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Martin P. Robinson

Mar 09, 1954 (71 years old) in Dearborn, Michigan, USA

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.

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Known For

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Sesame Street
Telly Monster/Aloysius Snuffleupagus/Irvine/Slimey (voice)
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Law & Order: Organized Crime
Octopus Puppeteer #1
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Once Upon a Sesame Street Christmas
Hot Pink Muppet Elf (voice)
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The Muppets Take Manhattan
Additional Muppet Performer / College Student in Audience / Bear
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A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa
Sweetums / Additional Muppets (voice)
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Spitting Image
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The World of Jim Henson
Self (archive footage)
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Jim Henson Idea Man
Self (archive footage)
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Leonardo
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Muppet Sing Alongs: Muppet Treasure Island
Shark / Big Snort (voice)

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