Thomas James "Tom" Kenny (born July 13, 1962) is an American actor, voice actor and comedian, noted for his long-running-role as SpongeBob SquarePants in the television series of the same name, as well as the live-action character Patchy the Pirate, Gary the Snail and the French narrator based on Jacques Cousteau. He is also the narrator of Cartoon Network's The Powerpuff Girls. Aside from voice acting, Kenny starred in the short-lived Fox sketch show The Edge, and was a cast member of the HBO sketch comedy program Mr. Show, where he worked with Jill Talley, whom he subsequently married. He currently voices the Ice King in the Cartoon Network animated series Adventure Time with Finn and Jake, and voices additional characters on Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated, another Cartoon Network show. Also in Cosmic Quantum Ray as Quantum Ray. As of 2007, he has also hosted the show Funday Night at the Movies on TCM, which encourages children to watch old movies. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tom Kenny, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia .