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Steve Whitmire (b. September 24, 1959) is a puppeteer who started working for The Jim Henson Company on March 24, 1978 (his 18½ birthday).[1] His career with the Muppets began on The Muppet Show, where he developed his first major character, Rizzo the Rat. Other main characters included Bean Bunny and, on Fraggle Rock, Wembley Fraggle and Sprocket. When Jim Henson passed away in 1990 ...
Steve Whitmire. Steven Lawrence Whitmire (born September 24, 1959) is an American puppeteer, known primarily for his work on The Muppets and Sesame Street. Beginning his involvement with the Muppets in 1978, [3] Whitmire inherited the roles of Ernie and Kermit the Frog after Jim Henson 's death in 1990; he performed the characters until 2014 ...
Aug 31, 2017 · The Muppets Studio is speaking out about the dismissal of Steve Whitmire, who voiced Kermit the Frog. In a statement given to The Associated Press, the studio says that the 57-year-old actor was fired after "repeated unacceptable business conduct" that happened over "a period of many years." The studio also claims that Whitmire "consistently ...
Jul 24, 2017 · But now, after voicing the role of Kermit the Frog for 27 years, voice actor and puppeteer Steve Whitmire has been fired. Earlier this month, news broke that Disney’s Muppets Studio had quietly ...
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Oct 16, 2019 · #TheMuppets #SteveWhitmire #KermitThis week on Puppet Tears we're talking to Steve Whitmire, one of the Muppet world's living legends, best known for perform...
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Steve Whitmire was born on 24 September 1959 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Fraggle Rock (1983) , The Muppets (2011) and Muppet Treasure Island (1996) . He has been married to Melissa Whitmire since June 1978.
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Jul 12, 2017 · 2 minute read. T his week, news broke that Steve Whitmire, the longtime puppeteer behind beloved green felt Muppet character Kermit the Frog, would no longer be voicing the character he has played ...
