Martin P. Robinson
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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Acting
Movie
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
as Leonardo
1990
Movie
The Muppets Take Manhattan
as Additional Muppet Performer / College Student in Audience / Bear
1984
TV
Law & Order: Organized Crime
as Octopus Puppeteer #1
2021
TV
Sesame Street
as Telly Monster/Aloysius Snuffleupagus/Irvine/Slimey (voice)
1969
TV
Sesame Street
as Irvine
1969
Movie
Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey
as Self
2011
Movie
The Muppet Show
as Supporting Muppet Performer
2026
Movie
The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland
as Telly / Pestie / Laundromad Guy (voice)
1999
Movie
Follow That Bird
as Mr. Snuffleupagus / Telly Monster / Board of Birds / Grouch Diner Patron (voice)
1985
Movie
A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa
as Sweetums / Additional Muppets (voice)
2008
Movie
Jim Henson Idea Man
as Self (archive footage)
2024
Movie
The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson
as Additional Muppet Performer
1990
TV
Spitting Image
1984
Movie
Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas
as Telly Monster (voice)
1996
Movie
Elmo's Christmas Countdown
as Mr. Snuffleupagus / Telly Monster (voice)
2007
Movie
The World of Jim Henson
as Self (archive footage)
1994
Movie
Once Upon a Sesame Street Christmas
as Hot Pink Muppet Elf (voice)
2016
Movie
CinderElmo
as Telly Monster / Aloysius 'Snuffy' Snuffleupagus (voice)
1999
Movie
Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
as Mr. Snuffleupagus (voice)
1983
Movie
Sesame Street: Elmopalooza!
as Telly / Mr. Snuffleupagus / Slimey / Yip-Yip (voice)
1998
Movie
A Sesame Street Christmas Carol
as Snuffy (voice) (archive footage)
2006
TV
The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss
1996
Movie
Big Bird in China
as Telly Monster (voice)
1983
Movie
The Tale of the Bunny Picnic
as Farmer (voice)
1986
