Steve Whitmire Net Worth is
$10 Million
Steve Whitmire's salary
$2 Million
Steve Whitmire Biography
He parlayed this unpaid work into appearances on regional Atlanta TV where he’d perform along with his puppet Otis.
Known for movies
The Muppets (2011)
as Kermit / Beaker / Statler / Rizzo / Link Hogthrob / The Newsman
The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)
as Kermit the Frog as Bob Cratchit / Rizzo the Rat / Beaker / Bean Bunny / Belinda Cratchit / Beetle / Lips / Pig Gentleman
The Dark Crystal (1982)
as Scientist
Muppets from Space (1999)
as Kermit the Frog / Rizzo the Rat / Beaker / Cosmic Fish #1 / Rainbow / Miss Piggy (assistant)
Quick Facts
| Full Name | Steve Whitmire |
| Net Worth | $10 Million |
| Salary | $2 Million |
| Height | 1.93 m |
| Profession | Voice Actor, Puppeteer, Performer |
| Nationality | American |
| Spouse | Melissa Whitmire |
| Music Groups | Dr. Teeth and The Electric Mayhem |
| Nominations | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy-Variety Or Music Program, Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Song |
| Movies | The Muppets, The Muppet Christmas Carol, Muppets Most Wanted, Muppets from Space, The Muppets Take Manhattan, Muppet Treasure Island, The Great Muppet Caper, The Dark Crystal, It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie, Labyrinth, Kermit's Swamp Years, A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa, The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland, Muppet Classic Theater, The Christmas Toy, Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium, The Muppets at Walt Disney World, The Tale of the Bunny Picnic, Studio DC: Almost Live, Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree, Cinderelmo, The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show, Billy Bunny's Animal Songs, Elmo's Christmas Countdown, The Spirit of Mickey |
| TV Shows | The Muppet Show, Fraggle Rock, The Jim Henson Hour, The Raggy Dolls, Jim Henson's Animal Show, Muppets Tonight, Play with Me Sesame, Sunday Night, Sesame Unpaved, The Great Debate |
Interesting Facts
| # | Fact |
|---|---|
| 1 | He and Dave Goelz are the only Muppeteers to have been featured in all 8 theatrical Muppet movies (The Muppet Movie (1979), The Great Muppet Caper (1981), The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984), The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992), Muppet Treasure Island (1996), Muppets from Space (1999), The Muppets (2011) and Muppets Most Wanted (2014)). Goelz and Whitmire also contributed to the two theatrical Sesame Street movies (Follow That Bird (1985) and The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland (1999)) and the two fantasy Henson-company theatrical productions (The Dark Crystal (1982) and Labyrinth (1986)). |
| 2 | Shares the same birthday (September 24) as original Kermit the Frog Jim Henson. |
| 3 | Was nicknamed Kermit in his youth because he aspired to become a puppeteer and even performed with a Kermit which he made. His high school yearbook even has the name "Kermit" on the front cover. |
| 4 | Performs beloved Muppets Kermit the Frog and Sesame Street's Ernie since Jim Henson passed away in 1990. |
Quotes
| # | Quote |
|---|---|
| 1 | People always ask us about being the voices of the Muppets, and I know what they mean, but supplying the voice is just one small element of what it is we do. In essence, we are actors just like any other actor. We portray a role, and it's a full performance, not just a voice. The established Muppet Performers literally are the characters they bring to life. |
| 2 | [on taking over the role of Kermit from Jim Henson] That was really, really scary as you could imagine. I had known Jim for thirteen or fourteen years at that point and I had worked with him on everything he had done with this group of Muppets. Not Sesame Street but everything else. We worked very close together. It was super intimidating. It was a great honor to be asked and I was just scared to death. So, Brian and the family made the decision, sent me one of the puppets. I took it out of the box. I'd had the puppet on before. I'd never performed it but had had it on my hand just going around the shop. I put him on and held him up in front of a mirror. I knew how to make the puppet talk because I'd been doing this for a long time and I fiddled with some of those expressions that Jim would do with Kermit. Then I opened my mouth to say something and nothing came out. There was no way that I could find the voice. The puppet just sort of looked at me like, "come on. You can do it". I took it off and put it in a closet and left it there for a month. I couldn't touch it. |
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