Caroll Spinney

10 wins & 8 nominations. See more awards »

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Sesame Street Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch / Oscar / Bruno the Trashman / Granny Bird / Anything Muppets / Bennett Snerf / Cookie Monster / Train Rider / Bruno / Various Monsters / Adrienne / Annoucer / Beautiful Day Monster / Big Bird & Oscar / Bird Bird / Brother / Farmer / Floating Face / Fluffy the Elephant / Hippie / King / Lefty / Lefty the Salesman / Little Boy & Blue Man / Monotone / Monotones Vocalist / Mother (Purple) / Mr. Rocco / Oscar the Grocuh / Purple Boy / Purple Hippie / Rubber Ball / Sam the Robot / Sister / Voiceover

(1969-2020)

The Muppet Movie Big Bird

(1979)

Follow That Bird Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch / Bruno the Trashman

(1985)

Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian Oscar the Grouch

(2009)

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Actor (145 credits)

1969-2020 Sesame Street (TV Series)
Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch / Oscar / ...

- Let's Go Camping (2020) ... Big Bird

- Fourth of July (2020) ... Big Bird

- Lucky's Unlucky Day (2020) ... Big Bird

- Big Bird's Fairytale (2020) ... Big Bird

- Rudy Blows His First Bubble (2020) ... Big Bird

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2019 Sesame Street: 50 Years and Counting (Video)
Big Bird

2019 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (TV Series)
Oscar the Grouch

- Michelle Williams/Emily Bazelon/Oscar the Grouch (2019) ... Oscar the Grouch (as Oscar the Grouch)

2016 Once Upon a Sesame Street Christmas (TV Movie)
Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)

2016 Super Bowl 50: Dream on Remix (TV Short)
Big Bird (voice)

2016 Elmo's World: Elmo Wonders
Oscar the Grouch / Big Bird

2012-2015 Saturday Night Live (TV Series)
Big Bird

- Taraji P. Henson/Mumford & Sons (2015) ... Big Bird (voice, uncredited)

- Daniel Craig/Muse (2012) ... Big Bird (voice, uncredited)

2015 Supernatural (TV Series)
Big Bird

- Inside Man (2015) ... Big Bird (uncredited)

2015 Portlandia (TV Series)
Oscar the Grouch

- Fashion (2015) ... Oscar the Grouch (voice)

2014 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (TV Series)
Oscar the Grouch / Big Bird

- Jessica Chastain/Jeffrey Tambor/Chris Brown (2014) ... Oscar the Grouch / Big Bird (uncredited)

2014 Sesame Street: Alphabet Songs (Video)
Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch

2014 Sesame Street: Elmo's World - All About Animals
Big Bird / Oscar

2014 Sunny Side Up (TV Series)
Oscar the Grouch

- Episode dated 21 March 2014 (2014) ... Oscar the Grouch (voice)

2013 Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (TV Series)
Big Bird

- Episode dated 25 September 2013 (2013) ... Big Bird (voice)

2012-2013 Good Morning America (TV Series)
Oscar / Big Bird

- Episode dated 13 September 2013 (2013) ... Big Bird (voice)

- Episode dated 10 May 2013 (2013) ... Oscar (voice)

- Episode dated 19 September 2012 (2012) ... Oscar (voice)

2013 In the Night Castle... (TV Series)
Contestant (as Big Bird)

2012 Little Children, Big Challenges (TV Series)
Big Bird

- Divorce (2012) ... Big Bird (voice)

2012 Sesame Street: Elmo's Magic Numbers
Big Bird

2012 Sesame Street: Elmo's World - Favorite Things (voice)

2009-2012 Jimmy Kimmel Live! (TV Series)
Oscar the Grouch / Big Bird

- Episode #10.125 (2012) ... Oscar the Grouch

- Episode #10.116 (2012) ... Oscar the Grouch

- Episode #8.42 (2009) ... Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)

2011 Sesame Street: Silly Storytime (Video)
Big Bird / Oscar

2011 Sesame Street: Bye-Bye, Pacifier! Big Kid Stories with Elmo (Video)
Big Bird / Oscar

2011 Sesame Street: Once Upon a Monster (Video Game)
Oscar the Grouch (voice)

2011 Sesame Street: Learning Letters with Elmo (Video)
Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch

2011 Elmo's World: Penguins and Friends (Video) (voice)

2009 Elmo and Friends: The Letter Quest and Other Magical Tales (Video)
Big Bird / Oscar

2009 Elmo and Abby's Birthday Fun (Video)
Oscar the Grouch

2009 Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
Oscar the Grouch (voice)

