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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Kevin Jeffrey Clash (born September 17, 1960) is an American voice actor and puppeteer whose characters include Elmo, Baby Sinclair, Clifford, Splinter and Hoots the Owl. He currently serves as Sesame Street Muppet Captain and co-executive producer. In the fall of 2006, Clash released an autobiography titled My Life as a Furry Red Monster: What Being…
Known for
- The First Snow of Fraggle Rock — Self - Featured Puppeteer2025
- Jim Henson Idea Man — Self (archive footage)2024
- Jerry Nelson: A Celebratory Birthday Animatic — Elmo (voice) / Clifford (voice)2022
- Sesame Street: 50 Years and Counting — Elmo2019
- The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance — Gruenak (voice) / Various Characters (puppet)2019
- The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance — Various Characters (puppet)2019
- The Happytime Murders — Bumblypants / Lyle (voice)2018
- Tour de Pharmacy — Sesame Street Character (voice)2017
- Sesame Street: Play All Day with Elmo! — Elmo2015
- Sesame Street: M is for Mystery — Elmo2014
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Key facts
- Born
- Kevin Jeffrey Clash , ( 1960-09-17 ) September 17, 1960 (age 65) , Baltimore , Maryland , U.S.
- Education
- Dundalk High School
- Occupations
- Puppeteer director producer
- Years active
- 1978–2012 2018–present
- Spouse
- Genia Clash ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1986 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 2003 )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Kevin
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Baltimore
- Occupation
- film director
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Image
- Kevin Clash Elmo 2010 (cropped).jpg
- Residence
- Baltimore
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- sexual orientation
- homosexuality
- date of birth
- 1960-09-17
- influenced by
- Jim Henson
- notable role
- Elmo
- name in native language
- Kevin Clash
- start of work period
- 1980-00-00
- Commons category
- Kevin Clash
- writing language
- English language
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Encyclopedic overview
Kevin Jeffrey Clash (born September 17, 1960) is an American puppeteer, director and producer best known for puppeteering Elmo on Sesame Street from 1985 to 2012. He also performed puppets for Labyrinth, Dinosaurs, Oobi, and various Muppet productions.
Clash developed an interest in puppetry at an early age and, in his teen years, performed for local television children's shows in his hometown of Baltimore, Maryland. He joined the cast of Captain Kangaroo in the early 1980s and began performing on Sesame Street in 1984. He was the fifth puppeteer to perform Elmo, who became his signature character, and he also served as an executive producer and director for the show. Clash worked in various productions with The Jim Henson Company and occasionally on other projects. Clash's autobiography, My Life as a Furry Red Monster, was published in 2006; he was later the subject of the documentary Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey (2011).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kevin Clash” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.