Mike Judge

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Mike Judge is an American animator, actor, voice actor, writer, director and producer

Oct 17, 1962

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Biography

Personal Details

  • Birthday: October 17, 1962
  • Nationality: American
  • Famous: Animator, Film & Theater Personalities, Actors, Directors, T V & Movie Producers, Voice Actors, Musicians
  • Spouses: Francesca Morocco
  • Known as: Michael Craig Mike Judge
  • Childrens: Charles Judge, Julia Judge, Lily Judge
  • Universities:
    • University Of California, San Diego (UCSD)
    • University of California
    • San Diego
    • Highland High School
    • St. Pius X High School

Mike Judge born at

Guayaquil, Ecuador

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Birth Place

In 1989, Mike Judge married Francesca Morocco and they had two children, Julia Judge and Lily Judge. The couple later parted ways.

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Personal Life

In 2007, he had a son, Charles Judge, with actress Katrina Holden Bronson.

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Personal Life

Mike Judge was born to librarian Margaret Blue and archaeologist Jim Judge on 17th October 1962 at Guayaquil, Ecuador. He was the second of the couple’s three children.

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Childhood & Early Life

He grew up in Albuquerque, New Mexico and completed his school education from the St. Pius X High School. In 1986, Mike Judge graduated from the University of California in San Diego with a degree in Physics.

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Childhood & Early Life

After completing his graduation, Mike Judge pursued his first occupation as a programmer for the F/A-18 Hornet fighter at Support Systems Inc. In 1987, he shifted to Texas to work with a video graphics startup named Parallax Graphics, based in Santa Clara. However, he felt uncomfortable with the office setup and quit within a short period.

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Career

Thereafter he went on to pursue music and became a bass player with a ‘Blues’ band. He was associated with the team for two years. However, he realised that his passion lies in animation. In 1989, Mike Judge began making short animation cartoons that were then sent to several channels.

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Career

In 1991 he got the opportunity to visit the Dallas Animation Festival. Post the event his short film titled ‘Office Space’ was picked up by television channel Comedy Central.

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Career

The next year his short film ‘Frog Baseball’ featuring two characters named Beavis and Butt-head. This short was the base to an animated series titled ‘Beavis and Butt-head series’, which was eventually showed on MTV in 1993 around these characters. This is regarded as the first major break in his animation career.

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Career

The series ran for four years till 1997 and went on air for a year in 2011 once again. In 1996, a feature film based on the ‘Beavis and Butt-Head’ animation series was created with the title ‘Beavis and Butt-Head Do America’.

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Career

Mike Judge is popular for his works on animation including television series and feature films. His best known works include ‘Beavis and Butt-Head’and ‘King of the Hill’. Other major work includes television sitcom ‘Silicon Valley’.

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Major Works