Bio

Matt Vogel is one of the core Disney Muppet Performers and a principal Sesame Street Muppet Performer.

For the Disney Muppets, Matt plays Kermit the Frog, Sgt. Floyd Pepper, Uncle Deadly, Lew Zealand, Crazy Harry, Dr. Julius Strangepork, Camilla, Sweetums, Pops, ‘80s Robot, and “The World’s Most Dangerous Frog” Constantine.  

On the Emmy-Award-winning Sesame Street, Matt plays Big Bird, The Count, Mr. Johnson, Biff, Herb the Dinosaur, Hansel, Forgetful Jones, and is one of the Yip-Yip Martians.  He is also the show’s Puppet Coordinator. As part of Sesame Street’s directing team, he has earned seven Emmy Awards for “Outstanding Directing in a Children’s Series” and directed the Primetime Emmy Award-Winning special Once Upon A Sesame Street Christmas for HBO.

Matt is host of the podcast Below the Frame, where he interviews Muppet Performers, writers, wranglers, and others from Sesame Street and the Disney Muppets.  

Films:  The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland, I Am Big Bird (himself), Muppets Most Wanted (Constantine), The Muppets (‘80s Robot, etc.), Old Dogs, and Alice Through the Looking Glass (Wilkins).  TV: Sesame Street, ABC’s The Muppets, The Furchester Hotel, Jack’s Big Music Show, Bear in the Big Blue House, The Puzzle Place, HBO’s Oz, Good Luck Charlie, 30 Rock, Between the Lions, Big Bag, Blue’s Clues, Greg the Bunny, Oobi, A Very Pentatonix Christmas, American Masters: This Is Bob Hope, Christmas with The Mormon Tabernacle Choir, The Muppets Letters to Santa, Scooby-Doo! Adventures: The Mystery Map, Studio DC: Almost Live!, Elmo’s Christmas Countdown, Elmo Saves Christmas, Sesame Street in Communities, Sesame Street Presents: The Street We Live On, Oprah: Where Are They Now?, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, Late Night with Seth Meyers, Saturday Night Live, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, and Jimmy Kimmel Live! and more.

Matt has a BFA in Theatre from The Conservatory of Theatre Arts at Webster University in St. Louis.  He lives outside New York City with his wife and their five children.