Caroll Spinney

Q: Did Caroll Spinney win any awards?

Yes, Spinney received several awards, including multiple Daytime Emmy Awards for his work on Sesame Street, recognizing his contributions to children's television.

Q: What was Caroll Spinney's first film?

Caroll Spinney's first film role was in the television series Sesame Street, which premiered in 1969 and featured his iconic performances.

Q: What was Caroll Spinney's net worth?

Caroll Spinney's estimated net worth was around $2 million, reflecting his successful career in puppetry and television.

Q: How long did Caroll Spinney perform as Big Bird?

Caroll Spinney performed as Big Bird for nearly 50 years, becoming a cherished figure in children's entertainment.

Q: What other characters did Caroll Spinney voice?

In addition to Big Bird, Caroll Spinney voiced Oscar the Grouch, showcasing his versatility as a puppeteer and voice actor.

Q: When did Caroll Spinney retire?

Caroll Spinney officially retired in 2018, passing on the roles of Big Bird and Oscar to new performers after decades of iconic performances.

Q: What was Caroll Spinney's impact on children's television?

Caroll Spinney had a profound impact on children's television, using his characters to teach important life lessons and entertain generations of viewers.

Known for

Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian poster

Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009)

IMDb 6.0 / 10

2009 / Adventure, Comedy / 105 min

Hapless museum night watchman Larry Daley must help his living, breathing exhibit friends out of a pickle now that they've been transferred to the...

Sesame Street (1969)

IMDb 8.1 / 10

1969 / Animation, Drama

On a special inner city street, the inhabitants—human and muppet—teach preschoolers basic educational and social concepts using comedy, cartoons, games, and songs.

Name

Caroll Spinney

Height

6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)

Born

26 December 1933, Waltham, Massachusetts, USA

Spouses

Deborah Spinney (1970–2019)

