Cast & creator
Stephen Hillenburg
Best known for The Patrick Star Show, The Patrick Star Show, The Patrick Star Show
Stephen McDannell Hillenburg (August 21, 1961 – November 26, 2018) was an American animator, cartoonist, and marine-biology teacher. He was the creator of the Nickelodeon animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants (1999–), which he also directed, produced, and wrote. It has gone on to become the fifth longest-running American animated series.
Also known as: Stephen McDannell Hillenburg, Stephen Hilleburg
75
film credits
29
television credits
12
1992–2025 · acting roles
7.1
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (104)
Showing 104 of 104 credits
The Patrick Star Show
Hans
2021The Patrick Star Show
Characters
2021The Patrick Star Show
Original Series Creator
2021
Kid vs. Kat
Producer
2008
SpongeBob SquarePants
Potty the Parrot (voice)
1999SpongeBob SquarePants
Potty the Parrot (voice) / Miner in Treasure Chest
1999SpongeBob SquarePants
Hans
1999SpongeBob SquarePants
Executive Producer
1999SpongeBob SquarePants
Writer
1999SpongeBob SquarePants
Director
1999SpongeBob SquarePants
Story
1999SpongeBob SquarePants
In Memory Of
1999SpongeBob SquarePants
Character Designer
1999SpongeBob SquarePants
Creator
1999
Rocko's Modern Life
Director
1993Rocko's Modern Life
Writer
1993Rocko's Modern Life
Storyboard Artist
1993Rocko's Modern Life
Additional Writing
1993
Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years
Characters
2021Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years
Original Series Creator
2021Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years
Executive Producer
2021
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
Parrot (voice)
2004The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
Producer
2004The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
Director
2004The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
Screenplay
2004The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
Story
2004The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
Original Series Creator
2004The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
Storyboard
2004
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water
Baby in Stroller (voice)
2015The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water
Executive Producer
2015The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water
Story
2015The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water
Characters
2015The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water
Original Series Creator
2015The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water
Producer
2015
The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants
Original Series Creator
2025
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run
Executive Producer
2020The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run
Characters
2020The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run
Original Series Creator
2020The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run
In Memory Of
2020The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run
Story
2020
The Little Prince
Thanks
2015
Plankton: The Movie
Original Series Creator
2025Plankton: The Movie
Characters
2025
Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie
Original Series Creator
2024Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie
Characters
2024
SpongeBob's Truth or Square
Creator
2009SpongeBob's Truth or Square
Executive Producer
2009
The Tidal Zone: SpongeBob Universe Special
Characters
2023
SpongeBob As Told By
Characters
2020
SpongeBob vs. the Big One
Creator
2009
SpongeBob's Atlantis SquarePantis
Executive Producer
2007SpongeBob's Atlantis SquarePantis
Character Designer
2007
The SpongeBob Musical: Live on Stage!
Musical
2019The SpongeBob Musical: Live on Stage!
Characters
2019
SpongeBob SquarePants: Ghouls Fools
Creator
2011
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Legend of Boo-Kini Bottom
Creator
2017
The Bikini Bottom Inquirer
Characters
2022
SpongeBob SquarePants: Where's Gary?
Executive Producer
2005SpongeBob SquarePants: Where's Gary?
Creator
2005
Go Fetch!
Executive Producer
2025
SpongeBob and Patrick's Timeline Twist-Up
Original Story
2025
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Legend of Boo-Kini Bottom
Executive Producer
2019
SpongeBob SquarePants - Nautical Nonsense and Sponge Buddies
Creator
2002SpongeBob SquarePants - Nautical Nonsense and Sponge Buddies
Writer
2002
SpongeBob SquarePants: SpongeBob Goes Prehistoric
Potty (voice)
2004
SpongeBob Squarepants: Tales from the Deep
Creator
2003
SpongeBob: Reimagined
Characters
2021
Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants
Self
2009
SpongeBob’s Big Birthday Blowout
Executive Producer
2019SpongeBob’s Big Birthday Blowout
In Memory Of
2019
SpongeBob SquarePants: Spongebob's Last Stand
Executive Producer
2010
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Sponge Who Could Fly
Potty (voice)
2003
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Seascape Capers
Writer
2004
SpongeBob SquarePants 4-D: Ride
Original Series Creator
2003
I'm Urchin You to Leave
Creator
2021I'm Urchin You to Leave
Original Series Creator
2021I'm Urchin You to Leave
Characters
2021
SpongeBob SquarePants: Sea Side Story
Director
2017
SpongeBob Squarepants - Absorbing Favorites
Potty (voice) / Miner
2005
SpongeBob Squarepants: Christmas
Potty (voice)
2003
Animation Diary
Director
1992
SpongeBob SquarePants: Order Up
Executive Producer
2025SpongeBob SquarePants: Order Up
Original Series Creator
2025SpongeBob SquarePants: Order Up
Characters
2025
Wormholes
Director
1992Wormholes
Writer
1992Untitled Patrick Star Spinoff Flim
Original Series Creator
Untitled Patrick Star Spinoff Flim
Characters
Astrology with Squidward
Characters
2000Astrology with Squidward
Original Series Creator
2000Astrology with Squidward
Creator
2000Untitled third SpongeBob SquarePants spinoff film
Characters
Untitled third SpongeBob SquarePants spinoff film
Original Series Creator
Hollywood Blvd, USA
Creator
2014Hollywood Blvd, USA
Writer
2014Hollywood Blvd, USA
Director
2014Hollywood Blvd, USA
Animation
2014
SpongeBob SquarePants: Glove World Forever
Production Design
2016Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy series
Creator
SpongeBob SquarePants: To Love a Patty
2009SpongeBob SquarePants: To Love a Patty
Director
2009
Bikini Bottom Mysteries
Characters
2018
The Green Beret
Writer
1992The Green Beret
Director
1992