Background
Lawrence was born in East Brunswick, New Jersey.
animator comedian screenwriter voice actor
Lawrence was born in East Brunswick, New Jersey.
He is known for his work on the animated television 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.".