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Kevin Clash


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Unlike most of the other Muppeteers, he rarely appears without "Elmo". One of the few instances in which he appeared on television as himself was on The Oprah Winfrey Show, in an episode entitled "The Faces Behind The Famous Names". This episode also featured Marc Jacobs, the lady behind the "Jimmy Choo" shoe empire... See more trivia »
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Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys. Another 20 wins & 14 nominations See more awards »

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Filmography

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2010 The Wendy Williams Show (TV series)
Elmo
 
2010 The 7PM Project (TV series)
Elmo
Episode #1.258 (2010) … Elmo (voice)
 
2010 The Best of Elmo 2 (video short)
Elmo
 
2010 When Families Grieve (TV movie)
Elmo
 
1982-2009 Sesame Street (TV series)
Elmo / Muppet / Hoots the Owl / …
Wild Nature Survivor Guy (2009) … Elmo (voice)
Frankly, It's a Habitat (2009) … Elmo (voice)
Elmo & Zoe's Hat Contest (2008) … Elmo (voice)
Max the Magician (2008) … Elmo (voice)
Telly's New Shoes (2008) … Elmo (voice)
 
2009 Dinner: Impossible (TV series)
Elmo
Sesame Street Scramble (2009) … Elmo
 
2009 Elmo's Animal Adventures (video)
Elmo
 
2001-2009 Rove Live (TV series)
Elmo
Rove Turns 10 (2009) … Elmo (voice)
Rove: New York (2007) … Elmo (voice) (also archive footage) (as Elmo)
Episode #7.22 (2006) … Elmo (voice)
Episode #3.33 (2002) … Elmo (voice)
Episode #2.5 (2001) … Elmo (voice)
 
2009 Sesame Street: Bedtime with Elmo (video short)
Elmo
 
2009 Elmo and the Bookaneers (video)
 
2009 Being Green (video)
Elmo (voice)
 
2009 The Game (TV series)
Himself / Mookie
Do the Wright Thing (2009) … Mookie/Himself (voice)
 
2009 Scrubs (TV series)
Elmo
My ABC's (2009) … Elmo
 
2008 Elmo's World: Opposites (video)
Elmo
 
2008 Abby in Wonderland (video)
Elmo as the Red Rabbit (voice)
 
2007 Elmo's Christmas Countdown (TV movie)
Elmo
 
2007 Ready for School (video)
Elmo
 
2006 A Sesame Street Christmas Carol (video)
i-SAM (voice) (also archive footage) / Elmo (voice) (also archive footage)
 
2006 Elmo's Potty Time (video)
Elmo
 
2006 Elmo's World: Pets! (video)
Elmo
 
2006 Guess That Shape and Color (video short)
Elmo
 
2005 Elmo Visits the Doctor (video)
Elmo
 
2005 Sesame Street: All-Star Alphabet (video)
Elmo (voice) / Letter W (voice)
 
2005 The Muppets' Wizard of Oz (TV movie)
Clifford (voice)
 
2004 What's the Name of That Song (video)
Elmo (voice)
 
2004 The West Wing (TV series)
Elmo
Eppur Si Muove (2004) … Elmo (voice)
 
2003 Muppets Party Cruise (Video Game)
Clifford (voice) / Sam the Eagle (voice)
 
2003 Lights, Camera, Imagination! (short)
Elmo (voice)
 
2003 Oobi (TV series)
Keiko
 
2003 Zoe's Dance Moves (video short)
Elmo
 
2002 Elmo Visits the Fire House (video short)
Elmo (voice)
 
2002 Elmo's World: Wake Up with Elmo (video)
Elmo (voice)
 
2001 Sesame Street Sports (Video Game)
 
2001 Deadline (TV series)
Somebody's Fool (2001)
 
2001 Elmo's Letter Adventure (Video Game)
Elmo
 
2000 Muppet Monster Adventure (Video Game)
Clifford (voice)
 
2000 Muppet Race Mania (Video Game)
Clifford (voice) / Spa'Am (voice)
 
1999 Cinderelmo (TV movie)
Elmo
 
1999 The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland
Elmo (voice) / Pestie (voice) / Grouch Jailer (voice) / …
 
