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Martin P. Robinson
Actor · 36 credits
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Martin P. Robinson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Known For
Sesame Street
1969
Telly Monster / Aloysius Snuffleupagus / Irvine / Slimey (voice)
Law & Order: Organized Crime
2021
Octopus Puppeteer #1
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
1990
Leonardo
The Muppets Take Manhattan
1984
Additional Muppet Performer / College Student in Audience / Bear
The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland
1999
Telly / Pestie / Laundromad Guy (voice)
All Work
Law & Order: Organized Crime
2021
Octopus Puppeteer #1
Sesame Street: Elmo's Playdate
2020
Telly Monster (voice)
Helpsters
2019
Mr. Primm (voice)
