Steve Whitmire
Known for ActingBorn 1959-09-24Atlanta, Georgia
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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.
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Known for
Labyrinth
1986 · as The Four Guards / Firey 4 / Ambrosius (voice)
The Muppets
2011 · as Kermit / Beaker / Statler / Rizzo / Link / Newsman (voice)
The Dark Crystal
1982 · as Scientist (voice)
The Muppet Movie
1979 · as Fletcher Bird / Scooter (assistant) (voice)
Muppets Most Wanted
2014 · as Kermit the Frog / Foo-Foo / Statler / Beaker / Lips / Rizzo the Rat / Link Hogthrob / The Newsman (voice)
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: Summer Vacation
2008 · as Ernie (voice)
The Muppet Christmas Carol
1992 · as Kermit the Frog as Bob Cratchit / Rizzo the Rat / Beaker / Bean Bunny / Belinda Cratchit / Beetle / Lips / Pig Gentleman (voice)
Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium
2007 · as Kermit the Frog (voice)
Muppets from Space
1999 · as Kermit the Frog / Rizzo the Rat / Beaker / Cosmic Fish #1 / Rainbow / Miss Piggy (assistant) (voice)
Muppet Treasure Island
1996 · as Kermit the Frog / Rizzo the Rat / Beaker (voice)
It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie
2002 · as Kermit the Frog / Rizzo the Rat / Beaker / Elvises (voice)
The Great Muppet Caper
1981 · as Rizzo the Rat / Lips / Bellhop Rat / Monster / Singing Food / Zeke (voice)
Dreamchild
1985 · as Mock Turtle/Caterpillar
The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland
1999 · as Ernie / Stuckweed / Football Stenchman / Ice Cream Vendor / Parrot (voice)
The Muppets Take Manhattan
1984 · as Rizzo the Rat / Gill - Frog / Baby Kermit / Chicken / College Student in Audience / Dog / Lew Zealand (voice)
The Muppets' Wizard of Oz
2005 · as Scarecrow / Mayor of Munchkinland / Kalidah Critic #1 / Beaker
Kermit's Swamp Years
2002 · as Kermit the Frog / Jack Rabbit / Chico (voice)
A Muppet Family Christmas
1987 · as Turkey / Rizzo the Rat / Wembley Fraggle / Sprocket the Dog / Lips (voice)