Biography
Jim Henson was an American film director, television producer and puppeteer, best known as the creator of The Muppets.
Filmography
all 185
Movies 152
TV Shows 33
Director 32
self 28
Voice 18
Writer 14
Producer 13
Creator 9
Writer
Muppets Haunted Mansion (2021)
Movie
8
Self (archive footage)
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street (2021)
Movie
Ernie
Sesame Street: 50 Years and Counting (2019)
Movie
Creator
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance (2019)
TV
Writer
Jim Henson's Turkey Hollow (2015)
Movie
Self
In Their Own Words: Jim Henson (2015)
Movie
Creator
Fozzie's Bear-ly Funny Fridays (2015)
Movie
Additional Muppets / Self
I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story (2015)
Movie
Jim Henson: Behind the Seams (2014)
Movie
Kermit The Frog (archival recordings) (uncredited) / Characters
Muppets Most Wanted (2014)
Movie
4.93
Writer
The Muppets (2011)
Movie
5.92
Kermit the Frog (voice) (archive footage)
Paul Williams Still Alive (2011)
Movie
Erine
Sesame Street: C Is for Cookie Monster (2010)
Movie
Jim Henson: His Sesame Street Story (2009)
Movie
Director
Jim Henson's Tales From Muppetland (2009)
Movie
Self
Reflections of 'The Dark Crystal' (2007)
Movie
Ernie
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: What Makes You Happy? (2007)
Movie
Ernie (voice)
A Sesame Street Christmas Carol (2006)
Movie
Creator
Muppets TV (2006)
Movie
Creator
5, Rue Sésame (2005)
TV
Director
Fraggle Rock - Live By the Rule of the Rock (2005)
Movie
Director
Muppet History 101 (2004)
Movie
Director
Jim Henson: Commercials and Experiments (2004)
Movie
Self
Muppet Music Moments (2004)
Movie
Director
Sesame Street: Cookie Monster's Best Bites (2004)
Movie
Self
Muppets Magic From 'The Ed Sullivan Show!' (2003)
Movie
Kermit the Frog / Bip Bippadotta / Lavender Anything Muppet in Fat Cat (voice) (archive footage)
Sesame Street: Bert & Ernie's Word Play (2002)
Movie
Kermit the Frog / Waldorf / Rowlf / Link Hogthrob / Producer / Writer
The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 3 (2001)
Movie
Kermit the Frog / Waldorf / Rowlf / The Swedish Chef / Producer / Writer / Creator
The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 2 (1999)
Movie
Kermit the Frog / Waldorf / Rowlf / The Swedish Chef / Producer / Writer
The Very Best of the Muppet Show (1999)
Movie
Kermit the Frog
The Best of Kermit on Sesame Street (1998)
Movie
Ernie / Harvey Monster (voice) (archive footage)
Sesame Street: Elmo Says BOO! (1997)
Movie
Ernie ('Naptime') / Kermit the Frog (voice) (archive footage)
Sesame Street: Quiet Time (1997)
Movie
Ernie (voice)
Sesame Street: Do the Alphabet (1996)
Movie
Ernie (voice) (archive footage)
Sesame Street: Imagine That! (1996)
Movie
Self / Kermit the Frog / Muppet Performer
The World of Jim Henson (1994)
Movie
Kermit the Frog / Ernie
Sesame Street All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! (1994)
Movie
Ernie
Sesame Street: 25 Wonderful Years: A Musical Celebration! (1993)
Movie
Kermit The Frog / Rowlf the Dog / The Newsman
It's the Muppets!: "More Muppets, Please!" (1993)
Movie
In Memory Of
The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)
Movie
5.34
Creator
Dog City (1992)
TV
Kermit the Frog / Swedish Chef / Waldorf
Muppet*Vision 3-D (1991)
Movie
In Memory Of
Dinosaurs (1991)
TV
6.6
In Memory Of
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (1991)
Movie
5.33
Executive Producer
Living with Dinosaurs (1990)
Movie
9
In Memory Of
Basil Hears a Noise (1990)
Movie
Self / Kermit the Frog / Rowlf
The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson (1990)
Movie
Creator
Mother Goose Stories (1990)
TV
Executive Producer
The Witches (1990)
Movie
7.44
Self / Kermit the Frog
Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music (1990)
Movie
Jim Henson: In Performance (1990)
Movie
Kermit the Frog / Rowlf / Dr. Teeth
The Muppets at Walt Disney World (1990)
Movie
Director
The Earth Day Special (1990)
Movie
Director
Sesame Street: Monster Hits! (1990)
Movie
Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly! (1990)
Movie
Kermit the Frog
50 Years of Television: A Golden Celebration (1989)
Movie
Director
The Song of the Cloud Forest (1989)
Movie
Self
