Seth MacFarlane was involved in the production of Ted.
Seth MacFarlane . He also wrote , directed , and starred in the films Ted ( 2012 ) , its sequel Ted 2 ( 2015 ) , and A Million Ways to Die in the West ( 2014 ) . MacFarlane 's first feature-length comedy film , Ted , features his voice acting and performance-capture as the titular anthropomorphic teddy bear and became the highest-grossing original R-rated comedy . He wrote the lyrics for the Academy Award-nominated song `` Everybody Needs a Best Friend '' for Ted .