Kevin Clash (born September 17, 1960) is an African American voice actor and puppeteer whose characters include Elmo, Baby Sinclair, Clifford, Splinter and Hoots the Owl. He currently serves as Sesame Street Muppet Captain and co-executive producer.
In the fall of 2006, Clash released an autobiography titled My Life as a Furry Red Monster.
His first television work was for the then-CBS affiliate in Baltimore, WMAR, on a show called "Caboose". He ...
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Kevin Clash (born September 17, 1960) is an African American voice actor and puppeteer whose characters include Elmo, Baby Sinclair, Clifford, Splinter and Hoots the Owl. He currently serves as Sesame Street Muppet Captain and co-executive producer.
In the fall of 2006, Clash released an autobiography titled My Life as a Furry Red Monster.
His first television work was for the then-CBS affiliate in Baltimore, WMAR, on a show called "Caboose". He also performed a pelican character for Zep, a local Washington, D.C. show airing on WTOP-TV.
In the early '80s, he performed regularly, with Jim Martin, on Bob Keeshan's Captain Kangaroo series, as well as building puppets and occasionally appearing on-camera.
From 1981 to 1986, he appeared in The Great Space Coaster, as Gary Gnu, Goriddle Gorilla, Rory and Huggle Scuffy. On that show, he attracted the attention of Muppet designer Kermit Love, who invited him to work on various Henson projects.
Kevin Clash first met puppet-builder Kermit Love...
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