1999 Muppets from Space
Clifford (voice)
 
1999 Elmo's Number Journey (Video Game)
Elmo
 
1996 Big Bag (TV series)
Avery (segment "Ace & Avery") (1998) (voice)
 
1998 Sesame Street 'A Is for Asthma' (video short)
Elmo (voice)
 
1996-1998 Muppets Tonight (TV series)
Clifford / Carter / Mulch / …
Episode #2.12 (1998) … Clifford (voice) / Mulch (voice)
Episode #2.11 (1998) … Clifford (voice) / Miss Piggy (voice)
The Gary Cahuenga Episode (1997) … Clifford (voice)
The Best of Muppets Tonight! (1997) … Clifford (voice) (also archive footage) / Waldorf (voice) (also archive footage)
The Cameo Show (1997) … Clifford (voice) / Mulch (voice) / Carter (voice)
 
1996 Elmocize (video short)
Elmo (voice) / Benny Rabbit (voice)
 
1996 Muppet Treasure Island
Bad Polly (voice) / Spa'Am (voice) / Black Dog (voice) / …
 
1996 Elmo Saves Christmas (video)
Elmo (voice) / Benny Rabbit (voice) / Baby Natasha (voice)
 
1996 Do the Alphabet (video short)
Elmo (voice) (also archive footage)
 
1996 Muppets Treasure Island (Video Game)
Bad Polly (voice) / Spa'Am (voice) / Black Dog (voice)
 
1996 Elmo Says Boo (short)
Elmo
 
1996 The Muppet CDROM: Muppets Inside (Video Game)
Clifford (voice)
 
1996 Kids' Guide to Life: Learning to Share (video short)
Elmo (voice)
 
1995 Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree (TV short)
Father (voice)
 
1991-1995 Dinosaurs (TV series)
Baby Sinclair / Grandma Ethyl Phillips / Howard Handupme / …
Georgie Must Die (1995) … Baby Sinclair (voice)
Earl and Pearl (1995) … Baby Sinclair (voice)
Variations on a Theme Park (1995) … Baby Sinclair (voice)
Working Girl (1994) … Baby Sinclair (voice)
Into the Woods (1994) … Baby Sinclair (voice) / Howard Handupme (voice)
 
1994 Basil Hears a Noise (video short)
Elmo (voice)
 
1994 Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration (TV movie)
Elmo (voice) / Natasha (voice) / Hoots the Owl (voice)
 
1994 It's Not Easy Being Green (video short)
Clifford (voice) / Billy Bunny (voice) / Rabbit (voice)
 
1994 The Best of Elmo (video short)
Elmo
 
1993 Dog City (TV series)
Eliot Shag
 
1993 Sesame Songs: Sing-Along Earth Songs (video short) (voice)
 
1993 For Our Children (video)
Baby Sinclair (voice)
 
1991 The Tale of Peter Rabbit (TV movie)
Mr. McGregor/Bluejay (voice)
 
1991 Big Bird's Birthday or Let Me Eat Cake (TV movie)
Elmo (voice) / Hoots the Owl (voice)
 
1990 The Muppets at Walt Disney World (TV movie)
Clifford (voice)
 
1990 The Cosby Show (TV series)
Beautiful Day Monster / Leon / Luncheon Counter Monster / …
Cliff's Nightmare (1990) … The Hypocritic Oaf (voice) / Beautiful Day Monster (voice) / Luncheon Counter Monster (voice) / …
 
1990 Sesame Songs: Monster Hits! (video short)
Elmo (voice)
 
1990 Sesame Street Visits the Firehouse (video short)
Elmo (voice)
 
1989-1990 The Jim Henson Hour (TV series)
Leon / Clifford / Doglion / …
Food (1990) … Clifford (voice) / Leon (voice) / Doglion (voice) / …
Garbage (1989) … Clifford (voice) / Leon (voice) / Garbage (voice)
Musicians (1989) … Clifford (voice) / Leon (voice)
Health and Fitness (1989) … Clifford (voice) / Leon (voice) / Doglion (voice) / …
The Ratings Game - Miss Piggy's Hollywood (1989) … Leon/Bob (voice)
 