2009 Sesame Street: Being Green (Video)
Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)

2009 Scrubs (TV Series)
Oscar the Grouch

- My ABC's (2009) ... Oscar the Grouch (voice)

2008 Abby in Wonderland (Video)
Oscar as the Grouch of Hearts (voice)

2008 One World, One Sky: Big Bird's Adventure (Short)
Big Bird

2008 Elmo's World: Summer Vacation (Video)
Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch

2007 Elmo's Christmas Countdown (TV Movie)
Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)

2007 Elmo's World: What Makes You Happy? (Video)

2006 A Sesame Street Christmas Carol (Video)
Oscar the Grouch / Big Bird (voice)

1998-2006 Elmo's World (TV Series)
Big Bird / Big Bird, Oscar the Grouch / Oscar the Grouch

- Friends (2006) ... Big Bird

- Transportation (1999) ... Big Bird (voice)

- Music (1999) ... Big Bird, Oscar the Grouch (voice)

- Shoes (1998) ... Oscar the Grouch

2006 Guess That Shape and Color (Video short)
Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)

2005 Elmo Visits the Doctor (Video)
Big Bird (voice)

2005 Sesame Street: Friends to the Rescue (Video)
Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch / Granny Bird (voice)

2004 Sesame Street: A Celebration of Me, Grover (Video short)
Big Bird / Oscar (voice)

2004 Sesame Street: What's the Name of That Song? (Video)
Big Bird (voice)

2004 The West Wing (TV Series)
Big Bird

- Eppur Si Muove (2004) ... Big Bird

2003 Sesame Street: Zoe's Dance Moves (Video short)
Big Bird (voice)

2003 Sesame Street: Sesame Sings Karaoke (Video short)
Big Bird / Oscar (voice)

2003 Sesame Street: Three Bears and a New Baby (Video)
Big Bird (voice)

2003 Sesame Street 4-D (Short)
Big Bird / Oscar (voice)

2003 Elmo's World: The Great Outdoors (Video)
Oscar (voice)

2002 Sesame Street: Bert & Ernie's Word Play (Video)
Oscar the Grouch (voice)

2002 Elmo's World: Happy Holidays! (Video)
Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)

2002 Elmo Visits the Firehouse (Video)
Oscar the Grouch (voice)

2002 Elmo's World: Springtime Fun! (Video)
Big Bird (voice)

2001 Sesame Street: Kids' Favorite Songs 2 (Video)
Big Bird (voice)

2001 Sesame Street Sports (Video Game)
Big Bird (voice)

2001 Elmo's World: Birthdays, Games & More! (Video)
Oscar the Grouch (voice)

2001 Between the Lions (TV Series)
Big Bird

- Tweet! Tweet! (2001) ... Big Bird (voice)

1996-2001 Learn Along with Sesame (TV Series)
Oscar the Grouch / Big Bird

- Music Works Wonders (2001) ... Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch

- Lead Away (1996) ... Oscar the Grouch

2001 Elmo's Musical Adventure: Peter and the Wolf (Video)
Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)

2000 Sesame Street: Let's Make Music! (Video short)
Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)

2000 Elmo's World: Babies, Dogs & More (Video)
Oscar the Grouch (voice)

1999 Elmo's Number Journey (Video Game)
Big Bird (voice)

1999 Sesame Street: CinderElmo (TV Movie)
Big Bird (voice)

1999 Sesame Street: The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland (Video Game)
Oscar the Grouch (voice)

1999 The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland
Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)

1999 Sesame Street: Kids' Favorite Songs (Video short)
Big Bird / Oscar (voice)

1998 A Brief History of Motion Pictures (Short)
Oscar the Grouch / Big Bird (voice)

1998 Sesame Street: Grover's Travels (Video Game)
Big Bird (voice)

1998 Sesame Street: Elmo Through the Looking-Glass (Video Game)
Oscar the Grouch (voice)

1998 Elmopalooza! (TV Movie)
Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)

1998 Soul Man (TV Series)
Big Bird

- The Stan Plan (1998) ... Big Bird (voice)

