Peter Linz (born June 28, 1967) is an American
puppeteer
A puppeteer is a person who manipulates an inanimate object, called a puppet, to create the illusion that the puppet is alive. The puppet is often shaped like a human, animal, or legendary creature. The puppeteer may be visible to or hidden from ...
.
His most prominent role is being the performer for the character
Walter who was introduced in the 2011 feature film ''
The Muppets''.
Since 1991, Linz has performed on ''
Sesame Street'', where he later took on the roles of
Herry Monster and
Ernie on ''
Sesame Street'' in 2017. Linz recounts receiving the role of Walter as his favorite; "Apart from my wedding day and birth of my children, being cast as Walter was one of the greatest moments of my life. I was beyond happiness."
He has performed many characters on children's television shows: perhaps some of his best known performing roles are Snook in ''
It's a Big Big World'', Tutter and Pip in ''
Bear in the Big Blue House'', Pooh in ''
The Book of Pooh'', Tizzy on ''
Squeak!
''Squeak!'' is a children's TV show made by SMG Productions (now known as STV Productions) for the ITV network children's strand CITV. The series re-broadcast in 2007 on STV, on their ''wknd@stv'' strand, and from 2014 as part of the "''Weans' ...
'' (season 1), and Theo Lion in ''
Between the Lions'', though he has also performed in ''
Blue's Room'', ''
Sesame Street'',
[Sam]
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The Puzzle Place
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''. Following the departure of
Steve Whitmire, he took over the roles of
Statler,
Link Hogthrob and
Lips
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.
Linz also performed in the
Broadway musical ''
Avenue Q
''Avenue Q'' is a musical comedy featuring puppets and human actors with music and lyrics by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx and book by Jeff Whitty. It won Best Musical, Book, and Score at the 2004 Tony Awards. The show's format is a parody of ...
'',
and he also did the voice of Moz in the English dub of ''
Sheep and Wolves'' and Bug, Pig, and Monkey in the
PBS Kids computer-animated television series ''
WordWorld''.
Filmography
References
External links
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1967 births
Living people
Muppet performers
Sesame Street Muppeteers
University of Georgia alumni
American puppeteers
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