Doug Lawrence

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Doug Lawrence
General Information
Birth:	Douglas Lawrence Osowski January 1, 1969 (age 55) East Brunswick, New Jersey, U.S.
Gender:	Male
Series Information
Credits:	Writer (1999-2001; 2009-present) Actor Voice actor Storyboard punch-up Animation writer Director Story editor
Portrays:	Sheldon J. Plankton Potty the Parrot (2017 - present) Realistic Fish Head Larry the Lobster Prawn Admiral Prawn Earl Cheeks Artist Colored ghost Fred Incidental 6 Planktonamor Dead Eye Plankton Planky Jack Plankton Incidental 118 Bank robber Incidental 40 Conscience Red PlanKrab Gale Doppler King Plankton Rube Goldfish Ray Ray Mr. Charleston Tony Fast Jr. Robo-Plankton Incidental 37A Swordfish trucker Incidental 116 Loser 2 Incidental 10 Lloyd Narrator (audiobooks) Dopey Dick
Years:	1999 - present

Douglas Lawrence Osowski (born January 1, 1969; age 55), usually credited as Mr. Lawrence in the opening credits, is a SpongeBob SquarePants writer. He is also a main cast member for the SpongeBob SquarePants franchise, voicing Sheldon J. Plankton and various recurring characters, including Larry the Lobster and Fred.

Biography

Doug debuted as a writer on the episode "Tea at the Treedome."

Doug Lawrence summarized Plankton's origins in 2015, saying that he "was only supposed to be in one or two episodes, but I was a writer on the show and I really liked this character." Following his first voice recording as Plankton, Lawrence wrote some of his own ideas for the character and passed them to Stephen Hillenburg. From then on, Plankton began to appear more often.

Doug Lawrence decided that Plankton and Karen should be an inseparable duo, with Karen as the brains of the operation, always supplying Plankton with evil plans. Lawrence said: "I want more Karen on the show ... The married life of an evil genius is the funniest thing to me, so in that regard [Karen] definitely enhances Plankton’s stories making him more than just your typical bad guy."

Doug Lawrence was promoted to the show's main voice cast in the credits of the 2004 movie alongside Jill Talley, who voices Karen. In season 10, he was promoted to story editor after Kyle McCulloch left the show.

Outside of SpongeBob, he was a writer, director, and the voice of Filburt Turtle on Rocko's Modern Life, where he also worked with Tom Kenny who voiced Heffer Wolfe, and also as a writer, director, and the voices of Edward, Dave and Ping Pong, and Nurse Leslie on Camp Lazlo.

Roles

• Sheldon J. Plankton
• Sheldon J. Plankton (Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years)
• Potty the Parrot (since season 10)
• Realistic Fish Head
• Larry the Lobster
• Earl Cheeks
• Artist
• Colored ghost
• Planktonamor (uncredited)
• Dead Eye Plankton
• Planky
• Jack Plankton
• Tony Fast Jr.
• Swordfish trucker
• Noodleman
• Robo-Plankton (Battle for Bikini Bottom)
• Robo-Plankton (Battle for Bikini Bottom: Rehydrated)
• Red PlanKrab
• Gale Doppler
• King Plankton
• Plank-Ton
• Dream Plankton
• Mr. Charleston
• Conscience
• Ray Ray
• Prawn (Series)
• Prawn (Battle for Bikini Bottom)
• Prawn (Battle for Bikini Bottom: Rehydrated)
• Admiral Prawn
• Odd customer
• Rube Goldfish
• Loser 2
• Lead driver's phone
• Ghost toast
• Dopey Dick
• Fred
• Incidental 1D
• Incidental 4
• Incidental 6
• Incidental 9
• Incidental 10
• Incidental 13
• Incidental 27
• Incidental 31
• Incidental 37A
• Incidental 37B
• Scooter
• Incidental 39
• Incidental 40
• Incidental 41
• Incidental 42
• Incidental 49A (Male)
• Incidental 60
• Incidental 64
• Incidental 80
• Old Man Walker
• Incidental 85
• Incidental 86
• Incidental 92
• Incidental 93
• Incidental 105
• Incidental 106
• Incidental 111
• Incidental 114
• Incidental 116
• Incidental 118
• Incidental 118C
• Incidental 127
• Incidental 154
• Incidental 155
• Sandals
• Incidental 182
• Incidental 186
• Incidental 203
• Incidental 222
• Incidental F4
• Pirate 4
• Incidental Y7
• BunnyBunnsKids 23

