Peter Griffin
Written by Family Guy on March 21, 2009 – 8:02 am -Peter Griffin is the main character of the animated television series Family Guy. He is the husband of Lois, and the father of Meg,Chris, and Stewie. He is voiced by the show’s creator, Seth MacFarlane. Peter’s character has been compared to Archie Bunker.
Peter is a blue collar worker at the Happy-Go-Lucky Toy Factory as well as a fisherman. He was once a towel boy at Lois’ family’s country club where he first met his future wife and fell in love with her. Peter’s quirks include preferring Pauly Shore movies rather than classics like Citizen Kane, having a very low IQ score which rendered him mentally retarded, as well as being a huge Kiss fan. He is extremely jealous when it comes to his wife and will do all he can to prove his masculinity to her so that she will not fall in love with other men. As for his daughter Meg, he treats her quite disrespectfully and often teases her. Peter is of Irish American descent and long thought that his father was Francis Griffin who was a Roman Catholic patriarch who is known for his sternness, but discovered that it was actually Mickey McFinnigan, who was known as the town’s drunkard. In one episode, he discovers that he was not born in Ireland or in the US, but in Mexico.
The character of Peter Griffin has appeared in other series such as The Simpsons, Robot Chicken, and South Park. He has also appeared in Subway advertisements as well as on the Late Show with Dasvid Letterman.
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