1998 Big Bird Gets Lost (Video short)
Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)

1997 Sesame Street: Letters (Video Game)
Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch

1997 Sesame Street: Fiesta! (Video short)
Oscar (voice)

1997 Sesame Street: 123 Count with Me (Video short)
Big Bird (voice)

1997 Sesame Street: Quiet Time (Video short)
Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)

1997 Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Sillier at the Movies (Video short)
Oscar the Grouch (voice)

1997 Sesame Street: Get Up and Dance (Short)
Big Bird / Oscar (voice)

1996 Kids' Guide to Life: Learning to Share (Video short)
Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)

1996 Sesame Street: Imagine That! (Video short)
Oscar the Grouch (voice)

1996 Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas (Video)
Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)

1996 Sesame Street: Elmocize (Video short)
Big Bird (voice)

1996 Sesame Street: Get Set to Learn! (Video Game)
Big Bird / Oscar (voice)

1996 Sesame Street: Do the Alphabet (Video short)
Big Bird (voice)

1996 Search & Learn Adventures (Video Game)
Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch

1995 Sesame Street: Big Bird Sings! (Video short)
Big Bird (voice)

1995 Sesame Street: Cookie Monster's Best Bites (Video) (voice)

1995 Sesame Street: Let's Make a Word! (Video Game)
Oscar / Big Bird (voice)

1994 Sesame Street: The Best of Elmo (Video short)
Big Bird (voice)

1993 Sesame Street Stays Up Late! (TV Movie)
Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)

1993 Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration (TV Movie)
Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)

1993 Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey
Dog in Pound (uncredited)

1992 1992 American League Championship Series (TV Series)
Big Bird / Oscar The Grouch

- Game 5 (1992) ... Big Bird / Oscar The Grouch (voice)

1991 Sesame Street: Numbers (Video Game)
Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch

1991 Sesame Street: Start-To-Read- Don't Cry, Big Bird (Video short)
Big Bird

1991 Sesame Street: Start-To-Read- Ernie's Little Lie (Video short)
Big Bird

1987-1991 Shalom Sesame (TV Series)
Oscar the Grouch / Big Bird

- King Sing Israel (1991) ... Oscar the Grouch (voice)

- The Aleph-Bet Telethon (1991) ... Oscar the Grouch (voice)

- Passover (1991) ... Oscar the Grouch (voice)

- Chanukah (1990) ... Oscar the Grouch (voice)

- Tel Aviv (1987) ... Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)

1991 Big Bird's Birthday or Let Me Eat Cake (TV Movie)
Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch / Bruno the Trashman (voice)

1991 Sesame Street: Elmo's Sing-Along Guessing Game (Video short)
Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)

1991 Sesame Street: Sing, Hoot & Howl with the Sesame Street Animals (Video short)
Big Bird (voice)

1990 Sesame Street Home Video Visits the Firehouse (Video short)
Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)

1990 Sesame Street: Big Bird's Hide & Speak (Video Game)
Big Bird (voice)

1990 Sesame Songs: Dance Along! (Video short)
Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)

1990 Sesame Songs: Rock & Roll (Video short)
Oscar the Grouch / Big Bird

1990 Sesame Street Home Video Visits the Hospital (Video short)
Big Bird / Oscar

1990 Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly! (Video short)
Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)

1988 Big Bird in Japan (TV Movie)
Big Bird (voice)

1988 Let's Learn to Play Together (Video Game)
Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)

1988 Wow, You're a Cartoonist! (Video short)
Picklepuss / Pop (voice)

1988 Sesame Street: Oscar's Letter Party (Video Game)
Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)

1988 Count It Higher: Great Music Videos from Sesame Street (Video short)
Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)

1988 The Best of Ernie and Bert (Video short)
Big Bird (voice)

1988 Big Bird's Favorite Party Games (Video short)
Big Bird / Oscar (voice)

1988 Magic on Sesame Street (Video short)
Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)

1988 Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie (TV Movie)
Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch / Bruno the Trashman (voice)