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Awards and nominations for SpongeBob SquarePants V • E Emmy Awards Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less Than One Hour) Nominees: Sean Dempsey, Derek Drymon, Juli Murphy Hashiguchi, Sam Henderson, Stephen Hillenburg, Jay Lender, Mark O'Hare, Kent Osborne, Alan Smart, Paul Tibbitt, Tom Yasumi (for "New Student Starfish"/"Clams," 2003) • Derek Drymon, Juli Murphy Hashiguchi, Stephen Hillenburg, Kent Osborne, Andrew Overtoom, Alan Smart, Paul Tibbitt (for "Ugh," 2004) • Mike Bell, C.H. Greenblatt, Stephen Hillenburg, Alan Smart, Paul Tibbitt, Vincent Waller, Tom Yasumi (for "Fear of a Krabby Patty"/"Shell of a Man," 2005) • Casey Alexander, Luke Brookshier, Stephen Hillenburg, Tom King, Dani Michaeli, Chris Mitchell, Andrew Overtoom, Alan Smart, Paul Tibbitt and Tom Yasumi (for "Bummer Vacation"/"Wigstruck," 2007) • Steven Banks, Charlie Bean, Stephen Hillenburg, Dani Michaeli, Chris Reccardi, Alan Smart, Aaron Springer, Paul Tibbitt, Tom Yasumi (for "The Inmates of Summer"/"The Two Faces of Squidward," 2008) Outstanding Short-format Animated Program Nominees: Dina Buteyn, Stephen Hillenburg, Dani Michaeli, Alan Smart, Aaron Springer, Paul Tibbitt and Tom Yasumi (for "Dear Vikings," 2009) • Luke Brookshier, Dina Buteyn, Nate Cash, Stephen Hillenburg, Doug Lawrence, Andrew Overtoom, Alan Smart and Paul Tibbitt (for "That Sinking Feeling," 2011) • Marc Ceccarelli, Stephen Hillenburg, Kyle McCulloch, Jennie Monica, Jack Pendarvis, Alan Smart, Paul Tibbitt, Vincent Waller, Tom Yasumi (for "Company Picnic," 2016) • Luke Brookshier, Marc Ceccarelli, Stephen Hillenburg, Jennie Monica, Adam Paloian, Alan Smart, Vincent Waller, Tom Yasumi (for "Plankton Paranoia," 2019) Daytime Emmy Awards Outstanding Directing in an Animated Program Directors: Andrew Overtoom, Andrea Romano, Alan Smart and Tom Yasumi (2010) • Casey Alexander, Luke Brookshier, Nate Cash, Zeus Cervas, Sean Charmatz, Andrew Overtoom, Andrea Romano, Alan Smart, Aaron Springer, Paul Tibbitt, Vincent Waller and Tom Yasumi (2012) Outstanding Special Class Animated Program Animators: Dina Buteyn, Stephen Hillenburg and Paul Tibbitt (2010) Outstanding Children's Animated Program Nominees: Stephen Hillenburg, Jennie Monica Hammond and Paul Tibbitt (2012) • Stephen Hillenburg, Marc Ceccarelli, Vincent Waller and Jennie Monica (2018) Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program Voice actors: Rodger Bumpass as Squidward Tentacles (2012) • Tom Kenny as SpongeBob SquarePants (2018) • Tom Kenny as SpongeBob SquarePants (2020) • Tom Kenny as SpongeBob SquarePants (2021) Outstanding Sound Editing – Animation Nominees: Todd Brodie, Nicolas Carr, Mishelle Fordham, Chris Gresham, Matt Hall, Jeffrey Hutchins, James Lifton, Paulette Lifton, D.J. Lynch, Aran Tanchum and Kimberlee Vanek (2012) • Mishelle Fordham, Vincent Guisetti, Jeffrey Hutchins, James Lifton, Paulette Lifton, D.J. Lynch, Wes Otis, Monique Reymond and Aran Tanchum (2013) • Devon Bowman, Nicolas Carr, Mishelle Fordham, Jeff Hutchins, Aran Tanchum and Vincent Guisetti (2014) Outstanding Sound Mixing for an Animated Program Nominees: D.J. Lynch, Justin Brinsfield, Ryan Greene, Manny Grijalva, Jeff Hutchins and Aran Tanchum (2020) Outstanding Voice Directing for an Animated Series Nominees: Tom Kenny (2021) Children's and Family Emmy Awards Outstanding Voice Performance in an Animated Program Voice actors: Tom Kenny as SpongeBob SquarePants (2022) • Tom Kenny as SpongeBob SquarePants (2023) Individual Achievement in Animation - Storyboard Nominees: Benjamin Arcand (for "SpongeBob's Road to Christmas," 2022) Golden Reel Awards Best Sound Editing in Television Animation – Music Nominees: Stephen Hillenburg, Donna Castricone, Nicholas R. Jennings, Alan Smart, Peter Burns, Doug Lawrence, Derek Drymon, Alex Gordon, Donna Grillo, Jennie Monica, Krandal Crews, Jim Leber, Justin Brinsfield, Tony Ostyn, Nicolas Carr (for "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy"/"Pickles;" 2000) • Nicolas Carr (for "Fools in April"/"Neptune's Spatula" in 2001; for "Jellyfish Hunter"/"The Fry Cook Games" in 2002; for "Wet Painters"/"Krusty Krab Training Video" in 2003; for "The Great Snail Race"/"Mid-Life Crustacean" in 2004) • Jimmy Lifton, D.J. Lynch, Jeff Hutchins, Tony Ostyn and Paulette Lifton (for "Mid-Life Crustacean;" 2004) Best Sound Editing in Television Animation – Sound Nominees: Nicolas Carr (for "Karate Choppers;" 2000) • Andrea Anderson, Jimmy Lifton, Monette Holderer, D.J. Lynch, Vincent Gutisetti, Jeff Hutchins and Gabriel Rosas (for "Rock Bottom"/"Arrgh!;" 2001) Best Sound Editing in Television – Animation Nominees: Timothy J. Borquez, Jeff Hutchins and Daisuke Sawa (for "The Secret Box"/"Band Geeks;" 2002) Best Sound Editing in Television Animation Nominees: Jimmy Lifton, Jeff Hutchins, Tony Ostyn and Chris Gresham (for "Nasty Patty"/"Idiot Box;" 2003) Best Sound Editing in Television: Animated Nominees: Jimmy Lifton, Nicolas Carr, D.J. Lynch, Jeff Hutchins, Tony Ostyn, Chris Gresham and Paulette Lifton (for "Pranks a Lot"/"SpongeBob Meets the Strangler;" 2005) • Vincent Gutisetti, Jimmy Lifton, Nicolas Carr, Monique Reymond, D.J. Lynch, Mark Howlett, Jeff Hutchins, Aran Tanchum, Mishelle Smith and Paulette Lifton (for "Have You Seen This Snail?;" 2006) • Nicolas Carr, Mishelle Fordham, Monette Becktold, Jeff Hutchins, Timothy J. Borquez, Tom Syslo, Jason Stiff, Tony Orozco and Kimberlee Vanek (for "SpongeHenge;" 2008) Best Sound Editing: Television Animation Nominees: : Chiho Oyamada Carr, Nicolas Carr, Mishelle Fordham, Daisuke Sawa, Monette Becktold, Jeff Hutchins, Timothy J. Borquez, Tom Syslo, Eric Freeman, Dan Cubert, Lawrence Reyes, Jason Stiff, Tony Orozco and Kimberlee Vanek (for "Suction Cup Symphony;" 2009) • Chino Oyamada Carr, Nicolas Carr, Mishelle Fordham, Monette Becktold, Jeff Hutchins, Timothy J. Borquez, Eric Freeman, Tom Syslo, Keith Dickens, Jason Stiff, Sergio Silva, Tony Orozco and Kimberlee Vanek (for "SpongeBob SquarePants vs. The Big One;" 2010) Best Sound Editing – Sound Effects, Foley, Dialogue and ADR Animation in Television Nominees: Devon Bowman, Justin Brinsfield, Nicolas Carr, Andrea Anderson, Mishelle Fordham, Monette Becktold, Jeff Hutchins, Eric Freeman, Tony Orozco and Danny Tchibinda (for "Gary's New Toy;" 2013) • Mishelle Fordham, Monette Becktold, Jeff Hutchins, Timothy J. Borquez, Tom Syslo, Eric Freeman, Bobby Crew, Keith Dickens, Gabriel Rossas and Tony Orozco (for "It's a SpongeBob Christmas!;" 2013)

