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Tom McGrath

1964-08-07

The Biography

Thomas "Tom" McGrath (born August 7, 1965) is an American voice actor and animator who co-directed (with Eric Darnell) the 2005 feature Madagascar and its sequel, Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa in 2008. He has also worked as a voice actor on other DreamWorks animated features like Flushed Away in 2006 and Shrek the Third in 2007. He also stepped in on Flushed Away to help make improvements prior to its release. McGrath's experience in both television and feature animation includes work as an animator on Ralph Bakshi's film Cool World (starring Brad Pitt), storyboard artist and director for the popular series The Ren and Stimpy Show, animator on the Joe Pytka-directed Space Jam (starring Michael Jordan), and storyboard artist on the live-action film Cats & Dogs and worked as storyboard artist and concept artist/prop and set designer for How the Grinch Stole Christmas (directed by Ron Howard). McGrath made his film directing debut as the co-director and co-writer of Madagascar where he also created the memorable squad of penguin characters and voiced their leader, Skipper. He also reprised his role as Skipper and co-directed and co-wrote the sequel, Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa. He worked on The Penguins of Madagascar, a Madagascar spin-off TV series, as the voice of Skipper, and directed the DreamWorks animated feature Megamind (starring Will Ferrell, Jonah Hill, Brad Pitt, Tina Fey and David Cross), released in November 2010. McGrath was raised in Lynnwood, Washington. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tom McGrath (animator), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Tom McGrath in

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Kung Fu Panda 4

7.154 average rating
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Megamind

6.983 average rating
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Madagascar

6.905 average rating
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Flushed Away

6.276 average rating
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Shrek the Third

6.293 average rating
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Monsters vs Aliens

6.214 average rating
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Penguins of Madagascar

6.528 average rating
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The Boss Baby: Family Business

7.396 average rating
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Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa

6.505 average rating
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Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted

6.614 average rating
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Puss in Boots

6.553 average rating
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Mr. Peabody & Sherman

6.717 average rating
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Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank

6.7 average rating
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The Boss Baby

6.5 average rating
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Merry Madagascar

6.448 average rating
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Madly Madagascar

6.552 average rating
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The Madagascar Penguins in a Christmas Caper

6.833 average rating
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I Know That Voice

7 average rating
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Almost Home

6.3 average rating
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Lea Press on Limbs

6 average rating