Michael Robert Henry[1] (born November 7, 1965)[2][3] is an American actor, comedian, writer, and producer.

[4] Henry was born in Pontiac, Michigan,[5] on November 7, 1965, to artist parents and raised in Richmond, Virginia, with his younger brother Patrick.

[8] After three years in Los Angeles, Henry returned to Virginia to shoot short comedy films that he wrote and acted in.

"[8] Henry later moved to New York City, where he acted in commercials, studied improvisation at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater[10] and wrote, produced, starred in and co-directed (with his brother Patrick) comedy shorts for Lorne Michaels' Burly Bear Network.

[16][17] Soon after Family Guy was cancelled, Henry and his brother created the popular web series Kicked in the Nuts!, a spoof of hidden camera shows.

Family Guy was renewed again in 2005 for its fourth season due to strong DVD sales and its syndication on basic cable networks.

[23] Due to strong ratings, Fox picked up two additional nine-episode seasons, bringing the total episode count of the show to 44.

[24] The series was canceled after its fourth season on May 19, 2013,[25] but reruns continue to air on FXX in the United States and on Much in Canada.

[26] On June 26, 2020, after twenty-one years of voicing the character, Henry announced on Twitter that he was stepping down from voicing Cleveland, stating "persons of color should play characters of color" due to heightening of the Black Lives Matter movement in the summer of that year.