# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kevin-clash
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:54:53.845Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kevin-clash"
name: "Kevin Clash"
slug: "kevin-clash"
description: "Kevin Jeffrey Clash is an American puppeteer, director and producer best known for puppeteering Elmo on Sesame Street from 1985 to 2012. He also performed puppets for Labyrinth, Dinosaurs, Oobi, and various Muppet productions."
tagline: "American puppeteer (born 1960)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kevin_Clash_Elmo_2010_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1960-09-17"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             3.42007434944238
  historical:           22.56855333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm0165159"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump