Pingg (fanon biography)

Terrance Michael Nicholas Goldberg (born 11 April 1977) is a British-American actor, producer, and musician. Goldberg's accolades include the AntScreen Award, the AntMusic Award, and the BAFTA Award.

Born in Lancaster, England to American parents, he was raised in both countries before his family moved to Russikon, Switzerland. His first on-screen appearance was playing Pingg in the television series Pingu. After the show ended, he produced many web series such as My Wonderworld, These Apples, and Visions of Ten. During his career, Goldberg began to take up musical endeavours, first playing in a band with fellow Pingu actor Attin Page before joining Pingu's musical project the Icebreakers. He began to do side gigs after the Icebreakers broke up in 2006, performing with artists from Kenny Tilt to Fan Propeller.

Early life
Goldberg was born on 11 April 1977 in Lancaster, England, to American parents Carey Patrick Goldberg, a spokesman of environmental organization Loggers Guild, and Harriet Oswald Goldberg (née Felder), who works as a receptionist. His paternal great-grandfather, Otto Goldberg, was a German Jewish pastry chef from Bad Dürkheim, Electorate of the Palatinate (Germany) and married typist Elisa Robins. They had two children together; Herman Hyman Goldberg, and Lena Octavia Goldberg (later Fritz). Herman married into the brewer family of Sherman via chemist Anne Catherine Sherman, and had an only child named Carey Patrick Goldberg.

An only child, his parents went to the UK for an annual company picnic as a result of his father's company taking on several locations. His parents separated in 1994 and divorced a year later.

Goldberg went to preschool at Timbers Montessori Preschool and Pre-Kindergarten Center in Kansas City, Missouri, and attended Capsize Elementary School in Huntington, West Virginia. He completed his schooling at the Outdoors School for Excelling Penguins in Zurich, Switzerland, where his fellow Pingu castmates Attin Page, Pingu Winters, Peter Reginald, and Gabby Pascal attended.

Before Pingu (1986-1990)
Goldberg began to

Personal life
Goldberg battled drug use from 1996 to 1998. He described the experience as "initially a sort-of breather to make my life looser than it was ... it turned dreary and dour and sour and by the time I went to rehab, I'd forgive you for thinking I opened my front door in a snowstorm. In England."