
Martin P. Robinson
Acting
Martin P. Robinson (born March 9, 1954) is a puppeteer for the Jim Henson Company. He originally built, designed, and performed the puppets for Little Shop of Horrors. He is perhaps best known for his work on Sesame Street. He has performed the characters of Telly Monster, Slimey the Worm, Mr. Snuffleupagus, and Tony The Turtle on the show for more than 20 years. He also performed the character Riff on Allegra's Window, and was an animatronic puppeteer for Leonardo in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. He is the puppeteer responsible for training the puppeteers on Sesame Tree. He was born on March 9, 1954 in Dearborn, Michigan. Graduated from Brookfield East High School, in Brookfield, Wisconsin, suburb of Milwaukee. He was married to Annie Evans on August 9, 2008 on the set of Sesame Street, in the Kaufman Astoria Studios in Queens, NY. Description above from the Wikipedia article Martin P. Robinson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Born: March 9, 1954 · Dearborn, Michigan, USA
Filmography (20)

The Muppet Show
2026

Jim Henson Idea Man
2024

Law & Order: Organized Crime
2021

Helpsters
2019

Once Upon a Sesame Street Christmas
2016

Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey
2011

A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa
2008

Elmo's Christmas Countdown
2007

The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland
1999

Sesame Unpaved
1999

Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas
1996

The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss
1996

The World of Jim Henson
1994

The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson
1990

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
1990

Follow That Bird
1985

The Muppets Take Manhattan
1984

Spitting Image
1984

Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
1983

Sesame Street
1969
