Mike Bell

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Person

Credits

Michael "Mike" Patrick Bell
General Information
Birth:	November 3, 1967 (age 53)
Gender:	Male
Series Information
Credits:	Writer Storyboard director Actor
Portrays:	Santa Claus ("Christmas Who?") Fisherman ("Party Pooper Pants", The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, "The String," and "SpongeBob's Big Birthday Blowout")
Years:	2000; 2002-2005; 2018-2019; 2021-present

Michael "Mike" Patrick Bell (born November 3, 1967) is a SpongeBob SquarePants crew member who worked on season 4 and returned as a writer for Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years. He portrays Santa Claus in the episode "Christmas Who?" He also portrays a fisherman in "Party Pooper Pants", The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, "The String," and "SpongeBob's Big Birthday Blowout." Outside of SpongeBob he has worked on Turbo and Kung Fu Panda 2.

Trivia

• In "Christmas Who?," The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, and "The String," he is credited as Michael Patrick Bell. However, in the three episodes he wrote for season 4, he's credited as Mike Bell.

Awards and nominations for SpongeBob SquarePants V • E Annie Awards Outstanding Individual Achievement for Voice Acting by a Female Performer in an Animated Television Production Voice actors: Mary Jo Catlett as Mrs. Puff (in "No Free Rides;" 2001) Outstanding Individual Achievement for Voice Acting by a Male Performer in an Animated Television Production Voice actors: Tom Kenny as SpongeBob SquarePants (in "Wormy;" 2001) Outstanding Individual Achievement for a Song in an Animated Production Singers: Peter Strauss and Paul Tibbitt for "The Very First Christmas" (in "Christmas Who?;" 2001) Best Writing in an Animated Television Production Writers: C.H. Greenblatt, Paul Tibbitt, Mike Bell, and Tim Hill (for "Fear of a Krabby Patty;" 2006) Best Voice Acting in an Animated Television Production Voice actors: Tom Kenny as SpongeBob SquarePants (in "Spy Buddies;" 2008) Direction in an Animated Television Production or Short-form Directors: Alan Smart (for "Penny Foolish;" 2009) Best Home Entertainment Production DVDs: SpongeBob vs. The Big One (DVD) (2010) Best Voice Acting in a Television Production Voice actors: Tom Kenny as SpongeBob SquarePants (in "Truth or Square;" 2010) Music in a Television Production Composers: Jeremy Wakefield, Sage Guyton, Nicolas Carr, and Tuck Tucker (2011) Writing in a Television Production Writers: Dani Michaeli, Sean Charmatz, Nate Cash, Luke Brookshier, and Paul Tibbitt (for "Patrick's Staycation;" 2012) Character Animation in an Animated Television or other Broadcast Venue Production Animators: Dan Driscoll and Savelen Forrest (for "It's a SpongeBob Christmas!," 2013) Directing in an Animated Television or other Broadcast Venue Production Directors: Mark Caballero and Seamus Walsh (for "It's a SpongeBob Christmas!," 2013) Emmy Awards Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less Than One Hour) Nominees: Sean Dempsey, Derek Drymon, Juli Murphy Hashiguchi, Sam Henderson, Stephen Hillenburg, Jay Lender, Mark O'Hare, Kent Osborne, Alan Smart, Paul Tibbitt, Tom Yasumi (for "New Student Starfish"/"Clams," 2003) • Derek Drymon, Juli Murphy Hashiguchi, Stephen Hillenburg, Kent Osborne, Andrew Overtoom, Alan Smart, Paul Tibbitt (for "Ugh," 2004) • Mike Bell, C.H. Greenblatt, Stephen Hillenburg, Alan Smart, Paul Tibbitt, Vincent Waller, Tom Yasumi (for "Fear of a Krabby Patty"/"Shell of a Man," 2005) • Casey Alexander, Luke Brookshier, Stephen Hillenburg, Tom King, Dani Michaeli, Chris Mitchell, Andrew Overtoom, Alan Smart, Paul Tibbitt and Tom Yasumi (for "Bummer Vacation"/"Wigstruck," 2007) • Steven Banks, Charlie Bean, Stephen Hillenburg, Dani Michaeli, Chris Reccardi, Alan Smart, Aaron Springer, Paul Tibbitt, Tom Yasumi (for "The Inmates of Summer"/"The Two Faces of Squidward," 2008) Outstanding Special Class - Short-Format Animated Programs Nominees: Dina Buteyn, Stephen Hillenburg, Dani Michaeli, Alan Smart, Aaron Springer, Paul Tibbitt and Tom Yasumi (for "Dear Vikings," 2009) Outstanding Short-format Animated Program Nominees: Luke Brookshier, Dina Buteyn, Nate Cash, Stephen Hillenburg, Doug Lawrence, Andrew Overtoom, Alan Smart and Paul Tibbitt (for "That Sinking Feeling," 2011) • Marc Ceccarelli, Stephen Hillenburg, Kyle McCulloch, Jennie Monica, Jack Pendarvis, Alan Smart, Paul Tibbitt, Vincent Waller, Tom Yasumi (for "Company Picnic," 2016) • Luke Brookshier, Marc Ceccarelli, Stephen Hillenburg, Jennie Monica, Adam Paloian, Alan Smart, Vincent Waller, Tom Yasumi (for "Plankton Paranoia," 2019) Daytime Emmy Awards Outstanding Directing in an Animated Program Directors: Andrew Overtoom, Andrea Romano, Alan Smart and Tom Yasumi (2010) • Casey Alexander, Luke Brookshier, Nate Cash, Zeus Cervas, Sean Charmatz, Andrew Overtoom, Andrea Romano, Alan Smart, Aaron Springer, Paul Tibbitt, Vincent Waller and Tom Yasumi (2012) Outstanding Special Class Animated Program Animators: Dina Buteyn, Stephen Hillenburg and Paul Tibbitt (2010) Outstanding Children's Animated Program Nominees: Stephen Hillenburg, Jennie Monica Hammond and Paul Tibbitt (2012) • Stephen Hillenburg, Marc Ceccarelli, Vincent Waller and Jennie Monica (2018) Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program Voice actors: Rodger Bumpass as Squidward Tentacles (2012) • Tom Kenny as SpongeBob SquarePants (2018) • Tom Kenny as SpongeBob SquarePants (2020) Outstanding Sound Editing – Animation Nominees: Todd Brodie, Nicolas Carr, Mishelle Fordham, Chris Gresham, Matt Hall, Jeffrey Hutchins, James Lifton, Paulette Lifton, D.J. Lynch, Aran Tanchum and Kimberlee Vanek (2012) • Mishelle Fordham, Vincent Guisetti, Jeffrey Hutchins, James Lifton, Paulette Lifton, D.J. Lynch, Wes Otis, Monique Reymond and Aran Tanchum (2013) • Devon Bowman, Nicolas Carr, Mishelle Fordham, Jeff Hutchins, Aran Tanchum and Vincent Guisetti (2014) Outstanding Sound Mixing for an Animated Program Nominees: D.J. Lynch, Justin Brinsfield, Ryan Greene, Manny Grijalva, Jeff Hutchins and Aran Tanchum (2020)