1987 Sesame Street: Sing Along (Video short)
Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)

1987 Sesame Street: Start-To-Read- Ernie's Big Mess (Video short)
Big Bird

1987 Sesame Street: Start-To-Read- I Want to Go Home (Video short)
Big Bird

1987 A Muppet Family Christmas (TV Movie)
Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)

1987 Kids Like These (TV Movie)
Big Bird (voice)

1987 Big Bird's Story Time (Video short)
Big Bird / Oscar (voice)

1987 Learning to Add and Subtract (Video short)
Big Bird (voice)

1986 I'm Glad I'm Me (Video)
Big Bird

1986 Sesame Street: Learning About Letters (Video short)
Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)

1986 Sesame Street: Sleepytime Songs & Stories (Video short)
Big Bird (voice)

1986 Sesame Street: Getting Ready to Read (Video short)
Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)

1986 Sesame Street: Learning About Numbers (Video short)
Big Bird (voice)

1986 The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years (TV Movie)
Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)

1985 Three Sesame Street Stories (Video short)
Big Bird / Zookeeper / Oscar the Grouch (voice, uncredited)

1985 Follow That Bird
Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch / Bruno the Trashman (voice)

1985 Five Sesame Street Stories (Video short)
Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice, uncredited)

1983 Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (TV Movie)
Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)

1983 Big Bird in China (TV Movie)
Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)

1981 Hee Haw (TV Series)
Big Bird

- Episode #13.7 (1981) ... Big Bird

1981 The Great Muppet Caper
Oscar the Grouch (voice)

1981 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (TV Series)
Big Bird

- 1483: Competition (1981) ... Big Bird (voice)

1979 A Walking Tour of Sesame Street (TV Movie)
Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)

1979 The Muppet Movie
Big Bird (voice, as Carroll Spinney)

1979 The Muppet Show (TV Series)
Big Bird

- Leslie Uggams (1979) ... Big Bird (voice, as Carroll Spinney)

1978 A Special Sesame Street Christmas (TV Movie)
Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)

1978 Christmas Eve on Sesame Street (TV Movie)
Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice, as Carroll Spinney)

1975 Peter Alexander präsentiert Spezialitäten (TV Series)
Big Bird / Oscar

- Episode #1.10 (1975) ... Big Bird / Oscar (uncredited)

1972-1975 The Electric Company (TV Series)
Oscar the Grouch / Big Bird

- 453 (1975) ... Oscar the Grouch (voice)

- 131 (1972) ... Big Bird (voice)

1974 Out to Lunch (TV Movie)
Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)

1970 Flip (TV Series)
Big Bird

- Episode #1.1 (1970) ... Big Bird (voice)

1966 Bozo's Big Top (TV Series)
Mr. Lion (1966) (as Ed Spinney)

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Writer (1 credit)

1983 Big Bird in China (TV Movie) (story - uncredited)

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Additional Crew (1 credit)

1987 A Muppet Family Christmas (TV Movie) (puppeteer)

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Soundtrack (15 credits)

1980-2004 Sesame Street (TV Series) (performer - 7 episodes)

- Cinderella's Fairy Godmother's Mistake (2004) ... (performer: "Journey to Ernie")

- Maria in the Hospital: Part 2 (1996) ... (performer: "You Gotta Be Patient (To Be a Patient)")

- Oscar Can't Get the Sesame Street Theme Out of His Head (1993) ... (performer: "Sesame Street Theme")

- Telly Plays the Triangle (1993) ... (performer: "Good Morning, Mister Sun")

- The Golden Cabbage of Snufertiti (1990) ... (performer: "The People In Your Neighborhood")

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1993 Sesame Songs: Sing-Along Earth Songs (Video short) (performer: "Just Throw It My Way", "Oscar's Junk Band", "What a Gift" - uncredited)

1990 Sesame Street Home Video Visits the Firehouse (Video short) (performer: "Waiting For The Bell To Ring")

1990 Sesame Street Home Video Visits the Hospital (Video short) (performer: "Busy Getting Better All the Time", "You Gotta Be Patient (To Be a Patient) (Reprise)", "Sesame Street Theme")

1990 Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly! (Video short) (performer: "Everything in the Wrong Place Ball" - uncredited)

1988 Big Bird in Japan (TV Movie) (performer: "Homesick", "Going to Kyoto", "Ichi, Ni, San")

1988 Count It Higher: Great Music Videos from Sesame Street (Video short) (performer: "Do De Rubber Duck")

1988 Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie (TV Movie) (performer: "Who Are the People in Your Neighborhood?")

