Caroll Spinney
Acting
Born: 1933-12-26 in Waltham, Massachusetts, USA
Biography
Caroll Edwin Spinney (sometimes credited as Carroll Spinney or Ed Spinney; December 26, 1933 – December 9, 2019) was an American puppeteer most famous for playing Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch on the children's television show Sesame Street.
Known For
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
Oscar the Grouch (voice)
Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey
Dog in Pound (uncredited)
The Muppet Movie
Big Bird (voice)
The West Wing
Big Bird (voice)
Saturday Night Live
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
Saturday Night Live
Big Bird (voice) (uncredited)
The Muppet Show
Big Bird
The Great Muppet Caper
Oscar the Grouch (voice)
The Colbert Report
Big Bird (uncredited)
Sesame Street
Big Bird
Sesame Street
Oscar the Grouch
Sesame Street
Sam the Robot
Sesame Street
Bennett Snerf
Sesame Street
Cookie Monster
Scrubs
Oscar the Grouch (voice)
Portlandia
Oscar the Grouch (voice)
Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey
Self
A Muppet Family Christmas
Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)
The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland
Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)
Follow That Bird
Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch / Bruno the Trashman (voice)
I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story
Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch / Self
Drew: The Man Behind the Poster
Self
The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson
Big Bird (voice)
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
Self
Christmas Eve on Sesame Street
Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
Henson's Place: The Man Behind the Muppets
Self
Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas
Big Bird (voice)
Elmo's Christmas Countdown
Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)
Mister Rogers: It's You I Like
Self
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)
Big Bird in Japan
Big Bird (voice)
Sesame Street: Elmopalooza!
Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)
Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration
Self / Big Bird
The World of Jim Henson
Self / Big Bird (archive footage)
Once Upon a Sesame Street Christmas
Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)
1 vs. 100
Oscar the Grouch
Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)
Big Bird in China
Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)
A Sesame Street Christmas Carol
Oscar the Grouch / Big Bird (voice)