John Kennedy (puppeteer)

John Kennedy is an American puppeteer who has worked with The Jim Henson Company since 1990. He hails from Plainfield, Indiana. From 1991 until 2003, Kennedy took over Jim Henson's role of Dr. Teeth, after which Bill Barretta took over in 2005. Kennedy has also performed Kermit the Frog on Disney Cruise Line, replacing Steve Whitmire.

Characters

Dr. Teeth
Floyd Pepper
The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss – Horton the Elephant, Uncle Docks, Etc.
Sesame Street
Kermit the Frog
Apollo
Floyd Pepper & )
The Muppets' Wizard of Oz: Angel Marie
Bernie the Pig
Kermit's Swamp Years: Blotch and Arnie the Alligator
Animal Jam: DJ 1
Sesame Street episode 4111: Cookie World, The Amazing Mumford
Julie's Greenroom: Toby the Dog
Dash's Adulthood: A Tribute to Starsky & Hutch: Austin
Jack's Big Music Show'': Mel
Events
The Muppets Take the Bowl: Additional Muppet Performer; live show at the Hollywood Bowl, Sept. 8–10, 2017
The Muppets Take the O2: Additional Muppet Performer; live show at the O2 Arena, Jul. 13-14, 2018
Books

Kennedy has written instructional books on puppeteering, aimed at younger audiences:

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