1987 Sesame Street: Sing Along (Video short) (performer: "John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt", "Stand Up and Pinch Your Nose", "The Alphabet Song", "Cheer Up", "Old McDonald Had a Farm", "What's the Name of That Song?" - uncredited)

1985 Follow That Bird (performer: "Grouch Anthem", "Ain't No Road Too Long", "One Little Star", "Easy Goin' Day", "I'm So Blue")

1983 Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (TV Movie) (performer: "Broken and Beautiful", "You're Gonna Be a Star")

1979 Being There (performer: "Different Ways")

1979 The Muppet Show (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)

- Leslie Uggams (1979) ... (performer: "Love Will Keep Us Together" - uncredited)

1978 A Special Sesame Street Christmas (TV Movie) (performer: "It's the Thought That Counts", "Christmas Blech", "The Six Days of Christmas", "Yakety Yak", "Christmas Medley: Jingle Bells / Sleigh Ride / Winter Wonderland / I Saw Three Ships" - uncredited)

1978 Christmas Eve on Sesame Street (TV Movie) (performer: "I Hate Christmas")

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Thanks (2 credits)

2019 CAVE iN (TV Series) (in memory of - 1 episode)

- It's A Miserable Life (2019) ... (in memory of)

2019 AniMat's Crazy Cartoon Cast (Podcast Series) (dedicatee - 1 episode)

- Lion King Sized Problems (2019) ... (dedicatee)

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Self (63 credits)

2021 Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street (Documentary)
Self

2019 Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration (TV Special)
Self / Big Bird

2018 Mister Rogers: It's You I Like (Documentary)
Self

2017 KM3 News at 10 PM (TV Series)
Self

- Episode dated 9 July 2017 (2017) ... Self

2017 The Ellen DeGeneres Show (TV Series)
Self

- Ben Affleck/Oscar the Grouch/Ruby Rose/Shaping Sound Dance Company/Stephen 'tWitch' Boss (2017) ... Self (as Oscar the Grouch)

2015 In Their Own Words (TV Series)
Self - Muppet Performer

- Jim Henson (2015) ... Self - Muppet Performer

1987-2015 Today (TV Series)
Self - Guest / Big Bird

- Episode dated 6 May 2015 (2015) ... Self - Guest

- Episode dated 25 December 1987 (1987) ... Big Bird

2015 Billy on the Street (TV Series)
Big Bird

- Billy on the Street with First Lady Michelle Obama, Big Bird and Elena!!! (2015) ... Big Bird

2013-2014 The Colbert Report (TV Series)
Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch

- Same to You, Pal (2014) ... Big Bird (uncredited)

- Chris Fischer (2013) ... Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)

2014 I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story (Documentary)
Self

2013 87th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (TV Special)
Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)

2013 Drew: The Man Behind the Poster (Documentary)
Self

2012 The 86th Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (TV Special)
Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)

2012 The 39th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (TV Special)
Oscar the Grouch (voice)

2012 Ain't It Cool with Harry Knowles (TV Series)
Self

- BIG BIRD, MUPPETS & MONSTERS (2012) ... Self

2011 Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (TV Series)
Big Bird

- Walker Family (2011) ... Big Bird (voice)

2011 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (TV Special)
Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)

2010 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (TV Special)
Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)

2009 Infanity (TV Series documentary)
Self

- Sesame Street (2009) ... Self

2009 The Bonnie Hunt Show (TV Series)
Oscar the Grouch

- Episode dated 9 November 2009 (2009) ... Oscar the Grouch (voice)

2009 Live from the Red Carpet: The 36th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (TV Special)
Big Bird (voice)

2008 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (TV Special)
Big Bird (voice)

2008 1 vs. 100 (TV Series)
Oscar the Grouch

- Episode #2.7 (2008) ... Oscar the Grouch (voice)

- Episode #2.6 (2008) ... Oscar the Grouch (voice)

- Episode #2.5 (2008) ... Oscar the Grouch (voice)

- Episode #2.4 (2008) ... Oscar the Grouch (voice)

- Episode #2.2 (2008) ... Oscar the Grouch (voice)

2007 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (TV Special)
Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)

2007 The 34th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (TV Special)
Self - Winner

2006 The 33rd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (TV Special)
Self

2006 Jeopardy! (TV Series)
Oscar the Grouch / Big Bird

- Episode #22.147 (2006) ... Oscar the Grouch / Big Bird (as Oscar and Big Bird)

2005 The 32nd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (TV Special)
Oscar the Grouch - Presenter: Outstanding Performer in a Children's Series & Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program

