Tom Kenny
Birthdate: Jul 13, 1962
Birthplace: East Syracuse, New York, USA
Tom Kenny (birthname: Thomas James Kenny) is a veteran voice over actor most associated with the voice of the animated character, SpongeBob SquarePants, and whose feature film debut was in the cast of the Eddie Murphy-starring sequel, Dr. Doolittle 2 (2001), with Kristen Wilson, Jeffrey Jones and Kevin Pollak under Steve Carr’s direction, delivering a robust $176 million for 20th Century Fox.
Kenny was in the voice cast of the prequel feature spinoff of the Cartoon Network series created by director/writer Craig McCracken, The Powerpuff Girls Movie (2002), with voice co-leads Cathy Cavadini, Tara Strong, and E.G. Daily, but it supplied poor box office numbers for Warner Bros. Pictures. Kenny took a voice role in the animated musical comedy co-written and starring Adam Sandler, Eight Crazy Nights (2002), with Rob Schneider, Kevin Nealon, Norm Crosby, and Jon Lovitz, and grossing a disappointing $24 million for Columbia Pictures/Sony Pictures Releasing.
Kenny began his long run as the lead voice in the feature franchise spinoff of the Nickelodeon series, The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004), directed and co-written by series creator Stephen Hillenburg, with regular voice cast members Bill Fagerbakke, Clancy Brown, Rodger Bumpass, and Mr. Lawrence, grossing a strong $141 million worldwide for Paramount Pictures.
Tom Kenny joined the voice cast of director/co-writer Cory Edwards’ indie animated musical comedy, Hoodwinked! (2005), starring Anne Hathaway, Glenn Close, Jim Belushi, Patrick Warburton, Anthony Anderson, David Ogden Stiers, Xzibit, Chazz Palminteri, and Andy Dick, produced by Kanbar Entertainment, and delivering a stunning $110 million return on an estimated $8 million budget.
Kenny then voiced roles in a few failed animation movies, including The Ant Bully (2006), Happily N’Ever After (2006) and Meet the Robinsons (2007) before signing up as the voice of Autobots Wheelie and Skids under Michael Bay’s direction for both Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009) and Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011) both starring Shia LaBeouf, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson and John Turturro, while grossing a knockout $1.95 billion for producer/distributor Paramount Pictures; Kenny returned in the franchise’s fifth entry again directed by Michael Bay, Transformers: The Last Knight (2017), with a new cast starring Mark Wahlberg, Josh Duhamel, Stanley Tucci and Anthony Hopkins, and grossing $605.4 million.
Kenny did the voice of Rabbit in Walt Disney Animation Studio’s feature version of Winnie the Pooh (2011), directed by Stephen Anderson and Don Hall and adapted from A.A. Milne’s book series by Anderson, Hall and six other writers, with the voice cast of John Cleese, Jim Cummings, Bud Luckey, Craig Ferguson, Travis Oates and Huell Howser, grossing a poor $50 million globally based on estimated costs.
Kenny then did voice work in two minor animated features, Back to the Sea (2012) and the South African-produced Zambezia (2012), followed by Kenny’s only work with director Tim Burton on his stop-motion horror-comedy, Frankenweenie (2012), written by John August and featuring the voices of Catherine O’Hara, Martin Short, Martin Landau, Chalie Tahan, Atticus Shaffer and Winona Ryder, delivering a solid $81.5 million global gross for Disney.
Kenny was cast in a supporting voice role in Columbia Pictures/Sony Pictures’ animated comedy, Hotel Transylvania (2012), starring Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg, Selena Gomez, Kevin James, Fran Drescher, Steve Buscemi, Molly Shannon, David Spade and CeeLo Green under Genndy Tartakovsky’s direction, premiering at the Toronto Film Festival and earning a robust $358.4 million worldwide for Sony Releasing. Kenny joined the voice actors of director Daniel St. Pierre and Will Finn’s poorly received Legends of Oz: Dorothy’s Return (2014), and then.
Kenny resumed his run as the voice of SpongeBob in Paramount Animation/Nickelodeon’s sequel, The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water (2015), with the voices of Antonio Banderas, Clancy Brown, and Rodger. Bumpass, Bill Fagerbakke, and Mr. Lawrence under co-writer/producer Paul Tibbitt’s direction, which propelled the franchise forward with a $325 million box office number.
