Steve Whitmire
Birthday: 1958-09-24 | Place of Birth: Atlanta, GeorgiaFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Steven Whitmire (born September 24, 1958) 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
Acting
Role
as Andy Pig (voice)
as Ernie (voice) / Kermit (voice) / Rizzo (voice) / others (voice)
as Kermit / Statler / Beaker / Rizzo (voice)
as Kermit the Frog
as Kermit the Frog / Foo-Foo / Statler / Beaker / Lips / Rizzo the Rat / Link Hogthrob / The Newsman (voice)
as Beaker
as Kermit the Frog, Beaker, Rizzo the Rat, Statler, Lips (voice)
as Kermit the Frog / Statler (voice)
as Kermit / Beaker / Statler / Rizzo / Link / Newsman (voice)
as Beaker
as Ernie (voice)
as Beaker
as Beaker
as Ernie
as Ernie
as Ernie as Tweedle Dum (voice)
as Kermit the Frog / Beaker / Rizzo the Rat / Statler (voice)
as Kermit the Frog / Rizzo the Rat / Statler / Beaker (voice)
as Kermit the Frog, Beaker, Rizzo the Rat, Statler, Bean Bunny, Foo-Foo
as Ernie (voice)
as Self
as Scarecrow / Mayor of Munchkinland / Kalidah Critic #1 / Beaker
as Wembley Fraggle / Sprocket the Dog (voice)
as Wembley Fraggle / Sprocket the Dog (voice)
as Kermit the Frog / Rizzo the Rat / Beaker / Elvises (voice)