Children

2 children, including a daughter named Jennifer Spinney

Parents

Robert Spinney, Ethel Spinney

Estimated Net Worth

$2 million

Year	Title	Character	Rating
2022	Movie Jerry Nelson: A Celebratory Birthday Animatic 'Today (July 10) is Jerry Nelson's birthday! To celebrate, artist Zach Kenny has taken an incredible audio tape from 1999...	Big Bird (voice) / Oscar the Grouch (voice)	Not rated
2021	Movie Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street Take a stroll down Sesame Street and witness the birth of the most influential children's show in television history. From...	Self	TMDB 7.4 / 10
2019	Movie Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration C is for Celebrate! Join host Joseph Gordon-Levitt and the residents of Sesame Street - human and monsters alike -...	Self / Big Bird	TMDB 9.3 / 10
2019	Movie Sesame Street: 50 Years and Counting An American institution turns fifty, and the disc release to mark the event is a very long (almost six hours)...	Big Bird	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2018	Movie Mister Rogers: It's You I Like Join host Michael Keaton to celebrate "Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood," the pioneering children's series that premiered nationally 50 years ago. Celebrities,...	Self	TMDB 7.9 / 10
2016	Movie Once Upon a Sesame Street Christmas This holiday special goes back in time to show how Elmo's ancestors--not to mention those of Grover, Big Bird, Bert,...	Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2015	Movie In Their Own Words: Jim Henson The film follows Henson’s career from his first work with his Muppets in the early 1950’s during television’s Golden Age...	Self - Muppet Performer	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2015	TV The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Stephen Colbert brings his signature satire and comedy to The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, the #1 show in late...	Big Bird (archive footage)	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2015	Movie Sesame Street: Play All Day with Elmo! Come Play with Elmo! Everyone's favorite furry red friend is joined by all kinds of kids to play Elmo Says,...	Big Bird/Oscar	Not rated
2015	Movie I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story A documentary about Caroll Spinney who has been Sesame Street's Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch since 1969. At 78-years-old,...	Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch / Self	TMDB 7.4 / 10
2013	Movie Drew: The Man Behind the Poster A documentary on legendary movie-poster artist Drew Struzan.	Self	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2012	Movie Sesame Street: Elmo's Magic Numbers When Max the Magician (guest star Will Arnett) comes to Sesame Street, Elmo and his friends are excited for a...	Big Bird	Not rated
2012	Movie Sesame Street: Singing with the Stars Dance and sing along with this star-studded special from Sesame Street! From Alicia Keys to the Dixie Chicks, Andrea Bocelli,...	Big Bird (voice)	Not rated
2011	Movie Michael Bublé: A Michael Bublé Christmas A Michael Bublé Christmas airs Tuesday, December 6th on NBC and features Justin Bieber, Kellie Pickler, Ed Helms and more!	Oscar the Grouch	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2011	Movie Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey Beloved by children of all ages around the world, Elmo is an international icon. Few people know his creator, Kevin...	Self	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2011	TV Portlandia Satirical sketch comedy set and filmed in Portland, Oregon that explores the eccentric misfits who embody the foibles of modern...	Oscar the Grouch (voice)	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2011	Movie Sesame Street: Wild Words and Outdoor Adventures These words are wild! Join your Sesame Street friends and some very special guests for some outdoor adventures on Sesame...	Big Bird	Not rated
2010	Movie Sesame Street: The Best Pet in the World Who is the best pet on Sesame Street? Is it Zoe's pet rock Rocco or Telly's hamster Chuckie Sue? Could...	Big Bird	Not rated
2009	Movie Jim Henson: His Sesame Street Story This look at the contributions of Jim Henson and his early Sesame Street collaborators (including Frank Oz, Fran Brill, and...	Unknown character	TMDB 2.0 / 10
2009	Movie Sesame Street: Elmo and Friends: The Letter Quest and Other Magical Tales The Knights of Sesame Street are on a quest! Sir Elmo, Sir Abby, and Sir Telly discover a Yogurt-Eating Yodeling...	Big Bird	Not rated
2009	Movie Sesame Street: Elmo's World: All About Faces Join Sesame Street’s curious red monster as he explores his face! Elmo learns about winking and whistling, and even tries...	Oscar The Grouch (voice)	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2009	Movie Sesame Street: Bedtime with Elmo It's bedtime on Sesame Street! Just like all little kids, Elmo and Abby would rather make funny faces and sing...	Oscar the Grouch (voice)	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2009	Movie Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian Hapless museum night watchman Larry Daley must help his living, breathing exhibit friends out of a pickle now that they've...	Oscar the Grouch (voice)	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2009	Movie Sesame Street: Being Green Elmo and Abby find out it can be easy being green when they stumble onto the Earth-a-Thon, hosted by Mr....	Oscar the Grouch (voice)	Not rated