1988 Wow, You're a Cartoonist! (video short)
P.J. (voice) / Art (voice) / Luncheon Counter Monster (voice)
 
1988 Sesame Street, Special (TV movie)
Elmo (voice) / Hoots the Owl (voice) / Additional Muppets (voice)
 
1988 Let's Learn to Play Together (Video Game)
Elmo (voice)
 
1987 Muppet Coffee Break (video short)
Various Muppets (voice)
 
1987 Muppet Breakaway (video short)
Narrator/Bob (voice)
 
1987 Inner Tube (TV short) (voice)
 
1987 Sing Along (video short)
Mr. Hoots (voice)
 
1986 Labyrinth
The Four Guards/Firey 1/Ambrosius (voice)
 
1986 The Tale of the Bunny Picnic (TV movie)
Father/Be-Bop (voice)
 
1986 Learning About Numbers (video short)
Chip Cat/Honker (voice)
 
1986 Learning About Letters (video short)
Cow/A Boy (voice)
 
1985 Sesame Street Presents: Follow that Bird
Board of Birds/Additional Muppet Performer (voice)
 
1985 Muppet Lift Off (video short)
Smilin' Ed (voice)
 
1985 Muppet Perk-Up (short)
Additional Muppets (voice)
 
1981 Captain Kangaroo (TV series)
Kevin / Various Voices
Episode dated 1 September 1981 (1981) … Kevin/Various Voices
 
1981 The Great Space Coaster (TV series)
Goriddle Gorilla
Episode #1.1 (1981) … Goriddle Gorilla (voice)
 
Show ShowProducer (28 titles)
2011 Growing Hope Against Hunger (TV movie) (producer)
 
2009 Being Green (video) (co-executive producer)
 
2009 Coming Home: Military Families Cope with Change (TV movie) (producer)
 
Sesame Street (TV series) (co-executive producer: Elmo's World - 24 episodes, 2005-2007) (executive producer - 1 episode, 2008)
Telly's New Shoes (2008) (executive producer)
Rosita Gets Upset at Zoe & Abby (2007) (co-executive producer: Elmo's World)
Elmo Is Jealous of Marco (2007) (co-executive producer: Elmo's World)
Elmo Shows Abby How to Pretend (2007) (co-executive producer: Elmo's World)
Elmo Wishes for a Pet Dinosaur (2007) (co-executive producer: Elmo's World)
 
2008 Count on Sports (video short) (co-producer)
 
2008 Abby in Wonderland (video) (co-executive producer)
 
2007 Kids' Favorite Country Songs (video) (co-executive producer)
 
2007 Sesame Beginnings: Moving Together (video short) (producer)
 
2007 Elmo's World: What Makes You Happy? (video) (co-executive producer)
 
2006 Sesame Beginnings: Exploring Together (video short) (producer)
 
2006 A Sesame Street Christmas Carol (video) (co-executive producer - segment "Elmo's World Happy Holidays", co-producer)
 
2006 Elmo's Potty Time (video) (co-producer)
 
2006 Elmo's World: Pets! (video) (co-executive producer)
 
2006 Sesame Beginnings: Beginning Together (video short) (co-producer)
 
2006 Sesame Beginnings: Make Music Together (video short) (co-producer)
 
2006 Elmo's World: Reach for the Sky (video) (co-executive producer)
 
2005 Elmo Visits the Doctor (video) (co-executive producer)
 
2004 What's the Name of That Song (video) (co-producer)
 
2004 Sesame Street Presents: The Street We Live On (TV movie) (co-executive producer)
 
2004 Sesame Street: Happy Healthy Monsters (video) (co-producer)
 
2003 Sesame Street: Three Bears and a New Baby (video) (co-producer)
 
2003 Lights, Camera, Imagination! (short) (associate producer)
 
2003 Zoe's Dance Moves (video short) (co-producer)
 
2002 Sesame Street: Computer Caper (video) (co-executive producer: Elmo's World)
 
2001 Elmo's World: The Wild Wild West (video) (co-producer, executive producer)
 
1999 The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland (co-producer)
 
1986 Wrinkles: In Need of Cuddles (video short) (associate producer)
 
Show ShowDirector (10 titles)
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (12 titles)
2006 A Sesame Street Christmas Carol (video) (senior muppet consultant)
 
