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Kent Matthew Osborne (born August 30, 1969) is an American screenwriter, actor, animator, producer, and director. He has worked for such animated television shows as ''
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'', ''
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'', ''
Phineas and Ferb ''Phineas and Ferb'' is an American animated musical- comedy television series created by Dan Povenmire and Jeff "Swampy" Marsh for Disney Channel and Disney XD. Produced by Disney Television Animation, the series was originally broadcast a ...
'', '' The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack'', ''
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'', ''
Regular Show ''Regular Show'' (known as ''Regular Show in Space'' during its eighth season) is an American animated sitcom created by J. G. Quintel for Cartoon Network. It ran from September 6, 2010, to January 16, 2017, over the course of eight seasons a ...
'' and ''
The Amazing World of Gumball ''The Amazing World of Gumball'' is an animated sitcom created by Ben Bocquelet for Cartoon Network. The series concerns the lives of 12-year-old Gumball Watterson, an anthropomorphic blue cat, and adoptive goldfish brother Darwin, who atten ...
'', he has received multiple
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nominations and has won twice for ''Adventure Time'' (in 2015 and 2017). He is currently the head writer for Cartoon Network's animated series ''
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'', which premiered in 2018. He has also starred in several
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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. Osborne had replaced
Walt Dohrn Walter Dohrn (born December 5, 1970) is an American writer, director, animator, musician, and actor. He performed the voice of Rumpelstiltskin in ''Shrek Forever After'', as well as various characters in ''Shrek the Third''. Dohrn has also worke ...
as a storyboard director and writer after Dohrn left SpongeBob to work on more DreamWorks films in 2002.


Early life

Kent Osborne and his brother Mark were raised in
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before moving to
Flemington, New Jersey Flemington is a borough in and the county seat of Hunterdon County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.Hunterdon Central Regional High School and studied acting in New York at the
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and
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's
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.


Career

Osborne's first film role was a small part in '' School Ties'' (1992) with
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,
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,
Ben Affleck Benjamin Géza Affleck (born August 15, 1972) is an American actor and filmmaker. His accolades include two Academy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards and a Volpi Cup. Affleck began his career as a child when he starred in the PBS educatio ...
, and
Chris O'Donnell Christopher Eugene O'Donnell (born June 26, 1970) is an American actor and former model. He played Charlie Sims in '' Scent of a Woman'', Chris Reece in '' School Ties'', D'Artagnan in ''The Three Musketeers'', Jack Foley in the drama film '' ...
. His character Emile in ''School Ties'' inspired Osborne to write the screenplay for the film ''Dropping Out'', in which he starred alongside
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,
Adam Arkin Adam Arkin (born August 19, 1956) is an American actor and director. He is known for playing the role of Aaron Shutt on ''Chicago Hope''. He has been nominated for numerous awards, including a Tony (Best Actor, 1991, '' I Hate Hamlet'') as well ...
,
John Stamos John Phillip Stamos ( ; born August 19, 1963) is an American actor and musician. He first gained recognition for his contract role as Blackie Parrish on the ABC television soap opera ''General Hospital'', for which he was nominated for the ...
,
Katey Sagal Catherine Louise "Katey" Sagal (; born January 19, 1954) is an American actress and singer. She is known for playing Peggy Bundy on '' Married... with Children'' (1987–1997), Leela on ''Futurama'' (1999–2003, 2008–2013, 2023), Cate Henne ...
, and
Fred Willard Frederic Charles Willard (September 18, 1933 May 15, 2020) was an American actor, comedian, and writer. He was best known for his roles in the Rob Reiner mockumentary film ''This Is Spinal Tap'' (1984); the Christopher Guest mockumentaries '' Wa ...
. His brother Mark directed the film, which had its world premiere at the 2000
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. Osborne served as writing partner for the comedian
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. After recurring appearances on the TBS show '' Dinner and a Movie'', he hosted a spinoff TBS program, ''Movie Lounge'', beginning in 1998-2001. From 2002 to 2005, Osborne was a writer and a storyboard director for ''
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'' on
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. He received two
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nominations for his writing on the show, in 2003 and 2004. He was also one of the writers for the theatrical film, ''
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'' (2004). Osborne went on to write for other animated series appearing on the
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, including ''
Camp Lazlo ''Camp Lazlo'' is an American animated television series created by Joe Murray for Cartoon Network. The series follows Lazlo, an anthropomorphic spider monkey that goes to a camp called "Camp Kidney", a Boy Scout-like summer camp in Pimpleback M ...
'' (Emmy nomination in 2006), '' The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack'' (Emmy nomination in 2010), and ''
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'' (Emmy nominations in 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2016, with wins in 2015 and 2017). He also wrote and storyboarded several episodes of the first season of
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's ''
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'' in 2008. Osborne has been a screenwriter and actor in a number of films associated with the
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movement, including several directed by
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. 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
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, Osborne served as co-writer and co-producer, as well as playing the title role, loosely based on his own life. He returned to the semi-autobiographical role for the sequel ''Uncle Kent 2'', which premiered at the 2015 SXSW Film Festival. In 2011, he starred in writer/director Amber Sealey's film ''How to Cheat''. Osborne and his castmates won the award for Best Performance in the Narrative Competition of the 2011
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. 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 ''Adventure Time'' is an American fantasy animated television series created by Pendleton Ward for Cartoon Network and distributed by Warner Bros. Domestic Television. The series follows the adventures of a boy named Finn ( Jeremy Shada) a ...
'' and ''
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'' and a story consultant for Cartoon Network Development Studio Europe's very first show ever created ''
The Amazing World of Gumball ''The Amazing World of Gumball'' is an animated sitcom created by Ben Bocquelet for Cartoon Network. The series concerns the lives of 12-year-old Gumball Watterson, an anthropomorphic blue cat, and adoptive goldfish brother Darwin, who atten ...
''.


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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Osborne, Kent 1969 births Living people American male screenwriters American male film actors Film producers from New Jersey American television writers Writers from Vermont American male television writers Hunterdon Central Regional High School alumni American storyboard artists People from Flemington, New Jersey American voice directors Primetime Emmy Award winners Screenwriters from New Jersey Screenwriters from Vermont Cartoon Network Studios people DreamWorks Animation people Nickelodeon people