Steve Whitmire
Steve Whitmire is an actor, born 1959.
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…
Movies (23)
- Labyrinth (1986)
- The Muppets (2011)
- The Dark Crystal (1982)
- Muppets Most Wanted (2014)
- The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)
- The Muppet Movie (1979)
- Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium (2007)
- Muppet Treasure Island (1996)
- Muppets from Space (1999)
- The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984)
- The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland (1999)
- It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie (2002)
- The Great Muppet Caper (1981)
- The Muppets' Wizard of Oz (2005)
- Kermit's Swamp Years (2002)
- Elmo's Christmas Countdown (2007)
- The Earth Day Special (1990)
- A Muppet Family Christmas (1987)
- The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson (1990)
- Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas (1996)
- The Muppets Go Hollywood (1979)
- Sesame Street: Elmopalooza! (1998)
- John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together (1979)