2005 Open huis in Sesamstraat (TV movie) (puppeteer)
 
1999 Cinderelmo (TV movie) (puppeteer)
 
1999 The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland (puppeteer captain)
 
1996 Big Bag (TV series) (creative consultant - 1998)
 
1996 Muppets Tonight (TV series) (puppeteer)
 
1996 Elmo Saves Christmas (video) (puppeteer)
 
1993 Dog City (TV series) (puppet coordinator) (puppeteer)
 
1993 Sesame Songs: Sing-Along Earth Songs (video short) (puppet captain)
 
1986 Wrinkles: In Need of Cuddles (video short) (puppeteer)
 
1986 Labyrinth (assistant puppeteer coordinator)
 
1969 Sesame Street (TV series) (puppeteer)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (3 titles)
2010 The Wendy Williams Show (TV series)
Episode dated 1 March 2010 (2010) (performer: "How You Doin'" - uncredited)
 
2005-2007 Sesame Street (TV series)
The Tutu Spell (2007) (performer: "Share")
The Bookaneers (2007) (performer: "See the Signs")
American Fruit Stand (2005) (performer: "A Cookie is a Sometime Food")
 
1996 Muppet Treasure Island (performer: "Shiver My Timbers", "Sailing for Adventure", "Cabin Fever", "Professional Pirate", "Boom Shakalaka" - uncredited)
 
Show ShowSpecial Effects (1 title)
1991 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (animatronic puppeteer: Splinter)
 
Show ShowThanks (2 titles)
2011/II Blur (special thanks)
 
2009 Dinner: Impossible (TV series) (special thanks - 1 episode)
Sesame Street Scramble (2009) (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (45 titles)
2011 The Project (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 19 December 2011 (2011) … Himself
 
2011 Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (TV series)
Elmo
Walker Family (2011) … Elmo
 
2011 The Wendy Williams Show (TV series)
Himself - Guest
Episode dated 9 November 2011 (2011) … Himself - Guest
 
2011 The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (TV series)
Himself
Kevin Clash (2011) … Himself
 
2011 Conan (TV series)
Elmo
God Never Closes a Door Without Laughing at You (2011) … Elmo (voice) (uncredited)
 
2009-2011 Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (TV series)
Elmo / Additional Muppets
Episode #1.510 (2011) … Elmo (as Elmo)
Episode #1.433 (2011) … Elmo (as Elmo)
Episode #1.172 (2009) … Additional Muppets (uncredited)
Episode #1.145 (2009) … Elmo (as Elmo)
Episode #1.28 (2009) … Elmo (as Elmo)
 
2011 Top Chef (TV series)
Elmo - Quickfire Judge
 
2011 Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey (documentary)
 
2010 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (TV movie)
Elmo (voice)
 
2010 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (TV series)
Elmo - Celebrity Question Presenter
 
2010 The Dr. Oz Show (TV series)
Elmo
 
2009 Infanity (TV series documentary)
Himself
Sesame Street (2009) … Himself
 
2009 The 36th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (TV special)
Himself (voice) (also archive footage) / Elmo (voice) (also archive footage) / Sheep (voice) (also archive footage)
 
2008 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (TV movie)
Elmo (voice)
 
2008 Getaway (TV series)
Elmo
Episode #17.33 (2008) … Elmo
 
2008 Grill It! with Bobby Flay (TV series)
Himself
Rib Eye Steaks (2008) … Himself
 
2008 A Company of Players (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2006-2007 Today (TV series)
Elmo / Himself
Episode dated 6 September 2006 (2006) … Himself
 
2007 The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 23 January 2007 (2007) … Himself
 
2006 When Parents Are Deployed (TV documentary short)
Elmo
 
2006 Christmas Celebration at the Grove (TV movie)
Himself
 
2006 Postcards (TV series)
Elmo
Winter Special (2006) … Elmo (uncredited)
 
2006 Sunrise (TV series)
Elmo
Episode dated 14 July 2006 (2006) … Elmo (voice)
 
2006 A Capitol Fourth (TV special)
Elmo (voice)
 
2006 The 33rd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
2006 The Oprah Winfrey Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 27 February 2006 (2006) … Himself
 