2008	Movie Sesame Street: Old School Vol. 1 (1969-1974) A collection of complete episodes, including the pilot, from the first five years of the groundbreaking US kids' show that...	Big Bird	Not rated
2008	Movie Sesame Street: Old School Vol. 3 (1979-1984) Are you ready for more Sesame Street: Old School? Awesome! Volume 3 covers 1979 through 1984 and is packed with...	Big Bird	Not rated
2008	Movie Sesame Street: Old School Vol. 2 (1974-1979) Can you dig it? Sesame Street: Old School Volume 2 picks up right where Volume 1 left off, including all...	Big Bird	Not rated
2008	Movie Sesame Street: Abby in Wonderland Follow Abby and Elmo down the rabbit hole in this enchanting re-imagining of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Elmo the Rabbit...	Oscar the Grouch as the Grouch of Hearts (voice)	Not rated
2008	Movie Sesame Street: Elmo's World: Summer Vacation Elmo's World: Summer Vacation is a 2008 Sesame Street DVD release containing three Elmo's World episodes.	Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)	Not rated
2008	Movie One World, One Sky: Big Bird’s Adventure The movie follows Sesame Street’s Big Bird and Elmo as they explore the night sky with Hu Hu Zhu, a...	Big Bird	Not rated
2007	Movie Elmo's Christmas Countdown There's a miracle on Sesame Street in this special holiday tale. Elmo, Abby Cadabby, and their new friend Stiller the...	Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2007	Movie Sesame Street: Elmo's World: What Makes You Happy? Join Sesame Street's curious red monster as he explores the things that make him happy: friends, singing, and dancing.	Big Bird	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2006	Movie A Sesame Street Christmas Carol Oscar the Grouch is visited by three ghosts in an attempt to teach him the true meaning of Christmas.	Oscar the Grouch / Big Bird (voice)	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2006	TV 1 vs. 100 One player must outlast a mob of 100 people in a tense battle of brains and greed for a chance...	Oscar the Grouch	TMDB 5.7 / 10
2005	TV The Colbert Report The Colbert Report is an American satirical late night television program. It stars political humorist Stephen Colbert, a former correspondent...	Big Bird (uncredited)	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2005	Movie Sesame Street: Big Bird Sings! Big Bird may not be able to fly, but he can sing. He joins Snuffy to spend some time looking...	Big Bird (voice)	TMDB 10.0 / 10
2004	Movie Sesame Street: A Celebration of Me, Grover He's furry, he's blue, and he's everyone's adorable, old pal, Grover, in his very own special! Come to the Flyers'...	Big Bird / Oscar (voice)	Not rated
2004	Movie Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On! Elmo's World celebrates 35 years of Sesame Street. Elmo wants to know more about the street he lives on, so...	Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2004	Movie Sesame Street: What's the Name of That Song? Come one, come all for Sesame Street's 35th anniversary musical gathering! Is there one song the whole world can sing...	Big Bird / Oscar	Not rated
2004	Movie Sesame Street: Cookie Monster's Best Bites Welcome to a song-filled, smile-making, simply scrumptious video starring everyone's favorite Sesame Street connoisseur de crumbs: Cookie Monster!	Big Bird (voice)	Not rated
2003	Movie Sesame Street: Sesame Sings Karaoke Get ready for a musical Sesame Street Muppet ® extravaganza! Something’s in the air on Sesame Street that makes everyone...	Big Bird, Oscar the Grouch	TMDB 0.5 / 10
2003	Movie Sesame Street: Kid's Guide to Life: Big Bird Gets Lost When Big Bird and Maria go to the ABCD-Mart to buy some skates for Snuffy's birthday, Big Bird forgets all...	Big Bird / Oscar (voice)	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2002	Movie Sesame Street: Elmo Visits the Firehouse Elmo learns fire safety from Firefighter Bill. This all comes about because he was scared after being in a fire...	Oscar The Grouch (voice)	TMDB 10.0 / 10
2002	Movie Sesame Street: Bert & Ernie's Word Play Bert, Ernie, and friends put on a new play and some of your favorite words are the stars.	Oscar the Grouch (voice) (archive footage)	TMDB 8.2 / 10
2001	Movie Sesame Street: Kids' Favorite Songs 2 Join Elmo and his Sesame Street pals in the second volume of Kids' Favorite Songs, as Elmo travels up and...	Big Bird (voice)	TMDB 4.0 / 10
2001	TV Scrubs In the unreal world of Sacred Heart Hospital, John "J.D." Dorian learns the ways of medicine, friendship and life.	Oscar the Grouch (voice)	TMDB 8.1 / 10
