{{Short description|American voice actor and animator (born 1969)}} {{for|the politician|Doug Osowski (politician)}} {{About|Douglas Lawrence Osowski|other people|Doug Lawrence (disambiguation){{!}}Douglas Lawrence (disambiguation)|and|Lawrence (surname)|and|Lawrence (disambiguation)}} {{pp-pc}} {{BLP sources|date=August 2020}} {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2014}} {{Use American English|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox person | name = Mr. Lawrence | image = Mr. Lawrence by Gage Skidmore.jpg | image_size = | caption = Mr. Lawrence at the 2024 San Diego ComicCon | birth_name = Douglas Lawrence Osowski | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969|01|01|mf=yes}} | birth_place = East Brunswick, New Jersey, U.S. | other_names = Doug Lawrence | alma_mater = The Kubert School | occupation = {{hlist|Voice actor|screenwriter|animator|comedian}} | years_active = 1992–present |spouse = Mary Ann }} '''Douglas Lawrence Osowski'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=As 'SpongeBob SquarePants' Turns 25, Meet the Faces Behind the Characters |url=https://people.com/spongebob-squarepants-cast-voices-of-characters-6046139 |access-date=2025-03-08 |website=People.com |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=The Library of Congress |title=Lawrence, Mr. - LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies {{!}} Library of Congress, from LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies (Library of Congress) |url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2004003848.html |access-date=2025-03-08 |website=id.loc.gov}}</ref> (born January 1, 1969<ref name=":0" />), known professionally as '''Mr. Lawrence''', is an American voice actor, screenwriter, animator and comedian. He is best known for his work as a writer and voice actor for the Nicktoons ''Rocko's Modern Life/Rocko's Modern Life: Static Cling'' and ''SpongeBob SquarePants''. On ''SpongeBob'', he has provided the voice of Sheldon J. Plankton, Larry the Lobster, Fred, and various recurring characters since the show's debut in 1999.

==Early life and career== Lawrence grew up in East Brunswick, New Jersey. In high school, he would appear in sketch comedy live shows during the summer.<ref name="Bourbeau">{{cite web |url=https://www.mycentraljersey.com/story/entertainment/people/2015/11/15/east-brunswick-native-voices-spongebob-squarepants-character/75597924/ |title=East Brunswick native voices SpongeBob Squarepants character |first=Mary Ann |last= Bourbeau |website=mycentraljersey.com |date=November 5, 2015 |access-date=June 21, 2024}}</ref> He attended The Kubert School for two years, before dropping out to focus on his stand-up.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlV1WVYv_DQ|title=Mr. Lawrence - From Kubert Comic School Student to Stand Up Comic &#124; Bonus Scene from Interview|date=November 16, 2020 |via=www.youtube.com}}</ref>

Lawrence started his animation career at Spümcø, where he was one of the few new hires alongside Peter Avanzino and Ron Hughart. He served as a layout assistant on the second season of ''The Ren & Stimpy Show'' and endured harsh working conditions under John Kricfalusi. He followed future showrunner Bob Camp and others to Games Animation, where he completed the rest of his work and switched to Joe Murray's unit. He became a major crew member on ''Rocko's Modern Life'', voicing Filburt while directing and writing multiple episodes, a contrast to his minor role at the perpetually suffering ''Ren & Stimpy'' unit.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Komorowski |first1=Thad |title=Sick Little Monkeys: The Unauthorized Ren & Stimpy Story |date=2017 |publisher=BearManor Media |isbn=978-1629331836 |location=Albany, Georgia}}</ref>

After ''Rocko'', he worked 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 Fred the fish, Potty the Parrot (replacing Paul Tibbitt from season 10 onwards), the Realistic Fish-Head, and Larry the Lobster. He has also voiced Plankton in the SpongeBob Movie in 2004, along with the other installments in the SpongeBob film series and spinoffs. Mr. Lawrence also wrote the story and screenplay for the ''Plankton: The Movie'', which was released on Netflix in March 2025.

