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Walt Dohrn

Walt Dohrn

Actor, writer, director and producer · Born December 5, 1970 (55) · Orange County, California, USA

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 (2010) and various characters in Shrek the Third (2007). He co-directed the film Trolls (2016), directed its sequels, and voiced multiple characters in the franchise. He is directing Shrek 5, set for release in 2026. Dohrn has also worked as a writer, director, and storyboard director in Season 2 of SpongeBob SquarePants, and he also worked on two episodes from Season 3. In 2020, Dohrn signed a deal with DreamWorks Animation. Description above from the Wikipedia article Walter Dohrn, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
December 5, 1970 (55)
From
Orange County, California, USA
Works as
Actor, writer, director and producer
Titles
26 on MovieCove · 47 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Up 16% in 30 days

What are Walt Dohrn's films like?

Across their 13 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
41%
Self
27%
Society
21%
Ideas
6%
Morality
5%
Friendship6 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity6 titles, browse their movies with this themeSelf-worth4 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds4 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity2 titles, browse their movies with this themeHope3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 11 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 11 · Serious 0 · Dark 0

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 1 · Stylized 5 · Heightened 5

Gentle: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their gentle movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 6 · Charged 5 · Intense 0

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 8 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 0

Funny: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their funny movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 0 · Some laughs 4 · Funny 7

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 5 · Relentless 2

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 10 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 11 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Roles they play

2 analyzed roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Joyful
11
Warm
5
Hopeful
5
Triumphant
3
Tense
2
Other
9

How their films linger

Feel-good12 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 2 with a twist

  • Happy12
  • Cyclical1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Walt Dohrn's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 14 of their 26 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Peacock (6).

Subscription and free streaming for Walt Dohrn's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

47 credits, 26 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

  • Shrek 5 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2027)

    Director

  • Orion and the Dark(2024)

    Executive Producer · as Stray Cat / Insomnia Guy 2 (voice)

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Trolls Band Together(2023)

    Director · as King Peppy / Cloud Guy (voice)

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • The Bad Guys(2022)

    as Scientist / Gala Guest 3 (voice)

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films

  • Trolls Holiday in Harmony(2021)

    Executive Producer · as Cloud Guy / Mr. Dinkles (voice)

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • The Boss Baby: Family Business(2021)

    as Baby Bouncer (voice)

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • TrollsTopia(2020)

    Show 6 episodes · as Cloud Guy (voice)

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all shows

  • Trolls World Tour(2020)

    Director · as Cloud Guy (voice) / Death Metal Mr. Dinkles (voice) / Fuzzbert (voice) / King Peppy (voice) / Smidge (voice) / Announcer (voice) / Country Music Baby (voice) / Country Music Farmer (voice)

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Abominable(2019)

    as Goon (voice)

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • Trap Universe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    as Eddie G / Cuddles / Toast Lord (voice)

  • Trolls: The Beat Goes On!(2018)

    Show Writer

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all shows

  • Trolls: Trolla-Palooza Tour (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    as Cloud Guy/Fuzzbert (voice)

  • Trolls Holiday(2017)

    Executive Producer · as Cloud Guy / Smidge / Spider (voice)

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie(2017)

    Thanks

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • The Boss Baby(2017)

    Thanks · as Photographer (voice)

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • Trolls: Travel Through Troll Village (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    as Cloud Guy (voice)

  • Trolls(2016)

    Co-Director · as Cloud Guy/Smidge/Fuzzbert/Mr. Dinkles/Tunnel Troll/Wedgie Bergen (voice)

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Home(2015)

    Thanks

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • Penguins of Madagascar(2014)

    as Antarctic Penguin (voice)

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Mr. Peabody & Sherman(2014)

    as French Peasant / Taxi Driver / Spartacus (voice)

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • Rise of the Guardians(2012)

    Additional Storyboarding

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Puss in Boots: The Three Diablos(2012)

    as Water Prisoner (voice)

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • Thriller Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as Rumpelstiltskin (voice)

  • Donkey's Caroling Christmas-tacular(2010)

    Director · Screenplay · as Rumpelstiltskin / Santa (voice)

