Martin P. Robinson
An image from Sesame Street, one of the productions that also features Martin P. Robinson.
Martin P. Robinson

Martin P. Robinson

March 9, 1954 — Dearborn, Michigan, USA

Martin P. Robinson (born March 9, 1954) is a puppeteer for the Jim Henson Company. He originally built, designed, and performed the puppets for Little Shop of Horrors. He is perhaps best known for his work on Sesame Street. He has performed the characters of Telly Monster, Slimey the Worm, Mr. Snuffleupagus, and Tony The Turtle on the show for more than 20 years. He also performed the character Riff on Allegra's Window, and was an animatronic puppeteer for Leonardo in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. He is the puppeteer responsible for training the puppeteers on Sesame Tree.

He was born on March 9, 1954 in Dearborn, Michigan. Graduated from Brookfield East High School, in Brookfield, Wisconsin, suburb of Milwaukee.

He was married to Annie Evans on August 9, 2008 on the set of Sesame Street, in the Kaufman Astoria Studios in Queens, NY.

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1990

Sesame Street

Sesame Street

1969

Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey

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2011

Spitting Image

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1984

Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas

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1996

Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

1983

The Tale of the Bunny Picnic

The Tale of the Bunny Picnic

1986

Big Bird in China

Big Bird in China

1983