.")
- Bert and Sheila (voiced by Bryan Cranston and Niecy Nash) are an interracial husband and wife who become the new managers of the Pawtucket Brewery Shipping Department in "Pawtucket Pete" following the death of Angela. They were hired to replace Angela because Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder's "Ebony and Ivory" was the favorite song of one of the Pawtucket Brewery's shareholders. The characters were dropped before season 20 for unknown reasons and they were succeeded by Preston Lloyd.
- Fouad (voiced by Padre de Familia", Peter suspects that Fouad may be an illegal immigrant and is angered because of it. Fouad's voice is also heard off-camera in a DVD exclusive scene in "Three Kings". In "The Shawshank Redemption" segment, Captain Byron Hadley (played by Seamus) yells for lights out calling the inmates "ladies" and Fouad replies that it is funny because they are men.
- Stella (voiced by Marlee Matlin) is an attractive deaf worker at the Pawtucket Brewery. She debuted in "The Blind Side" as Opie's successor.
- Preston Lloyd (voiced by Peter Macon) is the no-nonsense overall manager of the Pawtucket Brewery who succeeds Bert and Sheila in season 20. Despite managing a brewery, he finds alcohol repulsive and does not drink. He speaks in a deep, monotone voice.
Waterman Cable
- Lloyd Waterman (voiced by Bruce McGill) is the head of Waterman Cable who hires Cleveland to be a salesman. His workers are Terry and Tim the Bear.
- Terry Kimple (voiced by Jason Sudeikis) is Cleveland's 42-year-old best friend from highschool who once took the fall for him when the two were busted for smoking marijuana.
- Arch (voiced by Mike Henry) is an employee of Waterman Cable. He seems to be very serious, being quite a stickler when it comes to office etiquette.
- Aaron (voiced by Alec Sulkin) is one of Cleveland's co-workers. He once helped Cleveland win a Civil War reenactment of "The Battle of Stoolbend" against B. Emerson Plunkett V.
- Florence (voiced by Mike Henry) is Lloyd Waterman's assistant who seems to be more favored than the other employees.
- Jane (voiced by Stacy Ferguson) is a worker at Waterman Cable.
- Tori (voiced by Rutina Wesley) is a worker that first appears in "Frapp Attack". She becomes friends with everyone in the office, especially Cleveland (much to Donna's dismay).
Students and teachers
Adam West High School
The following characters make up the school body of Adam West High School (previously named James Woods Regional High School):
- Principal John Shepherd (voiced by Crimes and Meg's Demeanor", Principal Shepherd's first name is revealed to John, and he lives in an apartment building across from the building that is managed by Lou Spinazola. After a confrontation with Stewie and Brian over what appeared to have been him killing his ex-wife Fiona, which ended with Brian falling out of the window, Principal Shepherd admitted to the police and the medic about him living off food taken from the school to make ends meet when the police find the bag that supposedly leaked blood.
- Mr. Berler (voiced by Seth MacFarlane) is one of Meg's teachers at James Woods Regional High School. In "The Kiss Seen Around the World", he disagrees with Neil Goldman's selection of James T. Kirk as the better Star Trek captain supporting Captain Jean-Luc Picard as the superior officer. In "The Simpsons Guy", Mr. Berler made a cameo at the trial in Springfield between Duff Beer and Pawtucket Patriot Ale.
- Connie D'Amico (voiced by Connie's Celica", her harassment of Lois as the school's new music teacher earns her expulsion. In revenge, she (unsuccessfully) attempts to fake her death in a car accident (by putting Peppa Pigin a blonde wig in the driver's seat) and frame Lois for murdering her by dismantling the brakes. It’s implied that Connie was arrested as she hasn't been seen since.
- Gina (voiced by Alex Borstein in earlier appearances and Camille Guaty in later appearances, Nina Dobrev in "Trading Places") is a popular student and cheerleader at James Woods Regional High School who is Connie D'Amico's best friend.
- Beth (voiced by Lisa Wilhoit) is a blonde girl who is one of Meg's friends in the early seasons. She disappears from the main group without explanation after the sixth season.
- Esther (voiced by Peter's Daughter", Christina Milianin later episodes) is an African-American girl who is one of Meg's friends.
