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Matt Vogel

Matt Vogel

Birthday: 1970-10-06 | Place of Birth: Kansas City, Kansas, USA

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Matthew J Vogel II (born October 6, 1970) has been a Muppet performer for the Jim Henson Company since the 1990s. On Sesame Street, Vogel served as the assistant puppeteer for Ernie, performing either one or both hands while Steve Whitmire performed the head and vocal. Eventually, Vogel's ability to mimic the sound and performance of Caroll Spinney's Big Bird was put to use. As of 2006, Vogel's primary performances as Big Bird are the "Journey to Ernie" segments. He's also taken over Jerry Nelson's characters, by the recommendation of Nelson himself. Vogel is, as of 2008, the voice of Floyd Pepper, Lew Zealand, Crazy Harry, Robin the Frog, & Camilla the Chicken. He has also taken over the puppetry of Jerry's most famous character, Count von Count, but Jerry is still providing the voice. Vogel performed the muppets that were used in Kenneth the Page's view of the world in the 30 Rock episode, "Apollo, Apollo." Description above from the Wikipedia article Matt Vogel (puppeteer), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2021
Furry Friends Forever: Elmo Gets a Puppy

as    Big Bird (voice)

2021
Muppets Haunted Mansion

as    Kermit / Uncle Deadly / Floyd / Sweetums / Pops

2021
This Is Me: Pride Celebration Spectacular

as    Kermit the Frog (voice)

2020
Muppets Now

as    Uncle Deadly

2016
Once Upon a Sesame Street Christmas

as    Count von Count / Constable / Two-Headed Monster (voice)

2014
Muppets Most Wanted

as    Constantine / Floyd Pepper / Sweetums / Pops / Robin / Lew Zealand / Crazy Harry / 80's Robot / Camilla / Uncle Deadly (voice)

2008
The Muppets - Studio DC - Almost Live

as    Camilla the Chicken (voice)

2008
A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa

as    Floyd Pepper / Lew Zealand / Crazy Harry / Robin the Frog / Son Pigeon / Additional Muppets (voice)

2006
A Sesame Street Christmas Carol

as    Muppet Performer (voice)