William Mark "Bill" Fagerbakke is an American actor and voice actor. He is well known for his long-running-roles as Patrick Star in the animated series SpongeBob SquarePants and Michael "Dauber" Dybinski on the sitcom Coach. To date, he has also appeared in 10 episodes of the Sitcom "How I Met Your Mother" as Marshall Eriksen's father Marvin. Fagerbakke, who stands at 6'6" , was born in Fontana, California. Fagerbakke is a 1975 graduate of Minico High School in Rupert, Idaho, and attended the University of Idaho in Moscow. He played football for the Vandals as a reserve defensive lineman... until a knee injury ended his athletic career in spring drills before his junior season, which turned his focus to theater. He was a member of the Delta Tau Delta fraternity and earned his bachelor's degree in 1981, a result of "two years of football and four years of school." He later attended Southern Methodist University in Dallas. He has appeared on television in roles such as Assistant Coach "Dauber" Dybinski on Coach, in movies, including Funny Farm, and several on-and-off Broadway stage shows.
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