- Patty (voiced by Alexandra Breckenridge in "Barely Legal", Barclay DeVeau in "Halloween on Spooner Street", Martha MacIsaac in later episodes) is a redheaded girl who is one of Meg's friends. She has two mothers, implying that her biological mother is a lesbian. Brian briefly had a crush on her after realizing she has a more attractive body than she seems.[9]
- Ruth Cochamer (voiced by Natasha Melnick in earlier appearances, Emily Osment in later appearances) is one of Meg's friends. Her tongue is supposedly cut off during her and Meg's trip to Paris when they are kidnapped in "Leggo My Meg-O". In later episodes however, she converses normally. She has at least once hinted to have a crush on Lois, but tried to keep it under wraps.
Stoolbend High School
- Principal Wally Farquhar (voiced by Will Forte) is the 42-year-old Principal of Stoolbend High and a former high-school classmate of Cleveland's. He hates both Cleveland and Terry because they bullied him in high school.
- Gabriel Friedman (voiced by Jamie Kennedy) – more commonly known as Federline Jones, is Roberta's Jewish classmate and boyfriend. He is a reference to rapper Kevin Federline/"K-Fed".
- Oliver Wilkerson (voiced by jock and school bully at Stoolbend High School. He is the captain of the school football teamand often teases and torments Cleveland Jr. He leads the popular kids at his school and his closest friends are apparently Derek, Laine, and Reggie, although they are often seen without him.
- Derek (voiced by letterman's jacketand is on the school softball team and possibly the football team as well. When he attempts to join the others in making fun of other students (notably Cleveland Jr.), he goes much too far by often making incredibly inappropriate comments (such as describing things as "gay"), much to Laine's anger.
- Laine (voiced by Alec Sulkin) is one of Oliver's friends at Stoolbend High School. He is apparently the most intelligent of Oliver's main group of friends.
- Reggie (voiced by Clarence Livingston) is one of Oliver's friends at Stoolbend High School. He is most likely the most humorous of Oliver's gang. His catchphrase is "Whoa!" and he reveals early in the series to have testicular cancer.
- Kenny West (voiced by Kanye West) is the slick rapper of Stoolbend High. He first appears in "Brotherly Love". Cleveland Jr. and Kenny get in a rap battle to impress a girl. Then he re-appeared in the first episode in season 2 where Cleveland Brown helped to jump start Kenny's musical career. He has a daughter named Candace who is the same age as Rallo.
Harper Elementary School
- Mrs. Hadassah Lowenstein (voiced by Hebrew and Yiddish.
- Julius Nemeth (voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson) is one of Rallo's best friends, along with Walt, who attends Harper Elementary School. He writes a blog titled "Out & About with Julius".
- Walt Fuller (voiced by Al Thompson) is one of Rallo's best friends, along with Julius, who attends Harper Elementary School.
- Theodore Parker Jr. III (voiced by T-Pain) is one of Rallo's friends at Harper Elementary School. He is good friends with Bernard.
- Bernard Bernard (voiced by will.i.am) is one of Rallo's friends at Harper Elementary School. He is good friends with Theodore.
- Hot Wheels (voiced by Mike Henry) is one of the kids at Harper Elementary School. He wears roller blades. Despite being in kindergarten, he already shows signs of being part of an "alternative lifestyle". He resembles former American Idol contestant Adam Lambert.
Other recurring characters
Quahog Channel 5 News
- Tom Tucker (voiced by Seth MacFarlane), is the arrogant, baritone male news anchor at Channel 5. He was also an actor before moving to Quahog.
- Diane Simmons (voiced by Lori Alan), is the station's 40-year-old former news co-anchor and talk show hostess. In "And Then There Were Fewer", Diane orchestrates a plot to murder James Woods and frame Tom Tucker for the crime; in the process, she murders Quagmire's date Stephanie, Woods' girlfriend Priscilla, Muriel Goldman, and Derek Wilcox. When Lois finds her out, she takes her hostage and attempts to kill her on a cliffside, but she is shot with a sniper rifle by Stewie, who wishes to kill Lois himself and falls to her death.
