Biography
Nolan Millie Splavec (born April 1, 1973) is an American-Canadian actor, singer, songwriter, rapper, composer, filmmaker, writer, and animator. He is known for creating the television shows Red And Friends, Class of The Titans, Martha Speaks, and Stewart and Friends. He voices D.W. Read in Arthur, Millie Larsen, Shauna Krawly, Bebe Stevens, and many other voices on Red And Friends, and portrays Melanie in Stewart and Friends.
He is known for songs such as "Broke", "When I'm Gone", "Mockingbird", "Fack", "What Would Brian Boitano Do", "Poker Face (South Park Version)", "No More Mr. Knife Guy", "Love The Way You Lie Ft. Rihanna", "I'll Get You What You Want (Cockatoo in Malibu)", "Chef Pee Pee is The Best", and "Pandory's Pan Pizza Palace with Jennifer Howell".
Splavec was born on April 1, 1973 in Baltimore, Maryland to Mat Splavec and Caroline Splavec (née Madison) and his siblings Monica, AJ, Meg, and Adam. He started his career in 1977 as a child actor when he was in many commercials. He made his television debut as Billy Campbell in the TV series A New Kind of Family from 1977 to 1987. Splavec was just 4 years old when he first started acting. Splavec portrayed main protagonist Stan Kurtz in the psychological horror film The Creepy Man (1981) and its sequel Stan (1987). He had also guest starred on several television shows such as Diff'rent Strokes, Charlie's Angels, The Love Boat, Fantasy Island, Magnum P.I., Murder She Wrote, MacGyver, and Dynasty.
On July 28, 1984 at 11 O'clock, 11 year old Nolan got up from bed and went to his parents closet and picked up a gun, his father woke up and said "Nolan, what are you doing with that gun?" Nolan said "Never mind what I'm doing with it" Nolan shot his father 8 times, killing him instantly, then shot his mother 9 times, she died as well. A neighbor heard shooting from the Splavec house and called the police, the police came and saw the 2 bodies of Nolan's parents and arrested Nolan, and was guilty for two counts of murder and was sent to court. Nolan said he murdered his parents because they were abusive and neglectful. He was sentenced to 2 months in juvenile detention.
In 1992, Splavec married Canadian actress Jennifer Howell who voices the title character and many others on his future animated television series Red And Friends and also founded South Park Productions that same year. Splavec's sister Monica passed away on January 15, 2023 from a brain tumor. Splavec has 4 daughters Jesse, Millie, Lily, and Shauna and 2 sons, Nolan Jr. and Cody, his other son Jonathan died in Mexico by a Mexican cartel on September 23, 2016. Splavec created the television shows Red And Friends in 1997, Class of The Titans in 2005, Martha Speaks in 2008, and Stewart and Friends in 2022.