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Caroll Spinney

Caroll Edwin Spinney was an American puppeteer, cartoonist, author, artist and speaker, most famous for playing Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch on Sesame Street from its inception in 1969 until 2018.

Aliases
  • Caroll Edwin Spinney
English Português - Portugal Português - Brasil
Filmography

A Muppet Family Christmas

1987
as Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)

A Special Sesame Street Christmas

1978

Abby in Wonderland

2008
as Oscar as the Grouch of Hearts

Big Bird in China

1983
as Big Bird

Big Bird in Japan

1988
as Big Bird

Bozo's Big Top

as Mr. Lion

Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

1983
as Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)

Elmo and Abby's Birthday Fun

2009
as Oscar the Grouch

Here Come the Puppets!

1981
as Big Bird

I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story

2015
as Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch / Himself

Mister Rogers: It's You I Like

2018
as Himself

Muppet Sing Alongs: It's Not Easy Being Green

1994
as Big Bird

Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian

2009
as Oscar the Grouch

Sesame Songs: Sing-Along Earth Songs

1993
as Oscar the Grouch

Sesame Street

1969
as Big Bird, Oscar the Grouch, and Bruno

Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration

1993
as Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch

Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird

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

Sesame Street: 50 Years and Counting

2019

Sesame Street: A Celebration of Me, Grover

2004
as Big Bird

Sesame Street: A Sesame Street Christmas Carol

2006
as Oscar the Grouch / Big Bird

Sesame Street: Alphabet Songs

2014
as Big Bird

Sesame Street: Being Green

2009
as Big Bird

Sesame Street: CinderElmo

1999
as Big Bird (voice)

Sesame Street: Count It Higher

1988
as Big Bird

Sesame Street: Do the Alphabet

1996
as Big Bird

Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas

1997
as Big Bird

Sesame Street: Elmo's Christmas Countdown

2007
as Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)

Sesame Street: Elmo's Magic Numbers

2012

Sesame Street: Elmo's Sing-Along Guessing Game

1991
as Big Bird

Sesame Street: Elmo's World - All About Animals

2014
as Big Bird

Sesame Street: Elmo's World: Babies, Dogs & More!

2000
as Oscar the Grouch

Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On!

2004
as Big Bird

Sesame Street: Elmocize

1996
as Big Bird

Sesame Street: Get Up and Dance

1997
as Big Bird

Sesame Street: Kids' Favorite Songs

1999
as Big Bird

Sesame Street: Learning about Letters

1986
as Big Bird

Sesame Street: Monster Hits!

1990
as Oscar the Grouch (voice)

Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie: An All-Star Musical Special

1988
as Big Bird

Sesame Street: Sesame Sings Karaoke

2003
as Big Bird

Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!

1990
as Big Bird

Sesame Street: The Best of Elmo

1994
as Big Bird

Sesame Street: What's the Name of That Song?

2004
as Big Bird

Sesame Unpaved

The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland

1999
as Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)

The Magical Wand Chase: A Sesame Street Special

2017
as Big Bird

Guest Star

Episode Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
Competition: Big Bird Visits the Neighborhood 		1981
Episode Sesame Street
Elmo's World: People in Your Neighborhood 		2011
Episode The West Wing
Eppur Si Muove 		2004
Episode Portlandia
Fashion 		2015
Episode 3-2-1 Contact
Flight: Acceleration 		1983
Episode 3-2-1 Contact
Flight: Flying Animals 		1983
Episode Today
May 6, 2015 		2015
Episode Scrubs
My ABC's 		2009
Episode Peter Alexander präsentiert Spezialitäten
Peter Alexander präsentiert Spezialitäten 		1975
Episode Bozo's Big Top
Show #4 		1970
Episode The Dick Cavett Show
The Muppets with Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson and Caroll Spinney 		1971
Episode Between the Lions
Tweet! Tweet! 		2001
Episode Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
Walker Family 		2011