- Joyce Kinney (voiced by Christine Lakin), is the station's latest news co-anchor who was introduced in the episode "Excellence in Broadcasting" as a successor to the late Diane Simmons. She is 45 years old and went to the same high school as Lois, who pulled a prank on her in front of the entire school, and as revenge, years later, she broadcast a news story about Lois having starred in a pornographic film in an attempt to get the entire city of Quahog to shun her and her family. Her birth name was Joyce Chevapravatdumrong; she uses the surname Kinney in professional work.
- Tricia Takanawa (voiced by Alex Borstein from 1999-2021). Typically referred to as "Asian reporter Tricia Takanawa" by her colleagues, she speaks in a nasal monotone cadence that Borstein has described as "all presentation and no substance". She is confirmed as being Japanese in Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story.
- Ollie Williams (voiced by Stewie Kills Lois".
West family
- Blue Harvest". As of "Brothers & Sisters", he marries Lois' sister Carol thus making him Peter and Lois' brother-in-law and the uncle-by-marriage of Meg, Chris and Stewie. In "The Simpsons Guy", Mayor Adam West attended the trial in Springfield between Duff Beer and Pawtucket Patriot Beer where he was sitting next to Mayor Joe Quimby. In "Adam West High", Mayor Adam West has passed away as Brian persuades Principal Shepherd to rename his high school after him. The episode "Wild Wild West" marked the debut of Mayor West's cousin of the same name.
- Wild Wild West (voiced by Sam Elliott) is Mayor Adam West's rural cousin who is in his 60s just like his cousin. In his titular debut episode, Peter requests he run for mayor of Quahog following the death of Adam and he chooses to run, defeating his competitor, the librarian Elle Hitler (who claims she is of "no relation"). He offhandedly mentions killing a man twice in his debut and owns a farm where he raises livestock including sentient mustaches.
- Old West (voiced by Gerald McRaney) is Mayor Wild West's father and Mayor Adam West's uncle. He is an outlaw who abandoned his family to keep his own son from becoming one himself. Every year on Father's Day Mayor Wild West ambushes his father for abandoning him and his mother. They eventually make up. He appears in episode 12 of season 21.
- Allen (voiced by Tony Hale) is Mayor Wild West's step-father who steps in to fill the void in Mayor Wild West's life after being abandoned by Old West. It's revealed in episode 12 of season 21 that he doesn't believe in vaccines.
Quahog residents
- Bruce Straight (voiced by Stewie is Enceinte", adopting Stewie's human-dog hybrid puppies at an animals shelter with Bruce. Bruce is also noted for his tendency to give unsolicited advice about mundane subjects, often during critical events. This occurs most notably during his training as a 911 operator. When a victim calls to report a man in her home, he provides tips for being a good host to unexpected guests. In "The Simpsons Guy", Bruce attended the trial in Springfield between Duff Beer and Pawtucket Patriot Ale where he was sitting next to Waylon Smithers. In "Meg's Wedding", Bruce briefly had a romantic relationship with Meg. However, they ended it on the wedding day and Bruce finally got engaged to Jeffrey, and they marry in the parking lot outside of the church, since the priest wouldn't allow them to marry in the church.
- Carl (voiced by Blu-ray of The Wiz for Christmas. He goes out of his way to discuss exciting movies. He becomes friends with Chris, when Chris worked for him in "Movin' Out (Brian's Song)". Their friendship is based on their mutual interest in movies. He does not get along well with Meg, although he did once hire her to work in the store. In "Friends of Peter G.", it is revealed that the reason that he knows so much about movies is because he is an alcoholic and he spent so much time in his house and watched every film he could get his hands on. In the Star Wars episodes, Carl plays Master Yoda.
- Consuela (voiced by Dearly Deported", it is revealed that Consuela has an attractive niece named Isabella who has two sons of her own.
- Death (voiced by Death Is a Bitch" it seems that this is contradicted, but while Stewie rubs his ankle to heal it faster, Death being out of commission, no one at all is able to die). In "Wasted Talent", Death comes to a college campus where a party had taken place and everybody is dead with beer bottles around the room. After doing his deed, he drinks some beer bottles to try to find a silver scroll (for Pawtucket Pat's contest). He ends up getting drunk and crashes his car. In "Friends of Peter G.", Death shows Peter what his life would be like if he continues to drink as much as he does, and if he does not drink at all. Peter learns to control his drinking from this. Death later ends up in a car crash in "Grumpy Old Man", leading him to be taken away by "Super Death" (a larger version of himself) who tells him he was going to be reincarnated as a Chinese child. He disappears only to reappear seconds later as he was reincarnated a Chinese baby girl. In "3 Acts of God", Death takes Peter, Quagmire, Cleveland, and Joe to speak to God.
