Mr. Lawrence

"Doug Lawrence" redirects here. For the jazz tenor saxophonist, see Doug Lawrence (jazz). For other people with this name, see Lawrence (surname).

Mr. Lawrence
Lawrence at the 2009 San Diego ComicCon
Born	Douglas Lawrence Osowski (1969-01-01) January 1, 1969 East Brunswick Township, New Jersey, U.S.
Other names	Doug Lawrence
Occupation(s)	Animator, voice actor, writer, comedian
Years active	1992–present

Douglas Lawrence Osowski (born January 1, 1969), known professionally as "Mr. Lawrence", is an American animator, writer, voice actor, and comedian. He is best known for his work as a writer and voice actor for the Nicktoons Rocko's Modern Life and SpongeBob SquarePants. On SpongeBob, he has provided the voice of Plankton and various recurring characters since 1999.

Career

Lawrence is known for his work as a writer (and since season 10, story editor) on the animated TV series SpongeBob SquarePants. He also has long-running character roles on the show, providing the voice of Sheldon Plankton and various recurring characters, such as Potty the Parrot (replacing Paul Tibbitt from season 10 onwards), the Realistic Fish-Head, and Larry the Lobster.

He was the voice of Edward T. Platypus, Nurse Leslie, Dave, and Ping-Pong on Camp Lazlo. Lawrence also performed the voice of Filburt in Rocko's Modern Life and is the voice of the Announcer and Manant in The Aquabats! Super Show!. Lawrence is a standup comedian, cartoonist, writer-director, animator and producer on the television series Johnny Talk. He worked on The Ren and Stimpy Show in its second season as a layout assistant. He also worked as a writer on Rocko's Modern Life, The Twisted Whiskers Show, and Mighty Magiswords.

As a comedian, Lawrence performed in New Jersey and Los Angeles, collaborating with comedian Jeremy Kramer and Boston comedy writer Martin Olson. Jeff "Swampy" Marsh, a storyboard writer for Rocko's Modern Life and co-creator of Phineas and Ferb, described Lawrence as bearing a "unique sense of humor", and that one "would really have to know Doug to understand (or not understand)" his style. Marsh says that the rationale for Lawrence's humor techniques and decisions "remain a mystery to us forever."

Filmography

Films and television shows

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1993–96	Rocko's Modern Life	Filburt, Additional Voices	additional writer, storyboard artist, and director
1999–present	SpongeBob SquarePants	Plankton, Potty the Parrot (since season 10), Realistic Fish Head, Larry the Lobster, Additional Voices	writer (1999–2002; 2009–) story editor (2016–)
2000	Hairballs		Short film
2003	Do the Voice	Fictionalized version of Himself
2004	The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie	Plankton
2005–08	Camp Lazlo	Edward, Dave, Ping Pong, Nurse Leslie
2006	Ergo Proxy	Dog Cop #4	Episode: "Shôjo sumairu"
2007	Camp Lazlo: Where's Lazlo?	Edward, Dave, Ping Pong
	The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy	Alien #2	Episode: "Billy and Mandy Moon the Moon"
2010	The Cartoonstitute	Joey	Episode: "Joey to the World"
2012–14	The Aquabats! Super Show!	Narrator, ManAnt (voice)	Series narrator Episode: "ManAnt!"
2014	Wander Over Yonder	Additional Voices (uncredited)
	Breadwinners	Turtle	Episode: "Beach Day of Horror"
2015	The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water	Plankton/Plank-Ton
	Uncle Grandpa	Philip	Episode: "Older"
2015–19	Mighty Magiswords	Ralphio, Jest-O the Best-O, Additional Voices	writer and story editor (2015–2016)
2019	Rocko's Modern Life: Static Cling	Filburt, Additional Voices
2020	The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run	Plankton
2021	Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years		Co-developer, writer, theme song composer

Video games

Year	Title	Role
1993	Awesome Possum... Kicks Dr. Machino's Butt
1996	Nickelodeon 3D Movie Maker	Filburt Turtle
2001	SpongeBob SquarePants: SuperSponge	Plankton
	Nicktoons Racing
	SpongeBob SquarePants: Operation Krabby Patty
2002	SpongeBob SquarePants: Employee of the Month	Plankton, Larry the Lobster
	SpongeBob SquarePants: Revenge of the Flying Dutchman
2003	Nickelodeon Toon Twister 3D	Plankton
	SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom	Plankton, Larry the Lobster, Prawn, Fish Announcer
2004	The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie: The Video Game	Plankton
2005	Nicktoons Unite
	SpongeBob SquarePants: Lights, Camera, Pants!
2006	Nicktoons Winners Cup Racing
	SpongeBob SquarePants: Creature from the Krusty Krab
2008	SpongeBob's Atlantis SquarePantis
2008	SpongeBob SquarePants featuring Nicktoons: Globs of Doom
2009	SpongeBob's Truth or Square
	Borderlands	Additional Voices
2011	Nicktoons MLB	Larry the Lobster
2013	SpongeBob SquarePants: Plankton's Robotic Revenge	Plankton
2015	SpongeBob HeroPants	Plankton/Plank-Ton
2020	SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom – Rehydrated	Plankton, Larry the Lobster, Prawn, Fish Announcer

Writer

• Rocko's Modern Life (1993–96)
• The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat (1995–97)
• SpongeBob SquarePants (1999–2002; 2009–present) - also story editor (2016–present)
• Hairballs (2000)
• Do the Voice (2003)
• Johnnie Talk (2003)
• SpongeBob's Truth or Square (2009)
• The Haunted World of El Superbeasto (2009) – Additional screenplay material
• The Twisted Whiskers Show (2010)
• Lucky Lady (2014)
• Mighty Magiswords (2015–2016) - Story
• Wabbit (2015)
• Rocko's Modern Life: Static Cling (2019)

Director

• Looks Can Kill (1994)
• Rocko's Modern Life (1993–1996) – Leap Frogs/Bedfellows (1993) - Sugar-Frosted Frights/Ed Is Dead: A Thriller! (1995) – Fish-N-Chumps/Camera Shy (1995) – Nothing to Sneeze At/Old Fogey Froggy (1995) – Speaking Terms/Tooth and Nail (1995)
• The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat (1995–97)
• General Chaos: Uncensored Animation (1998)
• Hairballs (2000)
• The Haunted World of El Superbeasto (2009) – Assistant director
• "Lucky Lady" (2014)

Other work

• The Food Album (1993) – album art

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Result
1995	CableACE Award	Best Animated Programming Special or Series	Won
2012	Primetime Emmy Award	Outstanding Short-Format Animated Program	Nominated

External links

• Mr. Lawrence at IMDb