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Mike Judge

Michael Craig Judge (born October 17, 1962) is an American actor, animator, writer, producer, and director. He is the creator of the animated television series ''Beavis and Butt-Head'' (1993–1997, 2011, 2022–present), and co-created the television series ''King of the Hill'' (1997–2010, 2025–present), ''The Goode Family'' (2009), ''Silicon Valley'' (2014–2019), and ''Mike Judge Presents: Tales from the Tour Bus'' (2017–2018). He wrote and directed the films ''Beavis and Butt-Head Do America'' (1996), ''Office Space'' (1999), ''Idiocracy'' (2006), and ''Extract'' (2009), and co-wrote the screenplay to ''Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe'' (2022).

Judge was born in Guayaquil, Ecuador, and raised in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He graduated from the University of California, San Diego, where he studied physics. After losing interest in a career in science, Judge focused on animation and short films. His animated short ''Frog Baseball'' was developed into the successful MTV series ''Beavis and Butt-Head'', and the spin-off series ''Daria'' (with which Judge had no involvement).

In 1995, Judge and former ''Simpsons'' writer Greg Daniels developed ''King of the Hill'', which debuted on Fox in 1997 and quickly became popular with both critics and audiences. Running for 13 seasons, it became one of the longest-running American animated series. During the run of the show, Judge took time off to write and direct ''Office Space'', ''Idiocracy'' and ''Extract''. As ''King of the Hill'' was coming to an end, Judge created his third show, ABC's ''The Goode Family'', which received mixed reviews and was canceled after 13 episodes. After a four-year hiatus, he created his fourth show, the live-action ''Silicon Valley'' for HBO, which has received critical acclaim. In 2017, Judge's fourth animated series, the music-themed ''Tales from the Tour Bus'', premiered on Cinemax, to acclaim.

Judge has won a Primetime Emmy Award and two Annie Awards for ''King of the Hill'' and two Critics' Choice Television Awards and Satellite Awards for ''Silicon Valley''. Provided by Wikipedia