
Paul McGinnis
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 an additional Muppet performer for The Muppets Take the O2 live show at the O2 Arena. Description above from the Wikipedia article Paul McGinnis, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
23
Films
6
TV Shows
Known For
29 Credits
The West Wing
as Elmo's Right Hand
1999

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
as Unicorn
2014

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
as Dog Paws Puppeteer
2014

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
as Cat Puppeteer
2014

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
as Mascot
2014

Portlandia
as Additional Muppets
2011

The Muppet Show
as Supporting Muppet Performer
2026

The Muppets
as Additional Muppet Performer (voice)
2011

Tall Poppy
as Tall Poppy (Head)
2022

Skeleton Xylophone
as Spoopy Guy/ Ringmaster
2023

Dry Bones
as Tom
2013

A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa
as Additional Muppets (voice)
2008