If you're a fan of Family Guy, don't miss the top twenty funny facts about the sarcastic family pet dog, struggling journalist/writer, Brian Griffin.
- Brian Griffin was designed and voiced by Seth MacFarlane.
- Brian was born in a puppy mill in Austin, Texas, in a litter of five puppies.
- He is a Labrador Retriever.
- He is eight years old, which is 56 dog years!
- He is the son of Coco and Biscuit. Two normal non-speaking dogs.
- Brian's human-like qualities have been present since he was a puppy.
- He has one human child called Dylan.
- Brian is an atheist.
- Brian attended Brown University in Rhode Island, however he failed to graduate.
- He drives a Toyota Prius.
- Brian has aged one human year since the start of the show. Where as Meg has aged a few years.
- Brian spends a lot of time getting drunk with his best friend Peter Griffin at 'The Drunken Clam'.
- As mentioned in many episodes, Brian has a massive crush on Peters wife, Lois.
- He loves opera and jazz.
- Throughout the show, Brian is mainly unemployed, he is often seen trying to pursue his journalists career by attempting essays, books, novels, screenplays and newspaper articles.
- He has a green belt in Taekwondo, and is one year away from receiving his black belt - that's one human year by the way.
- Brian's taste in women is a mixture, he often looks for women who are similar to himself, or share the same interests, however he has been seen drawn to women for more physical reasons in the past.
- Although he his basically human, Brian is still unable to resist playing fetch and being afraid of vacuum cleaners.
- Brian has appeared in other television shows such as American Dad! and The Cleveland Show, which are all created by Seth MacFarlane.
- In Family Guy's parodies of Star Wars, Brian appears as Chewbacca.
