Personal Info
Known For:
Directing
Birthday:
September 24, 1936
Place of Birth:
Greenville, Mississippi, USA
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Jim Henson
Biography
Jim Henson was an American film director, television producer and puppeteer, best known as the creator of The Muppets.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | The Muppet Script | Self (archive footage) |
| 2024 | Jim Henson Idea Man | Self (archive footage) |
| 2024 | Joan Rivers at the BBC | Self (archive footage) |
| 2021 | Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street | Self (archive footage) |
| 2019 | Sesame Street: 50 Years and Counting | Ernie |
| 2015 | I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story | Self |
| 2015 | In Their Own Words: Jim Henson | Self (archive footage) |
| 2014 | Jim Henson: Behind the Seams | |
| 2014 | Muppets Most Wanted | Kermit The Frog (archival recordings) (uncredited) |
| 2011 | Paul Williams Still Alive | Kermit the Frog (voice) (archive footage) |
| 2009 | Jim Henson's Tales from Muppetland | |
| 2009 | Jim Henson: His Sesame Street Story | |
| 2007 | Reflections of 'The Dark Crystal' | Himself |
| 2006 | A Sesame Street Christmas Carol | Ernie (voice) (archive footage) |
| 2004 | Jim Henson: Commercials and Experiments | |
| 2004 | Muppet Music Moments | Self |
| 2004 | Muppet History 101 | |
| 2004 | AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies | Kermit the Frog |
| 2004 | Sesame Street: Cookie Monster's Best Bites | Guy Smiley (voice, archive footage) |
| 2003 | Muppets Magic From 'The Ed Sullivan Show!' | Muppet Performer |
| 2002 | Sesame Street: Bert & Ernie's Word Play | Kermit the Frog / Bip Bippadotta / Lavender Anything Muppet in Fat Cat (voice) (archive footage) |
| 2001 | The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 3 | Kermit the Frog / Waldorf / Rowlf / Link Hogthrob |
| 1999 | The Very Best of the Muppet Show | Kermit the Frog / Waldorf / Rowlf / The Swedish Chef |
| 1999 | The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 2 | Kermit the Frog / Waldorf / Rowlf / The Swedish Chef |
| 1998 | The Best of Kermit on Sesame Street | Kermit the Frog (voice) (archive footage) |
| 1997 | Sesame Street: Elmo Says BOO! | Ernie / Harvey Monster (voice) (archive footage) |
| 1997 | Sesame Street: Quiet Time | Ernie ("Naptime") / Kermit the Frog (voice) (archive footage) |
| 1996 | Sesame Street: Do the Alphabet | Ernie (voice) |
| 1996 | Sesame Street: Imagine That! | Ernie (voice) (archive footage) |
| 1994 | The World of Jim Henson | Self / Kermit the Frog / Rowlf (archive footage) |
| 1994 | Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! | Kermit the Frog / Ernie |
| 1993 | Sesame Street: 25 Wonderful Years: A Musical Celebration! | Ernie |
| 1991 | Muppet*Vision 3D | Kermit the Frog / Swedish Chef / Waldorf (voice) |
| 1990 | Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly! | |
| 1990 | The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson | Self / Various Muppets (archive footage) |
| 1990 | The Muppets at Walt Disney World | Kermit the Frog / Rowlf / Dr. Teeth / Waldorf / Swedish Chef / Link Hogthrob (voice) |
| 1990 | Jim Henson: In Performance | |
| 1990 | Sesame Street: Monster Hits! | Harvey Monster (voice) |
| 1990 | Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music | Self / Kermit the Frog (voice) |
| 1990 | The Earth Day Special | Kermit the Frog (voice) |
| 1989 | Dog City: The Movie | Self / Kermit the Frog / Rowlf the Dog / Bugsy Them (voice) |
| 1989 | 50 Years of Television: A Golden Celebration | Kermit the Frog |
| 1989 | Miss Piggy's Hollywood | Waldorf |
| 1989 | An Evening with Jim Henson and Frank Oz | Self |
| 1988 | Free to Be... a Family | Kermit the Frog (voice) |
