Mr. Lawrence
Biography
Mr. Lawrence is an American animator, voice actor, screenwriter and comedian who grew up in East Brunswick, New Jersey. He began in animation at Spümcø, serving as a layout assistant for season two of The Ren & Stimpy Show before moving to Games Animation and Joe Murray's unit. On Rocko's Modern Life he became a major crew member, voicing Filburt and writing and directing episodes. After Rocko, he wrote for SpongeBob SquarePants and was a story editor from season 10 to 18, while voicing Sheldon J. Plankton, Larry the Lobster, Fred and recurring characters since the show's 1999 debut. He voiced Plankton in the 2004 SpongeBob movie, co-wrote the story and screenplay for Plankton: The Movie (2025), and worked on Rocko's Modern Life: Static Cling (2019). His other voice roles include Camp Lazlo and The Aquabats! Super Show!, and he wrote for The Twisted Whiskers Show and Mighty Magiswords. He performed in New Jersey and Los Angeles as a comedian.
57years old
Turns 58 on January 1in 52 days
- Born East Brunswick
- Star sign: CapricornThe sign runs December 22 to January 19
- Also credited as Doug Lawrence, Douglas Osowski and Douglas Lawrence Osowski
Movie Career
- Films
- 8
- Career span
- 21 years2004 to 2025
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First role
Mr. Lawrence began his animation career at Spümcø, one of the few new hires there. On the second season of The Ren & Stimpy Show he worked as a layout assistant, then followed Bob Camp and others to Games Animation.
Early training
Mr. Lawrence spent two years at The Kubert School, then left his studies there so he could give his stand-up comedy his full attention.
Behind the camera
For Plankton: The Movie, Mr. Lawrence shared writing duties on both the story and the screenplay. Netflix released the film in March 2025.
Mr. Lawrence movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
- The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie2004 Adventure, Animation, Comedyas Plankton / Fish #7 / Attendant #2, Lloydvoice
IMDb rating 7.2113K votes
- The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water2015 Action, Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasyas Plankton / Plankton Robot / News Anchor Fish / Mob Membervoice
IMDb rating 6.069K votes
Most often with
Tom Kenny appears in eight of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Tom Kenny's page
Clancy Brown's page
Rodger Bumpass's page
Bill Fagerbakke's page
Jill Talley's page
Carolyn Lawrence's page
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.