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David Rudman
Rudman at SXSW in 2015
Born (1963-06-01) June 1, 1963 (age 60)
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Occupations
  • Puppeteer
  • puppet builder
  • writer
  • director
  • producer
Years active1981–present

David Rudman (born June 1, 1963) is an American puppeteer, puppet builder, writer, director, and producer known for his involvement with the Muppets and Sesame Street. Rudman currently performs the roles of Scooter, Janice, and Beaker for The Muppets Studio, which were all originated by Richard Hunt, as well as Cookie Monster and Baby Bear on Sesame Street.

Career

David Rudman has been a Sesame Street Muppet performer since 1985—currently performing Cookie Monster (since 2001), Baby Bear and the right head of the Two-Headed Monster (since 1998). He has received four Emmy nominations as Outstanding Performer in a Children's Series for his work on Sesame Street. Rudman has also directed several web videos for Sesame Street such as "Cookie Monster Auditions for Saturday Night Live" and "Conversations with Bert". He has performed in numerous television shows and specials including Saturday Night Live, The Colbert Report, The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel Live! and The Muppets, where he performed characters originally portrayed by Richard Hunt, such as Scooter, Janice, Bobby Benson and Wayne. His film credits include The Muppets Take Manhattan, Labyrinth, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, A Muppet Christmas Carol, The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland, The Muppets and Muppets Most Wanted. Following the departure of Steve Whitmire in 2016, he became Beaker's new performer in 2017.

Personal life

Rudman attended Highland Park High School and graduated in 1981. He has been a speaker at the school's biennial Focus on the Arts program since 2003. He attended college at the University of Connecticut.[1]

Rudman was the speaker at the 2005 graduation ceremony for the Illinois Institute of Art – Chicago.[2]

Spiffy Pictures

It has been suggested that this article should be split into a new article titled Spiffy Pictures. (discuss) (November 2023)
Spiffy Pictures
IndustryTelevision production
Founded2003; 21 years ago (2003)
Founders
  • David Rudman
  • Adam Rudman
Headquarters
Chicago
,
Illinois
ProductsTelevision programs

Spiffy Pictures is a Chicago-based production company that was founded by David and Adam Rudman in 2003. The studio consists mainly of live-action television shows developed for networks such as Noggin, Disney Channel, Max, Comedy Central, Cartoon Network, Nick Jr. Channel, and PBS.

In addition to his work on Sesame Street and with the Muppets, Rudman is co-owner of Spiffy, Pictures where he co-created, executive produced, directed and performed in Jack's Big Music Show (Noggin), Curious Buddies (Nick Jr. Baby), Bunnytown (Disney Junior), Scooby-Doo! Adventures: The Mystery Map (Warner Bros.), Frankie and Frank (Nick Jr.), Donkey Hodie (PBS Kids) and is the creator, executive producer, character designer, director and voice director of the animated series Nature Cat on PBS Kids, voicing several characters including Leo the Mammoth, Prospector Jones, Nevin, and the Seeker.

Filmography

References

  1. ^ "Folder Contents".
  2. ^ www.ilic.artinstitutes.edu Archived September 3, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Adams, Erik (May 19, 2020). "The Not-Too-Late Show With Elmo is the next best thing to a streaming Muppet Show". The AV Club. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
  4. ^ "Video: The Muppet Christmas Caroling Coach Debuts at Disney Merriest Nites". laughingplace.com. November 11, 2021. Retrieved February 1, 2022.

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Preceded byRickey Boyd Performer of Scooter 2008–present Succeeded byNone Preceded byTyler Bunch Performer of Janice 2008–present Succeeded byNone Preceded byJim Henson Performer of Swedish Chef 1992 Succeeded byBill Barretta Preceded byRichard Hunt Performer of Bobby Benson 2011–present Succeeded byNone Preceded byRichard Hunt Performer of Wayne 2011–present Succeeded byNone Preceded byMartin Robinson Performer of Mommy Snuffleupagus 1980s – 1990s Succeeded byNoel MacNeal Preceded byRichard Hunt Performer of Sully 1992–1999 Succeeded byNone Preceded byRichard Hunt Performer of Sonny Friendly 1992–2000 Succeeded byNone Preceded byAdam Hunt Performer of Two-Headed Monster (right head) 1998–present Succeeded byNone Preceded byFrank Oz Performer of Cookie Monster January 2, 2001 (2001-01-02) – present Succeeded byNone Preceded bySteve Whitmire Performer of Beaker September 2, 2017 (2017-09-02) – present Succeeded byNone Preceded byNone Miss Poogy September 1, 2011 (2011-09-01) – present Succeeded byNone Preceded byNone Baby Bear April 29, 1991 (1991-04-29) – present Succeeded byNone
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