question: Brian Griffin is a fictional character from the American animated television series "Family Guy", an anthropomorphic white dog voiced by which American actor, filmmaker, comedian, and singer, working primarily in animation and comedy, as well as live-action and other genres, and is the creator of the TV series, "The Orville" (2017–present)?
answer: Seth MacFarlane
context: Title: Peter's Got Woods
  Passage: "Peter's Got Woods" is the eleventh episode and the mid-season premiere of the fourth season of the American animated television series "Family Guy".  It originally aired on Fox in the United States on September 11, 2005.  In the episode, Brian offers to help an African-American woman change the name of James Woods Regional High School to Martin Luther King Jr., but his friendship with Peter becomes strained when Peter — who objects to the idea — recruits actor James Woods to sabotage the idea.  James Woods would later return for revenge in the season 6 episode "Back to the Woods", and again for "Brian Griffin's House of Payne" and would eventually be killed off in the season 9 premiere episode "And Then There Were Fewer", but is later revealed to have survived his death in the season 10 episode "".
  Title: Seth MacFarlane
  Passage: Seth Woodbury MacFarlane (born October 26, 1973) is an American actor, filmmaker, comedian, and singer, working primarily in animation and comedy, as well as live-action and other genres.  MacFarlane is the creator of the TV series "Family Guy" (1999–2003, 2005–present) and "The Orville" (2017–present), and co-creator of the TV series "American Dad! " (2005–present) and "The Cleveland Show" (2009–2013).  He also wrote, directed, and starred in the films "Ted" (2012), its sequel "Ted 2" (2015), and "A Million Ways to Die in the West" (2014).
  Title: Brian Griffin
  Passage: Brian Griffin is a fictional character from the American animated television series "Family Guy".  An anthropomorphic white dog voiced by Seth MacFarlane, he is one of the show's main characters as a member of the Griffin family.  He primarily works in the series as a less-than-adept writer struggling to find himself, attempting essays, novels, screenplays, and newspaper articles.
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