Paul McGinnis
Acting
Paul McGinnis (born July 23, 1973) is an American puppeteer for Sesame Street and The Muppets. He has also performed in various non-Muppet television productions such as The Book of Pooh, Julie's Greenroom, The Wiz Live!, Crash & Bernstein, Crank Yankers, Warren the Ape, Greg the Bunny, It's a Big Big World, Between the Lions and Dog with a Blog. McGinnis performed on stage in the 2004–2005 Broadway tour of Little Shop of Horrors, as well as Walking with Dinosaurs − The Arena Spectacular. McGinnis also creates his own works of puppetry on YouTube. In September 2017, McGinnis was an additional Muppet performer on The Muppets Take the Bowl live show at the Hollywood Bowl. In July 2018, he was an additional Muppet performer for The Muppets Take the O2 live show at the O2 Arena. Description above from the Wikipedia article Paul McGinnis, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Acting29
movieThe Muppet Show
2026
Supporting Muppet Performer
movieLake Effect
2023
Frank
movieSkeleton Xylophone
2023
Spoopy Guy/ Ringmaster
movieTall Poppy
2022
Tall Poppy (Head)
movieDarkness Binds
2021
Professor Cromwell
The Muppets Take The O2
2018
Additional Muppet Performer (voice)
movieFrankenstein's Patchwork Monster
2015
Percy Shelley
tvLast Week Tonight with John Oliver
2014
Unicorn / Dog Paws Puppeteer / Cat Puppeteer / Mascot
movieLady Gaga & the Muppets Holiday Spectacular
2013
Additional Muppet Performer
movieThe Muppets
2011
Additional Muppet Performer (voice)
tvPortlandia
2011
Additional Muppets
movieSesame Street: Elmo's World: All About Faces
2009
Muppet Performer
movieSesame Street: Being Green
2009
Additional Muppets
movieSesame Street: Elmo and the Bookaneers: Pirates Who Love to Read!
2009
Additional Muppet Performer
movieA Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa
2008
Additional Muppets (voice)
movieSesame Street: Abby in Wonderland
2008
Additional Muppets (voice)
movieThe Muppets - Studio DC - Almost Live
2008
Additional Muppet Performer (voice)
movieSesame Street: Love the Earth!
2008
Additional Muppet Performer
movieElmo's Christmas Countdown
2007
Additional Muppet Performer (voice)
movieSesame Street: Kids' Favorite Country Songs
2007
Additional Muppet Performer
movieSesame Beginnings: Exploring Together
2006
Additional Muppet Performer
movieSesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On!
2004
Additional Muppets (uncredited)
movieSesame Street: What's the Name of That Song?
2004
Additional Muppet Performer
tvThe West Wing
1999
Elmo's Right Hand
Production1
movieBigfoot and Gray on the run
2013
Associate Producer