Jerry Nelson

Acting

Born 1934-07-10

Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA

Biography

Jerry Nelson (July 10, 1934 – August 23, 2012) was an American puppeteer, best known for his work with The Muppets. Renowned for his wide range of characters and singing abilities, he performed Muppet characters on Sesame Street, The Muppet Show, Fraggle Rock, and various Muppet movies and specials. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jerry Nelson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Popular credits

6.7

The Muppets

Telethon Announcer (voice) (uncredited)

7.1

The Dark Crystal

High Priestess / Dying Emperor (voice)

7.4

The Muppet Christmas Carol

Tiny Tim Cratchit / Jacob Marley / Ghost of Christmas Present / Lew Zealand / Ma Bear / Mouse / Mr. Applegate / Penguin / Pig Gentleman / Pops / Rat (voice)

6.3

Muppets Most Wanted

Announcer (voice) (uncredited)

7.2

The Muppet Movie

Floyd Pepper / Robin the Frog / Crazy Harry / Lew Zealand / Camilla / Dr. Bunsen Honeydew (assistant) (voice)

7.0

Saturday Night Live

Scred (voice)

6.7

Muppet Treasure Island

Statler / Blind Pew / Mad Monty / Floyd Pepper / Lew Zealand / Tomato / Pirate / Skulls / Trelawney's Butler / Screaming Cat (voice)

6.6

The Muppets Take Manhattan

Camilla / Lew Zealand / Floyd / Bear / Chicken / Crazy Harry / Dog / Dr. Julias Strangepork / Granny / Penguin / Pops / The Count (voice)

6.1

Muppets from Space

Robin / Statler / Ubergonzo (voice)

8.0

The Muppet Show

Floyd Pepper, Dr. Julius Strangepork, Pops, Robin the Frog, Lew Zealand, Louis Kazagger, Chicken, Crazy Harry (voice)

6.9

The Great Muppet Caper

Floyd Pepper / Pops / Lew Zealand / Crazy Harry / Louis Kazager

7.1

Sesame Street

Aloysius Snuffleupagus

7.3

Fraggle Rock

Gobo Fraggle / Marjory the Trash Heap / Pa Gorg / Uncle Gobo Fraggle / Mervin Merggle / Fishface / Parrot / Architect Doozer / Feenie Fraggle / Radio Announcers (voice)