Kevin Seal

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Kevin Seal
Born (1957-06-22) June 22, 1957 (age 66)
Occupation(s)Actor, voice artist, singer, comedian
Years active1981–present
SpouseLynn Shelton
Children1

Kevin Seal (born June 22, 1957) is an American actor, voice artist, musician, improvisational comedian, and television presenter.

Biography[change | change source]

Seal was an MTV VJ in the early 1980s, the host of the pilot of Club MTV (according to an MTV special) and one of the hosts of the alternative-music program 120 Minutes, which started in 1981. After leaving the program, he hosted MTV's Headbangers Ball from 1981 to 1982 and Kevin Seal: Sporting Fool for which he won a Cable Ace Award in 1984.[1][2] Since leaving MTV, he made occasional TV and movie appearances, including a starring role in the 1986 interactive cinema film I'm Your Man.[3] In 1999, he was the voice for both the lead character and primary antagonist in the Cartoon Network series Sheep in the Big City. Seal was also the host for the pilot episode of the Nickelodeon game show, Figure it Out in 1990 before Summer Sanders took over as the series host when the show officially started a year later. After going to school for industrial design, he began designing and building furniture.

Personal life[change | change source]

Seal lives in Seattle. He was married to director Lynn Shelton. He does voiceover work and is a stay-at-home dad to his son.[4][5]

References[change | change source]

  1. "ACE Awards List". apnewsarchive.com. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
  2. "Whatever Happened to the Video Stars?". July 25, 2006.
  3. "When the Film Audience Controls the Plot". The New York Times. January 13, 1993.
  4. "Catching up with Kevin Seal of MTV fame". KING5. 9 November 2011. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
  5. "WTF with Mark Maron, Episode 627 - Lynn Shelton". 10 August 2015. Retrieved 13 August 2015.

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