Kent Osborne

Kent Matthew Osborne (born August 30, 1969) is an American screenwriter, actor, producer, and storyboard artist for film and television. As a writer and storyboard artist for such animated television shows as SpongeBob SquarePants, Camp Lazlo, Phineas and Ferb, The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack, Adventure Time, Regular Show and The Amazing World of Gumball, he has received multiple Emmy Award nominations and has won twice for Adventure Time (in 2015 and 2017). He is currently the head writer for Cartoon Network's animated series Summer Camp Island, which premiered in 2018.[1] He has also starred in several mumblecore films, including Hannah Takes the Stairs, Nights and Weekends, All the Light in the Sky and Uncle Kent (in the title role). His brother is the director Mark Osborne.[2]

For the film director, see Kent Osborne (director).

Kent Osborne
Osborne at the Oxford Film Festival on February 18, 2016
Born	Kent Matthew Osbourne August 30, 1969 (1969-08-30) (age 50) New Jersey, U.S.
Education	Hunterdon Central Regional High School
Occupation	Writer, storyboard artist, actor, producer
Years active	1992–present
Website	mrkentosborne.tumblr.com

Early life

Kent Osborne and his brother Mark were raised in Vermont before moving to Flemington, New Jersey.[3] He graduated from Hunterdon Central Regional High School[2] and studied acting in New York at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and David Mamet's Atlantic Theater Company.[3]

Career

Osborne's first film role was a small part in School Ties (1992) with Brendan Fraser, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, and Chris O'Donnell. His character Emile in School Ties inspired Osborne to write the screenplay for the film Dropping Out, in which he starred alongside David Koechner, Adam Arkin, John Stamos, Katey Sagal, and Fred Willard.[3] His brother Mark directed the film, which had its world premiere at the 2000 Sundance Film Festival.[4]

Osborne served as writing partner for the comedian Rob Schneider. After recurring appearances on the TBS show Dinner and a Movie, he hosted a spinoff TBS program, Movie Lounge, beginning in 1998-2001.[5]

From 2002 to 2005, Osborne was a writer and a storyboard director for SpongeBob SquarePants on Nickelodeon. He received two Emmy Award nominations for his writing on the show, in 2003 and 2004.[6] He was also one of the writers for the theatrical film, The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004).

Osborne went on to write for other animated series appearing on the Cartoon Network, including Camp Lazlo (Emmy nomination in 2006[7]), The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack (Emmy nomination in 2010[8]), and Adventure Time (Emmy nominations in 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2016, with wins in 2015 and 2017[9]). He also wrote and storyboarded several episodes of the first season of Disney Channel's Phineas and Ferb in 2008.

Osborne has been a screenwriter and actor in a number of films associated with the mumblecore movement, including several directed by Joe Swanberg. He co-wrote and acted in Hannah Takes the Stairs (2007) and had a supporting role in Nights and Weekends (2008). For Uncle Kent, which debuted at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, Osborne served as co-writer and co-producer, as well as playing the title role, loosely based on his own life.[10][11] He returned to the semi-autobiographical role for the sequel Uncle Kent 2, which premiered at the 2015 SXSW Film Festival.[12]

In 2011, he starred in writer/director Amber Sealey's film How to Cheat.[13] Osborne and his castmates won the award for Best Performance in the Narrative Competition of the 2011 Los Angeles Film Festival.[14]

In 2013, he created the internet series Cat Agent with Rug Burn (founded by staff members of Titmouse, Inc. and Six Point Harness).

Osborne also worked as a voice director for The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack, Bee and PuppyCat, Adventure Time and Steven Universe and a story consultant for Cartoon Network Development Studio Europe's very first show ever created The Amazing World of Gumball.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1992	School Ties	Emile
1998	Knock Off	Pachy
2000	Dropping Out	Emile
2004	The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie	N/A	Writer, storyboard artist
	Open House	Walter
	Surviving Christmas	Marley
2007	Hannah Takes the Stairs	Matt	Writer
2008	Nights and Weekends	Mattie's sister's boyfriend
	Kung Fu Panda	Pig Fan (voice)
2009	Monsters vs. Aliens	Technician Jerry (voice)
	Alexander the Last	Reggie
2011	Uncle Kent	Kent	Writer, producer
	Art History	Eric	Writer
	How To Cheat	Mark
2012	All the Light in the Sky	Dan
2014	Wild Canaries	Calvin
2015	Digging for Fire	Adam
	Uncle Kent 2	Kent	Writer, producer
	Bloomin Mud Shuffle	Spandex Man
2016	No Light and No Land Anywhere	Danny
2017	Dismissed	Mr. David Butler

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998-2001	Movie Lounge	Host
2002-05	SpongeBob SquarePants	Writer, storyboard director (Season 3 only)
2005-06	Camp Lazlo	Story, writer, storyboard artist
2008	Phineas and Ferb	Writer, storyboard artist
2008-2010	The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack	Story, writer, storyboard artist, voice director, voice actor, story editor
2010–2018	Adventure Time	Story, writer, head writer, storyboard artist, supervising director (Episode: "Jake the Brick"), voice director, voice actor
2010	Regular Show	Writer, storyboard artist (Episode: "Prank Callers")
2011	The Amazing World of Gumball	Storyboard artist (Episode: "The Kiss"), songwriter, story consultant
2013	Bee and PuppyCat	Voice director, voice actor (Deckard)
	Cat Agent	Creator
	Steven Universe	Voice director
2016	Uncle Grandpa	Voice actor (Episode: "Trash Cat")
2017	Craig of the Creek	Voice director (Pilot)
2018	Summer Camp Island	Story writer

References

1. "Nerdist Writers Panel: Pendleton Ward, Martin Gero and Kent Osborne". The Nerdist Podcast. October 21, 2012. Retrieved February 17, 2013.
2. "Kent Osborne profile". Allmovie. Retrieved September 19, 2012.
3. "Dropping Out: About the Production". Happy Product. Archived from the original on December 28, 2014.
4. "Cast: Hannah Takes the Stairs". Hannah Takes the Stairs. Retrieved September 19, 2012.
5. "TBS Superstation Newest Franchise Movie Lounge". TBS. August 7, 1998. Archived from the original on August 28, 2011. Retrieved September 19, 2012.
6. "SpongeBob SquarePants". Emmy Awards.
7. "Camp Lazlo". Emmy Awards.
8. "The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack". Emmy Awards.
9. "Adventure Time". Emmy Awards.
10. Denby, David (February 7, 2011). "Uncle Kent". The New Yorker. Retrieved September 19, 2012.
11. DeFore, John (January 21, 2011). "Sundance Review: Uncle Kent". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved September 19, 2012.
12. Collis, Clark (March 11, 2015). "SXSW: How a weird in-joke became the even weirder meta-comedy sequel Uncle Kent 2". Entertainment Weekly.
13. DeFore, John (August 28, 2011). "How to Cheat: Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved September 19, 2012.
14. Finke, Nikki (June 26, 2011). "2011 Los Angeles Film Festival Winners". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved September 19, 2012.

External links

• Kent Osborne on IMDb
• Kent Osborne at AllMovie