2004 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (TV Special)
Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)

2004 The 31st Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (TV Special)
Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)

2003 The 30th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (TV Special)
Big Bird (voice)

2003 50 Greatest TV Animals (TV Movie documentary)
Big Bird (as Big Bird)

2001 Biography (TV Series documentary)
Self

- Close-Up: Sesame Street (2001) ... Self

2001 Hollywood Squares (TV Series)
Big Bird - Panelist / Oscar the Grouch - Panelist

- Episode dated 25 May 2001 (2001) ... Big Bird - Panelist (voice)

- Episode dated 24 May 2001 (2001) ... Oscar the Grouch - Panelist (voice)

- Episode dated 23 May 2001 (2001) ... Big Bird - Panelist (voice)

- Episode dated 22 May 2001 (2001) ... Oscar the Grouch - Panelist (voice)

- Episode dated 21 May 2001 (2001) ... Big Bird - Panelist (voice)

2001 The Interviews: An Oral History of Television (TV Series)
Self

- Carol Spinney (2001) ... Self

1999 Sesame Street Unpaved (TV Special documentary)
Self

1998 The Rosie O'Donnell Show (TV Series)
Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch

- The Rosie O'Donnell Show on Sesame Street (1998) ... Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)

1998 The 25th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (TV Special)
Self - Nominated: Outstanding Performer in a Children's Series / Big Bird - Co-Presenter: Outstanding Children's Animated Program

1998 Showbiz Today (TV Series)
Oscar the Grouch

- Episode dated 8 January 1998 (1998) ... Oscar the Grouch (voice)

1994 The 21st Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (TV Special)
Big Bird - Presenter

1994 All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! (TV Special)
Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)

1990 The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson (TV Movie documentary)
Big Bird (voice)

1989 Sesame Street: 20 Years & Still Counting! 1969-1989 (TV Special)
Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)

1988 Sesame Street: The Alphabet Game (Video short)
Big Bird (voice)

1987 The New Hollywood Squares (TV Series)
Big Bird - Panelist

- Episode dated 1 June 1987 (1987) ... Big Bird - Panelist (voice)

1985 Night of 100 Stars II (TV Special)
Big Bird

1984 Henson's Place (TV Movie documentary)
Big Bird (voice, uncredited)

1984 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (TV Special)
Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)

1984 Big Bird in Australia (TV Special)
Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)

1981 Here Come the Puppets! (TV Movie documentary)
Big Bird / Bruno / Oscar

1981 Mitch Miller's Singalong Sampler (TV Special)
Self - as Big Bird

1976-1980 The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (TV Series)
Big Bird - Panelist / Oscar the Grouch - Panelist / Bird Bird - Panelist

- Episode dated 7 April 1980 (1980) ... Bird Bird - Panelist (voice)

- Episode dated 24 December 1979 (1979) ... Oscar the Grouch - Panelist (voice)

- Episode dated 7 September 1979 (1979) ... Big Bird - Panelist (voice)

- Episode dated 6 September 1979 (1979) ... Big Bird - Panelist (voice)

- Episode dated 5 September 1979 (1979) ... Big Bird - Panelist (voice)

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1980 The 22nd Annual TV Week Logie Awards (TV Special)
Self

1979 Bob Hope on the Road to China (TV Special)
Self - as Big Bird (voice)

1979 The Hollywood Squares (Syndication) (TV Series)
Self - Panelist

- Episode dated 3 June 1979 (1979) ... Self - Panelist (as Oscar the Grouch)

- Episode dated 2 June 1979 (1979) ... Self - Panelist (as Oscar the Grouch)

- Episode dated 1 June 1979 (1979) ... Self - Panelist (as Oscar the Grouch)

- Episode dated 31 May 1979 (1979) ... Self - Panelist (as Oscar the Grouch)

- Episode dated 30 May 1979 (1979) ... Self - Panelist (as Oscar the Grouch)

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1979 Presenting Susan Anton (TV Series)
Self

- Episode #1.1 (1979) ... Self

1978 NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney (TV Movie documentary)
Big Bird (voice)

1977 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (TV Special)
Big Bird (voice)

