Mr. Lawrence

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

Douglas Lawrence Osowski (born January 1, 1969), better known as Mr. Lawrence and sometimes credited as Doug Lawrence, is an American voice actor, writer, comedian, and animator, best known for his work as a writer and actor for the animated series SpongeBob SquarePants and Rocko's Modern Life.

Life and career

Lawrence was born in East Brunswick, New Jersey. He is known for his work on the animated TV series SpongeBob SquarePants, on which he has long-running-roles as Sheldon Plankton, Larry the Lobster, Elaine and various other characters including Artist at Sea.

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 recently 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. Apart from his voice work he is a writer on SpongeBob SquarePants and worked as a writer on Rocko's Modern Life and The Twisted Whiskers Show. He is currently a writer and story editor on Mighty Magiswords, Cartoon Network's first original online series.

As a comedian, Mr. 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."^[1]

Filmography

Film and television

Mr. Lawrence with Tom Kenny (the voice of SpongeBob SquarePants)

Video games

Mr. Lawrence sitting on the SpongeBob SquarePants panel at the 2009 San Diego Comic-Con

Mr. Lawrence at the 2009 San Diego Comic-Con

Writer

• Rocko's Modern Life (1993–1996)
• The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat (1995–1997)
• SpongeBob SquarePants (1999–2002; 2009–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-present)

Director

• Looks Can Kill (1994)
• Rocko's Modern Life (1993–1996) – 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 (1995–1997)
• 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

References

1. ↑ "Dan Abrams' interview with Jeff "Swampy" Marsh," The Rocko's Modern Life FAQ

External links

• Mr. Lawrence at the Internet Movie Database