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Ryan Dillon (born May 25, 1988) is an American puppeteer who has worked as an ensemble muppeteer for the Jim Henson Company since 2005. He also played Cooper and Paul Ball for the interactive series Sesame Street TV for Xbox Kinect, and appeared on all four seasons of the new CBeebies and co-productions of Sesame Street, The Furchester Hotel, and The Not-Too-Late Show with Elmo as Elmo. In March 2017, Dillon was nominated for the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in Children's Programming.
Background and career
Dillon was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. As a young puppeteer, Dillon came to the attention of Sesame Street producers when he went to an audition as a high school student. He took time off from school during his senior year to participate in the shooting for season 37 in 2005. In 2013, he succeeded Kevin Clash as the performer for Elmo in new productions and appearances following his resignation from Sesame Street in November 2012. He also replaced the late Richard Hunt as Don Music in Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary tribute.
Dillon has taught classes in television puppetry at Pennsylvania State University, and various schools and centres in the United States. In addition to playing Elmo, Dillon has appeared on Kraft MilkBite commercials, "Healthy Teeth, Healthy Me," "Little Children, Big Challenges," "Little Discoverers: Big Fun With Science, Math and More," Julie's Greenroom, The Muppets Take the Bowl, The Muppets Take the O2, the Nickelodeon webseries "Ask Sylvia" as the title character, and John Tartaglia's ImaginOcean (2010).
Filmography
Awards and nominations
References
External links
Ryan Dillon at IMDb
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Elmo
- Ryan Gosling
- Cheerleader (lagu)
- Matt Dillon
- Debby Ryan
- Rachel Ryan
- Running for Grace
- Crash
- Ryan Newman (pembalap)
- Asteroid City
- Ryan Dillon
- Elmo
- List of Sesame Street Muppets
- Dillon Danis
- Elmo's World
- Richard Hunt (puppeteer)
- Shahed 129
- Kevin Clash
- Cheerleader (Omi song)
- Ryan (given name)