He was the voice of Edward T. Platypus, Nurse Leslie, Dave, and Ping-Pong on ''Camp Lazlo''. Lawrence also performed the voice of Manant in ''The Aquabats! Super Show!''. Lawrence also worked as a producer on the television series ''Johnny Talk'' and 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."<ref>"[http://www.title14.com/rocko/contributors/interview.html Dan Abrams' interview with Jeff "Swampy" Marsh]," ''The Rocko's Modern Life FAQ''</ref>

==Personal life== Lawrence is married and lives in Burbank, California.<ref name="Bourbeau"/>

==Filmography==

===Films and television shows=== {|class="wikitable" ; ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- |1992–93 |''The Ren & Stimpy Show'' | |12 episodes; layout assistant |- | 1993–96 || ''Rocko's Modern Life'' || Filburt, Additional Voices || 42 episodes; also writer, storyboard artist, and director |- | 1995–96 || ''The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat'' || Baby, Milk Vendor, Additional Voices || 2 episodes; also character designer |- | 1998 || ''Toonsylvania'' || || 6 episodes; storyboard artist |- | 1999 || ''CatDog'' || || story wrote episode: "It's a Wonderful Half Life/Shepherd Dog" |- | 1999–present || ''SpongeBob SquarePants'' || Plankton, Larry the Lobster, Realistic Fish Head, Fred, Potty the Parrot (since season 10), Tom, Additional Voices || writer (1999–2002; 2009–)<br />story editor (2016–) |- | 2000 || ''Hairballs'' || Ray || Short film |- | 2004 || ''The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie'' || Plankton, Fish #7, Attendant #2, Lloyd (voice) || |- | 2005–08 || ''Camp Lazlo'' || Edward, Dave, Ping Pong, Nurse Leslie, Additional voices || 61 episodes |- | 2007 || ''The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy'' || Alien #2 (voice) || Episode: "Billy and Mandy Moon the Moon" |- | 2009 || ''The Haunted World of El Superbeasto'' || || additional director, additional screenplay material, additional story, storyboard artist, character layout artist, character designer, and prop designer |- | 2010 || ''The Cartoonstitute'' || Joseph "Joey" Elliot Kangaroo (voice) || Episode: "Joey to the World" |- | 2012–14 || ''The Aquabats! Super Show!'' || Narrator, ManAnt (voice) || 21 episodes |- | rowspan="3"|2015 || ''The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water'' || Plankton, Plankton Robot, News Anchor Fish, Mob Member (voice) || |- | ''Uncle Grandpa'' || Philip (voice) || Episode: "Older" |- | ''New Looney Tunes'' || || story wrote episode: "Scarecrow" |- | 2015–19 || ''Mighty Magiswords'' || Ralphio, Jest-O the Best-O, Additional Voices || 27 episodes; also story writer (2016) |- | 2019 || ''Rocko's Modern Life: Static Cling'' || Filburt, Maitre D', Martian 1, Doug, Hopping Hessian, Doodleberg, Lizard (voice) || TV special; also writer |- | 2020 || ''The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run'' || Plankton (voice) || |- | 2020–2023 || ''Deer Squad'' || Ian (voice) || English dub |- | 2021–2024 |''Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years''|| Plankton, Larry the Lobster, Additional Voices || 39 episodes; also co-developer, writer, theme song composer and story editor |- | 2021–present |''The Patrick Star Show''|| Plankton, Fred, Larry the Lobster, Additional Voices || Co-developer, writer and story editor |- | 2023 |''Blaze and the Monster Machines''|| The Baby Robot (Voice) || Episode: "The Baby Robot from Outer Space" |- |2024 |''Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie'' || Plankton, Fred, Larry the Lobster, Additional Voices || |- |Rowspan="2"|2025 |''Plankton: The Movie'' || Plankton, Rube Goldfish (voice) || Also Story and Screenwriter <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.thewrap.com/plankton-the-movie-netflix-spongebob-sandy-cheeks/ | title=Netflix Announces 'Plankton: The Movie' Set in the 'SpongeBob SquarePants' Universe | date=June 6, 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://watch.plex.tv/movie/plankton-the-movie|title=Plankton: The Movie |date=March 7, 2025 }}</ref> |- |''The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants'' || Plankton (voice) ||<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/the-smurfs-movie-cast-rihanna-1235871717/ | title='The Smurfs Movie' Sets Starry Cast to Join Rihanna; Dave Bautista, Eric Nam Board 'Airbender' Franchise | website=The Hollywood Reporter | date=April 11, 2024 }}</ref> |}

