Peter Linz

About Peter Linz

Puppeteer who rose to prominence after portraying Walter in the 2011 film The Muppets. He went on to appear in Muppets Most Wanted and the ABC sitcom The Muppets.

Peter Linz is an American puppeteer. 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!, and Theo Lion in Between the Lions, though he has also performed in Blue's Room, Sesame Street, and The Puzzle Place. Following the departure of Steve Whitmire, he took over the roles of Statler, Link Hogthrob and Lips.

Years active	1989—present
Occupation	Puppeteer
Born	June 28, 1967, Decatur, Georgia, U.S.

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Trivia

Other television series he has been a part of include Sesame Street, Lomax: The Hound of Music, Bear in the Big Blue House and Aliens in the Family, among others. He performed on Broadway in Avenue Q.

Peter Linz before fame

In 1993, he began working as a puppeteer, and in 1994, he landed his first famous puppeteer role in a production called The Puzzle Place.

Achievement of Peter Linz

Sesame Street, Lomax: The Hound of Music, Bear in the Big Blue House, and Aliens in the Family are among the various television shows in which he has appeared. Avenue Q was his Broadway debut.

Salary 2020

Not known

Net Worth 2020

Undisclosed

Peter Linz family life

With Marlene E. Rudy, he has three children.

Associations of Peter Linz

In the 2011 Muppets film, written by Jason Segel and Nicholas Stoller, he was hired as a puppeteer.

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