Person Details

Birthday: 1954-03-09 21:33:18

Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Dearborn, Michigan, USA

Homepage: http://www.martinprobinson.com/

Movie Involvements: 38

TV Involvements: 2


Most Famous Work

Biography

Martin P. Robinson (born March 9, 1954) is a puppeteer for the Jim Henson Company. He originally built, designed, and performed the puppets for Little Shop of Horrors. He is perhaps best known for his work on Sesame Street. He has performed the characters of Telly Monster, Slimey the Worm, Mr. Snuffleupagus, and Tony The Turtle on the show for more than 20 years. He also performed the character Riff on Allegra's Window, and was an animatronic puppeteer for Leonardo in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. He is the puppeteer responsible for training the puppeteers on Sesame Tree. He was born on March 9, 1954 in Dearborn, Michigan. Graduated from Brookfield East High School, in Brookfield, Wisconsin, suburb of Milwaukee. He was married to Annie Evans on August 9, 2008 on the set of Sesame Street, in the Kaufman Astoria Studios in Queens, NY. Description above from the Wikipedia article Martin P. Robinson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Most Famous Work

Law & Order: Organized Crime
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8

Law & Order: Organized Crime

(2021) Octopus Puppeteer #1
Helpsters
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5

Helpsters

(2019) Mr. Primm
Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey
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7
Sesame Street: 50 Years Of Sunny Days
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6
Sesame Street: Elmo's Playdate
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5

Sesame Street: Elmo's Playdate

(2020) Telly Monster (voice)
Sesame Street: Elmo Says BOO!
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6
Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas
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6

Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas

(1997) Telly Monster (voice)
Sesame Street: The Best of Elmo
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5

Sesame Street: The Best of Elmo

(1994) Announcer/Telly Monster/Snuffy (voice) (archive footage)

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2023 Sesame Street Puppet Performer / Puppet Captain
2022 Telly Monster (voice)
2021 Self
Octopus Puppeteer #1
2020 Telly Monster (voice)
2019 Mr. Primm
2014 Telly
2011 Self
2009 Telly Monster (voice)
Telly (voice)
2008 Sweetums / Additional Muppets (voice)
2005 Snuffy (voice)
2004 N/A
2003 Telly
Telly Monster (voice)
Telly / Pesties
Snuffy (voice)
Telly Monster (voice)
2001 Snuffy / Telly (Hero Guy segment) (voice)
1999 Telly / Pestie / Laundromad Guy (voice)
Telly / Snuffy (voice)
Telly Monster / Aloysius 'Snuffy' Snuffleupagus (voice)
1998 Telly / Mr. Snuffleupagus / Slimey / Yip-Yip (voice)
Telly
Telly Monster (voice)
1997 "Numero Comparsa" Singer / Telly Monster (voice)
Telly Monster (voice)
Telly
Telly Monster / Monty (voice)
Telly Monster (voice)
1996 N/A
Shark / Big Snort (voice)
Monty (voice)
Telly Monster (voice)
1994 Self (archive footage)
N/A
Telly Monster
Announcer/Telly Monster/Snuffy (voice) (archive footage)
1993 Telly Monster (voice)
Telly Monster
1991 Buster the Horse
1990 Herry's Father (voice)
1988 Muppet Performer
Additional Muppet Performer (voice)
1986 Snuffy/Telly Monster/Buster the Horse/Irvine the Grouch (voice)
Farmer (voice)
Telly Monster / Snuffy / Buster the Horse (voice)
1985 Mr. Snuffleupagus / Telly Monster / Board of Birds / Grouch Diner Patron (voice)
1984 Additional Muppet Performer / College Student in Audience / Bear
N/A
1983 Mr. Snuffleupagus (voice)
Telly Monster (voice)
Telly (DVD Version) / Additional Muppet Performer (voice)
1969 Telly Monster/Aloysius Snuffleupagus/Irvine/Slimey (voice)
N/A
N/A
Irvine
Year Character Movie/Tv

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