Steve Whitmire

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Steven Whitmire born September 24 1958 is an American puppeteer who works with The Jim Henson Company and Sesame Workshop He has been the performer of two signature Muppets Kermit the Frog and Sesame Streets Ernie since the death of their creator Jim Henson in 1990 Characters original to Whitmire include Rizzo the Rat Lips the trumpet player from Dr Teeth and the Electric Mayhem FooFoo Miss Piggys beloved dog Fraggle Rocks Wembley Fraggle and Bean Bunny Following the death of puppeteer Richard Hunt and Jerry Nelsons departure Whitmire took over the roles of Beaker and Statler He also voiced Link Hogthrob in the Muppet Party Cruise Description above from the Wikipedia article Steve Whitmire licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia