Kent Matthew Osborne (born August 30, 1969) is an American animator, writer, producer, director, and actor. He has worked for such animated television shows as ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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'', he has received multiple

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nominations and has won twice for ''Adventure Time'' (in 2015 and 2017). He was the head writer for the

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animated series '' Summer Camp Island'', which premiered in 2018, and is also co-producer and story editor for the

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animated series '' Kiff''. 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. Osborne had replaced Walt Dohrn 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

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and

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's Atlantic Theater Company.

Career

Osborne's first film role was a small part in '' School Ties'' (1992) with Brendan Fraser,

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, 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,

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, and

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. 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 ''

'' on

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. He received two

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). He also contributed to '' Behind Closed Doors''. Osborne went on to write for other animated series appearing on the

, including ''

'' (Emmy nomination in 2006), '' The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack'' (Emmy nomination in 2010), and ''

'' (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

's ''

'' 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. 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 Los Angeles Film Festival. 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'', ''

'' and ''

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'' and a story consultant for Cartoon Network Development Studio Europe's very first show ever created ''

''.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* {{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 People from Flemington, New Jersey American storyboard artists Actors from Hunterdon County, New Jersey American voice directors Primetime Emmy Award winners Screenwriters from New Jersey Screenwriters from Vermont Cartoon Network Studios people DreamWorks Animation people Nickelodeon Animation Studio people Writers from Hunterdon County, New Jersey