Steve Whitmire

Born: 1959-09-24, Atlanta, Georgia

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Steven Whitmire (born September 24, 1959) is an American puppeteer who works with The Jim Henson Company and Sesame Workshop. He has been the performer of two signature Muppets - Kermit the Frog and Sesame Street's Ernie - since the death of their creator, Jim Henson, in 1990. Characters original to Whitmire include Rizzo the Rat, Lips (the trumpet player from Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem), Foo-Foo (Miss Piggy's beloved dog), Fraggle Rock's Wembley Fraggle, and Bean Bunny. Following the death of puppeteer Richard Hunt and Jerry Nelson's departure, Whitmire took over the roles of Beaker and Statler. He also voiced Link Hogthrob in the Muppet Party Cruise. Description above from the Wikipedia article Steve Whitmire, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia .

Filmography

• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015)
• Saturday Night Live (1975)
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003)
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993)
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992)
• 30 Rock (2006)
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003)
• The Cosby Show (1984)
• Good Luck Charlie (2010)
• Dinosaurs (1991)
• The Jonathan Ross Show (2011)
• Fraggle Rock (1983)
• An Audience with... (1978)
• Labyrinth (1986)
• The Muppets (2011)
• The Muppet Movie (1979)
• The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)
• The Dark Crystal (1982)
• Muppet Treasure Island (1996)
• Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium (2007)
• Muppets from Space (1999)
• Dog City (1989)
• Muppets Most Wanted (2014)
• The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984)
• It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie (2002)
• The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland (1999)
• The Great Muppet Caper (1981)
• Kermit's Swamp Years (2002)
• Dreamchild (1985)
• Sesame Street: Bert and Ernie's Great Adventures (2008)