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Jim Henson

Known for: Directing

Biography: 1936-09-24

Deathday: 1990-05-16 (53 years old)

Biography

Jim Henson was an American film director, television producer and puppeteer, best known as the creator of The Muppets.

Filmography

all 206

Movies 167

TV Shows 39

self 38

Director 25

Producer 20

Voice 18

Creator 9

Writer 5

Self (archive footage)

Joan Rivers at the BBC (2024)

Movie

Self - Filmmaker

Jim Henson Idea Man (2024)

Movie

Characters

The Muppets Mayhem (2023)

Characters

Muppets Haunted Mansion (2021)

Movie

Self (archive footage)

Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street (2021)

Movie

Ernie

Sesame Street: 50 Years and Counting (2019)

Movie

Characters

The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance (2019)

Characters

Muppet Babies (2018)

Writer

Jim Henson's Turkey Hollow (2015)

Movie

Characters

The Muppets (2015)

3.5

Self

In Their Own Words: Jim Henson (2015)

Movie

Creator

Fozzie's Bear-ly Funny Fridays (2015)

Movie

Additional Muppets

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

Characters

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

Self

Arias With a Twist (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

Self

Journey Through the Labyrinth (2007)

Movie

Ernie

Sesame Street: Elmo's World: What Makes You Happy? (2007)

Movie

Ernie

A Sesame Street Christmas Carol (2006)

Movie

Creator

Muppets TV (2006)

Movie

Creator

5, Rue Sésame (2005)

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

Kermit the Frog

Sesame Street: A Celebration of Me, Grover (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 / Creator / Writer / Producer

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

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: The Best of Elmo (1994)

Movie

Ernie

Sesame Street: 25 Wonderful Years: A Musical Celebration! (1993)

Movie

Kermit The Frog

It's the Muppets!: "More Muppets, Please!" (1993)

Movie

In Memory Of

The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)

Movie

5.34

Creator

Dog City (1992)

Kermit the Frog / Swedish Chef / Waldorf (voice) / Director

Muppet*Vision 3D (1991)

Movie

In Memory Of

Dinosaurs (1991)

6.6

In Memory Of

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (1991)

Movie

5.33

Kermit the Frog

Sesame Street: Elmo's Sing-Along Guessing Game (1991)

Movie

Executive Producer

Living with Dinosaurs (1990)

Movie

In Memory Of

Basil Hears a Noise (1990)

Movie

Self

The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson (1990)

Movie

Creator

Mother Goose Stories (1990)

Executive Producer

The Witches (1990)

Movie

7.44

Self

Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music (1990)

Movie

Jim Henson: In Performance (1990)

Movie

Kermit the Frog / Rowlf / Dr. Teeth / Waldorf / Swedish Chef / Link Hogthrob (voice) / Executive Producer

The Muppets at Walt Disney World (1990)

Movie

Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly! (1990)

Movie

Kermit the Frog (voice)

The Earth Day Special (1990)

Movie

Harvey Monster

Sesame Street: Monster Hits! (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

Miss Piggy's Hollywood (1989)

Movie

Self / Kermit the Frog / Rowlf the Dog / Bugsy Them (voice) / Director

Dog City: The Movie (1989)

Movie

Self

The Jim Henson Hour (1989)

Self

Sesame Street: 20 Years ... and Still Counting! (1989)

Movie

Self

Lighthouse Island (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 / Executive Producer

The Storyteller (1988)

Movie

Kermit the Frog

Muppet Studios Presents: You're the Director (1988)

Movie

Rowlf the Dog

Jim Henson: Sing-Along, Dance-Along, Do-Along (1988)

Movie

Kermit the Frog

Hey, You're as Funny as Fozzie Bear (1988)

Movie

Creator / Executive Producer / Director

The Storyteller (1988)

Various Characters (voice) / Executive Producer

A Muppet Family Christmas (1987)

Movie

3.5

Writer

Muppet Babies - My Muppet Valentine (1987)

Movie

Creator / Executive Producer

Fraggle Rock: The Animated Series (1987)

Cantus the Minstrel

Down at Fraggle Rock (1987)

Movie

Executive Producer

CBS Summer Playhouse (1987)

Ernie

Sesame Street: Sing Along (1987)

Movie

Self

Inside the Labyrinth (1986)

Movie

Producer

The Christmas Toy (1986)

Movie

Goblins (uncredited) / Story / Director

Labyrinth (1986)

Movie

6.9

Ernie/Kermit the Frog/King Peter the Persnickety (voice)

Sesame Street: Learning About Letters (1986)

Movie

Director

The Tale of the Bunny Picnic (1986)

Movie

Kermit the Frog

The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years (1986)

Movie

Self

Wedden, dat..? (1986)

Ernie

Sesame Street: Play-Along Games & Songs (1986)

Movie

Ernie

Sesame Street: Learning About Numbers (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)

Kermit the Frog / Ernie (voice)

Follow That Bird (1985)

Movie

Kermit the Frog

Gonzo Presents Muppet Weird Stuff (1985)

Movie

Kermit The Frog

Muppet Treasures (1985)

Movie

Kermit the Frog (voice)

The Muppet Revue (1985)

Movie

Kermit the Frog

Muppet Video: The Kermit and Piggy Story (1985)

Movie

Kermit the Frog

Night of 100 Stars II (1985)

Movie

Man on Phone

Into the Night (1985)

Movie

Kermit The Frog

Children's Songs and Stories with the Muppets (1985)

Movie

Cantus the Minstrel

The Bells of Fraggle Rock (1984)

Movie

Creator / Executive Producer / Director

Muppet Babies (1984)

4.75

Kermit the Frog / Rowlf / Dr. Teeth / Waldorf / Swedish Chef / Ernie / Granny / Horse & Carriage Rider / Link Hogthrob / The Newsman (voice) / Executive Producer

The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984)

Movie

5.82

Self - Performer

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)

Ernie (voice)

Big Bird in China (1983)

Movie

Kermit the Frog

Rocky Mountain Holiday with John Denver and the Muppets (1983)

Movie

Creator / Producer / Cantus the Minstrel, Convincing John, Additional Muppets (voice) / Cantus the Minstrel (voice) / Convincing John (voice) / Convincing John (voice, uncredited) / Director