===Video games=== {|class="wikitable" ; ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Note |- |1993 || ''Awesome Possum... Kicks Dr. Machino's Butt'' || Dr. Machino |- | 1996 || ''Nickelodeon 3D Movie Maker'' || Filburt Turtle || <ref name="btva"/> |- | 2000 || ''Nicktoons Racing'' || Rowspan="3"|Plankton ||Archival recordings<ref name="btva">{{cite web |title=Doug Lawrence (visual voices guide) |url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Doug-Lawrence/ |website=Behind The Voice Actors |access-date=November 16, 2022}} A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.</ref> |- | rowspan="2"| 2001 || ''SpongeBob SquarePants: SuperSponge'' || Rowspan="10"|<ref name="btva"/> |- | ''SpongeBob SquarePants: Operation Krabby Patty'' |- | rowspan="2"| 2002 || ''SpongeBob SquarePants: Employee of the Month'' || rowspan="2"| Plankton, Larry the Lobster |- | ''SpongeBob SquarePants: Revenge of the Flying Dutchman'' |- | rowspan="2"| 2003 || ''Nickelodeon Toon Twister 3D'' || Plankton |- | ''SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom'' || Plankton, Larry the Lobster, Prawn, Realistic Fish Head |- | rowspan="2"| 2004 || ''The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie: The Video Game'' || Plankton |- |''SpongeBob SquarePants: Typing'' || Plankton, Realistic Fish Head |- | rowspan="2"| 2005 || ''Nicktoons Unite!'' || Plankton |- | ''SpongeBob SquarePants: Lights, Camera, Pants!'' || Plankton, Larry the Lobster, Realistic Fish Head |- | Rowspan="2"|2006 || ''SpongeBob SquarePants: Creature from the Krusty Krab'' || rowspan="5"|Plankton || |- |''Spongebob SquarePants: Nighty Nightmare''|| Rowspan="4"|<ref name="btva"/> |- | 2007 || ''SpongeBob's Atlantis SquarePantis'' |- | 2008 || ''SpongeBob SquarePants featuring Nicktoons: Globs of Doom'' |- | rowspan="2"| 2009 || ''SpongeBob's Truth or Square'' |- | ''Borderlands'' || Additional Voices |- | 2011 || ''Nicktoons MLB'' || Larry the Lobster || Rowspan="3"|<ref name="btva"/> |- | 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, Realistic Fish Head || Archival recordings |- | rowspan="2" | 2023 || ''SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake'' || Plankton, Larry the Lobster, Realistic Fish Head, Fred, Prawn, Citizens|| Rowspan="4"|<ref name="btva"/> |- | ''Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2'' || Plankton, Chum Slave |- | 2024 || ''SpongeBob SquarePants: The Patrick Star Game'' || Plankton, Fred, Realistic Fish Head |- | rowspan="2"| 2025 || ''Nicktoons & The Dice of Destiny'' || Plankton |- | ''SpongeBob SquarePants: Titans of the Tide''|| Plankton, Larry the Lobster, Fred, Tom, Fish Announcer ||<ref>{{cite web|title=SpongeBob SquarePants: Titans of the Tide Announced With First Trailer|url=https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/new-spongebob-squarepants-game-titans-of-the-tide-trailer-release-date-editions/|date=August 1, 2025|first= Amanda |last= Kay Oaks}}</ref> |}

===Theme parks=== {|class="wikitable" ; ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- |2005 |''SpongeBob 4D'' |Plankton |<ref>{{cite web|title=SpongeBob SquarePants 4-D: Ride (2005) - Full Cast and Crew|url=https://www.moviefone.com/movie/spongebob-squarepants-3-d-ride/fNZfUXLyUxnKoCodefNZC6/credits/}}</ref> |}

* ''The Food Album'' (1993) – album art

==Awards and nominations==

{|class="wikitable" ; ! Year ! Award ! Category ! Result |- | 1995 || CableACE Award || Best Animated Programming Special or Series || {{Won}} |- | 2012 || Primetime Emmy Award || Outstanding Short-Format Animated Program || {{Nom}} |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== {{wikiquote}} {{commons category}} * {{IMDb name|0492951}}

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