Kevin Clash

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BIRTHDAY

September 17, 1960

RECENT CREDITS

The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchlan... (FILM) Oct. 1, 1999

Muppets from Space (FILM) Jul. 14, 1999

Muppet Treasure Island (FILM) Feb. 16, 1996

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: Th... (FILM) Mar. 22, 1991

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The M... (FILM) Mar. 30, 1990

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BIOGRAPHY

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One of the most prominent of all vocal contributors to Jim Henson's Muppets during the '80s, '90s, and 2000s, Kevin Clash grew up in a predominantly African-American Baltimore suburb, and projected an unusual degree of aptitude for both designing original puppets and performing with them, from a tender age. He kick-started his career with work on The Great Space Coaster and Captain Kangaroo, then commenced his longstanding association with Henson by voicing a myriad of characters on the 1986 fantasy film Labyrinth, and extended the working relationship into contributions to several of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles films, Muppet Treasure Island, and a host of other Henson projects. Clash found his broadest appeal, however, by providing the voice for a single character: the beloved, impossibly cute Elmo -- both on Sesame Street and in the feature The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland (1999). Clash won a myriad of Emmys for that portrayal. He relayed his life story in the 2006 autobiography My Life as a Furry Red Monster: What Being Elmo Has Taught Me About Life, Love, and Laughing Out Loud.

~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide

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