- Elle Hitler (voiced by Alex Borstein) is Quahog's local librarian, originally named Joanna. She first makes two minor appearances in "Petergeist" and "Movin' Out (Brian's Song)", before making her first major appearance many seasons later in the episode "Wild Wild West", where this show had her renamed Elle Hitler. She claims to be of no relation to infamous dictator Adolf Hitler; when the townspeople greet her with "Hi, Elle Hitler", it is a homophone of "Heil Hitler".
- Dr. Elmer Hartman (voiced by Seth MacFarlane) is the Griffins' incompetent doctor who works at Quahog's hospital. Dr. Hartman is generally shown to be an unskilled doctor and his skills fluctuate from episode to episode. In one episode, he mentions his Papa Has a Rollin' Son", it is revealed that Hartman has dyslexia. Hartman is the general doctor for the Griffin family since they usually go to him for emergencies and surgeries.
- Bookie of the Year" was posthumously Frank Sinatra Jr.'s final role where he was shown helping Brian and Stewie with a restaurant plan. The episode is dedicated to him.
- God (voiced by Seth MacFarlane) is the father of Jesus Christ and the creator of life. He is a central part of the basic tenets in the religion of 10 plaguesafter he lied to the people of Quahog about being a healer and is then worshipped as a god.
- Horace (voiced by Johnny Brennan) is the proprietor and bartender of The Drunken Clam for 30 years. Has been shown to have been working there for at least as long as Peter and his friends have been regulars. Horace has also been shot a handful of times, but has recovered from each incident. In "One If by Clam, Two If by Sea", Horace sold The Drunken Clam following a storm and moved to Florida. He later repurchased it after moving back to Quahog. In "Blind Ambition", Horace's life is saved by Peter (who was blind at the time) when The Drunken Clam was on fire. In "Save the Clam", Horace is accidentally killed when a baseball hit by Jerome hits him during a baseball game between The Drunken Clam and Mort's Pharmacy. His death causes the bank to close The Drunken Clam which was enough for Peter, Joe and Quagmire to protest this until Jerome buys The Drunken Clam to keep Horace's legacy alive.
- Jake Tucker (voiced by Seth MacFarlane) is Tom Tucker's Peter Griffin: Husband, Father...Brother?" that he "doesn't have a bottom". Though Tom often neglects him, he often shows that he cares when Brian accused Jake of giving Chris alcohol. However, when Chris gets his own back on Jake by planting drugs in his locker an enraged Tom declares him a "bad boy" and loses faith in him. In "Mother Tucker", Jake is noticeably neglected by Tom when Tom pays more attention to Peter. But Peter then realizes that Tom should pay more attention to Jake.
- Tom Tucker: The Man and His Dream", it is revealed that the paramedics who loaded Woods' body into the ambulance recognized him and had his body rushed to a special Hollywood hospital where a teenage girl's life force was drained into Woods which successfully resurrected him. He is still a born-again Christian when he encounters Peter Griffin and Tom Tucker in Hollywood. In "The Simpsons Guy", James Woods was present in Springfield at the trial between Duff Beer and Pawtucket Patriot Ale. During this time, he interacted with his Simpsons counterpart from "Homer and Apu". The episode "Inside Family Guy" had James Woods hosting the behind-the-scenes theme of the episode.
- Jeffrey (voiced by Mike Henry) is Bruce's boyfriend and was initially an offscreen character before making his first official appearance in "Underage Peter". In "Meg's Wedding", he and Bruce finally get married.
