Peter Browngardt

Peter Browngardt (born 1979) is an American animator, storyboard artist, writer, producer, and voice actor. He is currently working as executive producer and creative director behind Looney Tunes Cartoons. He is best known for being the creator of Cartoon Network's Uncle Grandpa, in which he also voices the title character, a spin-off of the earlier Secret Mountain Fort Awesome. Browngardt has had prior experience working on shows such as Futurama, The Venture Bros., Chowder, The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack, and Adventure Time.

Peter Browngardt
Browngardt at the 2014 New York Comic Con
Born	1979 (age 45–46)[1] Sag Harbor, New York, U.S.
Education	California Institute of the Arts (BFA)
Occupation(s)	Animator, storyboard artist, writer, producer, voice actor
Years active	2000–present
Notable work	Secret Mountain Fort Awesome Uncle Grandpa Looney Tunes Cartoons Tom and Jerry Special Shorts
Spouse	Kristina Baranovich ​ (m. 2011)​

Browngardt has cited Gary Larson, Don Martin, Harvey Kurtzman, Robert Crumb, Virgil Partch, John Kricfalusi, Max Fleischer, and Tex Avery as major influences on his work.^[2][3]

Biography

Peter Browngardt was born to Judy and Robert Browngardt and raised in Sag Harbor, New York, on Long Island.^[4][5] He graduated Pierson Middle-High School in 1997 and attended California Institute of the Arts.^[5][6] Browngardt started making animated films when he was 7. His older brothers made Super 8 horror films.^[7] He got his first job in animation working on Futurama.^[8] In 2021, Browngardt signed an overall deal with Warner Bros. Animation and Cartoon Network Studios which would allow him to develop and produce animated programming at both studios.^[9][10]

Browngardt also directed the first fully-animated feature-length Looney Tunes film, The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie, which was theatrically released in 2024.^[11]

In December 2024, Browngardt announced that he was part of an upcoming Pokémon project between Aardman Animations and The Pokemón Company for Netflix.^[12][13]

He is married and has 2 children.

Filmography

Year	Project	Channel(s)	Credited role
2000	Futurama	Fox	Character layout artist ("Why Must I Be a Crustacean in Love?")
2003	The Last American	Film only	Producer, and Live actor (as Kev)
2004	Shorties Watchin' Shorties	Comedy Central	Animator
2006	The Venture Bros.	Adult Swim	Character designer and Prop designer
2007–2010	Chowder	Cartoon Network	Story/Storyboard artist (13 episodes), Storyboard revisionist, and Guest voice actor (as Crying Viewer)
2008–2010	The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack		Writer and Storyboard artist (2 episodes)
2010–2012	The Ricky Gervais Show	HBO	Storyboard artist (1 episode)
2010, 2012	Adventure Time	Cartoon Network	Writer/Storyboard artist (1 episode), and Guest voice actor (as Paper Pete)
2011–2012	Secret Mountain Fort Awesome		Creator, Executive producer, Story, Writer, Storyboard artist, and Voice actor (as Festro, Dingle, Additional Voices)
2013–2017	Uncle Grandpa		Creator, Executive producer, Story, Writer, Storyboard artist, Additional character designer, and Voice actor (as Uncle Grandpa, Additional Voices)
2013	Cartoon Network Shorts Department		Supervising producer, and Additional voice actor (only in Mars Safari!, as Atticus)
2014, 2017	Clarence		Supervising producer ("Pilot Expansion" only), and Guest voice actor (as Ham the Power Guy, Someone)
2015	Steven Universe		Guest voice actor (as Uncle Grandpa)
2016	The Amazing World of Gumball
2017, 2019, 2023	SpongeBob SquarePants	Nickelodeon	Guest voice actor (as The Ice Cream King)
2018	OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes	Cartoon Network	Guest voice actor (as Festro, Uncle Grandpa)
2020–2024	Looney Tunes Cartoons	HBO Max & Max	Creator, Developer, Executive producer, Director, Writer, and Voice actor (as Dumb Cat and Ox)
2021	Tom and Jerry Special Shorts	HBO Max	Creator, Developer, and Executive producer
2024	The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie	Film only	Director, Executive producer, Writer, and Voice actor (as Roofer Joe and Bully)
2027	Untitled Pokémon project	Netflix	TBA[12][13]