We caught up with puppeteer Steve Whitmire at Michigan Comic Con. Along with many TV voices, you’ll hear Whitmire’s voice on the big screen in all eight “Muppet” movies, two “Sesame ...

With Ernie’s friend Steve Whitmire, a long-haired 44-year-old from Georgia, and Bert’s 31-year-old friend, Eric Jacobson, a slender Texan partial to black T-shirts, were also there ...

Steve Whitmire, the puppeteer who for 27 years has ... He has also played Bert's best pal Ernie, Rizzo the Rat and Beaker, among other characters. That said, Vogel has plenty of experience as ...

Steve Whitmire is best known for his career with “THE MUPPETS” as Kermit the Frog, Rizzo the Rat, Bean Bunny, Ernie, Statler, Beaker, Wembley Fraggle, and Sprocket. Since starting on THE ...

creator Jim Henson and Muppets mainstay Steve Whitmire, who took over Kermit and Ernie duties on Sesame Street in 1990 after Henson passed away. But now, performer Matt Vogel will take the helm as ...

Nine months after being fired as the longtime voice of Kermit the Frog, Steve Whitmire ... Besides Kermit, Whitmire voiced other Muppets characters such as Ernie, Rizzo the Rat and Statler.

Kermit the Frog is getting a new voice after it was revealed the actor behind him, Steve Whitmire ... comic duo Bert and Ernie — where he would perform the arms while Whitmire would do the ...

He has been the performer of two signature Muppets - Kermit the Frog and Sesame Street's Ernie - since the death ... above from the Wikipedia article Steve Whitmire, licensed under CC-BY-SA ...

Steve Whitmire has performed as Kermit since 1990 ... Other than Kermit, Whitmire also voiced Ernie (Bert's best friend) as well as Rizzo the Rat, Beaker and more. Fortunately, he is set to ...

Steve Whitmire, who has voiced the iconic Muppets ... After joining "The Muppet Show" in 1978, Whitmire also voiced Ernie from 1990-2014 and played Rizzo the Rat, Beaker and other characters.