- Jerome (voiced by Jerome is the New Black" in which he won the audition as a temporary replacement for Cleveland. It is revealed he was involved with Lois Griffin in their younger days before she met Peter, which made Peter jealous enough to burn down Jerome's house, so Lois invited him to come live with them. Peter believed that Jerome was trying to steal Lois from him and became jealous. He kicked Jerome out of his house, but later apologized to him and they remained friends. Jerome also tells Peter that he had some "nasty-ass sex" with Meg when he was staying with the Griffins although Peter told him that he does not care about that. He returns in "Save the Clam" playing for Mort Goldman's softball team against Peter and his team from The Drunken Clam. He accidentally kills Horace by swinging the ball towards his face. Jerome appears at the funeral where he apologizes for accidentally killing Horace. When it came to the demolition of The Drunken Clam which Peter, Quagmire, and Joe were protesting, Jerome appears and uses his sports earnings from lacrosse (which also happens to be his brother's name) to buy The Drunken Clam in order to keep Horace's legacy alive. In "Baby Got Black", it is revealed that Jerome has a daughter named Pam and at first disapproved of her relationship with Chris. In "Follow the Money", Jerome reveals that he lost both his childhood sweetheart and their daughter shortly after their wedding. In "Pawtucket Pete", it is revealed that Jerome's voice is unaffected by heliumas seen when Peter fired a harpoon gun at Brian Griffin's parade balloon.
- Jesus Christ (voiced by Seth MacFarlane in early episodes, last supper suggesting the idea of rebellion to Judas Iscariot, pointing out that Jesus ordered five margaritas while all Judas had was the salad. In other episodes, Jesus has also been portrayed as a voice of reason, such as in "Family Goy", where he tells Peter about his Jewish identity after Peter and Lois quarreled over whether their family should be Christian or Jewish. However, in response to Peter's question asking which religion his family should follow, Jesus says "6 of 1, they're all complete crap". In "3 Acts of God", it is shown that Jesus is dating Carrie Underwood. In "The 2000-Year-Old Virgin", Jesus has broken up with Carrie Underwood.
- Jillian Russell-Wilcox (voiced by Tiegs for Two", where Quagmire attempts to date her to make Brian jealous, but she and Cheryl Tiegs leave together when they realize how immature both men are acting. In "Valentine's Day in Quahog", Jillian is among the ex-girlfriends of Brian that Stewie assembles.
- Jim Kaplan (voiced by A Fish out of Water", he gives Peter a loan for Peter's new fishing boat and Peter offers up his house as collateral which later gets taken over by the bank and sold to a fashionable, artsy, neo-hippie-ish new couple named Jim and Abby. In "Hell Comes to Quahog", he sells Peter a tank for Meg at a car dealership for her first car and finally convinces him by saying "Did I mention it's a tank?"
- Judge Dignified Q. Blackman (voiced by Phil LaMarr) is the African-American judge who presides over trials involving any of this show's characters. His full name was revealed by the bailiff in "Veteran Guy" when Peter, Cleveland, and Joe were on trial for violating the Stolen Valor Act of 2013.
- Lou Spinazola (voiced by Ralph Garman) is the building manager of the seedy apartment building that Brian Griffin resides in from "The D in Apartment 23" to "Crimes and Meg's Demeanor". Lou's one rule in his apartment building is to never kiss the mail carrier. In "Married... with Cancer", Lou allows Brian and his terminal cancer-recovered wife Jess Schlotz to move in while having developed a sitcom catchphrase.
- Olivia Fuller (voiced by From Method to Madness" when Stewie attends the same theatre school as her, and while they do perform together at first, they eventually become rivals. She moves away prior to the episode "Chick Cancer" but returns to Quahog as her career wanes. Stewie goes to the Quahog Mall where she is scheduled to make an appearance, intent on humiliating her, but instead ends up falling in love with her. With advice from Brian, Stewie attempts to woo her until she gives in to his efforts, and the two of them get "married". Unfortunately, their past rivalry and Stewie's jealousy of Olivia's success hinders their relationship, leading to Olivia "cheating" on Stewie with her old friend Victor. In retaliation, Stewie burns down their cardboard house with Olivia and Victor inside. She returns alive and well in "The Boys in the Band"; after once again running into Stewie, who is now performing with Brian as a children's music duo named "Red Shirt, Blue Shirt", Olivia tricks them into breaking up, and takes Stewie's place as Red Shirt. However, Brian quits performing with Olivia during a concert, after seeing Stewie in the front row of the audience crying while they play one of Stewie's original songs. Unfazed, she replaces Brian with another dog, who turns out to be Vinny.
