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- Matt Vogel (b. October 6, 1970) has been a Muppet performer for the Jim Henson Company since the 1900s. He has taken over most of Jerry Nelson's characters, by the recommendation of Nelson himself.
- Matt Vogel is an American puppeteer, stage actor, on-screen actor, producer, director, and musician. Since joining Sesame Street in 1996, he has become most familiar for his work as Caroll Spinney's understudy for Big Bird on Sesame Street, including the "Journey to Ernie" segments, several street scenes and other appearances whenever Spinney is unavailable. He has also performed various Anything Muppets and CGI characters on Elmo's World, and plays Big Bird's infant self, Baby Big Bird in the Sesame Beginnings DVD series.
- Matt Vogel (b. October 6, 1970) is an accomplished puppeteer who joined the Sesame Street troupe in 1996. He later joined The Muppets family of characters, inheriting several roles while working with Jerry Nelson, and was cast as Kermit the Frog in July 2017. __TOC__ Vogel first auditioned for The Jim Henson Company in his final year of college (c. 1993), but didn't begin performing with the company until a year later when he became John Henson's understudy for the Coca-Cola Polar Bear.
- Matthew J. "Matt" Vogel (born October 6, 1970) is an American puppeteer, director, and singer who has also taken over most of Jerry Nelson's Muppet characters by the recommendation of Nelson himself. He is the current performer of Floyd Pepper, Robin the Frog, Crazy Harry, Camilla the Chicken, Dr. Julius Strangepork, Uncle Deadly, Pops, Lew Zealand and Sweetums. He also performed 80s Robot in The Muppets, and Constantine in Muppets Most Wanted.
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- Matt Vogel (b. October 6, 1970) has been a Muppet performer for the Jim Henson Company since the 1900s. He has taken over most of Jerry Nelson's characters, by the recommendation of Nelson himself.
- Matt Vogel (b. October 6, 1970) is an accomplished puppeteer who joined the Sesame Street troupe in 1996. He later joined The Muppets family of characters, inheriting several roles while working with Jerry Nelson, and was cast as Kermit the Frog in July 2017. __TOC__ Vogel first auditioned for The Jim Henson Company in his final year of college (c. 1993), but didn't begin performing with the company until a year later when he became John Henson's understudy for the Coca-Cola Polar Bear. On Sesame Street, Vogel became Caroll Spinney's understudy for Big Bird whenever Spinney was unavailable. Beginning in 2002, he exclusively performed Big Bird for "Journey to Ernie", a regular Sesame Street segment. He also played Big Bird's infant self Baby Big Bird in the Sesame Beginnings DVD series. Over time, he has accumulated his own recurring characters, including Herb the dinosaur and Hansel. He is currently Sesame Street’s Muppet Captain and serves as a director on the show since Season 39. Vogel has also assumed some of Jerry Nelson's roles, by the recommendation of Nelson himself. In addition to performing classic Muppet characters such as Floyd Pepper and Lew Zealand in Muppet productions, Vogel has puppeteered Count von Count and other Sesame Street Muppets originated by Nelson, who continued to voice the characters for several years. After Nelson's death, Vogel fully inherited the Count, now providing both the voice and puppetry. His early Muppet credits include assisting or supporting roles on Big Bag, Bear in the Big Blue House, and Sesame English. Works outside the Henson fold include the video series MATHmatazz, Jack's Big Music Show, The Puzzle Place, the HBO drama Oz, Oobi, Blue's Room, and Between the Lions. On the big screen, Vogel has appeared in The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland, The Muppets, Muppets Most Wanted (where he took on the major role of Constantine), the Creature Shop film The Producers (as various pigeons), one of the "Muppet" characters in Old Dogs, and the voice of Wilkins in Alice Through the Looking Glass for director James Bobin. In theater, Vogel has acted in regional productions of various plays, including The Foreigner and Six Degrees of Sparation, and was involved in the 2003-2004 Broadway run of Little Shop of Horrors, manipulating Audrey II and playing various bums and Skid Row residents (alongside Martin P. Robinson and Anthony Asbury). In addition to puppeteering, Vogel's interest in music is evident as front man for the The Mighty Weaklings. The band released a CD of songs "for kids--and grown-ups" called You Can't Rock Sittin' Down in June of 2008 after appearing in the video for their song "Rocket Ship" on Jack's Big Music Show. With Joey Mazzarino, Vogel co-owns Pratfall Productions, which produced the film-noir puppet short film Murder, He Squeaked as well as various videos and inserts for Sesame Street, and Nick Jr.'s Curious Buddies. On July 10, 2017, it was announced that Vogel would be taking over the role of Kermit the Frog, following Steve Whitmire's departure from The Muppets. Vogel's first public performance as Kermit was a Muppet Thought of the Week video; originally planned to debut on YouTube during the week of July 17, 2017, but was delayed until August 28, 2017.
- Matt Vogel is an American puppeteer, stage actor, on-screen actor, producer, director, and musician. Since joining Sesame Street in 1996, he has become most familiar for his work as Caroll Spinney's understudy for Big Bird on Sesame Street, including the "Journey to Ernie" segments, several street scenes and other appearances whenever Spinney is unavailable. He has also performed various Anything Muppets and CGI characters on Elmo's World, and plays Big Bird's infant self, Baby Big Bird in the Sesame Beginnings DVD series.
- Matthew J. "Matt" Vogel (born October 6, 1970) is an American puppeteer, director, and singer who has also taken over most of Jerry Nelson's Muppet characters by the recommendation of Nelson himself. He is the current performer of Floyd Pepper, Robin the Frog, Crazy Harry, Camilla the Chicken, Dr. Julius Strangepork, Uncle Deadly, Pops, Lew Zealand and Sweetums. He also performed 80s Robot in The Muppets, and Constantine in Muppets Most Wanted. Outside Disney, he has become familiar for his work as Caroll Spinney's Big Bird understudy on Sesame Street. Also on Sesame Street, Matt started doing the puppetry for Jerry Nelson's characters, including Count von Count, in the early 2000s, but Nelson continued providing the voices until Nelson's passing in 2012, after which Vogel took over as the voices of those characters as well.
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