1976 Bob Hope's World of Comedy (TV Special)
Self - as Big Bird

1973 Julie on Sesame Street (TV Special)
Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)

1971 To Tell the Truth (TV Series)
Self - Contestant

- Anne Willan/Caroll Spinney (1971) ... Self - Contestant

1971 The Dick Cavett Show (TV Series)
Self - Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch

- Jim Henson/Frank Oz/Jerry Nelson/Caroll Spinney (1971) ... Self - Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch

1971 Evening at Pops (TV Series documentary)
Big Bird

- A Special Program with Arthur Fiedler and Friends from Sesame Street (1971) ... Big Bird (voice)

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Archive footage (25 credits)

2021 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (TV Series)
Big Bird

- Jonathan Karl/Brandi Carlile (2021) ... Big Bird

2021 CBS News Sunday Morning (TV Series)
Oscar the Grouch

- Episode #43.33 (2021) ... Oscar the Grouch

2020 Challenger: The Final Flight (TV Mini Series documentary)
Self - Sesame Street Muppet

- HELP! (2020) ... Self - Sesame Street Muppet (as Big Bird)

2019 Gone But Not Forgotten (TV Series short)
Self

- 2019 (2019) ... Self

2018 Defunctland (TV Series documentary)
Big Bird

- Muppetland: The Disneyland Invasion That Almost Happened (2018) ... Big Bird

2015 The Seventies (TV Mini Series documentary)
Self - Oscar the Grouch

- Television Gets Real (2015) ... Self - Oscar the Grouch

2015 Sesame Street: The Best of Elmo 3 (Video)
Big Bird

2012 Sesame Street: Old School, Volume 3 (Video)
Big Bird

2011 Sesame Street: The Best of Sesame Spoofs Vol. 1 & Vol. 2 (Video)
Oscar the Grouch

2011 Elmo's World: People in Your Neighborhood (Video)
Oscar the Grouch / Big Bird

2011 Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey (Documentary)
Self

2009 The 36th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (TV Special)
Self / Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (uncredited)

2008 A Company of Players (Video documentary short)
Big Bird (uncredited)

2002-2007 Play with Me Sesame (TV Series)
Oscar the Grouch / Big Bird / Hippie

- Episode dated 7 November 2007 (2007) ... Oscar the Grouch (uncredited)

- Episode dated 31 October 2007 (2007) ... Oscar the Grouch (uncredited)

- Episode dated 30 October 2007 (2007) ... Oscar the Grouch (uncredited)

- Episode dated 29 October 2007 (2007) ... Oscar the Grouch (uncredited)

- Episode dated 26 October 2007 (2007) ... Oscar the Grouch (uncredited)

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2007 Sesame Street: Old School Volume 2 (Video)
Big Bird, Oscar the Grouch

2003 Rove Live (TV Series)
Big Bird

- Episode #4.33 (2003) ... Big Bird (uncredited)

1999 The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland: Sing and Play Video (Video)
Oscar / Big Bird

1999 M.U.G.E.N (Video Game)
Big Bird

1994 Television's Christmas Classics (TV Special)
Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch

1994 Great Performances (TV Series)
Muppet Performer

- The World of Jim Henson (1994) ... Muppet Performer

1994 It's Not Easy Being Green (Video)
Big Bird

1993 Sesame Songs: Sing-Along Earth Songs (Video short)
Oscar the Grouch / Big Bird

1990 Entertainment Tonight (TV Series)
Big Bird / Oscar

- Episode dated 18 May 1990 (1990) ... Big Bird / Oscar (uncredited)

- Episode dated 16 May 1990 (1990) ... Big Bird (uncredited)

1990 Sesame Street: Monster Hits! (Video short)
Oscar the Grouch

1988 Sesame Street (TV Series)
Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch

- Episode #19.88 (1988) ... Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (uncredited)

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He voiced Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch for the audio version of Liza Alexander's book "Big Bird Meets the Orchestra" in the "Sesame Street: Learn About Music" series.

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Big Bird | Oscar and Big Bird | Oscar the Grouch | Carroll Spinney | Ed Spinney

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5' 9½" (1.77 m)

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Debra Spinney (his death) | See more »

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[on his lifelong love of performing puppetry] Somehow I was shy enough to not care about being seen. And I figured if could ever get on a TV show with a character that I enjoyed doing, it might even get famous. And voila!

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Spinney hand drew the picture of Mr. Hooper that has been a fixture of Big Bird's Nest since he first showed it off in the famous 1983 episode "Goodbye Mr. Hooper". See more »

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Spin

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