- Paddy Tanniger (voiced by Seth MacFarlane) is a short red-haired angry man who has been seen as a caddy manager and a Hummer salesman. He generally ends his statements with "Big whoop, wanna fight about it?" He was eventually killed when he was run over by a tank piloted by Brian and Stewie in "Hell Comes to Quahog". It is mentioned on the DVD commentary for "The Perfect Castaway" that the character was disliked by nearly all the writing staff, which led to his death.
- Rupert (voiced by The Talented Mr. Stewie" Stewie "breaks up" with Rupert after having found out he belonged to Chris before Stewie was born. Stewie then returns Rupert to Chris and in trying to fill the void starts playing with different stuffed animals, but to no avail. Eventually Stewie is driven by jealousy to kill Chris and Rupert. After realizing Chris planned on returning Rupert, Stewie saves a drowning Chris and reconciles with Rupert.
- Seamus LevineTiegs for Two", he attends Quagmire's class on how to pick up women. In "Cool Hand Peter", Seamus attempts to join in Peter, Joe, Cleveland, and Quagmire's road trip only to be rejected by Peter. In "The Simpsons Guy", Seamus attended the trial in Springfield between Duff Beer and Pawtucket Patriot Ale where he was sitting next to Captain Horatio McCallister. In "Christmas Is Coming" his son Woody was introduced; he also has two peg-legs and two peg arms.
- Miss Tammy (voiced by Rachael MacFarlane) is Stewie's teacher at Quahog Preschool.
- Vinny (voiced by Italian greyhound whose first appearance in the franchise occurs in "Life of Brian". After Brian is killed in a tragic car accident, the Griffin family decides to find another dog at the pet store to ease their grief. They meet Vinny, a pussyhound (he is 1/16th cat) of Italian descent.[12] Each member of the family (save Stewie) is taken with Vinny, and he is adopted into their family. Stewie, still mourning the death of Brian, rebuffs the hound and makes several attempts to get him out of the family. However, once Stewie learns that Vinny had also undergone a period of mourning when his owner died in a freak yoga accident, he comes to accept the hound as part of the family. His personality is that of a streetwise, "wise guy" Italian American. In "Christmas Guy", Vinny, upon asking around, finds out that Carter Pewterschmidt canceled an event at Quahog Mall, and reports this to the Griffin family. Vinny helps Stewie distract his past self so he can steal the return pad from his backpack and travel back in time to save Brian. Before Stewie goes back in time, he says his goodbyes to Vinny. Just before Stewie travels back in time, Vinny walks off shouting "Georgette, I'm coming home!", at which Stewie questions who "Georgette" is. At the end of "The Boys in the Band", after Brian quits performing with Olivia Fuller as "Red Shirt, Blue Shirt", she decides to replace him with another dog, who, according to Brian, is "probably a dog neither [Stewie] or [he] has ever met"; it is then revealed to the audience that Vinny was chosen to replace Brian as Olivia's performance partner.
Stoolbend residents
- Coach Charles McFall (voiced by Mike Henry) worked as a baseball coach during Cleveland's high school days at Stoolbend High School. When Cleveland wanted to start up the Waterman Yards again, Cleveland found Coach McFall working as a janitor at the Broken Stool.
- Gus (voiced by David Lynch) is 117-year-old the bartender at the Broken Stool, before which he studied drama at Northwestern University. Gus seems to be on good terms with Cleveland and his friends, giving them their drinks for free.
- Larry is Cleveland Jr.'s stuffed toy leopard.
- Meadowlark Lemon was the Tubbs' former family dog. In the second episode of season one, Cleveland accidentally kills him by running over him with his car several times. His body was later eaten by Lester and his family.
- Murray (voiced by mental institution.
- Angus (voiced by Alec Sulkin) is a radio show host and occasional sports commentator and one of Cleveland's high school friends.
- Gordy (voiced by John Viener) is a radio announcer who is the co-host and best friend of Angus and one of Cleveland's high school friends.
