Steve Whitmire
Acting
Born September 24, 1959 · 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, W…
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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Saturday Night Live
Hollywood Squares
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
30 Rock
The Cosby Show
Good Luck Charlie
The Jonathan Ross Show
Dinosaurs
The Tony Danza Show
An Audience with...
The Jim Henson Hour
The Muppet Show
Fraggle Rock
Muppets Tonight
The Muppets
Labyrinth
The George Lucas Talk Show: Live
Sesame Street: Play with Me Sesame
Sesame Unpaved
Jim Henson's Animal Show with Stinky and Jake
Dave Navarro's Spread
Muppet Moments
The Muppet Christmas Carol
The Muppets
The Dark Crystal
I Love the '70s: Volume 2
The Muppet Movie
Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium
Muppet Treasure Island
Muppets Most Wanted
Muppets from Space
The Muppets Take Manhattan
Elmo's Christmas Countdown
The Great Debate
The Great Muppet Caper
Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show'
Studio DC: Almost Live