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Martin P. Robinson

Martin P. Robinson

Birthday: 1954-03-09 | Place of Birth: Dearborn, Michigan, USA

Martin P. Robinson (born March 9, 1954) is a puppeteer for the Jim Henson Company. He originally built, designed, and performed the puppets for Little Shop of Horrors. He is perhaps best known for his work on Sesame Street. He has performed the characters of Telly Monster, Slimey the Worm, Mr. Snuffleupagus, and Tony The Turtle on the show for more than 20 years. He also performed the character Riff on Allegra's Window, and was an animatronic puppeteer for Leonardo in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. He is the puppeteer responsible for training the puppeteers on Sesame Tree. He was born on March 9, 1954 in Dearborn, Michigan. Graduated from Brookfield East High School, in Brookfield, Wisconsin, suburb of Milwaukee. He was married to Annie Evans on August 9, 2008 on the set of Sesame Street, in the Kaufman Astoria Studios in Queens, NY. Description above from the Wikipedia article Martin P. Robinson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2023
Oscar's Handmade Halloween

as    Sesame Street Puppet Performer / Puppet Captain

2023
Elmo's Mindfulness Spectacular

as    Telly Monster

2022
Jerry Nelson: A Celebratory Birthday Animatic

as    Telly Monster (voice)

2020
Sesame Street: Elmo's Playdate

as    Telly Monster (voice)

2019
Helpsters

as    Mr. Primm (voice)

2011
2011
Sesame Street: Elmo's Shape Adventure

as    Telly (voice)

2009
Sesame Street: Bedtime with Elmo

as    Telly Monster (voice)

2008
Sesame Street 4-D Movie Magic

as    Telly / Pesties

2005
Sesame Street: Big Bird Sings!

as    Snuffy (voice)

2001
Sesame Street: Kids' Favorite Songs 2

as    Snuffy / Telly (Hero Guy segment) (voice)

1999
Sesame Street: Kids' Favorite Songs

as    Telly / Snuffy (voice)

1999
CinderElmo

as    Telly Monster / Aloysius 'Snuffy' Snuffleupagus (voice)

1999
The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland: Sing and Play

as    grey Grouch/purple Pestie