Nolan Splavec

Nolan Millie Splavec (born April 1, 1974) is an American actor, voice actor, animator, writer, producer, director, singer, and songwriter. He is known for co-creating Red And Friends with his creative partner Jennifer Howell.

Splavec was born on April 1, 1974 in Evergreen, Colorado to musicians Bradley Splavec and Jenny Splavec, he had two sisters named Flora and Sarah. He is of Irish and Russian descent from his father's side and Jewish and Canadian descent from his mother's side. He attended Evergreen High School. Splavec took songwriting and singing from his father. At age 12, Splavec's father got him a camera so he can film short films with his friends. His first short film was called The Great Escape, it was about three kids who decided to go into the woods and escape their boring lives by using a pair of binoculars. After that they started filming more shorts, and Splavec began writing the scripts as well as directing them. Splavec's friends called him a great director because of how he filmed everything perfectly. He directed his first feature length movie at 17 years old called How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, it was made up of all of his previous shorts. He attended the University of Colorado Boulder where he meet Howell. The duo made the film short film called A Central Park Christmas in 1992. They graduated in 1995. Splavec and Howell created the adult animated television series Red And Friends in February 20, 1997.

Splavec worked on many other projects including: Red and Friends (1997), South Park (1997), The Simpsons (1998 - 2007), Family Guy (2000 - 2008), King of the Hill (2001 - 2008), Robot Chicken (2005 - 2009), American Dad! (2005 - 2011), and Adventure Time (2010 - present). Making him one of the busiest people on TV. As well as being part of the cast for the Broadway musical Spiderman: Turn Off The Dark in 2010. In addition to his work on TV, Splavec has done numerous voice over roles. Splavec and Howell live in Los Angeles, California.

In 2002, Splavec was arrested for cocaine possession. He pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of the possession. He was sentenced to two years probation and fined $1,000.