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Created by | Mike Henry Seth MacFarlane |
Designed by | Seth MacFarlane |
Voiced by | Mike Henry (1999–2021) Arif Zahir (2021–present) |
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Full name | Cleveland Orenthal Brown Sr. |
Gender | Male |
Occupation | Deli owner (formerly) Musician (formerly) Toronto Blue Jays Baseball player (formerly) Cable television installer (formerly) Therapist (formerly) Postal worker (currently) |
Family | LeVar "Freight Train" Brown (father) Evelyn "Cookie" Brown (mother) Broderick Brown (brother) |
Spouses | Donna Tubbs-Brown Loretta Brown (ex-wife/deceased) |
Children | Cleveland Brown Jr. (son) Roberta Tubbs (step-daughter) Rallo Tubbs (step-son) |
Home | Quahog, Rhode Island |
Nationality | African-American |
Age | 42 |
Cleveland Orenthal Brown Sr. is a fictional character from the animated television series Family Guy, and its spin-off series The Cleveland Show.[1][2] He is a neighbor and friend of the Griffin family and is best known for his mild-mannered deadpan delivery. His established profession was that of a deli owner, before he switched over to being a postal worker after his return to Family Guy.
In the earlier seasons of Family Guy, Cleveland frequently appeared alongside his wife Loretta Brown (voiced by Alex Borstein), until their divorce was portrayed in the Family Guy season 4 episode "The Cleveland–Loretta Quagmire". The pilot episode of The Cleveland Show depicts Cleveland's farewell to the familiar characters and settings of Family Guy. The Cleveland Show establishes its setting of Stoolbend, Virginia as Cleveland's childhood home town, and introduces a new family and set of characters supporting Cleveland as lead. Following The Cleveland Show's cancellation in 2013, Cleveland returned to Family Guy the following year.