Thomas McGrath (born August 7, 1964) is an American voice actor, animator and filmmaker. He is known for the DreamWorks animated film Madagascar, which he co-wrote and directed with Eric Darnell while voicing the character of Skipper the Penguin. The film spawned two direct sequels. along with a spin-off animated series and film based on the penguins in which McGrath reprised his role as Skipper. McGrath also directed the DreamWorks animated films Megamind (2010) and The Boss Baby (2017), the latter of which received an Academy Award and Golden Globe Award nomination. McGrath returned as director for its 2021 sequel.
Life and career[]
McGrath was born and raised in Lynnwood, Washington. He studied Industrial Design at the University of Washington and graduated from the Character Animation program at Cal Arts.[1] McGrath's experience in both television and feature animation includes work as an animator on Cool World and Space Jam, storyboard artist and director for seasons 3-5 of The Ren and Stimpy Show, and storyboard artist on the live action film Cats & Dogs. He worked as a storyboard artist, concept artist and prop and set designer for How the Grinch Stole Christmas. McGrath also stepped in on Flushed Away by Aardman, the creators of The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, to help make improvements prior to its release.
McGrath made his film directing debut as the co-director and co-writer of Madagascar[2] along with Eric Darnell, where he also voiced the leader of the squad of penguin characters, Skipper. He reprised his role as Skipper and co-directed and co-wrote the sequel, Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, and co-directed Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted. He worked on The Penguins of Madagascar, a spin-off TV series, as a creative consultant and as the voice of Skipper. He directed Megamind, released in November 2010.
In 2017, he directed The Boss Baby and the 2021 sequel The Boss Baby: Family Business.
Filmography[]
Feature films[]
| Year | Title | Director | Writer | Producer | Art / Animation department |
Voice actor |
Voice role |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Cool World | No | No | No | Yes | No | animation designer animator layout artist | |
| 1996 | Space Jam | No | No | No | Yes | No | animator | |
| 1998 | Hercules and Xena – The Animated Movie: The Battle for Mount Olympus | No | No | No | Yes | No | key animator layout artist | |
| 2000 | How the Grinch Stole Christmas | No | No | No | Yes | No | storyboard artist | |
| 2001 | Cats & Dogs | No | No | No | Yes | No | ||
| 2005 | Madagascar | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Skipper Fossa Panicky Man on Subway |
co-directed with Eric Darnell co-written with Mark Burton, Billy Frolick and Eric Darnell |
| 2006 | Flushed Away | No | No | No | No | Yes | Action Figure Artist |
|
| 2007 | Shrek the Third | No | No | No | No | Yes | Gary | |
| 2008 | Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Skipper Lemur |
co-directed with Eric Darnell co-written with Etan Cohen and Eric Darnell |
| 2009 | Monsters vs. Aliens | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Wilson | |
| 2010 | Megamind | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Lord Scott Prison Guard |
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| 2011 | Puss in Boots | No | No | No | No | Yes | Bar Thief | |
| 2012 | Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Skipper First Policeman |
co-directed with Eric Darnell & Conrad Vernon |
| 2014 | Mr. Peabody & Sherman | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Odysseus | |
| 2014 | Penguins of Madagascar | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Skipper | executive producer[3] |
| 2017 | The Boss Baby | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | TV Chef | [4][5] |
| 2021 | The Boss Baby: Family Business | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Dr. Tiffany Hamilton | executive producer Story co-written with Michael McCullers[6] Writer of Global Warming Song co-written by Hans Zimmer, Steve Mazzaro and Nelson Yokota |
| 2022 | Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank | No | No | No | No | Yes | Additional Voices |
Short films[]
| Year | Title | Director | Writer | Art / Animation department |
Actor | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | The Thing What Lurked in the Tub | No | No | Yes | No | monster animator | |
| 1988 | Lea Press on Limbs | No | No | No | Yes | (voice) | |
| 1993 | The D.A.R.E. Report: The Land of Decisions and Choices | No | No | Yes | No | character layout | |
| 1995 | The Louie N' Louie Show | Yes | No | Yes | No | storyboard artist | |
| 1999 | Herd | No | No | No | Yes | Fed No. 5 | live-action role |
| 2001 | Imp, Inc. | No | No | Yes | No | animation layout | |
| 2005 | The Madagascar Penguins in a Christmas Caper | No | No | No | Yes | Skipper (voice) | |
| 2009 | Merry Madagascar | No | Yes | No | Yes | Skipper (voice) Additional voices |
|
| 2013 | Madly Madagascar | No | No | No | Yes | Skipper (voice) | |
| 2014 | Almost Home | No | No | No | Yes | Jeff (voice) |
Television series[]
| Year | Title | Director | Art / Animation department |
Creative consultant |
Actor | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993–1996 | The Ren & Stimpy Show | Yes | Yes | No | No | director (1 episode) layout artist (21 episodes) background designer (14 episodes) storyboard artist (10 episodes) | |
| 1996 | KaBlam! | Yes | Yes | No | No | director & storyboard artist (segment "The Louie and Louie Show") | |
| 1998 | Oh Yeah! Cartoons | No | Yes | No | No | background designer (segment "A Cop and His Donut") | |
| 2008–2015 | The Penguins of Madagascar | No | No | Yes | Yes | Skipper (voice) | 88 episodes |
| 2014 | All Hail King Julien | No | No | Yes | No |
Video games[]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Madagascar | Skipper (voice) | Uncredited |
| 2008 | Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | ||
| 2009 | Madagascar Kartz | ||
| 2011 | The Penguins of Madagascar: Dr. Blowhole Returns – Again! | ||
| 2012 | Madagascar 3: The Video Game |
References[]
- ↑ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.DreamWorks Animation. "Madagascar 3 Europe's Most Wanted – Production Information" (PDF). Festival Cannes. p. 17. Retrieved May 29, 2012.
