Kevin Clash

Kevin Clash (born September 17, 1960) is an American puppeteer and voice actor. Clash formerly performed Elmo on Sesame Street. He has also performed Splinter from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Clifford from Muppets Tonight, and Baby Sinclair from Dinosaurs. Mr. Clash was an important part of Sesame Street Workshop and often performed as Elmo in hospitals for sick children. Mr. Clash was well known for his ability to improvise.

Kevin Clash in 2010

On November 20, 2012, Clash left Sesame Street Workshop due to multiple allegations of sexual abuse of minors.^[1][2] The cases and lawsuits were later dismissed because the statute of limitations had passed.^[3]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role(s)
1983–2012	Sesame Street	Elmo, Baby Fats Domino, Benny Rabbit, Billy Idle, Chip Cat, Clementine, Hoots the Owl, Kingston Livingston III, Mario, Paul Pencil, Warren Wolf, Watson, Wolfgang the Seal, Natasha, Mel, Additional Muppets
1985	Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird	Additional Muppets
1985–1993	Muppet Meeting Films	Luncheon Counter Monster, Franklin, Bob, additional Muppets
1986	The Tale of the Bunny Picnic	Be-Bop Bunny, Father Bunny, additional Muppets
1986	Labyrinth	Firey
1987	Inner Tube	Drummer
1987–1996	Muppet Sing-Alongs	Billy Bunny, Clifford, Bad Polly, Black Dog, Spa'am, additional Muppets
1987	A Muppet Family Christmas	Elmo, additional Muppets
1988	Jim Henson's Play-Along Video	P.J., Artie, Be-Bop Bunny, Luncheon Counter Monster, additional Muppets
1989	The Song of the Cloud Forest	Nick, Caiman
1989	The Jim Henson Hour	Leon, Clifford, Bob, Blue-Green Extreme, Codzilla, Himself, additional Muppets
1990	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	Splinter
1990	The Muppets at Walt Disney World	Clifford, Alligator, Frog, Ace Yu
1990	The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson	Clifford, Elmo, additional Muppets
1990	Basil Hears a Noise	Elmo, Chip Cat, Watson the Dog and Warren Wolf
1991	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze	Splinter
1991–1994	Dinosaurs	Baby Sinclair, Howard Handupme, Howlin' Jay, additional characters
1992–1995	Dog City	Ace Yu (special), Eliot Shag (series), additional Muppets
1994	Muppet Time	Do Re Mi Monster, Jeffy, Huffy Monster
1995	Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree	Father Mouse, Owl
1995	Jumanji	Special vocal effects
1996	Muppet Treasure Island	Bad Polly, Black Dog, Spa'am, additional Muppets
1996	Muppets Tonight	Clifford, Mulch, Bad Polly, Carter, Craniac, Bart, additional Muppets
1996	Elmo Saves Christmas	Elmo, Natasha, Benny Rabbit
1998	Elmopalooza	Elmo
1998–2009	Elmo's World	Elmo, Baby Natasha, Benny Rabbit, Wolfgang the Seal
1999	Muppets from Space	Clifford, Carter, additional Muppets
1999	The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland	Elmo, Pestie, Grouch Cab Driver, Grouch Jailer
1999	CinderElmo	Elmo
2002	It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie	Sam the Eagle
2003–2005	Oobi	Randy, additional characters
2005	The Muppets' Wizard of Oz	Clifford, Black Dog, additional Muppets
2008	Elmo's Christmas Countdown	Elmo, Hoots, Billy Bunny, Mel, Mouse King, Wolfgang the Seal
2011	The Muppets (2011 film)	Clifford, Elmo
2018	The Happytime Murders	Lyle, Mr. Bumblypants
2019	The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance	Aughra, Skeksis skekVar/The General, skekMal/The Hunter, The Gelfling Librarian, Gruenak #1, additional voices