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Brian Henson

Biography

Brian Henson (born November 3, 1963) is an American puppeteer, filmmaker, actor and the chairman of The Jim Henson Company. He is the son of puppeteers Jim and Jane Henson. Henson was born on November 3, 1963, in New York City, the third child of Jane Henson (née Nebel; 1934–2013) and Jim Henson (1936–1990). He has four siblings: Lisa (born 1960), Cheryl(born 1961), John (1965–2014) and Heather Henson (born 1970). As a child, Henson appeared in some of the filmed segments that his father produced for the PBS children's series Sesame Street. As a teenager, he built the first Muppet penguin puppet for the opening "Lullaby of Broadway" segment of a Season 3 episode of The Muppet Show. During his summer break from high school at the age of 17, Henson assisted in the production of The Great Muppet Caper (1981); skilled in the use of marionette puppets, he helped create and operate a special rigging device that allowed the Muppets to appear to ride bicycles. Several years later, after performing marionette work in The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984) in the scene in which rats cook food in a diner, he specialized in managing complicated special effects. Henson performed Jack Pumpkinhead in Return to Oz (1985), operated special effects for Santa Claus: The Movie (1985) and was a principal performer for the Audrey II puppet in Little Shop of Horrors (1986), controlling mouth movement while others performed the lips and vines. He also performed the voice of Hoggle, one of the main characters in his father's film Labyrinth(1986), and the dog in both versions of The Storyteller (1988 and 1990). In 1992, Henson directed The Muppet Christmas Carol and directed the next film in the franchise, Muppet Treasure Island, in 1996. He performed the role of Dr. Phil van Neuter, the Muppet mad scientist character he performed on Muppets Tonight, in Muppets from Space(1999). In 2018, he directed and produced The Happytime Murders, a puppet crime-comedy film for adult audiences. Henson was the executive producer for several television series: Dinosaurs (1991–94), Aliens in the Family (1996), Bear in the Big Blue House (1997–2006) and Farscape (1999–2003). In addition to assuming an executive producer role, Henson served as the head judge on the 2014 reality television show Jim Henson's Creature Shop Challenge. He performed the roles of Janice and Scooter in the 2002 television film It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie. Henson returned to perform Sal Minella, a character he created for Muppets Tonight, in Muppets Haunted Mansion (2021). Henson is the cocreator, producer and performer for the adult-themed puppet-based variety show Puppet Up! and has played various characters from the show on the British program That Puppet Game Show. For The Muppet Show Live in 2001, Henson performed his Muppet characters and one of his father's characters, The Newsman, for the first time. He reprised the role for the 2003 video game Muppets Party Cruise. Henson married Ellis Flyte, costume designer for the 1986 fantasy adventure film Labyrinth, in November 1990. They divorced in 2002. In 2010, Henson married actress Mia Sara. They have one child, a daughter born in 2005. Description above from the Wikipedia article Brian Henson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Known For

Acting

Birthday

November 3, 1963

Age

62 years old

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Popularity Score

0.8

Filmography

Jim Henson Idea Man

Self

2024Movie

Jim Henson Idea Man

Thanks

2024Movie

Tall Poppy

Director

2022Movie

Remembering Return to Oz

Self

2021Movie

Muppets Haunted Mansion

Sal Minella

2021Movie

Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street

Self

2021Movie

Derek DelGaudio's In & of Itself

Self - Audience Member (uncredited)

2020Movie

Prop Culture

Self

2020TV

Earth to Ned

Executive Producer

2020TV

The Happytime Murders

Crab

2018Movie

Eli Roth's History of Horror

Self

2018TV

The Happytime Murders

Director

2018Movie

The Happytime Murders

Producer

2018Movie

The Star

Executive Producer

2017Movie

In Their Own Words: Jim Henson

Self - Son

2015Movie

Turtle Power: The Definitive History of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Self

2014Movie

Jim Henson's Creature Shop Challenge

Himself - Lead Judge

2014TV

No, You Shut Up!

Executive Producer

2013TV

Neil's Puppet Dreams

Jumper (voice)

2012TV

Neil's Puppet Dreams

Executive Producer

2012TV

A Night at the Movies: Merry Christmas!

Self - Interviewee

2011Movie

Dinosaur Train

Executive Producer

2009TV

Sid the Science Kid

Executive Producer

2008TV

Pajanimals

Executive Producer

2008TV

Journey Through the Labyrinth

Self

2007Movie

Reflections of 'The Dark Crystal'

Self

2007Movie

Tinseltown

Samson Knight

2007Movie

Tinseltown

Creator

2007Movie

Tinseltown

Director

2007Movie

Tinseltown

Writer

2007Movie

Tinseltown

Executive Producer

2007Movie

Bunnytown

Producer

2007TV

Best Ever Muppet Moments

Self

2006Movie

Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King

Director

2006TV

The Muppets' Wizard of Oz

Sal (voice)

2005Movie

The Muppets' Wizard of Oz

Executive Producer

2005Movie

Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars

Director

2004TV

It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie

Scooter / Janice / Sal Minella (voice)

2002Movie

I Love Muppets

Self

2002Movie

It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie

Executive Producer

2002Movie