- ↑ Keeping Control of the Zoo Tom McGrath Directs Madagascar to Laughs by Sara Michelle Fetters. Template:Webarchive MovieFreak.com. Retrieved June 21, 2011.
- ↑ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Vary, Adam B. (July 12, 2012). "DreamWorks Animation Comic-Con panel: Caveman families and penguin movies!". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved July 13, 2012.
- ↑ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Rechtshaffen, Michael (March 12, 2017). "'The Boss Baby': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved April 15, 2017.
- ↑ Dates Set for Madagascar 4, The Croods 2, Puss in Boots 2, Captain Underpants, and Hitman. ComingSoon.net (June 12, 2014).
- ↑ Tom McGrath is Back to Direct 'Boss Baby 2', Jeff Hermann to Produce for DreamWorks Animation (May 16, 2019).
External links[]
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- Tom McGrath at IMDb
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| Feature films | Antz (1998) • Shrek (2001) • Shrek 2 (2004) • Shark Tale (2004) • Madagascar (2005) • Over the Hedge (2006) • Shrek the Third (2007) • Bee Movie (2007) • Kung Fu Panda (2008) • Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008) • Monsters vs. Aliens (2009) • How to Train Your Dragon (2010) • Shrek Forever After (2010) • Megamind (2010) • Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011) • Puss in Boots (2011) • Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (2012) • Rise of the Guardians (2012) • The Croods (2013) • Turbo (2013) • Mr. Peabody & Sherman (2014) • How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014) • Penguins of Madagascar (2014) • Home (2015) • Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016) • Trolls (2016) • The Boss Baby (2017) • Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie (2017) • How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019) • Abominable (2019) • Trolls World Tour (2020) | |
| Traditionally-animated films | The Prince of Egypt (1998) • The Road to El Dorado (2000) • Joseph: King of Dreams (2000 direct-to-video) • Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002) • Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003) | |
| Produced with Aardman | Chicken Run (2000) • Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005) • Flushed Away (2006) | |
| Produced with Movie Land Animation Studios | Funimals (2018) • The Hampster Movie (2019) • The Legend of Disguise (2020) | |
| Upcoming films | Jin (2020) • The Croods 2 (2020) | |
| Franchises | Shrek • Madagascar • Kung Fu Panda • Monsters vs. Aliens • How to Train Your Dragon • Tales of Arcadia | |
| Television specials | Shrek the Halls (2007) • Monsters vs. Aliens: Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space (2009) • Merry Madagascar (2009) • Scared Shrekless (2010) • Kung Fu Panda Holiday (2010) • Madly Madagascar (2013) • Trolls Holiday (2017) | |
| Short films | Shrek 4-D (2003) • Far Far Away Idol (2004) • The Madagascar Penguins in a Christmas Caper (2005) • First Flight (2006) • Hammy's Boomerang Adventure (2006) • Secrets of the Furious Five (2008) • B.O.B.'s Big Break (2009) • Legend of the Boneknapper Dragon (2010) • Megamind: The Button of Doom (2011) • Night of the Living Carrots (2011) • Gift of the Night Fury (2011) • Book of Dragons (2011) • Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters (2011) • Puss in Boots: The Three Diablos (2012) • Rocky and Bullwinkle (2014) • Dawn of the Dragon Racers (2014) • Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Scroll (2016) • DreamWorks Theatre (2018) • Bird Karma (2018) • Bilby (2018) | |
| People | Bill Damaschke • Chris Meledandri • Jeffrey Katzenberg | |
| Subsidiaries | DreamWorks Channel • DreamWorks Classics (Big Idea Entertainment • Harvey Entertainment • Jay Ward Productions) | |
| Related topics | Amblimation • DreamWorks Pictures (DreamWorks Records • DreamWorks Television • DreamWorks Interactive • Go Fish Pictures) • Illumination (Illumination Mac Guff) • In amusement parks (DreamWorks Experience) • Pacific Data Images • Pearl Studio • Universal Animation Studios (Unproduced projects) • List of productions (Other programs • Unproduced projects) | |
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