Paul McGinnis
Known for
Acting
Born
July 23, 1973 (age 53)
Birthplace
Huntington Beach, California, USA
Biography
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...
Best known work
The Muppets
2011
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
2014
The West Wing
1999
Portlandia
2011
The Muppet Show
2026
A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa
2008
Lady Gaga & the Muppets Holiday Spectacular
2013
Elmo's Christmas Countdown
2007
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On!
2004
The Muppets Take The O2
2018Filmography
2026
The Muppet Showas Supporting Muppet Performer
2023
Lake Effectas Frank
2023
Skeleton Xylophoneas Spoopy Guy/ Ringmaster
2022
Tall Poppyas Tall Poppy (Head)
2021
Darkness Bindsas Professor Cromwell
2018
2018
The Muppets Take The O2as Additional Muppet Performer (voice)
2015
Frankenstein's Patchwork Monsteras Percy Shelley
2014
Last Week Tonight with John OliverTVas Unicorn (2 episodes), as Dog Paws Puppeteer (1 episode), as Cat Puppeteer (1 episode), as Mascot (1 episode)
2013
Lady Gaga & the Muppets Holiday Spectacularas Additional Muppet Performer
2013
Dry Bonesas Tom
2013
Bigfoot and Gray on the RunAssociate Producer
2012
2011
The Muppetsas Additional Muppet Performer (voice)
2011
2011
2009
2009
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: All About Facesas Muppet Performer
2009
Sesame Street: Being Greenas Additional Muppets
2009
Sesame Street: Elmo and the Bookaneers: Pirates Who Love to Read!as Additional Muppet Performer
2008
A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santaas Additional Muppets (voice)
2008
Sesame Street: Abby in Wonderlandas Additional Muppets (voice)
2008
The Muppets - Studio DC - Almost Liveas Additional Muppet Performer (voice)
2008
Sesame Street: Love the Earth!as Additional Muppet Performer
2007
Elmo's Christmas Countdownas Additional Muppet Performer (voice)