David Rudman

David Rudman (born June 1, 1963) is an American puppeteer, puppet builder, writer, director, and producer known for his involvement with the Muppets and Sesame Street.

This article is about the American puppeteer. For the wrestler and judoka, see David Rudman (wrestler).
David Rudman
Rudman at SXSW in 2015
Born (1963-06-01) June 1, 1963
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
OccupationPuppeteer, puppet builder, writer, director, producer
Years active1981–present
Notable credit(s)
Children4

Career

David Rudman has been a Sesame Street Muppet performer since 1985—currently performing Cookie Monster, Baby Bear and the right head of the Two-Headed Monster. He has received four Emmy nominations as Outstanding Performer in a Children's Series for his work on Sesame Street. Rudman has also directed several web videos for Sesame Street such as "Cookie Monster Auditions for Saturday Night Live" and "Conversations with Bert". He has performed in numerous television shows and specials including Saturday Night Live, The Colbert Report, The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel Live! and The Muppets, where he performed Scooter and Janice. His film credits include The Muppets Take Manhattan, Labyrinth, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, A Muppet Christmas Carol, Elmo in Grouchland, The Muppets and Muppets Most Wanted. Following the departure of Steve Whitmire in 2017, he became Beaker's new performer.

In addition to his work on Sesame Street and with the Muppets, Rudman is co-owner of Spiffy Pictures where he co-created, executive produced, directed and performed in Jack's Big Music Show (Noggin), Curious Buddies (Nick Jr.), Bunnytown (Disney Junior), Scooby-Doo! Adventures: The Mystery Map (Warner Brothers), Frankie and Frank (Nick Jr.) and is the creator, executive producer, character designer, director and voice director of the animated series Nature Cat on PBS, voicing several characters including Leo the Mammoth, Prospector Jones, Nevin and the Seeker.

Personal life

Rudman attended Highland Park High School and graduated in 1981. He has been a speaker at the school's biennial Focus on the Arts program since 2003. He attended college at the University of Connecticut.[1]

Rudman was the speaker at the 2005 graduation ceremony for the Illinois Institute of Art – Chicago.[2]

Filmography

References
  1. "Folder Contents".
  2. www.ilic.artinstitutes.edu Archived September 3, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
Preceded by
Rickey Boyd		 Performer of Scooter
2008–present		 Succeeded by
None
Preceded by
Tyler Bunch		 Performer of Janice
2008–present		 Succeeded by
None
Preceded by
Jim Henson		 Performer of Swedish Chef
1992		 Succeeded by
Bill Barretta
Preceded by
Richard Hunt		 Performer of Bobby Benson
2011–present		 Succeeded by
None
Preceded by
Richard Hunt		 Performer of Wayne
2011–present		 Succeeded by
None
Preceded by
Martin Robinson		 Performer of Mommy Snuffleupagus
1980s – 1990s		 Succeeded by
Noel MacNeal
Preceded by
Richard Hunt		 Performer of Sully
1992–1999		 Succeeded by
None
Preceded by
Richard Hunt		 Performer of Sonny Friendly
1992–2000		 Succeeded by
None
Preceded by
Adam Hunt		 Performer of Two-Headed Monster (right head)
1998–present		 Succeeded by
None
Preceded by
Frank Oz		 Performer of Cookie Monster
January 2, 2001 (2001-01-02) – present		 Succeeded by
None
Preceded by
Steve Whitmire		 Performer of Beaker
September 2, 2017 (2017-09-02) – present		 Succeeded by
None
Preceded by
None		 Miss Poogy
September 1, 2011 (2011-09-01) – present		 Succeeded by
None
Preceded by
None		 Baby Bear
April 29, 1991 (1991-04-29) – present		 Succeeded by
None
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