Steve Whitmire
Age: N/A | From: Atlanta, Georgia
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Aliases: No known aliases
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Atlanta, Georgia
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Movie Involvements: 39
TV Involvements: 5
Most Famous Work
Biography
From 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 .
Most Famous Work
Sesame Street: Play with Me Sesame
(2025) Ernie
The Earth Day Special
(1990) Additional Muppets (voice)
Labyrinth
(1986) The Four Guards / Firey 4 / Ambrosius (voice)
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
(1994) Ernie (archive footage)
Sesame Street: Elmopalooza!
(1998) Kermit the Frog / Ernie (voice)
The Muppets - Studio DC - Almost Live
(2008) Kermit the Frog / Beaker / Rizzo the Rat / Statler (voice)
I Love the '70s: Volume 2
(2006) Self
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
(2004) Kermit the FrogActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2022 | Ernie (voice) / Kermit (voice) / Rizzo (voice) / others (voice) | |
| 2015 | Kermit / Statler / Beaker / Rizzo (voice) | |
| Kermit the Frog | ||
| 2014 | Kermit the Frog / Foo-Foo / Statler / Beaker / Lips / Rizzo the Rat / Link Hogthrob / The Newsman (voice) | |
| 2013 | Beaker | |
| Kermit the Frog, Beaker, Rizzo the Rat, Statler, Lips (voice) | ||
| 2012 | Kermit the Frog / Statler (voice) | |
| Statler (voice) | ||
| 2011 | Kermit the Frog - Statler (voice) | |
| Kermit / Beaker / Statler / Rizzo / Link / Newsman (voice) | ||
| Kermit the Frog (voice) | ||
| 2010 | Ernie | |
| Kermit the Frog (voice) | ||
| 2009 | Beaker | |
| N/A | ||
| Ernie (voice) | ||
| Ernie (voice) | ||
| 2008 | Kermit the Frog / Rizzo the Rat / Statler / Beaker (voice) | |
| Ernie | ||
| Kermit the Frog, Beaker, Rizzo the Rat, Statler, Bean Bunny, Foo-Foo | ||
| Beaker | ||
| Beaker | ||
| Kermit the Frog / Beaker / Rizzo the Rat / Statler (voice) | ||
| Ernie as Tweedle Dum (voice) | ||
| Ernie | ||
| 2007 | Ernie (voice) | |
| Kermit the Frog (voice) | ||
| N/A | ||
| 2006 | Additional Muppet Performer (voice) (archive footage) | |
| Kermit the Frog (voice) | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| 2005 | Scarecrow / Mayor of Munchkinland / Kalidah Critic #1 / Beaker | |
| Wembley Fraggle / Sprocket the Dog (voice) | ||
| Wembley Fraggle / Sprocket the Dog (voice) | ||
| 2004 | Kermit the Frog (voice) | |
| Ernie (voice) | ||
| Kermit the Frog | ||
| Kermit the Frog (voice) | ||
| Kermit the Frog / Statler ("Keep Fishin") | ||
| 2002 | Kermit the Frog / Rizzo the Rat / Beaker / Elvises (voice) | |
| Ernie (voice) | ||
| Kermit the Frog / Jack Rabbit / Chico (voice) | ||
| Kermit the Frog | ||
| Ernie / Mo / Troll / Frosty Four Leader (voice) | ||
| Kermit the Frog (voice) | ||
| 2001 | Kermit the Frog (voice) | |
| Rizzo / Billy Boy / Penguin / Additional Muppets | ||
| 1999 | Ernie / Stuckweed / Football Stenchman / Ice Cream Vendor / Parrot (voice) | |
| Kermit the Frog / Rizzo the Rat / Beaker / Cosmic Fish #1 / Rainbow / Miss Piggy (assistant) (voice) | ||
| Lips / Rizzo / Additional Muppets | ||
| Lips / Rizzo / Additional Muppets | ||
| Ernie / Kermit the Frog / Prince the Dog (voice) | ||
| 1998 | Kermit the Frog (voice) | |
| Kermit the Frog / Ernie (voice) | ||
| 1997 | Ernie (voice) | |
| Ernie (voice) | ||
| 1996 | Kermit the Frog (voice) | |
| Kermit / Rizzo / Andy / Beaker / Pighead / Poodlepants | ||
| Kermit the Frog / Rizzo the Rat / Beaker (voice) | ||
| Kermit the Frog / Rizzo the Rat / Pig (voice) | ||
| Kermit the Frog | ||
| 1995 | Kermit the Frog / Bear / Owl (voice) | |
| Kermit The Frog | ||
| 1994 | Self (archive footage) | |
| N/A | ||
| Kermit the Frog / Rizzo the Rat (voice) | ||
| Ernie (archive footage) | ||
| 1993 | N/A | |
| 1992 | Kermit the Frog | |
| Kermit the Frog as Bob Cratchit / Rizzo the Rat / Beaker / Bean Bunny / Belinda Cratchit / Beetle / Lips / Pig Gentleman (voice) | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1991 | Waldo C. Graphic / Bean Bunny / Toy Soldier | |
| Woody (voice) | ||
| Mr. Mason Dixon (voice) | ||
| Sonny (voice) | ||
| 1990 | Kermit the Frog / Rizzo the Rat / Bean Bunny / ... (voice) | |
| N/A | ||
| Bean Bunny / Rizzo the Rat / Lips (voice) | ||
| Additional Muppets (voice) | ||
| 1989 | Wilf | |
| Mad Dog / Mac | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1987 | Turkey / Rizzo the Rat / Wembley Fraggle / Sprocket the Dog / Lips (voice) | |
| Wembley Fraggle / Sprocket the Dog / Self (voice) | ||
| 1986 | Mew the Toy Mouse (voice) | |
| The Four Guards / Firey 4 / Ambrosius (voice) | ||
| Wembley (voice) | ||
| Bean Bunny (voice) | ||
| Lips / Rizzo the Rat / Sprocket the Dog / Wembley Fraggle | ||
| 1985 | Mock Turtle/Caterpillar | |
| (voice) | ||
| 1984 | Wembley Fraggle / Sprocket the Dog (voice) | |
| Scallions (voice) | ||
| Rizzo the Rat / Gill - Frog / Baby Kermit / Chicken / College Student in Audience / Dog / Lew Zealand (voice) | ||
| 1983 | Rizzo the Rat / Giant Man-Eating Chicken (voice) | |
| Wembley Fraggle / Sprocket the Dog / Mermer Merggle / Crusty Doozer / Venerable Sage Hambo / Murray the Minstrel / Flange Doozer / Sir Blunderbrain / Club Member #3 (voice) | ||
| Himself | ||
| 1982 | Scientist (voice) | |
| Rizzo the Rat / Background Singer (voice) | ||
| 1981 | Self | |
| Rizzo the Rat / Lips (voice) | ||
| Rizzo the Rat / The Scarlet Pimpernel / Jed (voice) | ||
| 1979 | N/A | |
| Fletcher Bird / Scooter (assistant) (voice) | ||
| Various Muppets | ||
| 1978 | Kermit the Frog | |
| 1976 | Additional Muppets (voice) | |
| 1975 | Self - Cameo (uncredited) | |
| 1969 | N/A | |
| Ernie | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Crew
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Thanks | |
| Thanks | ||
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
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