Steve Whitmire is a puppeteer 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 passing 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, Fraggle Rock's Wembley Fraggle, and Bean Bunny.
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- Steve Whitmire is a puppeteer 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 passing 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, 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. Born in Atlanta, Georgia, he professed interest in puppetry in his childhood. While in high school at Berkmar High School, Whitmire swore to his classmates that he would one day be Kermit the Frog. Steve first appeared on local Atlanta TV with his then alter ego puppet Otis. WATL-TV was owned at that time by former Atlanta kids show host "Officer Don" Kennedy. Otis made appearances on various WATL 36 shows with Ludlow Porch, voice of the Georgia Bulldogs Larry Munson, Don Kennedy and Entertainment Page host Artie Goodman. Whitmire as his friend Otis, interviewed Olivia Newton John during a tour promoting her current album at the time. He worked with puppets after graduating from high school, and eventually got a job working on The Muppet Show in 1978. Since then, Whitmire has performed in every major Henson company project, including non-Muppet fare such as The Dark Crystal, Labyrinth and the ABC television series Dinosaurs.
- Steve Whitmire est un acteur américain né le 24 septembre 1959 à Atlanta, Géorgie. Il est un des principaux marionnettistes des Muppets et a repris, entre autres, le personnage de Kermit la grenouille à la mort de son créateur, Jim Henson.
- Steve Whitmire is een Amerikaans poppenspeler, bekend van zijn werk met Jim Hensons Muppets. Hij speelt Kermit de Kikker en Ernie sinds de dood van hun bedenker Jim Henson in 1990. Andere personages die hij overnam zijn Beaker, na Richard Hunts dood in 1992, en Statler, nadat Jerry Nelson stopte met werken. Muppets die Whitmire van begin af aan speelt zijn onder meer Rizzo de rat, Lips (de trompettist van Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem), Foo-Foo en Wimmie uit De Freggels.
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- Steve Whitmire is a puppeteer 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 passing 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, Fraggle Rock's Wembley Fraggle, and Bean Bunny.
- Steve Whitmire est un acteur américain né le 24 septembre 1959 à Atlanta, Géorgie. Il est un des principaux marionnettistes des Muppets et a repris, entre autres, le personnage de Kermit la grenouille à la mort de son créateur, Jim Henson.
- Steve Whitmire is een Amerikaans poppenspeler, bekend van zijn werk met Jim Hensons Muppets. Hij speelt Kermit de Kikker en Ernie sinds de dood van hun bedenker Jim Henson in 1990. Andere personages die hij overnam zijn Beaker, na Richard Hunts dood in 1992, en Statler, nadat Jerry Nelson stopte met werken. Muppets die Whitmire van begin af aan speelt zijn onder meer Rizzo de rat, Lips (de trompettist van Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem), Foo-Foo en Wimmie uit De Freggels.
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