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MacFarlane was a rising star in December 1998 when he sat down with Times photographer Al Seib for our "Faces to Watch" issue.
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By then he'd started working with Fox and would soon launch what would become one of the network's most successful animated cult comedies: "Family Guy."

1998: Faces to watch

( Al Seib / Los Angeles Times / October 2, 2012 )

MacFarlane was a rising star in December 1998 when he sat down with Times photographer Al Seib for our "Faces to Watch" issue.

By then he'd started working with Fox and would soon launch what would become one of the network's most successful animated cult comedies: "Family Guy."

Seth MacFarlane: Career in pictures

1998: Faces to watch