| 1988 | Jim Henson: Sing-Along, Dance-Along, Do-Along | Rowlf the Dog (voice) |
| 1988 | Hey, You're as Funny as Fozzie Bear | Kermit the Frog (voice) |
| 1988 | Sesame Street | Put Down the Duckie: An All-Star Musical Special | Muppet Performer |
| 1988 | Muppet Studios Presents: You're the Director | Kermit the Frog / Swedish Chef / Rowlf the Dog / Link Hogthrob (voice) |
| 1988 | Wow, You're A Cartoonist! | Kermit The Frog |
| 1988 | The Best of Ernie and Bert | Ernie |
| 1987 | A Muppet Family Christmas | Kermit the Frog / Rowlf the Dog / Dr. Teeth / Swedish Chef / Waldorf / Ernie / Self |
| 1987 | Sesame Street: Sing Along | |
| 1987 | Down at Fraggle Rock | Cantus the Minstrel / Convincing John / Self / Host |
| 1986 | The Christmas Toy | Kermit the Frog (voice) |
| 1986 | Sesame Street: Learning About Letters | Ernie/Kermit the Frog/King Peter the Persnickety (voice) |
| 1986 | Inside the Labyrinth | Self |
| 1986 | The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years | Kermit the Frog / Ernie / Dr. Teeth / Rowlf / Link Hogthrob / The Newsman / The Swedish Chef / Waldorf / Mahna Mahna / Harry the Hipster / Self |
| 1986 | The Tale of the Bunny Picnic | Dog (voice) |
| 1986 | Sesame Street: Sleepytime Songs & Stories | Ernie / The King (Bedtime Stories & Songs) (voice) |
| 1986 | Labyrinth | Goblins (uncredited) |
| 1985 | Into the Night | Man on Phone |
| 1985 | Follow That Bird | Kermit the Frog / Ernie (voice) |
| 1985 | Gonzo Presents Muppet Weird Stuff | Kermit the Frog |
| 1985 | Muppet Video: Rowlf's Rhapsodies with the Muppets | Rowlf (voice) |
| 1985 | Muppet Treasures | Kermit The Frog / The Swedish Chef / Waldorf / Link Hogthrob / Rowlf / Dr. Teeth / The Newsman |
| 1985 | The Muppet Revue | Kermit the Frog (voice) |
| 1985 | Children's Songs and Stories with the Muppets | Kermit the Frog (voice) |
| 1985 | Night of 100 Stars II | Kermit the Frog |
| 1985 | Muppet Video: The Kermit and Piggy Story | Kermit the Frog (voice) |
| 1984 | The Muppets Take Manhattan | Kermit the Frog / Rowlf / Dr. Teeth / Waldorf / Swedish Chef / Ernie / Granny / Horse & Carriage Rider / Link Hogthrob / The Newsman (voice) |
| 1984 | Henson's Place: The Man Behind the Muppets | Jim Henson (self) |
| 1984 | The Bells of Fraggle Rock | Cantus the Minstrel (voice) |
| 1983 | Rocky Mountain Holiday with John Denver and the Muppets | Kermit the Frog / Rowlf the Dog / Waldorf / Zeke (voice) |
| 1983 | The World of 'The Dark Crystal' | Self |
| 1983 | Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art | Ernie (voice) |
| 1983 | Big Bird in China | Ernie (voice) |
| 1983 | Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi | Self |
| 1983 | Muppet Breakthrough | Leo |
| 1982 | I Love Liberty | Kermit the Frog (voice) |
| 1982 | The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show | Kermit The Frog (voice) |
| 1982 | Rocky III | Kermit the Frog (voice) |
| 1982 | The Dark Crystal | Jen / High Priest, Ritual Master |
| 1981 | Of Muppets & Men | Self |
| 1981 | The Great Muppet Caper | Kermit the Frog / Rowlf the Dog / Dr. Teeth / Waldorf / Swedish Chef / The Muppet Newsman |
| 1981 | The Muppets Go to the Movies | Kermit / Rowlf / Link Hogthrob / The Swedish Chef / Waldorf |
| 1981 | Muppet Side Splitter | Leo (voice) |
| 1979 | The Muppet Movie | Kermit the Frog / Rowlf / Dr. Teeth / Waldorf / Doc Hopper's Men / Link Hogthrob / Swedish Chef (voice) |
| 1979 | The Muppets Go Hollywood | Various Muppets |
| 1979 | John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together | Kermit the Frog / Rowlf / Waldorf / Dr. Teeth / The Swedish Chef (voice) |
| 1979 | The Orson Welles Show | Self / Kermit the Frog (voice) |
| 1979 | Muppet Breaker Upper | Leo |
