Steve Whitmire
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 .
Known For
Filmography
as Ernie (voice) / Kermit (voice) / Rizzo (voice) / others (voice)
as Kermit the Frog / Foo-Foo / Statler / Beaker / Lips / Rizzo the Rat / Link Hogthrob / The Newsman (voice)
as Kermit the Frog / Beaker / Rizzo the Rat / Statler / Lips (voice)
as Kermit the Frog / Rizzo the Rat / Statler / Beaker (voice)
as Kermit the Frog / Beaker / Rizzo the Rat / Statler (voice)
as Kermit the Frog, Rizzo the Rat, Statler
as Kermit the Frog / Statler ("Keep Fishin")
as Kermit the Frog / Rizzo the Rat / Beaker / Elvises (voice)
as Rizzo / Billy Boy / Penguin / Additional Muppets
as Ernie / Stuckweed / Football Stenchman / Ice Cream Vendor / Parrot (voice)
as Kermit the Frog / Rizzo the Rat / Beaker / Cosmic Fish #1 / Rainbow / Miss Piggy (assistant) (voice)
as Ernie (archive footage)
as Kermit the Frog as Bob Cratchit / Rizzo the Rat / Beaker / Bean Bunny / Belinda Cratchit / Beetle / Lips / Pig Gentleman (voice)
as Kermit the Frog / Rizzo the Rat / Bean Bunny / Whoopie Cushion (voice)
as Turkey / Rizzo the Rat / Wembley Fraggle / Sprocket the Dog / Lips (voice)
as Lips / Rizzo the Rat / Sprocket the Dog / Wembley Fraggle (voice)
as Rizzo the Rat / Gill - Frog / Baby Kermit / Chicken / College Student in Audience / Dog / Lew Zealand (voice)
as Rizzo the Rat / Giant Man-Eating Chicken (voice)
as Wembley Fraggle / Sprocket the Dog / Mermer Merggle / Crusty Doozer / Venerable Sage Hambo / Murray the Minstrel / Flange Doozer / Sir Blunderbrain / Club Member #3 (voice)
as Rizzo the Rat / Lips / Bellhop Rat / Monster / Singing Food / Zeke (voice)