Kent Osborne

Kent Osborne is an American animator, writer, actor, producer and director who has worked mostly in animated television. He grew up in Vermont before his family moved to New Jersey, and he studied acting in New York. A small part in School Ties (1992) led him to write Dropping Out, which his brother Mark directed and he starred in, premiering at Sundance in 2000. He wrote and storyboarded SpongeBob SquarePants from 2002 to 2005, earning Emmy nominations, and his later writing on Adventure Time, Camp Lazlo and The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack brought more nominations, with wins for Adventure Time in 2015 and 2017. He was head writer of Summer Camp Island and is a co-producer and story editor on Kiff. His mumblecore films include Hannah Takes the Stairs (2007), Nights and Weekends (2008) and Uncle Kent 2 (2015), and he co-wrote, co-produced and starred in the title role of Uncle Kent.