2001	Movie Sesame Street: Elmo's Musical Adventure: The Story of Peter and the Wolf The fun begins when Baby Bear goes to hear the Boston Pops Orchestra play the musical story of Prokofiev's "Peter...	Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2000	Movie Sesame Street: Let's Make Music Explore the world of music and rhythm with your favorite Sesame Street characters featuring the cast of Stomp, the international...	Big Bird / Oscar	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2000	Movie Sesame Street: Elmo's World Come look at the world through the eyes of everyone's favorite three-year-old! Join Elmo as he explores his special world...	Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch ("Music" segment)	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1999	Movie The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland Elmo loves his fuzzy, well-worn blue blanket more than anything in the whole world. However, when Elmo's blanket gets sucked...	Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1999	TV The West Wing The West Wing provides a glimpse into presidential politics in the nation's capital as it tells the stories of the...	Big Bird	TMDB 8.3 / 10
1999	Movie The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland: Sing and Play Elmo's back in Grouchland to sing some of his favorite songs with his new friend Grizzy. There's just one problem...	Big Bird/Oscar the Grouch (archive footage)	TMDB 9.0 / 10
1999	Movie Sesame Street: Kids' Favorite Songs Elmo is trying to make a Top Ten Countdown list for the radio station, but everyone keeps trying to share...	Big Bird (voice)	TMDB 5.0 / 10
1999	TV Sesame Unpaved Sesame Street Unpaved was a 67-episode series containing select episodes from the first 20 seasons of Sesame Street. It was...	Unknown character	Not rated
1999	Movie CinderElmo Our favorite little red monster is the star of this delightful film that playfully skews the story of Cinderella. Originally...	Big Bird (voice)	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1998	Movie Sesame Street: Elmopalooza! Jon Stewart hosts the Sesame Street Muppets' 30 year celebration, but Elmo steps in when things go awry.	Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)	TMDB 6.1 / 10
1997	Movie Sesame Street: Fiesta! The loveable Sesame Street characters congregate on FIESTA! to sing some of their favorite songs. As always a few humans...	Oscar the Grouch (voice)	TMDB 5.7 / 10
1997	Movie Sesame Street: Quiet Time Quiet Time is a Sesame Street video released on April 1, 1997. Big Bird wants to find out what to...	Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1997	Movie Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Sillier at the Movies In a spoof of Siskel and Ebert's Sneak Previews, Telly and Oscar are seen in a movie theater, reviewing the...	Oscar the Grouch (voice)	TMDB 10.0 / 10
1997	Movie Sesame Street: Get Up and Dance Big Bird decides to hold a birthday party for Radar in the dance studio around the corner. More kids than...	Big Bird / Oscar (voice)	TMDB 10.0 / 10
1996	Movie Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas Can there be such a thing as too much Christmas? Find out... when a magical Christmas wish is granted and...	Big Bird (voice)	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1996	Movie Sesame Street: Do the Alphabet Do The Alphabet is a 1996 Sesame Street direct-to-video compilation, with a framing sequence starring Big Bird and Baby Bear.	Big Bird (voice)	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1996	Movie Sesame Street: Kid's Guide to Life: Learning to Share Like most kids, Elmo sometimes had trouble taking turns and sharing his toys. Even with his best friend Zoe. With...	Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch	Not rated
1996	Movie Sesame Street: Elmocize When Monty stops by Elmo's Exercise Camp to do a report, he ends up joining Elmo, Rosita, and Tarah in...	Big Bird (voice)	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1996	Movie Sesame Street: Imagine That! Telly and Zoe take refuge from the rain in Finders Keepers and while away the rainy day using their imagination....	Oscar the Grouch (voice)	Not rated
1994	Movie The World of Jim Henson In this episode of PBS' Great Performances, the history and legacy of puppeteer Jim Henson is explored, from his six-second...	Self / Big Bird (archive footage)	TMDB 7.4 / 10
1994	Movie Sesame Street \| All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! Sesame Street All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! was a 1994 TV special that aired on ABC to celebrate...	Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1993	Movie Sesame Street Stays Up Late! It's New Year's Eve on Sesame Street and around the world! Anchorman Elmo and the Monster News Network provide special...	Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1993	Movie Sesame Street: 25 Wonderful Years: A Musical Celebration! Muppets, monsters, friends and family - they're all invited to a very special sing-along on the most famous street in...	Big Bird and Oscar	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1993	Movie Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration is a special produced forSesame Street’s 25th anniversary. Released in a slightly different form...	Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1993	Movie Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey Before the Seavers leave for a family vacation to San Francisco, they drop off their pets -- Chance, an adventurous...	Dog in Pound (uncredited)	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1992	Movie Getting Ready to Read The video promotes reading skills with various Sesame inserts, along with a new framing sequence where Big Bird operates his...	Big Bird / Oscar (voice)	Not rated
