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Caroll Edwin Spinney, sometimes credited as Carroll Spinney or Ed Spinney (December 26, 1933 – December 8, 2019), was an American puppeteer most famous for playing Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch on the children's television show Sesame Street.
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Filmography
all 101
Movies 90
Voice 27
self 13
TV Shows 11
Big Bird (voice) / Oscar the Grouch (voice)
Jerry Nelson: A Celebratory Birthday Animatic (2022)
Movie
Self
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street (2021)
Movie
Self / Big Bird
Sesame Street: 50th Anniversary Celebration! (2019)
Movie
Big Bird
Sesame Street: 50 Years and Counting (2019)
Movie
Self
Mister Rogers: It's You I Like (2018)
Movie
Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch
Once Upon a Sesame Street Christmas (2016)
Movie
Self - Muppet Performer
In Their Own Words: Jim Henson (2015)
Movie
Self
I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story (2015)
Movie
Sesame Street: Elmo's Magic Numbers (2012)
Movie
Actor
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: Favorite Things (2012)
Movie
Self
Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey (2011)
Movie
Oscar the Grouch / Big Bird
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: People in Your Neighborhood (2011)
Movie
Big Bird
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: Penguins and Friends (2011)
Movie
Oscar the Grouch (voice)
Portlandia (2011)
TV
6
Oscar The Grouch (voice)
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: All about Faces (2010)
Movie
Big Bird / Oscar
Sesame Street: A Celebration of Me, Grover (2010)
Movie
Jim Henson: His Sesame Street Story (2009)
Movie
Oscar the Grouch
Sesame Street: Elmo and Abby's Birthday Fun! (2009)
Movie
Oscar the Grouch (voice)
Sesame Street: Bedtime with Elmo (2009)
Movie
Oscar the Grouch (voice)
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009)
Movie
6.1
Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch
Sesame Street: Being Green (2009)
Movie
Big Bird
Sesame Street: Old School Vol. 1 (1969-1974) (2008)
Movie
Big Bird
Sesame Street: Old School Vol. 3 (1979-1984) (2008)
Movie
Big Bird
Sesame Street: Old School Vol. 2 (1974-1979) (2008)
Movie
Big Bird
One World, One Sky: Big Bird’s Adventure (2008)
Movie
Oscar the Grouch as the Grouch of Hearts (voice)
Sesame Street: Abby in Wonderland (2008)
Movie
Oscar the Grouch / Big Bird
Sesamstraat - Verrassing en vriendjes (2008)
Movie
Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)
Sesame Street: Elmo's Christmas Countdown (2007)
Movie
Big Bird
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: What Makes You Happy? (2007)
Movie
Oscar the Grouch / Big Bird
A Sesame Street Christmas Carol (2006)
Movie
Oscar the Grouch
1 vs. 100 (2006)
TV
Big Bird (voice)
Sesame Street: Big Bird Sings! (2005)
Movie
Big Bird
Sesame Street: A Magical Halloween Adventure (2004)
Movie
Actor
Sesame Street: Cookie Monster's Best Bites (2004)
Movie
Big Bird, Oscar the Grouch
Sesame Street: Sesame Sings Karaoke (2003)
Movie
Big Bird
Sesame Street: Kid's Guide to Life: Big Bird Gets Lost (2003)
Movie
Big Bird (voice) / Oscar the Grouch (voice)
Sesame Street 4-D Movie Magic (2003)
Movie
Oscar The Grouch (voice)
Sesame Street: Elmo Visits the Firehouse (2002)
Movie
Oscar the Grouch (voice) (archive footage)
Sesame Street: Bert & Ernie's Word Play (2002)
Movie
Big Bird (voice)
Sesame Street: Kids' Favorite Songs 2 (2001)
Movie
Oscar the Grouch (voice)
Scrubs (2001)
TV
6.72
Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch
Sesame Street: Elmo's Musical Adventure: The Story of Peter and the Wolf (2001)
Movie
Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)
The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland (1999)
Movie
Big Bird / Oscar
Sesame Street: Kids' Favorite Songs (1999)
Movie
Big Bird (voice)
CinderElmo (1999)
Movie
Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)
Sesame Street: Elmopalooza! (1998)
Movie
Oscar the Grouch (voice)
Sesame Street: Fiesta! (1997)
Movie
Big Bird
Sesame Street: 123 Count with Me (1997)
Movie
Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch
Sesame Street: Quiet Time (1997)
Movie
Oscar the Grouch (voice)
Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Sillier at the Movies (1997)
Movie
Big Bird / Oscar (voice)
Sesame Street: Get Up and Dance (1997)
Movie
Big Bird (voice)
Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas (1996)
Movie
Big Bird
Sesame Street: Do the Alphabet (1996)
Movie
Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch
