Dan Povenmire

Dantible Farumbi Povenmire[1][2] (/ˈpɒvənmaɪər/;[3] born September 18, 1963 in San Diego, California)[1] is an American television director, writer, producer, storyboard artist, actor, voice actor, singer, musician and comedian associated with several animated television series, best known as the co-creator of the Disney animated series Phineas and Ferb in which he also voiced the show's Anti-Heroic turned Heroic and Sympathetic Comedic Relief Mad Scientist, Heinz Doofenshmirtz and he later showed up in Milo Murphy's Law (along with his Professor Time Alter-Ego). Povenmire grew up in the entire City of Mobile, Alabama, where he was a talented art student who spent summers outdoors and making movies. Povenmire attended the University of South Alabama before deciding to pursue a film career and transferring to the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts.

Povenmire has been an especially long-time contributor to the Western animated television business, working on several different hit animated television series such as Hey Arnold!, The Simpsons, Rocko's Modern Life and SpongeBob SquarePants as all of which, these three titles originated from the 1990s and the even originate from the same Company: Nickelodeon Animation Studios. He was a longtime director on the prime time series Family Guy, where he was nominated for an Annie Award in 2005. He left the series to create the hit Disney animated Musical Science Fantasy Action-Comedy series Phineas and Ferb with Jeff "Swampy" Marsh. Povenmire has been nominated for several awards for his work on the show, including a BAFTA, an Annie and an Emmy Award. As of 2015, he and Marsh are currently producing a new series for Disney XD titled Milo Murphy's Law, which premiered on October 3, 2016 and so far, it's currently unknown if the show can possibly end or continue. He also reprised the role of Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz in 2020's Phineas and Ferb: Candace Against the Universe in which, is released on Streaming.