An Evening with Jim Henson and Frank Oz (1989)
Movie
Self / Kermit the Frog / Rowlf the Dog / Bugsy Them (voice) / Director
Dog City: The Movie (1989)
Movie
Self / Kermit the Frog / Link Hogthrob
The Jim Henson Hour (1989)
TV
Self / Kermit the Frog / Ernie
Sesame Street: 20 Years ... and Still Counting! (1989)
Movie
Kermit the Frog
Free to Be... a Family (1988)
Movie
Kermit the Frog
Wow, You're A Cartoonist! (1988)
Movie
Muppet Performer
Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie: An All-Star Musical Special (1988)
Movie
Ernie / Director
The Best of Ernie and Bert (1988)
Movie
Director / Producer
The Storyteller: The Three Ravens (1988)
Movie
Kermit the Frog / Swedish Chef / Rowlf the Dog
Muppet Studios Presents: You're the Director (1988)
Movie
Kermit the Frog
Hey, You're as Funny as Fozzie Bear (1988)
Movie
Rowlf the Dog / Kermit the Frog
Jim Henson: Sing-Along, Dance-Along, Do-Along (1988)
Movie
Writer
The Storyteller (1988)
TV
6
Various Characters / Executive Producer
A Muppet Family Christmas (1987)
Movie
3.5
Writer
Muppet Babies - My Muppet Valentine (1987)
Movie
Executive Producer
Fraggle Rock: The Animated Series (1987)
TV
6
Writer
CBS Summer Playhouse (1987)
TV
Ernie
Sesame Street: Sing Along (1987)
Movie
Self / Director
Inside the Labyrinth (1986)
Movie
Producer
The Christmas Toy (1986)
Movie
Goblins (uncredited) / Director / Story
Labyrinth (1986)
Movie
6.9
Director
Sesame Street: Learning About Letters (1986)
Movie
Director
The Tale of the Bunny Picnic (1986)
Movie
Kermit the Frog / Ernie / Dr. Teeth
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years (1986)
Movie
Ernie / Guy Smiley
Sesame Street: Play-Along Games & Songs (1986)
Movie
Ernie / The King (Bedtime Stories & Songs) (voice)
Sesame Street: Sleepytime Songs & Stories (1986)
Movie
Rowlf the Dog
Muppet Video: Rowlf's Rhapsodies with the Muppets (1985)
Movie
Writer
Jim Henson's Little Muppet Monsters (1985)
TV
Kermit the Frog / Ernie
Follow That Bird (1985)
Movie
9
Writer
Gonzo Presents Muppet Weird Stuff (1985)
Movie
Kermit The Frog / The Swedish Chef / Waldorf
Muppet Treasures (1985)
Movie
Kermit the Frog
Muppet Video: The Kermit and Piggy Story (1985)
Movie
Kermit the Frog (voice)
The Muppet Revue (1985)
Movie
Kermit the Frog
Night of 100 Stars II (1985)
Movie
Man on Phone
Into the Night (1985)
Movie
Kermit The Frog / Rowlf / Waldorf
Children's Songs and Stories with the Muppets (1985)
Movie
Writer
The Bells of Fraggle Rock (1984)
Movie
Writer
Muppet Babies (1984)
TV
4.75
Kermit the Frog / Rowlf / Dr. Teeth
The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984)
Movie
5.82
Self - Performer / Kermit the Frog
Henson's Place: The Man Behind the Muppets (1984)
Movie
Self
Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi (1983)
Movie
Ernie (voice)
Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (1983)
Movie
Kermit the Frog
Reading Rainbow (1983)
TV
6
Ernie (voice)
Big Bird in China (1983)
Movie
Director
Rocky Mountain Holiday with John Denver and the Muppets (1983)
Movie
Writer
Fraggle Rock (1983)
TV
6
Self - Producer / Director
The World of 'The Dark Crystal' (1983)
Movie
Leo
Muppet Breakthrough (1983)
Movie
Jen / High Priest, Ritual Master / Director / Producer / Story
The Dark Crystal (1982)
Movie
5.6
Director
The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show (1982)
Movie
Kermit the Frog (voice)
Rocky III (1982)
Movie
5.97
Self
Wogan (1982)
TV
Kermit the Frog (voice)
I Love Liberty (1982)
Movie
Self
Of Muppets & Men (1981)
Movie
Leo
Muppet Side Splitter (1981)
Movie
Kermit the Frog (archive footage)
An American Werewolf in London (1981)
Movie
5.64
Kermit the Frog / Rowlf / Dr. Teeth
The Great Muppet Caper (1981)
Movie
5.32
Writer
The Muppets Go to the Movies (1981)
Movie
Kermit the Frog / Rowlf / Waldorf / Dr. Teeth / The Swedish Chef (voice)
John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together (1979)
Movie
Kermit the Frog / Rowlf / Dr. Teeth / Waldorf / Doc Hopper's Men / Link Hogthrob / Swedish Chef (voice) / Producer
The Muppet Movie (1979)
Movie
5.36
Producer
The Muppets Go Hollywood (1979)
Movie
Ernie / Kermit the Frog (archive footage) (uncredited)
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street (1979)