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • Shrek's Yule Log (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Director · as Rumplestiltskin (voice)

  • Shrek Forever After(2010)

    Head of Story · as Rumpelstiltskin / Priest / Krekraw Ogre (voice)

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Monsters vs Aliens: Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space(2009)

    as Link Kid (voice)

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Shrek the Third(2007)

    as Van Student / Xavier / Principal Pynchley / Nanny Dwarf / Evil Knight / Singing Villain (voice)

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • SpongeBob Squarepants - Absorbing Favorites (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Storyboard · Writer

  • Madagascar(2005)

    Story Artist

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • SpongeBob SquarePants: SpongeGuard on Duty (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Storyboard · Writer

  • Shrek 2(2004)

    Additional Dialogue · Story Artist

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • SpongeBob SquarePants: SpongeBob Goes Prehistoric (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Storyboard · Writer

  • SpongeBob SquarePants: The Seascape Capers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Director · Storyboard · Writer

  • Spongebob Squarepants: Christmas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Director

  • SpongeBob Squarepants: Christmas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Director · Storyboard · Writer

  • SpongeBob SquarePants: Tide and Seek (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Director · Writer

  • DreamWorks 6 Spooky Stories Collection (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Show 1 episode · as Rumpelstiltskin (voice)

  • Spongebob Squarepants: Lost at Sea (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Director · Writer

  • SpongeBob Squarepants: Tales from the Deep (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Storyboard

  • SpongeBob SquarePants: Sea Stories (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Storyboard · Writer

  • SpongeBob SquarePants: Halloween (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Director · Storyboard · Writer

  • Whatever Happened to... Robot Jones? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Show 2 episodes · Storyboard Artist · Writer

  • SpongeBob SquarePants - Nautical Nonsense and Sponge Buddies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Director · Storyboard · Writer

  • A Kitty Bobo Show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Layout

  • SpongeBob SquarePants(1999)

    Show 20 episodes · Director · Storyboard Artist · Writer

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows

  • Dexter's Laboratory(1996)

    Show 7 episodes · Storyboard · Writer

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows

Career shape

A full career of 46 titles, 45 of them dated from 1996 to 2024.

Biggest box office

Shrek 2 (2004)

$933M worldwide

Highest rated

Shrek 2 (2004)

Midcredits 94th

Most popular right now

Trolls World Tour (2020)

Film career

MilestoneBreakout

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting24 of 46: 14 only acting, 10 with another role · typical Midcredits score56thDirecting14 of 46: 2 only directing, 12 with another role · typical Midcredits score56thWriting18 of 46: 7 only writing, 11 with another role · typical Midcredits score83rdProducing3 of 46: 0 only producing, 3 with another roleOther crew8 of 46: 4 only other crew, 4 with another role · typical Midcredits score77th

46 titles, 19 with more than one role — acting and writing overlap on 2 of them.

By decade

1990s2 · crew2000s19 · 3 acting · 16 crew2010s17 · 14 acting · 9 crew2020s7 · 7 acting · 4 crew

Billing

usually 14th · top billed in 0% of 17 roles
091419

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Walt Dohrn's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 58th percentile, the median of all 22; across their 11 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 58th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

58thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 11

Approval · how many liked their films

51stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 11

Reach · how many have seen their films

92ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 11

Midcredits score across 26 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up7
  • 50th to 74th11
  • 25th to 49th7
  • Below 25th1

Shape of the crowd

16 of their 26 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved2
  • Divisive1
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser16
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed5

Most divisive · actor

TrollsTopia (2020)

95th percentile spread · 30% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · writer

Shrek 2 (2004)

Midcredits 94th · 80% liked

Reviewers score the acting 71/100 in their films, across 8 reviewed titles; fans 78, detractors 54. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Walt Dohrn's work okay for kids?

Across up to 9 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore and alcohol & drugs run lighter than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore7 titles16–35 · median 25 · mildlighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity9 titles17–36 · median 24 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity9 titles23–35 · median 31 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs7 titles11–27 · median 21 · mildlighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense7 titles31–42 · median 34 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Walt Dohrn work with?

People who share at least 2 of Walt Dohrn's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Gina Shay shares the most, 9.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles