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 Kermit / Statler / Beaker / Rizzo (voice)
as Kermit the Frog / Foo-Foo / Statler / Beaker / Lips / Rizzo the Rat / Link Hogthrob / The Newsman (voice)
as Kermit the Frog / Statler (voice)
as Kermit / Beaker / Statler / Rizzo / Link / Newsman (voice)
as Ernie (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 Self
as Scarecrow / Mayor of Munchkinland / Kalidah Critic #1 / Beaker
as Kermit the Frog / Rizzo the Rat / Beaker / Elvises (voice)
as Ernie / Mo / Troll / Frosty Four Leader (voice)
as Kermit the Frog (voice)
as Kermit the Frog / Jack Rabbit / Chico (voice)
as Ernie / Kermit the Frog / Prince the Dog (voice)
as Kermit the Frog / Rizzo the Rat / Beaker / Cosmic Fish #1 / Rainbow / Miss Piggy (assistant) (voice)
as Kermit the Frog / Ernie (voice)
as Ernie (voice)
as Kermit / Bean Bunny / Beaker / Eugene / George the Janitor
as Kermit the Frog (voice)
as Kermit the Frog / Rizzo the Rat / Beaker (voice)
as Kermit the Frog / Rizzo the Rat (voice)
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 / ... (voice)
as Turkey / Rizzo the Rat / Wembley Fraggle / Sprocket the Dog / Lips (voice)
as Ernie