Quick Answers

Who is Doug Lawrence also known as in the entertainment industry?

In the entertainment industry, Doug Lawrence is also known as Mr. Lawrence. His roles span from writing to voice acting, notably in SpongeBob SquarePants. He is the voice of characters like Sheldon J. Plankton and Potty the Parrot.

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What character does Doug Lawrence voice in Spongebob Squarepants?

Doug Lawrence, also known as Mr. Lawrence, is a key voice actor in the SpongeBob SquarePants series. His roles include voicing Sheldon J. Plankton, Larry the Lobster, and Potty the Parrot, among other characters.

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What is Doug Lawrence's connection to the character Plankton?

Mr. Lawrence, also known as Doug Lawrence, is the voice behind Sheldon J. Plankton in the SpongeBob SquarePants franchise. He also serves as a writer for the show. Plankton was originally intended to be a one-time character, but Lawrence's writing and voice acting skills convinced the creators to make Plankton a major antagonist. Without Lawrence's contributions, Plankton might not have evolved into a significant villain.

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What other roles has Doug Lawrence played besides the voice of Plankton?

Known as Mr. Lawrence, Doug Lawrence is a writer and voice actor for the SpongeBob SquarePants series. In addition to voicing Plankton, Lawrence has lent his voice to other characters such as Larry the Lobster, Fred, and Rube Goldfish. His contributions have significantly shaped Plankton's character into a key antagonist.

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How did Doug Lawrence get the role of Plankton in Spongebob Squarepants?

Doug Lawrence, credited as Mr. Lawrence, gained the role of Plankton in Spongebob Squarepants by utilizing his writing and voice acting skills. Initially intended as a one-time guest star, Lawrence transformed Plankton into a major antagonist. His contributions also led to the creation of the inseparable duo of Plankton and Karen.

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