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name: "Martin Olson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/martin-olson"
fi1m_id: "martin-olson"
imdb_id: "nm0647961"
tmdb_id: 127525
wikidata_id: "Q1904681"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "2 April 1956"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-24T02:07:33.765627+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Martin Olson

## Identity

Martin Olson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/martin-olson
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** martin-olson
- **IMDb ID:** nm0647961
- **TMDB ID:** 127525
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1904681
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Olson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1904681, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0647961/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/127525

Writer. Born 2 April 1956 in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S..

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 2 April 1956, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Olson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1904681, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0647961/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/127525

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Phineas and Ferb*](https://film.one/tv/phineas-and-ferb.md) (80)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Martin Olson is an American comedy writer, television producer, author and composer. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, he was an original member of the Boston comedy scene and began writing for comedians in the 1970s before moving to Los Angeles.

He served as head writer for the first season of the Disney animated series *Phineas and Ferb* (2007) and contributed as writer and songwriter across many episodes. Olson was also a staff writer on *Rocko's Modern Life* (1993–1996) for all four seasons and later worked on *Milo Murphy's Law* (2016). He has received six Emmy nominations, five for television writing and one for songwriting, as well as an Ace Award for television writing.

Olson is the father of actress and writer Olivia Olson, who voices Vanessa Doofenshmirtz on *Phineas and Ferb* and has collaborated with him on the series.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, phineasandferb.fandom.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Phineas and Ferb* (2007), Fi1m 80, Story, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/phineas-and-ferb.md)

## Complete filmography (28)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake* (2023), series, as Hunson Abadeer (voice)
- *The Second Age of Aquarius* (2022), Actor
- *Rocko's Modern Life: Static Cling* (2019), Writer
- *Milo Murphy's Law* (2016), series, Writer, Story
- *O.W.C.A. Files* (2015), Story
- *We Wish You a Merry Walrus* (2014), Writer
- *Phineas and Ferb: Star Wars* (2014), Story
- *Baal Shem Tov: Master of a Good Name* (2014), as Alexander
- *The Littlest Sketch Show* (2013), series, as Dad
- *Phineas and Ferb: Mission Marvel* (2013), Story
- *Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension* (2011), as Additional Writing
- *The Twisted Whiskers Show* (2010), series, Writer
- *Adventure Time* (2010), series, as Hunson Abadeer (voice)
- *Elf Bowling: The Movie* (2007), Writer
- *Phineas and Ferb* (2007), series, Writer, Story — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/phineas-and-ferb.md)
- *Johnny Test* (2005), series, Writer
- *Camp Lazlo* (2005), series, Story
- *SpongeBob SquarePants* (1999), series, as The Chief
- *Mad Jack the Pirate* (1998), series, Writer
- *Legally Dead* (1998), as Lawyer / Victim
- *Extreme Ghostbusters* (1997), series, Writer
- *Toot* (1996), as Interrogation Cop #1
- *Captain Simian & the Space Monkeys* (1996), series, Story, Teleplay, Writer
- *The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat* (1995), series, Writer, Story
- *Rocko's Modern Life* (1993), series, Writer
- *Monsters* (1988), series, Writer
- *The New Adventures of Beans Baxter* (1987), series, Writer
- *Bob Goldthwait: Don't Watch This Show* (1986), Writer

## Gallery

- ![Martin Olson](https://film.one/media/person/1726161/gallery-54a582dcd21a.jpg) Martin Olson — Eden, Janine and Jim from New York City, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bc/Martin_Olson_%2810232321736%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Martin Olson speaking at the 2023 San Diego Comic-Con International in San Diego, California.](https://film.one/media/person/1726161/gallery-3e0acffd9ebe.jpg) Martin Olson speaking at the 2023 San Diego Comic-Con International in San Diego, California. — Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Martin_Olson_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/1280px-Martin_Olson_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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