Elmo Voice Actor

He was first named elmo when brian muehl took the role and envisioned as a character who spoke less with his words and more with basic sounds something that defined elmo today in a more sophisticated form.

Elmo voice actor. Kevin jeffrey clash born september 17 1960 is an american puppeteer director and producer he performed and voiced elmo on sesame street from 1985 to 2012. Brian muehl performed elmo from 1980 to 1984 and richard hunt from 1984 to 1985. He is known for his work on sesame street 1969 christmas with the mormon tabernacle choir 2015 and last week tonight with john oliver 2014. Images of the elmo voice actors from the sesame street franchise.

See full bio. He also performed puppets for labyrinth dinosaurs oobi and various muppet productions. Ryan dillon was born on may 25 1988 in philadelphia pennsylvania usa. Clash developed an interest in puppetry at an early age and in his teen years performed for local tv children s shows in his hometown of.

He is known for his work on sesame street 1969 teenage mutant ninja turtles 1990 and teenage mutant ninja turtles ii. He was previously married to genia loving. The secret of the ooze 1991. Kevin clash was born on september 17 1960 in baltimore maryland usa as kevin jeffrey clash.

Kevin clash the puppeteer and voice behind sesame street s beloved red monster has been cleared of three charges of improper sexual relations with teenage boys. Elmo then eventually became a recurring character on sesame street and later appeared as a supporting character appearing in segments in later episodes of the show. From 1980 to 1981 the character was performed by jerry nelson. Jerry nelson kevin clash richard hunt kathryn mullen brian muehl ryan dillon are the voices of elmo in sesame street and koji ochiai kenta matsumoto are the japanese voices.