1991	Movie Sesame Street: Sing, Hoot & Howl with the Sesame Street Animals Sing, Hoot & Howl with the Sesame Street Animals is a 1991 Sesame Street direct-to-video compilation, featuring Big Bird and...	Big Bird (voice)	TMDB 3.0 / 10
1990	Movie The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson While the Muppets prepare a tribute to the late Jim Henson, they learn about the life and career of the...	Big Bird (voice)	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1990	Movie Jim Henson's Memorial Service Following Jim Henson's passing on May 16th 1990, two public memorial services were held. The first (featured here) was held...	Unknown character	TMDB 10.0 / 10
1990	Movie Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly! Big Bird and his pals are making musical mayhem as they sing the goofiest, nuttiest, silliest songs ever. Join in...	Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1990	Movie Sesame Street: Monster Hits! You'll have a monstrously good time with Herry Monster as he hosts the Monster Music Award Show! Everyone's favorite furry...	Oscar the Grouch (voice)	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1988	Movie Wow, You're A Cartoonist! Wow, You're a Cartoonist! is a title in the 1988 Play-Along Video series. Hosted by Muppet siblings Kai-Lee and P.J.,...	Picklepuss / Pop	TMDB 10.0 / 10
1988	Movie Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie The stars come out on Sesame Street in this fun-filled video featuring the show's most memorable moments. Sing-along in this...	Big Bird/Oscar the Grouch/Bruno the Trashman (voice)	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1988	Movie Big Bird in Japan While visiting Japan, Big Bird wanders off from a guided tour bus in Tokyo, and is lost until a Japanese...	Big Bird (voice)	TMDB 9.1 / 10
1987	Movie A Muppet Family Christmas Fozzie Bear surprises his mother on Christmas Eve by bringing the entire Muppet gang to her farm to celebrate the...	Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1987	Movie Sesame Street: Sing Along Your Sesame Street friends are getting together to sing their favorite songs, and they're inviting you to join all the...	Big Bird and Oscar	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1987	Movie Sesame Street: Big Bird's Story Time Everybody's heard about this bird! Sesame Street's old fuss and feathers, Big Bird, will entrance kids with this collection of...	Big Bird	Not rated
1986	Movie Sesame Street: Learning About Letters With the help of his Sesame Street friends, Big Bird leads Snuffy on a fun-filled trip through the alphabet. Cookie...	Big Bird/Oscar the Grouch (voice)	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1986	Movie The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years For the first time in their careers, all the Muppets (except the ones that couldn't make it, like the Doozers,...	Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)	TMDB 6.2 / 10
1986	Movie Sesame Street: Learning About Numbers Big Bird is the host of a new talk show, Big Bird's Numbers Show (a parody of The Tonight Show...	Big Bird (voice)	TMDB 10.0 / 10
1986	Movie Sesame Street: Sleepytime Songs & Stories Bedtime Stories & Songs is a 1986 Sesame Street direct-to-video compilation, released on VHS as part of the My Sesame...	Big Bird (voice)	Not rated
1985	Movie Follow That Bird Big Bird is sent to live far from Sesame Street by a pesky social worker, who thinks it would be...	Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch / Bruno the Trashman (voice)	TMDB 6.4 / 10
1985	Movie Night of 100 Stars II This special is the second "Night of 100 Stars" to benefit The Actors Fund of America. Edited from a seven-hour...	Big Bird	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1984	Movie Henson's Place: The Man Behind the Muppets Trace the life and career of visionary puppeteer Jim Henson through this fascinating documentary, which profiles the creative genius's early...	Caroll Spinney (self)	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1983	Movie Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art As the Metropolitan Museum of Art closes, Big Bird decides to leave his Sesame Street friends behind in search of...	Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)	TMDB 6.6 / 10
1983	Movie Big Bird in China Big Bird and his Sesame Street companion, Barkley, the big, fluffy dog, travel across China in search of the legendary...	Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1981	Movie The Great Muppet Caper Kermit and Fozzie are newspaper reporters sent to London to interview Lady Holiday, a wealthy fashion designer whose priceless diamond...	Oscar the Grouch (voice)	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1979	Movie Bob Hope on the Road to China Bob Hope tours China, takes in the culture and meets up with Big Bird, Crystal Gayle, Peaches and Herb, and...	Self - Big Bird (voice)	Not rated