Kenny was the voice of Hideous Bunny in MCU’s hit, Ant-Man (2015), directed by Peyton Reed and starring Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, Corey Stoll, Bobby Cannavale, Michael Pena, Anthony Mackie, Wood Harris, Judy Greer, David Dastmalchian and Michael Douglas, and whose $519.3 million box office launched a franchise for Disney/Marvel Studios.
Kenny performed a supporting voice role in the Warner Bros. Animation/DC Entertainment animated feature spinoff of the DC Comics/Cartoon Network series, Teen Titans Go! To the Movies (2018), co-directed and co-produced by Peter Rida Michail and Aaron Horvath (who also co-wrote with Michael Jelenic), with voice actors Greg Cipes, Scott Menville, Khary Payton, Tara Strong, Will Arnett, and Kristen Bell, and proved profitable with a $52 million return.
Kenny voiced Italian fascist dictator Benito Mussolini in Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (2022), co-written by Patrick McHale and Matthew Robbins and starring Ewan McGregor, David Bradley, Gregory Mann, Burn Gorman, Ron Perlman, John Turturro, Finn Wolfhard, Cate Blanchett, Tim Blake Nelson, Christoph Waltz and Tilda Swinton, produced in part by Netflix and The Jim Henson Company, and released in theaters and streaming by Netflix.
Kenny (vocally) revived SpongeBob once again in director/co-writer Tim Hill’s The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run (2020), with new cast mates Awkwafina, Snoop Dogg, Tiffany Haddish, Keanu Reeves and Danny Trejo, though theatrical plans were cancelled by Paramount Pictures due to the COVID-19 pandemic; and then Kenny led the voice cast for a fourth time with The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants (2025), directed by Derek Drymon, with new cast mates George Lopez, Isis “Ice Spice” Gaston, Sherry Cola, Regina Hall and Mark Hamill, and this time released in wide theatrical pattern by Paramount Pictures.
Personal life
Tom Kenny was born and raised in Syracuse, New York, by parents, Theresa and Paul Kenny. Kenny attended and graduated from Bishop Grimes Junior/Senior High School, and then attended college. Kenny has been married to voice actor Jill Talley since 1996; the couple has two children, Mack and Nora, and live in Studio City, California. Kenny’s height is 5’ 11”. Kenny’s estimated net worth is $16 million.
Tom Kenny Movies
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- 2025 |
The SpongeBob Movie: Search for Squarepants
asSpongeBob SquarePants
The SpongeBob Movie: Search for Squarepants
SpongeBob journeys to the ocean's depths to face the Flying Dutchman's ghost, encountering challenges and uncovering marine mysteries.
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- 2025 |
Swamp Dogg Gets His Pool Painted
Swamp Dogg Gets His Pool Painted
Cult musician Swamp Dogg and housemates Moogstar and Guitar Shorty have turned their suburban LA home into an artistic haven. They journey through the turbulent music business, forming a special friendship transcending eras.
- 2024 |
Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie
asSpongeBob
Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie
When Bikini Bottom is suddenly scooped out of the ocean, Sandy Cheeks and SpongeBob journey to Sandy's home state of Texas, where they meet Sandy's family and must save Bikini Bottom from the hands of an evil CEO.
- 2023 |
Dicks: The Musical
asBackpack
A pair of business rivals discover that they're identical twins and decide to swap places in an attempt to trick their divorced parents to get back together.
- 2018 |
Teen Titans GO! To the Movies
asMachine Voice
A villain's maniacal plan for world domination sidetracks five teenage superheroes who dream of Hollywood stardom.
- 2015 |
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water
asSpongeBob
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water
When a diabolical pirate above the sea steals the secret Krabby Patty formula, SpongeBob and his friends team up in order to get it back.
- 2012 |
Frankenweenie
asNew Holland Towns Folk
When a boy's beloved dog passes away suddenly, he attempts to bring the animal back to life through a powerful science experiment.
Facts About Tom Kenny
Pinocchio Time: Tom Kenny had the unusual distinction of being a voice actor on three different versions of the Pinocchio tale, all within less than two years of each other, and in three very different roles: as Mussolini in Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, as Geppetto in Pinocchio: A True Story (2022), and as Pinocchio in Pinocchio and the Water of Life (2023).
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