Emerging from a lineage of puppeteers, he began his craft as a teenage apprentice at Oakland’s Children’s Fairyland, where mentor Lettie Connell introduced him to Jim Henson and set the stage for a lifelong partnership with the Jim Henson Company starting in 1963. His performance portfolio spans iconic Muppet characters-Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Animal and Sam Eagle on The Muppet Show-and beloved S… Read more
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Known for Inside Out 2015 Star Wars: The Force Awakens 2015 Monsters, Inc. 2001 The Empire Strikes Back 1980 Series ★ 7.9 The Wonderful World of Disney 1954
Miss Piggy (voice) ★ 7.6 Christmas Eve on Sesame Street 1978
Bert / Cookie Monster / Grover (voice) ★ 7.5 The Muppet Christmas Carol 1992
Miss Piggy as Emily Cratchit / Fozzie Bear as Fozziewig / Sam the Eagle as Headmaster of Junior High Graduates / Animal / George the Janitor / Horse and Carriage Driver / Vegetable Salesman (voice) ★ 7.2 The Story of Star Wars 2004
Yoda (archive footage) ★ 7.2 Time Piece 1965
Messenger Boy ★ 7.1 John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together 1979
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal (voice) ★ 7 Muppet Classic Theater 1994
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear (voice) ★ 6.9 A Muppet Family Christmas 1987
Miss Piggy / Fozzy Bear / Animal / Sam the Eagle / Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster ★ 6.9 Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas 1977
Chuck (voice) Series ★ 6.9 Saturday Night Live 1975
The Mighty Favog (voice) ★ 6.6 The Great Gilly Hopkins 2015
Cookie Monster (voice) ★ 6.5 Follow That Bird 1985
Cookie Monster / Bert / Grover / Additional Muppets (voice) ★ 6.2 The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland 1999
Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster (voice) ★ 6.2 Innocent Blood 1992
Pathologist ★ 6.2 Spies Like Us 1985
Test Monitor ★ 6.2 The Muppets Go Hollywood 1979
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam the Eagle (voice) ★ 6.1 Muppets from Space 1999
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam the Eagle (voice) Also behind the camera The films and series they directed.
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