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Mike Henry (born 1965) is an American writer, producer, singer, voice actor, and comedian from Richmond, Virginia.

Early life and education
Mike Henry was born to liberal parents, both of whom were artists professionally. He also has a younger brother, Patrick Henry. Since the age of two, Henry grew up in the city of Richmond, Virginia. His parents divorced when Mike was only eight years old, and he would later be primarily raised by his mother. Later in life, Henry began to transcend himself into a self-described "conservative" lifestyle, in opposition to his parent's upbringing, and attended Washington and Lee University, a traditionally conservative university.

Career
Henry performed as an actor in his younger brother's short films, who was at the time attending the Rhode Island School of Design. There, Mike met Seth MacFarlane, and developed a friendly relationship.

Family Guy
Henry met MacFarlane at the Rhode Island School of Design and kept in touch with him after they graduated. A few years later, MacFarlane contacted him about being part of a show called Family Guy; he agreed and came on as both a writer and voice actor. During the show's first four seasons, he was credited as a guest star, but beginning with season five's "Prick Up Your Ears" he has been credited as a main cast member. Henry has stated that Cleveland's voice was based on a person who used to play basketball with him. His friend went to the University of Maryland, but his accent made it sound like "Merlin".

After two episodes of the second season, Family Guy was taken off the network's permanent schedule and shown irregularly thereafter. The show returned in March 2000 to finish airing the second season which contained 21 episodes, all the cast came back for the series return. The third season contained 21 episodes and began airing from July 11, 2001 to February  14, 2002. During its second and third-season runs, Fox publicly announced that the show had been canceled at the end of the second season in 2002. In spite of the announced cancellation, in 2003 Fox decided to make the third season. During the third season, Fox announced that the show was canceled for good. The series was renewed later in 2005 for its fourth season due to strong DVD sales and its syndication on basic-cable networks. Once again Henry and the rest of the cast came back for their voice works.