2004-2005 The Tony Danza Show (TV series)
Himself / Elmo
Episode #2.44 (2005) … Elmo (as Elmo)
Episode #1.126 (2005) … Himself (as Elmo)
Episode #1.21 (2004) … Himself (as Elmo)
 
2005 Martha (TV series)
Elmo
Episode dated 13 September 2005 (2005) … Elmo (voice)
 
2001-2004 Hollywood Squares (TV series)
Elmo
Episode dated 16 April 2004 (2004) … Elmo (voice) (as Elmo)
Episode dated 15 April 2004 (2004) … Elmo (voice) (as Elmo)
Episode dated 14 April 2004 (2004) … Elmo (voice) (as Elmo)
Episode dated 13 April 2004 (2004) … Elmo (voice) (as Elmo)
Episode dated 12 April 2004 (2004) … Elmo (voice) (as Elmo)
 
1996-2002 The Rosie O'Donnell Show (TV series)
Elmo
Episode dated 2 May 2002 (2002) … Elmo (voice)
Episode dated 6 February 2002 (2002) … Elmo (voice)
Episode dated 21 September 2001 (2001) … Elmo (voice)
Episode dated 4 January 2001 (2001) … Elmo (voice)
Episode dated 6 December 1999 (1999) … Elmo (voice)
 
2002 I Love Muppets (TV special)
Himself
 
2001 Biography (TV series documentary)
Himself
Close-Up: Sesame Street (2001) … Himself
 
1998 Elmopalooza! (TV special)
Elmo (voice)
 
1998 29th NAACP Image Awards (TV special)
Elmo (voice)
 
1996 Showbiz Today (TV series)
Clifford
Episode dated 11 March 1996 (1996) … Clifford (voice)
 
1993 Sesame Street Stays Up Late! (TV special)
Elmo (voice) / Cousin Pepe (voice) / Elmonosuke (voice) / …
 
1993 Ebony/Jet Showcase (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 26 February 1993 (1993) … Himself
 
1993 For Our Children: The Concert (TV documentary)
Baby Sinclair (voice)
 
1992 The Jim Henson Hour (TV series)
Clifford / Himself / Leon
Secrets of the Muppets (1992) … Himself (voice) / Clifford (voice) / Leon (voice)
 
1991 The Making of 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles': Behind the Shells (video documentary short)
Himself (also archive footage) / Splinter (also archive footage)
 
1990 The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson (TV documentary)
Clifford (voice) (also archive footage) / Elmo (voice) (also archive footage) / Hoots the Owl (voice) (also archive footage)
 
1990 The Earth Day Special (TV special)
Additional Muppets (voice) (as The Muppets)
 
1989 Sesame Street: 20 and Still Counting (TV special)
Elmo (voice)
 
1988 Reading Rainbow (TV series)
Himself
Brush (1988) … Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (11 titles)
2009 Rove Live (TV series)
 
2006 Plaza Sésamo: Lola aventuras (video)
Elmo
 
2002 Sesame Street: Computer Caper (video)
Elmo (voice)
 
2002 Play with Me Sesame
Elmo/Additional Muppets (voice) (uncredited)
 
1996 Imagine That! (video short)
Elmo (voice)
 
1994 Great Performances (TV series)
 
1990 Entertainment Tonight (TV series)
 
1988 Count It Higher: Great Music Videos from Sesame Street (video short)
Hoots The Owl (voice)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

1990: Performed "Lydia, The Tattooed Lady" at Jim Henson's Memorial Service using the voice of "Elmo".

Publicity Listings:

1 Print Biography  | 1 Article  | See more »


Alternate Names:

Elmo | The Muppets

Height:

6' (1.83 m)
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Did You Know?

Trivia:

Unlike most of the other Muppeteers, he rarely appears without "Elmo". One of the few instances in which he appeared on television as himself was on The Oprah Winfrey Show, in an episode entitled "The Faces Behind The Famous Names". This episode also featured Marc Jacobs, the lady behind the "Jimmy Choo" shoe empire... See more »

Trademark:

Best known as the puppeteer of _Sesame Street (1969)_'s Elmo See more »

Nickname:

Elmo See more »

Star Sign:

Virgo