1979	Movie The Muppet Movie The Muppets gather to watch their newly-finished big-budget rich-and-famous feature film: a talent agent persuades Kermit the Frog to leave...	Big Bird (voice)	TMDB 7.2 / 10
1979	TV Presenting Susan Anton "Presenting Susan Anton" is a variety hour that spotlights the music and comedy talents of Susan Anton and helped catapult...	Unknown character	TMDB 10.0 / 10
1979	Movie A Walking Tour of Sesame Street Sesame Street celebrated its 10th anniversary in the spring of 1979 with a half-hour PBS special hosted by James Earl...	Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)	Not rated
1978	Movie A Special Sesame Street Christmas Leslie Uggams hosts this take on A Christmas Carol, where she and fellow guest stars, Anne Murray, Imogene Coca, and...	Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)	TMDB 6.7 / 10
1978	Movie Christmas Eve on Sesame Street Everyone on Sesame Street is preparing for Christmas: Bert and Ernie exchange gifts in a "The Gift of the Magi"...	Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1978	Movie NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney Walt Disney Presents, Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Color, Disney’s Wonderful World, Walt Disney, The Disney Sunday Movie, The Magical...	Big Bird	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1976	Movie Bob Hope's World of Comedy Bob's favorite memories and funniest moments on TV The biggest Stars! ... The biggest laughs! On DVD for the first...	Self - as Big Bird	Not rated
1976	TV The Muppet Show Go behind the curtains as Kermit the Frog and his muppet friends struggle to put on a weekly variety show.	Big Bird	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1975	Movie Sesame Street- Do you know where Ernie lives? Behind the scenes footage of Sesame Street and The Muppet Workshop.	Self	Not rated
1975	TV Saturday Night Live A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary...	Self - Cameo (uncredited)	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1974	Movie Out to Lunch The Muppets of Sesame Street and the cast of The Electric Company take over the ABC Nightly News when the...	Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1973	Movie Julie on Sesame Street Julie on Sesame Street was one of a series of Julie Andrews TV specials, produced by ATV and distributed by...	Big Bird/ Oscar the Grouch (voice)	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1969	TV Sesame Street On a special inner city street, the inhabitants—human and muppet—teach preschoolers basic educational and social concepts using comedy, cartoons, games,...	Oscar the Grouch	TMDB 7.1 / 10
1969	TV Sesame Street On a special inner city street, the inhabitants—human and muppet—teach preschoolers basic educational and social concepts using comedy, cartoons, games,...	Bennett Snerf	TMDB 7.1 / 10
1969	TV Sesame Street On a special inner city street, the inhabitants—human and muppet—teach preschoolers basic educational and social concepts using comedy, cartoons, games,...	Sam the Robot	TMDB 7.1 / 10
1969	TV Sesame Street On a special inner city street, the inhabitants—human and muppet—teach preschoolers basic educational and social concepts using comedy, cartoons, games,...	Cookie Monster	TMDB 7.1 / 10
1969	TV Sesame Street On a special inner city street, the inhabitants—human and muppet—teach preschoolers basic educational and social concepts using comedy, cartoons, games,...	Big Bird	TMDB 7.1 / 10
1969	Movie This Way to Sesame Street A commercial television preview of the new children's educational series, Sesame Street.	Big Bird	Not rated
1969	TV Peter Alexander präsentiert Spezialitäten	Self	Not rated
1968	TV The Dick Cavett Show The Dick Cavett Show has been the title of several talk shows hosted by Dick Cavett on various television networks.	Self - Guest	TMDB 6.8 / 10
TBA	Movie Sesame Street 1986 Wrap Party Rare footage from the Sesame Street season 18 cast and crew wrap party. 1986 When the Sesame Street cast and...	Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch	TMDB 9.0 / 10
TBA	Movie Sesame Street: Big Bird's Favorite Party Games Big Bird, Telly Monster, Bob, Susan, Luis, Maria, Gina, and the kids get together in the yard to play some...	Big Bird	Not rated
TBA	Movie Sesame Street: Ernie's Little Lie Big Bird narrates three stories while the text appears on the bottom of the screen so children can read along....	Big Bird	Not rated

Year	Title	Role	Rating
1983	Movie Big Bird in China Big Bird and his Sesame Street companion, Barkley, the big, fluffy dog, travel across China in search of the legendary...	Story Writing	TMDB 6.0 / 10

Jerry Nelson: A Celebratory Birthday Animatic

2022

Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street

2021 / TMDB 7.4

Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration

2019 / TMDB 9.3

Mister Rogers: It's You I Like

2018 / TMDB 7.9

Once Upon a Sesame Street Christmas

2016 / TMDB 6.6

In Their Own Words: Jim Henson

2015 / TMDB 7.0

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