Nikola Marjanović

Nikola Marjanović (born December 6, 1977) is a Croatian singer and voice actor. He was the lead singer for the pop rock bands Sane and Radio Luksemburg. He is best known for his voice of Sheldon J. Plankton in the VSI-NET Croatian dub of SpongeBob SquarePants. He has also provided vocals for several Croatian opening themes.

Biography[]

Early life[]

Nikola Marjanović was born in Zagreb in the Yugoslav republic of Croatia. His father, Hrvoje Marjanović, was one of the co-founders of the Croatian country band Plava Trava Zaborava.

Career[]

Marjanović co-founded Sane, a pop-rock band from Zagreb, Croatia. The band released two studio albums, Do Not Cover (2013) and About Time (2014). In 2009 the band participated at the semi-final of Dora 2009 with the song "Dečko" but failed to qualify to the final.

In 2012, Marjanović joined the band Radio Luksemburg as the lead vocalist. The band released two studio albums, U boji (2011) and 100 metara do sreće (2013). On 21 November 2019 it was announced that Marjanović will compete at the 67th edition of the Zagreb Festival with the song "Vrati mi se ti". He performed the song on 24 January 2020 and finished third, placing behind winner Marko Kutlić and runner-ups Nina Kraljić and Marin Jurić Čivro. Followed by the performance on Zagreb Festival the song peaked at number six in Croatia. On 23 December 2019, Marjanović was announced as one of the 16 participants in Dora 2020, the national contest in Croatia to select the country's Eurovision Song Contest 2020 entry, with the song "Let's Forgive".

Dubbing roles[]

Films[]

Character		Dub
	Xiro	El Arca
	Farfan
	Hans (singing)	Frozen
	Baby Saja	KPop Demon Hunters
	Angus	The Loud House Movie
	Sean	The Mitchells vs. the Machines
Čovjek koji voli zabavu
pametan reket 5000 serija S
	Sven	My Little Pony: A New Generation
	Ed	Open Season: Scared Silly
	Ika Chu	Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank
	Pospanko	Snow White (2025)
	Uško	Spies in Disguise
	Šime Josip Plankton/Plank-Tona	The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water
		The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run
		Plankton: The Movie
		The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants
	Vivo	Vivo

Additional roles

Series[]

Character			Dub
	Alan Keane		The Amazing World of Gumball
	Julius Oppenheimer Jr.
	Mr. Steve Small
	Carlton
	Anton (singing in "What Is Love?")
	Principal Nigel Brown
	Shū Kurenai		Beyblade Burst
	SwaySway		Breadwinners
	Chester		Bunnicula
	Zulius		Centaurworld
	Dad		CoComelon (Livada Produkcija seasons)
	Hal Jordan / Green Lantern (singing)		DC Super Hero Girls (2019)
	Čizma (seasons 6-8)		Dora the Explorer
	Josh Nichols		Drake & Josh
	Gabe Núñez (singing, ep. 11)		Elena of Avalor
	Ruksakče		Go, Diego, Go!
	Will		Jade Armor
	Stingy		LazyTown (Livada Produkcija dub)
	Kralj Majmun	▶️	LEGO Monkie Kid
	Kion		The Lion Guard
	Rusty Spokes		The Loud House
	Phuddle		Mia and Me
	Nino Lahiffe/Karapaks		Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir
	Alec Cataldi
	Adrien Agreste/Crni Mačak (singing)
	Djed Mraz (singing)
	Rizzo		Muppet Babies (2018)
	Carlos
	Soarin (season 5)		My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (RTL dub)
	Svengallop
	Trenderhoof
	Party Favor
	Dr. Hooves (season 5)
	Gdin. Cake (speaking in some episodes; singing)
	Dumb-Bell (young)
	Fluttershy (Flutterguy, S4E14)
	Hitch (singing)		My Little Pony: Make Your Mark
	Rocky (dialogue)
	Diggy
	Cole		Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu (RTL dub; seasons 8-10)
			Ninjago (2019)
			Ninjago: Dragons Rising
	Morro
	Lee
	Tomi Tonić		Pet Alien
	Luka		Power Players
	Him		The Powerpuff Girls (2016)
	Eugenije Fitzherbert (singing)		Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure
	Pjesnik		The Smurfs (2021)
Glee-Go
	Dave the Intern		Sonic Boom
	Matteo Balsano		Soy Luna
	Šime J. Plankton		SpongeBob SquarePants (VSI-NET dub)
			The Patrick Star Show
	Dr. Colosso		The Thundermans
			The Thundermans Return
	Helia (seasons 5-7 and TV specials)		Winx Club
	Tritannus (stand-in, ep. 130)

Unidentified roles

Kikoriki

Additional roles

Title voice-over

Specials[]

Character		Dub
	Piranha	The Bad Guys: A Very Bad Holiday
		The Bad Guys: Haunted Heist
	Johnny	Sing: Thriller

Music[]

Films
Character		Dub
Love Is an Open Door (with Sementa Rajhard)		Frozen
The Monkey King Theme Song	▶️	The Monkey King (2023)
Danger, Danger (as Sprout)	▶️	My Little Pony: A New Generation
Vocals		Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie
Secret to the Formula (as Plankton)	▶️	The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run
Series
Theme song singer (with Jadranka Krištof)	▶️	Alice & Lewis
Theme song singer	▶️	Best & Bester
Theme song singer (season 1)		Beyblade Burst
Theme song singer (with Gregor Klarić)	▶️	Bossy Bear
Theme song singer (with Ivana Starčević)	▶️	Care Bears: Unlock the Magic
Theme song singer	▶️	Craig of the Creek
Theme song singer	▶️	The Fairly OddParents: A New Wish
It's Mine (as Stingy)	▶️	LazyTown (Livada Produkcija dub)
Cooking by the Book (as Stingy)	▶️
I Like Learning (as Stingy)	▶️
Time to Start the Show (as Stingy)	▶️
Theme song singer	▶️	LEGO Monkie Kid
Mi isti smo (Sisi Ni Sawa) (as Kion)		The Lion Guard
Theme song singer	▶️	The Loud House
Soloist		Mickey Mouse Clubhouse
Sretan Božić svima (with others)		Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir
Mačak u noći (with Daniel Dizdar)
Nek' je užasan Božić svima
Ovu večer svako trebao bi dobit' dar
Show Me Your Pony Moves (as Hitch)	▶️	My Little Pony: Make Your Mark
Theme song singer	▶️	Ollie's Pack
Singer		Phineas and Ferb
Theme song singer	▶️
Theme song singer	▶️
Ready As I'll Ever Be (as Eugene)	▶️	Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure
Theme song singer	▶️	Rubble & Crew
F.U.N. Song (as Plankton)	▶️	SpongeBob SquarePants (VSI-NET dub)
Theme song singer (with Ivana Starčević)	▶️	Steven Universe Future
Theme song singer	▶️	The Twisted Timeline of Sammy & Raj
One to One (with Jadranka Krištof)		Winx Club

External links[]

Nikola Marjanović on English Wikipedia
Nikola Marjanović on Disney Sinkropedija (archived July 17, 2021)