Movie
Self / Kermit the Frog
The Orson Welles Show (1979)
Movie
Leo / Spaghetti
Meal Break (1979)
Movie
Leo
Let's Have the Dam Break (1979)
Movie
Leo
Grump Critic (1979)
Movie
Leo
Muppet Gimme a Break (1979)
Movie
Leo
Muppet Breaker Upper (1979)
Movie
Director
Emmet Otter's Jug Band Christmas (1978)
TV
Kermit the Frog / Ernie
Christmas Eve on Sesame Street (1978)
Movie
Kermit the Frog
Hip Hip Parade! (1978)
Movie
Kermit the Frog (voice)
Mickey's 50 (1978)
Movie
Kermit the Frog / Rowlf
The Bob Hope All Star Christmas Comedy Special (1977)
Movie
Director
Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas (1977)
Movie
7.5
Kermit the Frog / Waldorf / Rowlf
The Muppet Show (1976)
TV
6.14
Leo / Kermit the Frog
The Muppet Show Pitch Reel (1976)
Movie
Varoius Muppets
Julie: My Favourite Things (1975)
Movie
Kermit the Frog / Leo
Muppet Picker Upper (1975)
Movie
Kermit the Frog
The Muppet Introduction (1975)
Movie
Kermit the Frog
Just a Few Announcements (1975)
Movie
Kermit / Ernie / Guy Smiley / Person with Cue Card (voice)
Out to Lunch (1974)
Movie
Producer
Julie on Sesame Street (1973)
Movie
Kermit the Frog / Mean Floyd / Caleb Siles (body)
The Muppet Musicians of Bremen (1972)
Movie
The King of Eight / Director
The King of Eight (1971)
Movie
Director
Tales from Muppetland: The Frog Prince (1971)
Movie
Director
The Queen of Six (1971)
Movie
Kermit the Frog (voice)
Pure Goldie (1971)
Movie
Director
Number Twelve Rocks (1971)
Movie
Kermit the Frog (voice)
Great Performances (1971)
TV
1
Fred / Lothar / Gloat
The Great Santa Claus Switch (1970)
Movie
Self - Host / Rowlf the Dog / Kermit the Frog
The Muppets on Puppets (1970)
Movie
Ernie / Kermit the Frog / Guy Smiley
Sesame Street (1969)
TV
5.87
Director
Sesame Unpaved (1969)
TV
Kermit the Frog / Rowlf / Grump
Sesame Street Pitch Reel (1969)
Movie
Director
Hey, Cinderella! (1969)
Movie
Self
Peter Alexander präsentiert Spezialitäten (1969)
TV
Director
The Cube (1969)
Movie
The Wizard / The Spook
The Wizard of Id (1969)
Movie
Self - Guest
The Dick Cavett Show (1968)
TV
Writer
Youth '68 (1968)
Movie
Director
Wheels That Go (1967)
Movie
Director
Ripples (1967)
Movie
Rowlf the Dog
Rowlf the Salesman (1967)
Movie
Actor
The Paperwork Explosion (1967)
Movie
Self - Muppet Creator
Limbo: The Organized Mind (1966)
Movie
Director
The Idea Man (1966)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
Goldene Kamera Verleihung (1966)
TV
Director
Alexander the Grape (1965)
Movie
Director
Run, Run (1965)
Movie
Man
Time Piece (1965)
Movie
Self
Einer wird gewinnen (1964)
TV
Director
Robot (1963)
Movie
Kermit the Frog / King Goshposh / Charlie the Ogre
Tales of the Tinkerdee (1962)
Movie
Self
Drums West (1961)
Movie
Self
The Mike Douglas Show (1961)
TV
Director
Shearing Animation (1961)
Movie
Director
Cat and Mouse (1960)
Movie
Omar / Yorick / Harry the Hipster
Sam and Friends (1955)
TV
Self
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (1954)
TV
5.98
Writer
Little Mermaid's Island
TV
Kermit the Frog / Rowlf the Dog
Julie Andrews: One Step Into Spring
Movie
Creator
1, rue Sésame
TV
Ernie / Kermit the Frog
Evening at Pops
TV
Gorilla (voice) / Director / Writer
NBC Experiment in Television
TV
Creator
Kermit's Swamp Years
TV
Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas
Movie
Creator
Takalani Sesame
TV
Sesame Street: Play with Me Sesame
TV
Ratings
Average 5.58
Based on 1.15 Million movie and tv ratings over time
1954
1976
1985
1978
2021
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Information
Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1936-09-24
Deathday1990-05-16 (53 years old)
Birth NameJames Maury Henson
Birth PlaceGreenville, United States of America
ReligionChristian Science
Height190-centimeter
Net Worth$20 Million
RelationshipsJane Henson (1959-01-01 - 1990-01-01)
ChildrenHeather Henson, Lisa Henson, Brian Henson, John Henson, Cheryl Henson
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known As吉姆·亨森
AwardsPeabody Awards, Hollywood Walk of Fame, Disney Legends, Primetime Emmy Award, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Variety Series, star on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Inkpot Award
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