Sesame Street: Kid's Guide to Life: Learning to Share (1996)
Movie
Big Bird
Sesame Street: Elmocize (1996)
Movie
Oscar the Grouch (voice)
Sesame Street: Imagine That! (1996)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
The World of Jim Henson (1994)
Movie
Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch
Sesame Street All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! (1994)
Movie
Big Bird
Sesame Street: The Best of Elmo (1994)
Movie
Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch
Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration (1993)
Movie
Big Bird and Oscar
Sesame Street: 25 Wonderful Years: A Musical Celebration! (1993)
Movie
Dog in Pound (uncredited)
Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey (1993)
Movie
4.77
Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch
Sesame Street: Elmo's Sing-Along Guessing Game (1991)
Movie
Big Bird
Sesame Street: Sing, Hoot & Howl with the Sesame Street Animals (1991)
Movie
Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch
Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly! (1990)
Movie
Oscar the Grouch / Big Bird
Sesame Street: Rock & Roll! (1990)
Movie
Oscar the Grouch (voice)
Sesame Street: Monster Hits! (1990)
Movie
Picklepuss / Pop
Wow, You're A Cartoonist! (1988)
Movie
Big Bird / Oscar
Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie: An All-Star Musical Special (1988)
Movie
Big Bird
Big Bird in Japan (1988)
Movie
Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch
Sesame Street: Count It Higher (1988)
Movie
Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)
A Muppet Family Christmas (1987)
Movie
3.5
Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch
Sesame Street: Sing Along (1987)
Movie
Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch
Sesame Street: Learning About Letters (1986)
Movie
Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years (1986)
Movie
Big Bird
Sesame Street: Play-Along Games & Songs (1986)
Movie
Big Bird
Sesame Street: Sleepytime Songs & Stories (1986)
Movie
Big Bird
Sesame Street: Learning About Numbers (1986)
Movie
Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch / Bruno the Trashman
Follow That Bird (1985)
Movie
9
Big Bird
Night of 100 Stars II (1985)
Movie
Caroll Spinney (self)
Henson's Place: The Man Behind the Muppets (1984)
Movie
Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch
Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (1983)
Movie
Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch
Big Bird in China (1983)
Movie
Oscar the Grouch (voice)
The Great Muppet Caper (1981)
Movie
5.32
Self - as Big Bird
Bob Hope on the Road to China (1979)
Movie
Big Bird (voice)
The Muppet Movie (1979)
Movie
5.36
Self
Presenting Susan Anton (1979)
TV
Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street (1979)
Movie
Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch
A Special Sesame Street Christmas (1978)
Movie
Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice) (as Carroll Spinney)
Christmas Eve on Sesame Street (1978)
Movie
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
Saturday Night Live (1975)
TV
6.36
Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)
Out to Lunch (1974)
Movie
Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch
Julie on Sesame Street (1973)
Movie
Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch / Oscar
Sesame Street (1969)
TV
5.87
Sesame Unpaved (1969)
TV
Self
Peter Alexander präsentiert Spezialitäten (1969)
TV
Self - Guest
The Dick Cavett Show (1968)
TV
Oscar the Grouch / Big Bird
Shalom Sesame
TV
Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch
Don't Eat the Pictures
TV
Big Bird
Sesame Street: Ernie's Little Lie
Movie
Oscar / Big Bird
The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland: Sing and Play
Movie
Ratings
Average 5.68
Based on 723 Thousand movie and tv ratings over time
1968
1987
1997
1990
2022
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Information
Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1933-12-26
Deathday2019-12-08 (85 years old)
Birth NameCaroll Edwin Spinney
Birth PlaceWaltham, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsCaroll Edwin Spinney, Carroll Spinney, Ed Spinney, Carroll Edwin Spinney, Carrol Spinney, Carrol Edwin Spinney, Carol Spinney, Carol Edwin Spinney, Carol E. Spinney, Carrol E. Spinney, Caroll E. Spinney, Carroll E. Spinney, C. Ed Spinney, C. E. Spinney, Edwin Spinney, Carol Ed Spinney, Carroll Ed Spinney, Carrol Ed Spinney, C. Edwin Spinney
Awardsstar on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Daytime Emmy Award
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