| 1979 | Muppet Gimme a Break | Leo / Pasta in "Meal Break" |
| 1979 | Grump Critic | Leo |
| 1979 | Let's Have the Dam Break | Leo |
| 1979 | Meal Break | Leo / Spaghetti |
| 1979 | A Walking Tour of Sesame Street | Ernie / Kermit the Frog (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1978 | Hip Hip Parade! | Kermit the Frog |
| 1978 | Christmas Eve on Sesame Street | Kermit the Frog / Ernie (voice) |
| 1978 | Mickey's 50 | Kermit the Frog (voice) |
| 1978 | Julie Andrews: One Step Into Spring | Kermit The Frog / Rowlf the Dog / Dr. Teeth |
| 1977 | Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas | Kermit the Frog / Harrison Fox / Harvey / Snake (voice) |
| 1977 | The Bob Hope All Star Christmas Comedy Special | Kermit the Frog / Rowlf |
| 1977 | Sesame Street at Night? | Guy Smiley / Ernie / Kermit the Frog (voice) (archive footage) |
| 1976 | The Muppet Show Pitch Reel | Leo / Kermit the Frog (voice) |
| 1975 | Julie: My Favourite Things | Kermit the Frog/Dr. Teeth |
| 1975 | Muppet Picker Upper | Kermit the Frog / Leo (voice) |
| 1975 | Just a Few Announcements | Kermit the Frog |
| 1975 | The Muppet Introduction | Kermit the Frog |
| 1974 | Out to Lunch | Kermit / Ernie / Guy Smiley / Person with Cue Card (voice) |
| 1972 | The Muppet Musicians of Bremen | Kermit the Frog / Mean Floyd / Rat (voice) |
| 1971 | The King of Eight | The King of Eight |
| 1971 | Tales from Muppetland: The Frog Prince | Kermit / Garth / King Rupert (voice) |
| 1971 | Pure Goldie | Kermit the Frog (voice) |
| 1970 | The Muppets on Puppets | Self |
| 1970 | The Great Santa Claus Switch | Fred / Lothar (voice) |
| 1969 | Hey Cinderella! | Kermit The Frog / King Goshposh / Rufus (voice) |
| 1969 | The Wizard of Id | The Wizard / The Spook (voice) |
| 1969 | Sesame Street Pitch Reel | Kermit the Frog / Rowlf / Grump / Conrad Love / The Spook |
| 1969 | This Way to Sesame Street | Ernie/Kermit |
| 1967 | The Paperwork Explosion | |
| 1966 | Limbo: The Organized Mind | Limbo (voice) |
| 1966 | Rowlf the Salesman | Rowlf the Dog |
| 1966 | The Idea Man | Limbo |
| 1966 | I'm Nobody | Limbo (voice) |
| 1965 | Time Piece | Man |
| 1965 | Alexander the Grape | Freddy the Fierce (voice) |
| 1965 | The Reindeer | Dasher / Prancer (voice) |
| 1962 | Tales of the Tinkerdee | Kermit the Frog / King Goshposh / Charlie the Ogre (voice) |
| 1961 | Visual Thinking | Kermit / Harry the Hipster (voice) |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | In Their Own Words | Self (archive footage) |
| 1989 | The Jim Henson Hour | |
| 1987 | Dolly | Kermit the Frog (voice) |
| 1986 | Wedden, dat..? | Self |
| 1985 | Jim Henson's Little Muppet Monsters | |
| 1983 | Fraggle Rock | Cantus |
| 1983 | Fraggle Rock | Convincing John |
| 1983 | Fraggle Rock | Gobo Fraggle, Convincing John, Cantus (voice) |
| 1983 | Reading Rainbow | Kermit the Frog |
| 1983 | Fraggle Rock | Convincing John (voice) |
| 1983 | Fraggle Rock | Cantus the Minstrel (voice) |
| 1983 | Fraggle Rock | Cantus the Minstrel, Convincing John, Additional Muppets (voice) |
| 1983 | Fraggle Rock | Convincing John (voice, uncredited) |
| 1982 | Wogan | Self |
| 1976 | The Muppet Show | Kermit the Frog, Waldorf, Rowlf the Dog, Link Hogthrob, The Swedish Chef, Dr. Teeth, The Newsman (voice) |
| 1971 | Great Performances | Kermit the Frog (voice) |
| 1969 | Sesame Street | |
| 1969 | Sesame Unpaved | |
| 1969 | Peter Alexander präsentiert Spezialitäten | Self |
| 1968 | The Dick Cavett Show | Self - Guest |
| 1967 | NBC Experiment in Television | Gorilla (voice) |
| 1964 | Einer wird gewinnen | Self |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self |
| 1955 | Sam and Friends | Kermit the Frog |
| 1954 | The Wonderful World of Disney | Self |
| Sesame Street: Play with Me Sesame |