- Dr. Fist (voiced by Seth MacFarlane from Season 1–2, Tom Kenny in Season 3 and Bryan Cranston in Season 4) is a doctor that works at Stoolbend's hospital. Due to Seth MacFarlane working on the film Ted, Tom Kenny had to cover for Seth by voicing Dr. Fist starting with "Skip Day".
- Donny (voiced by How Cleveland Got His Groove Back", when Cleveland temporarily sought out a new circle of friends. He later tried to murder Cleveland and kept Cleveland Jr. and Donna hostage to lure Cleveland into a trap.
- Dwayne Meighan (voiced by Mike Henry) is the local television newscaster of Stoolbend.
- Fern Stapleton (voiced by Kristen Wiig in the first appearance and Beth Littleford in later appearances) is the mother of Lacey Stapleton and Kyle Stapleton.
- Mike (voiced by Brandon Richardson) is the band member leader who help Cleveland Brown and Kenny West find his street cred.
- Mayor Larry Box (voiced by John Slattery) is the Mayor of Stoolbend who is casually profane.
- Mr. Flippers (voiced by Mike Henry) is a magical flying walrus that would save the characters during the "Scene Missing" parts.
- Reverend Jenkins (voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson) is a reverend who works at the Stoolbend Community Church. He first appeared in "Gone with the Wind" where he proceeded over Loretta Brown's funeral.
- Prof. Sarah Friedman (voiced by Bebe Neuwirth) is the mother of Gabriel and works as a university professor alongside her husband Saul.
- Prof. Saul Friedman (voiced by Jason Alexander) is the father of Gabriel and works as a university professor alongside his wife Sarah. He allows his son to promote his CD at his house. Saul was present at LeVar and Cookie's wedding.
- Yvette (voiced by Ladies' Night". She made a second appearance in the episode "Brotherly Love".
- Rock Hudson is an upbeat bichon friséwho was originally owned by Lloyd Waterman. When Rallo and Cleveland Jr. try to return him for a $5000 reward, Waterman reveals that he hates the dog, and gives the boys the reward money to get rid of him.
Gag characters
- Al Harrington (voiced by Danny Smith) is the owner, president, and CEO of "Al Harrington's Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm-Flailing Tubeman Emporium and Warehouse".
- Barbershop Quartet (voiced by Jon Joyce, Bob Joyce, Rick Logan, and Randy Crenshaw) are a group of four men that sing close harmony songs in specific episodes.
- Buzz Killington (voiced by Danny Smith) is a man who dresses and acts as if he is a 19th-century British man of means. True to his name, he tends to be a buzzkill during social gatherings and other events.
- Conway Twitty – Usually seen in archival footage of his performances, which are used when one of the characters needs a distraction.
- Evil Monkey (voiced by Danny Smith) is a monkey living in Chris' closet. The monkey's trademark grimace and pointing was the idea of writer Mike Barker.[13]
- Ernie the Giant Chicken (voiced by Danny Smith) is an anthropomorphic, human-sized chicken that often fights violently with Peter Griffin, usually interrupting some unrelated event. Their rivalry began after Ernie gave Peter an expired coupon, as shown in a flashback in the episode "Da Boom".
- Fjurg van der Ploeg (voiced by John Viener) is a Swedish man who owns a bakery, who makes his first official appearance in "Love, Blactually" (although he appears in a deleted scene of the earlier episode "McStroke", as seen on DVD). He speaks in a strong Swedish accent, pronouncing words in humorous ways, such as pronouncing "pie" as "pee", or "dough" as "doo". He is also the world champion of a fictional sport known as Schpupel; in a cutaway, it is shown that Peter once competed against him in a Schpupel match and lost.
- The Greased-up Deaf Guy (voiced by Mike Henry) is a naked deaf man covered in grease who speaks in a shrill voice, first appearing in "The Thin White Line". His greased body and deafness were a result of being caught in an oil tank truck explosion.
- Holden Caulfield (voiced by The Kiss Seen Around the World", shaming Peter in public for pretending to play a keyboard while using its autoplay feature, going so far as to spray-paint graffiti on Peter's car and standing outside the Griffin house, yelling out to passersby that "a phony lives here!". In the Star Wars episodes, he plays Admiral Ozzel.
- James William Bottomtooth III (voiced by Locust Valley lockjaw accent. In "You May Now Kiss the... Uh... Guy Who Receives", it is revealed that he is a religious Christian and opposes same-sex marriage.
