Rodger Bumpass, the voice of Squidward Tentacles on SpongeBob SquarePants, will not lose his job following his DUI arrest earlier this month.

The cartoon show's bosses have reassured the 64-year-old actor he is not going to be sacked for the January 15 incident, TMZ reported Monday.

The website quotes sources close to production as saying that only a violation of the 'morals clause' in his contract would be grounds for dismissal and executives don't categorize drink-driving as immoral.

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His job is safe: Rodger Bumpass - the voice of Squidward Tentacles in SpongeBob SquarePants - won't lose his job following a DUI arrest. He's pictured at the Sponge Out Of Water premiere in NYC IN January 2015

TMZ first reported news of Bumpass' arrest.

Police noticed a blue PT Cruiser stopped in the middle of the road just before 11 p.m. Friday January 15 with a man leaning against it and when they approached him, he started walking away unsteadily and almost fell.

The star of the children's cartoon seemed to be very upfront as he reportedly confessed to driving just before being seen by police, according to the source for the gossip site, and was arrested after failing a field sobriety test.

Fan favorite: The 64-year-old actor has been part of the animated series since its inception in 1991 and also lent his voice talent to the character in two spin-off feature films

Frenemy: Squidward Tentacles has a hot and cold relationship with SpongeBob. The character is seen in last year's The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out Of Water

Bumpass has voiced Squidward - a frenemy of SpongeBob - since the show debuted in May 1999.

He has also worked on two films spun-off from the show including 2004's The SpongeBob Squarepants Movie and The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out Of Water released last year.

The Arkansas-native began voice work on highly-popular animated series Alvin & The Chipmunks performing additional voices in 1984.

His vocal talents are also used in the animated feature films Monsters, Inc. (2001), Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (2001), Lilo & Stitch (2002) and Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006).