Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
65
Gender
Male
Birthday
1970-10-06 (55 years old)
Place of Birth
Kansas City, Kansas, USA
Also Known As
Matthew J. Vogel II
Matt Vogel
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Matthew J Vogel II (born October 6, 1970) has been a Muppet performer for the Jim Henson Company since the 1990s. On Sesame Street, Vogel served as the assistant puppeteer for Ernie, performing either one or both hands while Steve Whitmire performed the head and vocal. Eventually, Vogel's ability to mimic the sound and performance of Caroll Spinney's Big Bird was put to use. As of 2006, Vogel's primary performances as Big Bird are the "Journey to Ernie" segments. He's also taken over Jerry Nelson's characters, by the recommendation of Nelson himself. Vogel is, as of 2008, the voice of Floyd Pepper, Lew Zealand, Crazy Harry, Robin the Frog, & Camilla the Chicken. He has also taken over the puppetry of Jerry's most famous character, Count von Count, but Jerry is still providing the voice. Vogel performed the muppets that were used in Kenneth the Page's view of the world in the 30 Rock episode, "Apollo, Apollo." Description above from the Wikipedia article Matt Vogel (puppeteer), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Acting
2013
Lady Gaga & the Muppets Holiday Spectacular
asFloyd Pepper, Lew Zealand, Camilla the Chicken (voice)
2014
Muppets Most Wanted
asConstantine / Floyd Pepper / Sweetums / Pops / Robin / Lew Zealand / Crazy Harry / 80's Robot / Camilla / Uncle Deadly (voice)
1999
The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland
asBig Bird / Ernie (assistant) (uncredited) / Additional Muppet Performer (voice)
2018
When You Wish Upon a Pickle: A Sesame Street Special
asWish Pickle / Mr. Johnson / Big Bird / The Count
2019
Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration
asBig Bird / The Count / Kermit the Frog / Biff / ... (voice)
2018
The Muppets Take The O2
asKermit the Frog / Uncle Deadly / Sgt. Floyd Pepper / Lew Zealand / Camilla / Dr. Julius Strangepork / Sweetums / Himself (voice)
2008
A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa
asFloyd Pepper / Lew Zealand / Crazy Harry / Robin the Frog / Son Pigeon / Additional Muppets (voice)