- Kool-Aid Man (voiced by Seth MacFarlane) is the mascot for the popular drink Kool-Aid is parodied in several episodes. A running gag sees him breaking through a wall and shouting his catchphrase "Oh, yeah!" after other characters' repeated cries of "Oh, no!"; it gets to the point where Judge Dignified Q. Blackman requests nobody yell out "Oh, no!" in the courtroom to keep the Kool-Aid Man from showing up. In "Valentine's Day in Quahog", it is revealed that he has a girlfriend, a sentient bottle of Yoo-hoo who is depicted as a stereotypical African-American woman, much to the shock of his disapproving father.
- Phineas and Barnaby (voiced by Seth MacFarlane and strongmenthat usually pursue two goals: working out at the Quahog Gym and riding high-wheel Penny Farthing bicycles of the 1860s–1890s.
- RJ (voiced by Mike Henry) is a man with an overexaggerated, grating Wisconsin accent. His running gag is how he frequently wants to "bone his girlfriend" but due to some circumstance it never happens, as seen in his first appearance where he claims to have seen Bigfoot just before he and his girlfriend could begin to have sex.
- Tomik and Bellgarde (voiced by John Viener and Alec Sulkin) are two foreign guys who have "been living in the United States almost long enough to sound American".
- Vern (voiced by Seth MacFarlane) and Johnny are two pedophile.
Deaths
Seven actors who voiced semi-regular Family Guy characters have died:
- Phyllis Diller (d. 2012), who played Peter's mother, Thelma,[14]
- Charles Durning (d. 2012), who voiced Peter's adoptive father, Francis, Durning died after his character had already been killed off in the series,[15]
- Frank Sinatra Jr. (d. 2016), who appeared in three episodes as himself,[16]
- Carrie Fisher (d. 2016), who played Angela, Peter's boss at the brewery,[17]
- Mayor Adam West,[18]
- Norm MacDonald(d. 2021), who voiced Death in his first appearance, and
- Stewie, Chris & Brian's Excellent Adventure", and a second cameo as Vinny in "The Boys In The Band", Sirico died after his character had already been written out of the series.
See also
References
- ^ Swift, Andy (September 25, 2020). "Family Guy Reveals New Actor Voicing Cleveland Brown in Season 19". TVLine. Retrieved September 25, 2020.
- ^ a b Dave Jeser, Matt Silverstein (writers) & Jack Perkins (director) (November 20, 2011). "Skip Day". The Cleveland Show. Season 3. Episode 4. Fox.
- ^ Lydia Loves Timelines (April 1, 2023). "Family Guy's Most Wasted Character: Roberta". Retrieved August 7, 2023 – via www.youtube.com.
- Campus Times. Retrieved January 8, 2010.
- ^ Meg and Quagmire
- ^ No Giggity, No Doubt
- Mr. Saturday Knight". Family Guy. Season 3. Episode 9. Fox Broadcasting Company.
- ^ Nolfi, Joey (December 28, 2016). "Carrie Fisher to appear on two new Family Guy episodes". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved September 1, 2021.
- Scammed Yankees". Family Guy. Season 14. Episode 12. January 17, 2016. Fox.
- ^ "Friends of Peter G.". Family Guy. Season 9. Episode 10. February 13, 2011. 12:13 minutes in. Fox.
This poor gentleman used to speak in long, eloquent sentences. But after years of drinking, he can only speak in short, choppy utterances.
- ^ Valentine's Day in Quahog
- ^ Cannon, William (November 25, 2013). "Brian Griffin Dies: 4 Things To Know About 'Family Guy' Newcomer Vinny". Latin Times. Retrieved November 25, 2013.
- ^ "Seth MacFarlane Interview". TVShowsOnDVD.com. April 21, 2003. Archived from the original on August 24, 2007. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
- Padre de Familia"
- ^ Francis Griffin died in season 5, episode 10, "Peter's Two Dads", but then came back as a vision of Peter's in season 8, episode 2, "Family Goy"
- Bookie of the Year"
- Peter's Lost Youth"
- ^ West's last appearance was in the season 17, episode 5, "Three Directors", which aired on November 5, 2017